Welcome to /qtg/, a place to talk about quests.Previous thread>>6337227>What is a quest?An interactive story in which a Quest Master (QM) writes and provides the readers with options on how to proceed — similar to a choose-your-own-adventure book or an old text adventure.Questionably Useful links:>QTG discord: https://discord.gg/dZavHuK>Skirmish discord: https://discord.com/invite/DZCVvVU>Evo Game discord: https://discord.gg/xGZAX9tAvx>Old pastebin containing advice for QMs:https://pastebin.com/Z78p8gXfBadly in need of renovation.>Archiving guide:Go to http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/requestqstinterface.htmlFill out the request form to archive a thread.Threads are also automatically archived by other websites, such as archived.moe.>Formatting guide:Only the thread's OP can format. Note that should the OP change ID, they will lose this ability as well.Remove the spaces between the [] brackets and the letters:Bold: [ b ] text [ /b ]Italics: [ i ] text [ /i ]Red: [ red ] text [ /red ]Blue: [ blue ] text [ /blue ]Green: [ green] text [ /green ]>Formatting guide for everyone:Dice (type this in “options”): dice + [no. of dice]d[no. of sides on the dice] (optionally you can add modifiers: dice + [no. of dice]d[no. of sides on the dice]+[modifier]; for a negative modifier type: +-[modifier]Examples: dice+1d100 = a 1d100 roll, dice+1d100+10 = a 1d100 roll with a +10 modifier.Spoiler: [ spoiler ]spoiler[ /spoiler ] or by pressing alt+s in-thread (doesn't work in OP)>QM Question:Do you worry much about board preferences and tastes when coming up with or running a quest? Do you make active efforts to tailor your output to what is "popular," or do you just do your own thing?>Player Question:What do you look for an appreciate most in a quest: quality of prose/artwork, an appealing setting or world, an interesting plothook, or is it all about the waifus characters for you?>General Question:Do you think /qst/ has enough activity, and has had enough good candidates, for anotehr king/queen tourney this year? Who would you nominate?>Lurker Question:Why not at least +1 or comment on the updates so the QM knows someone is appreciating their work?
>QM QuestionNot particularly, no. I run what I want to run and it has worked out well enough for me. I don't think trend chasing is worthwhile here considering the smaller playerbase. Maybe if we were talking about akun or RR, maybe, but I don't see the point.I think trend chasing would only matter in a context where you'd make money off it, and there's like one dude on here who makes any money off of it. He only makes $13.85 a month.>Player QuestionIt's about the characters for me. The setting is important, yes, but interesting character dynamics are always going to be easier for me to get invested in. Dark Quest is an example of an active quest that I really like the characters of.>BLUETruly, it is the most fitting outcome that the BLUE MONKEY QTG gets hit with an accidental smear of blue.
>QM QuestionNo, I prefer to sit in my own corner and run the quest in a way i see fit, what is 'trendy' or 'popular' doesn't concern me.>Player QuestionAn ideal quest has a good balance of all, of course I am content with what most quest I play seem to offer, though I do like it if the world/setting feels rich and colourful.>General QuestionI don't know, I've never participated in one, though if I had to nominate someone I suppose it would be one of the Aldershorsts or Celairgalvorn.>>6364991>>6364992The sultan is dead, presumed poisoned by foreign elements, now you must choose who will get the blame.>>6364974>>6364975The crownprince of Greifswald has come to the lands his father had conquered so painstakingly five years ago.
>>6365137MIA Questrunners (that I participate in, add your own), NOW WITH FLAG PICTURE IN POST TO MAKE IT OBVIOUS FOR REAL THIS TIME>Kaz (again…)(Knights of Nothing, Star Wars: Interregnum)>Greenwood (Forgotten Realms Adventures)>StrangeQM (The Isekai Inquisition)Fuck 4chan bitching about how it can’t upload a goddamn jpg without having to convert it right back into a jpg…And fuck phoneposting too.
>>6365167>90s MG Villainess (Mahou Shoujo Villainess Quest)he went into hiding nearly a year ago due to some economic stuff leading to him losing his job, but I haven't seen him sinceI know he read Solarpunk when he was still questing, I've seen him there (he namefagged by accident once), so I assume he uses the site in his free timeI don't expect a return to form, but a head's up that he still lives would be nice
>>6365176>>6365190replied to a deleted post, reeee
>>6365176Greenwood is coming back: >>6364556For me, it's>Chartman (Voidship Bridge Simulator)>IdolQM (Matunso Idol Agency) >StoryQM (Versequest, Downerquest)>Gorilla (1 Man vs 100 Gorillas)>Lesches (Seven Against Thebes)>Not Bathsalts (My Government Issued Small Titty Tomboy GF)
>>6365137Do you worry much about board preferences and tastes when coming up with or running a quest? Do you make active efforts to tailor your output to what is "popular," or do you just do your own thing?I'm sort of academically interested in /qst/ trends, but in the end I can only run what I'm excited to run and enjoy running. Why else bother? As Handler said, we do it for free.>What do you look for an appreciate most in a quest: quality of prose/artwork, an appealing setting or world, an interesting plothook, or is it all about the waifus characters for you?It's usually the setting or premise that hooks me, the characters that keep me, and the rest can be whatever as long as they're not so bad they interfere with me enjoying what I'm there for.>Do you think /qst/ has enough activity, and has had enough good candidates, for anotehr king/queen tourney this year? Who would you nominate?I think so, especially since last time we did it we had really old ones like Ruby Quest get nominated anyway. As for who I'd nominate... Probably Argia from Silver Knight or someone from hatch That Egg? or one of my characters if nobody else did, and especially if it's not me running this time>>6365196Oh, and actually>GenkaiQM (Dragon Ball: legacy)>BathSalts (PKMN Quest)
>>6365176Bentus if you're not fucking dead for real then come out
I miss Lessons in Knighthood.
>>6365137>Player Question:>What do you look for an appreciate most in a quest: quality of prose/artwork, an appealing setting or world, an interesting plothook, or is it all about the waifus characters for you ?I'd say it's at least 70/30 for quests that'll last long & 50/50 for short ones, since /qst/'s format doesn't allow it to pull an akun>>General Question:>Do you think /qst/ has enough activity, and has had enough good candidates, for another king/queen tourney this year? Who would you nominate?I'd say yes, we had a good number for another tournament and I'd nominate Argia from Silver Knight QST Although since she's a popular choice I'll end up choosing other queen>>6365176I really miss:>EvilQM (Dreadknight Quest)>I Just Love Lady Knights (The Lady Knight's Quest)>Koko (VENGEANCE BURNS RED)>ShortTrip (What The Fuck Quest) >Otakun (Another BS Isekai Quest) Special mentions:>usurper (The Dogbusters' March)finished, but I miss the QM>Levelman (CHAOS: The Quest for Redemption)Can't wait for it to return
>>6365137The op confirms bananas owns this board
>>6365137>QM Question:Nope. Write what you enjoy, you'll last longer that way.>Player:Characters and writing, mostly. Art can be a nice strawberry on top of the cake, but if the quest isn't enjoyable to read then the art ain't gonna salvage it.>General:It could work, but /qst/ gets alarmingly butthurt whenever we try to run something fun like that. I was brewing up ideas for a kind of '/qst/io Kart' Tourney thing, but it's always tricky balancing mechanics for those kinds of events. I figure we could take a page from King/Queen of /v/ with a few modifications. Short answer: I've thought about it in the past--will I run one? Hard to say!>Lurker:I try to try out a new quest every week just to keep things fresh--giving them a vote only takes a moment, so I say go for it!>>6361939>>6361939>>6361939By the way, are YOU a fan of fantasy? DARK QUEST is on Thread 8, but it ain't too late to catch up! Join mild-mannered Anton Peas as he fights to free a world shrouded in perpetual darkness from mad mages, beastly barbarians, menacing mobsters, and the occasional hellspawn! If you're into rules-light mechanics, plenty of write-in opportunities, and something resembling humor, then come check it out!
>>6365137>QM Question:>Do you worry much about board preferences and tastes when coming up with or running a quest? Do you make active efforts to tailor your output to what is "popular," or do you just do your own thing?Quest threads last for like three months now. It'd better be a long trend or fad to be worth it on its own, and for the time investment alone, it's best for it to be something with not only staying power but a personal attachment to the concept.>Player Question:>What do you look for an appreciate most in a quest: quality of prose/artwork, an appealing setting or world, an interesting plothook, or is it all about the waifus characters for you?The setting and world and its movement are what matter most to me, the ability of characters to move through the plot, or interact with each other, though admittedly very few settings actually appeal to my narrow interests range. >General Question:>Do you think /qst/ has enough activity, and has had enough good candidates, for another king/queen tourney this year? Who would you nominate?There's always enough if you cast the net wide enough. I don't know if the support needed to widen that net is readily available though, at bare minimum the qms have to be willing to participate in the rounds themselves.>>6365203>last time we did it we had really old ones like Ruby Quest get nominated anyway. Definitely an indefinite moratorium on this sort of thing. I shouldn't even have to explain how utterly ridiculous it is. This board is already limping badly enough without the new blood having to compete with stuff that never even touched this place.>Lurker Question:>Why not at least +1 or comment on the updates so the QM knows someone is appreciating their work?I never +1 because it's not something I appreciate myself. I know sometimes people feel like they don't really have much to add, but whenever a vote is cast like that it's really hard to know how they even feel about the choice, if anything.
>>6365176Let's dredge up the nostalgic titles.....>YouAndYourWaifu (The Prophecy Names Me[...])I miss stupid birb demon shenanigans. It's always tragic when an ETA for a thread comes and goes.>Bentus (The False-Woman / Child Of A Dead Empire)You're still not off the hook unless you're actually fucking dead!>ContinuousQM (The Fall Of Hyrule)Will we save Hyrule? Find out never!>Thunderhead (Operation Moonshot)For some reason, fighting Nazis in space stuck with me>WolfAnon (The Wolf Lady)It was a creative idea that promised much cute anticsThere are a few more who I miss but don't consider MIA because I know what happened to them or still see them around elsewhere.>Levelman (Chaos Quest)Just not running it right now. Regular on the qtgcord.>Chartman (Voidship Bridge Simulator)Not sure why, but occasionally seen on the qtgcord.>GnollQM (Gnoll Quest)Everyone knows them. No further explanation needed.>NewbQM (Theseus/Broken Empire)Currently writing a book>Hivemind-Chan (Synthetic Gods Quest)Fucked over by Russian internet censorship
>>6365251>>6365251>>6365251Legend of Zuzo is rolling again! Offer your prayers to the Spirit Stone... After-Bloom update coming later tonight, maybe tomorrow. >>6365137>QM question I do a bit, definitely. The way I launched After-Bloom was directly influenced by answers to questions I asked in the previous /qtg/, after having folded my Changeling quest due to low player engagement that made it feel like more of a chore to take care of than a game to play. A big part of my enjoyment as a QM comes from getting to describe scenes and characters and explore ideas I have, and I have a LOT of ideas - but another huge part of it is engagement from my players. Speculation, discussion, banter, just shooting the shit a little here and there, stuff like that. I really like the social aspect of these games, it'd be why I prefer this format to just penning fanfiction or writing a novel. I've already worked professionally as a writer, and don't have anything to prove there. But if I have only one or two people being entertained by what I am doing here, and I am only getting the minimal entertainment of something that low-key, I feel an urge to move towards one of my (many) other ideas to perhaps entertain a higher number of people, and generate more engagement and entertainment for myself. >Player questionI don't care about art at all for this stuff, I mean if it's good then that rules, but I would play a quest with only text. I don't care too much about game mechanics either. Good prose and good FORMATTING matter a lot, though. I won't name names, but some quests here are challenging for me because the writing is too densely formatted, and the grammar/diction is harder for me to follow or get into. I care a lot about the quality of characters and narratives also, stuff with meaning, characters with depth, I just won't bother if I can't find some real meaning somewhere. >General I'm not sure what that truly entails, but I don't see why someone wouldn't try.
>>6365241>Will we save Hyrule? Find out never!We're getting there(:
>>6365137>QM Question (continued) I wanna add to my answer above that I wouldn't try to confirm to genre or theme preferences, or certain proclivities like the frequent fixation with waifus. I am glad to be running a fantasy adventure quest, I am enjoying it a lot, but my heart is always going to be more with horror, Southern gothic, and mystery, which I usually dress up with survival/post-apoc, cyberpunk, or some other elements to keep it feeling fresh. I think those things on the whole are less popular around here. I also want to add that I am experimenting a lot with mechanics, sequencing, and puzzles as I run LoZ, and see what can gel with a format that hinges on democratic engagement, slow pace, written updates. When I run into a wall, and it seems that a way of doing something isn't fun for me and the players, or even is just detracting from the story we are trying to tell, I shelve it and wait for the next opportunity to try something. My other quest, on the other hand, is relying on the tried and true 1d100 BO3, which I've learned to use in the two other quests I have run. I doubt I will do any tinkering there because I want it to be more narrative focused.
>>6365282Conform**
Drunk QM - Sunbelt CrusadersWarden - Enclave RemnantDamashi / Naive - Mortal Kombat: Kaito's KonquestLesches, as mentioned by another anonThat One QM who Ran a Joan of Arc Qst & EntombedKaz - Start Warz: InterregnumStoker from Stoker QstOff topic, but where can I go to discuss the Cal Kestis Jedi Series? VRPG is out since it's an Action-Adventure, & VG looks like it's all generals & possibly bots.
>>6365285Ponty, you told me to run more post-apoc, but I can't tell if you have checked out After-Bloom yet? It's still real early, and I am working on an update now as we just moved on to our second protag. I think it might be up your alley. Even if not, I hope January treated you well.
>>6365289Thanks boss, you too. I went on a playing videogames bender for the first time in a long time, so haven't been Qsting much. I'll check it out.
>>6365298>>6365298>>6365298The final update for this thread of Fog of War is here! It's time to make a very important choice.
>>6365266>formatting challenges>I'm not sure what that truly entails, but I don't see why someone wouldn't try.In 2021 and 2024, people here ran some board events where QMs and players got together to vote/roll/argue about who should be /qst/'s top waifu or husbando or king/queen when I did it, because I wanted characters that were cool for non-romance reasons to be able to join in, too>>6365241Continuous and YayW are good shouts. Sloucho's Legend of Zelda quest is a VERY good idea to check out if you're missing The Fall of Hyrule. Umbral Tower even stars a lone Sheikah-tribe guy as its protag, sort of like where Matthias ended up before we switched perspective to the Hylian royal family.>>6365282>>6365289Post-Apoc has a pretty big base here, I think. I see popular quests in that sort of sphere crop up and stick around fairly often. I REALLY like 'Old West' and horror quests myself, so if you do one of those, expect me to join in.If you're looking for stuff in that vein to check out, One Life (>>6364407) could use more players, and it's such a slow one to update right now that catching up is a lot less daunting than the thread-count makes it seem.
>No Naruto quests on the catalogue Crazy
I LOVE new threads because you get a new IP and can shit post hardcore style without anyone knowing you are bananas QM!
>>6365190I am alive.... I just post a far more casual game without complicated background mechanics like 'will your rival kings/knights/ladies/queens die because they screwed up' and 'what faction of Meeps is getting powerful and up to goatish shenanigans' or 'what sort of relics should I create if you find something'.New quest is Giri and Jingi.
>>6365336Nice op dude
>>6365266Here's the threads from when the King and Queen tournament was run best part of two years ago. They were some of the best threads to grace the board in a very long time.https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2024/5961634/https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2024/5997910/https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2024/6014808/>>6365272>>6365311You best believe I'm all over Legend of Zuzo
>>6365272Can confirm Legend of Zuzo kicks ass, holy shit
>>6365330Giri and Jingi is great so far, btw.
>>6365311Clearly we need a biggest asshole tournament. Where the winner must be a character who is able to convince you, the reader, that the author is a fucking piece of shit for spawning such a rat bastard of a character into existence.
>>6365337Took me a second to realize that was Monkelania, I anticipate fifty gorillion tickets sold worldwide this weekend. >>6365343Thank you sensei, means a lot!>>6365341>>6365311Appreciate the kind words so so much guys. Very excited for what's next now that we are over the prep-hump and about to head out on our adventure with intention. If the Shadow Temple/pirates was like Windwaker's Forsaken Fortress, leaving the Atoll will be like heading from Windfall to Dragon's Roost, or finally leaving Ordon for the Forest Temple in TP...
>>6365330HE LIVES, HE LIVES!"Meep, I always knew that man would endure the trials the great gods laid upon his path like bloody caltrops!">New quest is Giri and Jingi.Nice, I will be reading it and voting in it if it strikes my fancy. By the by, have you read Digimon Quest: The Tower? As well as Pokemon Fork And Spoon also by the same QM? That that QM in particular seems to have set a trend for themselves in writing independent and fiercely surviving female protag reminded me a lot of your Kuroda Haruka as I read both of those quests. It might interest you should you ever come back to MSV
>>6365370>>6365370>>6365370new post
>>6365360Always nice to get feedback.I worry my quests are boring or not unique enough.
>>6365365Kek, now that's an idea.>>6365233/qst/io kart is also an amazing and fun idea.>>6365367Prep can be its own kind of fun, but I am excited for the next stage of exploring your version of that world.>>6365403There is quite literally nothing else quite like that in the catalog. It is very cool and distinctive. Essentially playing someone who was a villain's hapless mook from a Magical Girl show is such a cool idea.
>>6365417>>6365417>>6365417A new post for the new Homeless Mutant Quest!
>>6365403HEY FAGGOTI POSTED AT YOU >>6365378I ACTUALLY VOTED IN MSV QUEST AND GOT INVESTED BACK THENPLEASE RESPONDThank you
>>6365336
>>6365336>>6365452Guys... which one is the real bananas? They're practically identical.
>>6365452
>>6364946>Mutant!QuestUm... Uh...A namedrop was not on my bingo card.Sorry for not getting back to my quest, RobotQM. I've just been burnt out with college leading straight into wageshittery directly after graduating, as well as personal health problems getting more frequent, and then other life events happening that are affecting me very negatively. I thought graduating would solve all my problems, but unfortunately life is more complicated.That being said, I'm very glad you've enjoyed my quest as well, and, while I'm not very happy about leaving the story unconcluded, I'm simply not in a good frame of mind at all.However, I *have* improved at art as well, and I do agree Clip Studio is GOATed for making cool OC art :)In any case, pardon the quasi-dump in the spoilertext. Please enjoy this drawing.
What 3 months of no Monke does to am MF
>>6365241>Currently writing a bookwhat's the book?
>>6365467Something called My Struggle or Fight of Mine or along those lines.
>>6365330yipeeee
I miss The Little Dungeon That Could.
well, that took longer tha expected, but there is finally a new update for The Caretaker Quest!You decided to go to the mausoleum...now you must face Salazar, for real this time!will you be able to come out on top? or will your adventure end there? so close yet so far...Come roll and find out!>>6358384>>6358384>>6358384
>>6365459Glad to see you're still around, and hope life gets better for you and your family doesn't find more of your autism tomes. Health problems always suck, hope you're able to stay healthy as well. Hopefully one day we'll both be free enough to return to our quests.Also that art is pretty great, very nice work!
>>6365137>QM Question:well, i´ve only ran 1 quest so far, so i dont think im qualified to answer that question yet, however, for what i´ve seen i think i would be ok with doing my own thing later in the future, after all, variety is the spice of life, doing "the same thing" than everyone else is doing would get boring fast.>Player Question:cant really put anything above anything, its all a combination of everything that makes the quest stand out.>General Question:>Another King/Queen tourneyoh man, im still salty about Arty not making it last time...i dont think i could endure another one>Lurker Question:i always make sure to vote, even if its just a simple +1, tho i do try to engage in discussion and give points and reasoning for my votes
