Choose Your Own Adventure?
4 years ago
I'm looking for opinions about something. I've never been much of a programmer, but I know enough C++ to make a simple text adventure based on the concepts and ideas on my page (erotic death, etc). I've been thinking about doing one or two, and I want to hear from you all:
Would you be interested in a free CYOA text game if I were to decide to pursue that?
EDIT: Sounds like there's a bit of interest, so I'll see about doing something like that soon!
Would you be interested in a free CYOA text game if I were to decide to pursue that?
EDIT: Sounds like there's a bit of interest, so I'll see about doing something like that soon!
Considering your niche and audience it’ll be pretty interesting and pretty ironic if the goal was to get a bad ending lol
Fun fact: "Choose Your Own Adventure" is still an actively enforced trademark from the same people that made those books in the 90s.
You can also do that with Power-Point/Keynote/PDF or in HTML also if you're making it a classic style of CYOA.
For example: "You were arrested at the scene of a murder you didn't commit. You've been wrongfully convicted and will die. What do you do while waiting for sentencing?"
A: "Violently try to escape your unjust fate." (die by swift execution)
B: "Peacefully await your unjust fait." (die a gladiator)
If, on the other hand, you want it to be more complex, allowing a customisable character, stats, specific consequences for specific scenarios, etc, then you'll want to use at least HTML5 and maybe java, or, as you suggest, C++, Swift, ActionScript or some other language.
For Example: "What's your Character's Name, Species, Sex, Gender, build, etc." and
"You misjudged your enemy when attempting a kidney punch. You received a pelvis shattering kick to the groin. STR -10 = 380; INT -15 = 200; LUC -200 = -100; DEX -500 = -365; WIT -100 = 5; CHA -20 = 5; CON -100 = 0; MEN -50 = 95; You have collapsed on the arena floor."