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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:20
by Keening_Product
Levellass wrote:Aren't they a usual part of stories?
Pfft, maybe for your LINEAR stories. Those are sooo 2013.

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 14:57
by DHeadshot
Thing is, if I allow threads to end, there's a real risk of people abusing the system so they ALL end!

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 15:25
by Keening_Product
What happens if we just enter no options though? Same abuse could take place?

Maybe wait until there's a lot of chapters, then allow endings? That'll mean there are probably too many eventualities for someone to bother dicking around with and closing.

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 15:30
by DHeadshot
Keening_Product wrote:What happens if we just enter no options though? Same abuse could take place?
I fixed the bug that allowed that...
Keening_Product wrote:Maybe wait until there's a lot of chapters, then allow endings? That'll mean there are probably too many eventualities for someone to bother dicking around with and closing.
That might be an idea. The chapter count isn't really rising like it was though. I worry people have already got bored of it... :(

Edit: I decided to show the number of chapters on the home page.

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 16:04
by MoffD
DHeadshot wrote:
Keening_Product wrote:What happens if we just enter no options though? Same abuse could take place?
I fixed the bug that allowed that...
Keening_Product wrote:Maybe wait until there's a lot of chapters, then allow endings? That'll mean there are probably too many eventualities for someone to bother dicking around with and closing.
That might be an idea. The chapter count isn't really rising like it was though. I worry people have already got bored of it... :(
how about you have to at least have 1 option untill it has gotten to a certain depth (maybe 10?) then allow an ending. Also it would be funny if you could connect some storyline options with other pages (I.E. have a side plot that ends and goes back to normal)

Edit: @Stupidbunny Keen must love his Sugar Stoopies and cartoons right? ;)

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 19:24
by troublesomekeen
What's this? Only 30 chapters and already we're thinking about endings? Preposterous! I don't want to see any endings until we hit 100 chapters! It's going to be a pain to animate each of these episodes into an interactive video..

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 20:19
by DHeadshot
troublesomekeen wrote:What's this? Only 30 chapters and already we're thinking about endings? Preposterous! I don't want to see any endings until we hit 100 chapters! It's going to be a pain to animate each of these episodes into an interactive video..
I'd leave that to Paramultart and Spleen, given their "excellent" work with Mr Shpurp. :P

Thanks for the 3 more chapters, BTW.

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 19:03
by Roobar
We need one of these!

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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 21:31
by DHeadshot
That would work right up until you tried to write the next section...

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 16:05
by Paramultart
wiivn wrote:We need one of these!

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You know, I've seen a lot of stupid ideas on Kickstarter, but in terms of stupid ideas that actually get funded, this one takes the cake.

The only trees I want to kill in my text adventure games are the digital ASCII ones in "Lumberjack Quest IV.bas"

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 18:22
by guynietoren
Hah! I just noticed that thing prints out paper instead of having a video display. What a waste.

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 22:05
by Levellass
And yet I still await the paperless office.

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 4:12
by chrissifniotis
Wait, this is real?!? Or is my brain just elsewhere?
wiivn wrote:Image

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:33
by Roobar
You guys and your concerns about paper waste... You should visit some company offices to see what a paper wasting is...

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:09
by Keening_Product
I work in one and frequently visit another - one has made great advances in paper reduction, the other none.

The nifty thing about this is you get a printed copy of the story you can show to other people if you liked it. That's pretty neat. It's also nice to detach from a computer at times... or you could just read a choose your own adventure book which is already printed.