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Name your top 5 cyoas
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>>96895033Dragonfall, Versecrossing, Witch Awakening, Waifutopia and Dawn of a Planeswalker
>>96895115>tfw you see one you really like in a list of bait
>>96895033Angel, fulcrum, royal guardian, dark god and your cyoa
does anyone know the author of this one?>>96895033My favorite will always be the guildmaster one.
>>96895033Only really have three for all time favoritesHorseman's Kingdom, Magicians' Academy, Celt's Comfy TrailerHonorable mention: An Eldritch Bloodline, if the balance wasn't shit
>>96895033Hmm, in no particular order:Star DustHarahelComfy SpaceshipAlien CYOA (by DBCoopercobra)Divine Trials
>>96895033In no particular order, my favourites are Night Ride, In the Wake of the Dawn, Anomaly 777, Isekai Bounty Hunt, and African Warlord. I like most CYOAs though, these are just the ones that have gotten stuck in the back of my head the most.
>>96895033Dawn of a Demon Lord, Dragonfalls, Outer Reincarnation, Blood Magic, Spirit ConscriptThose that tend to have good world building, decently challenging setting(not straight up overpowered without peer) yet give me enough power fantasy fuel
>>96895033>Docklands>Amidst Cycles Incomprehensible>All Things Great and Small>Eldritch Bloodline>Derelict Station SurvivalOff the top of my head and in no specific order. But I could probably add another 20 or 30 that would all be fighting for a spot in the top 10.>>96895232>Honorable mention: An Eldritch Bloodline, if the balance wasn't shitFair complaint. It really wins on vibes.>>96895376>In the Wake of the DawnBased
I have a problem with Outer Reincarnation: my build always just ends up being 'Old Throne spam'. I am too autistic to get over the fact the setting has an unlimited time loop easily up for grabs. Just go to magic trance sleep on the thing and try literally tens of thousands of times to brute force it or build a giant superweapon ("Build A!", "Build B!", "Build C!",...). Go to war and enslave everyone, who cares, it's a time loop. J'dan you retard hire a mind mage to make it so you don't get bored. The built in warmachina synergy makes me feel like a kid slotting two legos together. I mean yes clearly it's not a creative masterpiece but what the fuck else am I supposed to do with these two pieces. Also I don't understand what they're talking about when they shit on undeath all the time either that seems like a no issues solution to the fate thing. Before you say "read the lore": I have a job. In conclusion I'm retarded.
>>96894896Do not forget the all-important addition that makes it playable!
>>96894884And build, being not-the-girl.
>>96895033Celt's Comfy TrailerDivine TrialsGodly HusbandryBuilt in the HeavensUniversal War
>>96895033>Name your top 5 cyoas#1: Universal War#2: Star Dust#3: Cosmic God Ascension#4: Domain Master#5: Perpetuance Protocol Pod Program
>>96895033Divine TrialsDawn of a PlaneswalkerThe Planes AwakenedTimestop Chill Zone Whatever one has my attention for the current month
>>96895550>Whatever one has my attention for the current monthI also have that kind of autism, but for franchise settings instead.I'm currently in Halo mode right now.
>>96895476Using it feeds The Nightmare so eventually you're going to usher in the end of the world and time travel won't help.
>>96895550>>96895531>>96895510>>96895350I made all of these cyoas
>>96895199Mage KnightKnowing everything you burn is op. Archmage status soonTM.
https://imgchest.com/p/6eyra829g4pMage https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96831220/#96832994https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96722349/#96730791Assamite Assassin https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96889385/#96894077Unvampiric Vampire https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96731336/#96732943Ventrue Hotelier https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96749429/#96749587https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96749429/#96749832The Cheery Librarian https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96758090/#96758879Vampire Hunter https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96758090/#96762118Florian Hawthorne https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96823661/#96827195Usual Tremere https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96831220/#96832001False Ghoul https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96841979/#96843182The Day Fixer https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96862680/#96863658The Unfortunate Kindred https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96847860/#96849707Contradictory Cutiepie Outsider Methuselah Sil: the Retardation https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96882393/#96882463Kato Giuliano https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96882393/#96887424
>>96895636>Contradictory Cutiepie Outsider Methuselah SilQuite a name. Justified, though.
>>96895596> Wow this OR CYOA is pretty neat, check out my build guys, isn't it clever> Actually anon, this causes The NightmareWhat the fuck are you talking about. I hate Tankista
>>96895647>Guys I can't get over or stop obsessing about how overpowered this is!>Actually anon it has a drawback so it's not that overpowered, you don't need to obsess over it.>What the fuck you're shitting on my build for no reason I hate you!
>>96895647Well all those possibilities have to go somewhere. You don't just undo the Meaning of everyone's actions that easily...
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>>96895666>666Hahahaha.>Help:Re: IsekaiIt is easy to guess my build in that cyoa.>Inherent Divinity:Shapechange 3, Smite 3, Avatar 3, Automation 3, Legend 3, Immortality 3>Nature of Reality:Laws 3>God-King Monarchy:Graft 3, Mobility 3, Artifact 3
>>96895658I was speaking about the hypothetical build which does this naively and from their perspective dies for no reason. I actually have no idea what he's talking about (the nightmare that one girl has when she spamcasts?) and I read the CYOA moderately thoroughly
I ate this >>96895690 anon btw.
>>96895033There are too many I would forget
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>Debating using an animated background for my CYOA (...again)https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/74052697-firefly-lights-misty-night-forest-cinemagraph-4k?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2FOn an intellectual level, I know it would probably be a bad design choice, and even the minor movement here would distract from the main content.And also, I would probably have to tinker a lot to figure out how to set an MP4 as a background in ICC (not natively supported and probably a huge pain if it's even possible), since converting to gif ruins the quality. Plus educate myself on how to edit the video to uniformly decrease brightness/contrast and make it a little more background-suitable.And also also, I'd have to pay $39. Which is fine, I guess...But it would be so pretty~!
>>96895842Oh right, also also also the problem of trying to mess with it and edit things to make it smoothly loop. That's actually the hardest and least realistic part.
>>96895636>>96894077>>96894091>Assamite AssassinNoticed some typos and mistakes, so I cleaned it up. Final Final Build.
>>96895898>>96895800I really loved this one. It's a shame BTGanon doesn't do more cyoas in this vein.
>>96895842This or similar as a background will not distract from anything; it's a nonissue. As far as the difficulty of everything else, it seems like you're excited about the idea and seeking affirmation in doing what you already want to do. Maybe you could find a way to make your own graphic, which would be much more interesting and cheap. Any fresh approach should be welcomed here>>96895908it truly is
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>>96895916I already stitched together my own choice border graphic from a few different sources (which looks very nice in-situ, imo!); will probably also create a semi-transparent "choice background" to apply to each choice; still not sure on the style I'll go with there.A whole detailed picturesque page background is probably beyond my ability to create though (at least in a timely manner), but cost isn't a huge issue since $39 is pretty cheap. I did find some other quite nice mp4s that DO loop, so I guess it's just a matter of firmly deciding for myself if that's really the direction I want to go in - probably need to play around with the sample quite a bit after all the other CSS elements are in place.
>>96895842>>96895916Perhaps you could use some animated images for choices too. This one I think has always been uniquely charming
>>96895033Dawn of a Planeswalker, Celt's Comfy Trailer, Living God, Time Stop Chill Zone, Last of the Omega LordsHonorable mention: essence meta cyoa
>>96895696The Underground is taken over by The Nightmare, which is the combination of the dead-but-not-dead True Dragons Vtorusha killed's Dream, along with the Eternal Curse that Xian created. It's empowered by other dreams, and the Old Throne basically dumps deleted timelines into dreams straight into the Underground. The Nightmare is a vague curse field, but also tangible monstrosities. The Nightmare can also be harvested with magic to create life directly, as Thaumiel does. Other lore tells us that Dreams are burgeoning, unaware Divinity that ever mortal experiences and produces, meaning the Nightmare is basically a bunch of twisted insane godlings who got messily deleted from reality trying to reassert their godhood and creating a corruption and monster plague.
>>96895962Oh I'm definitely considering it, that IS natively supported in ICC and you do see it semi-frequently in interactive CYOAsOnly issue there is consistency; one animated gif in a sea of static would look bad, so it'd need to be a whole section or type of choice that's animated - and adding an animated requirement makes the image search 10x harder. Definitely under consideration, though!
How do you improve visual design for a cyoa?
>>96895983>Evil woman engineering the plot behind the scenes>There's a manmade cosmic horror overshadowing the political argument that's supposed to drive the story.I feel like this is a rerun.
>>96895916>In the woke of dawn
>>96895989Collaborate with an author that is good at visual design :)
>>96895989Step 1 is learning CSSOr at least it was in my case...
>>96895916Origin: Changeling [+2c, +1w]First Feat: Unsung Deeds [+1p, +1c, +1w]Companions:- Ludwig, Heir Apparent [+2c, +1w]- Janet, The Stolen Bride [+2c, +1w]Skills:- Blood Magic [+1p]- Arms of Sharur [+1p]- Spellbreaking [+1p]- Fencer [+1p]- Diplomacy [+1c]- Virtuoso [+1c]- Geasa [+1c]- Subtlety [+1c]Weapon: A Simple Sword [+1p, +1c, +1w]Zenith: Outis [+1p, +1c, +1w]Onwards: The Road EternalLudwig a cuteA CUTE!
Italics status?
>>96896320He finally touched grass and no longer wants to make CYOAs anymore.
>>96895962Do you have the version with audio?
>>96895962I'd go for Faraway Friend and Inquiring Introspection.
>>96895033>Overlord>Necromancer by The Scientist>Laboratorium>JRPG Traitor>A Bit More Effort (probably)Creature of the Night might take a place on this list, but it hasn't been long enough to say. The main criteria are indecisiveness/concern when building and inability to stop thinking about the cyoa.
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>>96895033The Facility (the DLC is kind of rubbish)Monstergirl AdventurersSpirit Conscript
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>>96896694Maaaan why did you post this just as I was about to leave work? I'll post my telefrag ghost build later tonight.
>>96895033>Outer Reincarnation >Entropist >Spirit Conscript >Creatures of the Night>Cataclysmic Cultivation All my builds were popular.
>>96896713Isn't absorption cold&heat infinite energy ?
>>96896801I noticed that too, yeah. It's weird.
>>96896867Maybe it only take energy that isn't at body temperature until it is?
>>96896694Intangability is a bit overpowered here like it's both the ultimate defense and the ultimate attack as you can just phase trough attacks and "delete" matter
>>96896801A lot of powers would technically be infinite energy as you would just need to create more energy than you consume so any super strength, conjuration, moving things with powers and anything else that adds energy to the system could theoretically create infinite energy
>>96896694Awakening: Late>'It seemed like a dream at first. Something you couldn't quite believe was happening. Something you were afraid of waking up from if you dared hope it was real.'View: Acceptance>'We are who we are. Sure, we might not like our hair colour or wish we were taller but we just have to accept it how it is. Well, most of us do anyway.'Facility: The Foundation>'It could be a lot worse. Class' are fun, mostly anyway, the food in the cafeteria isn't bad and some of us even sneak out of our rooms at night and make up scary stories. About kids like us waking up strapped to a metal table or hunted down and detained in Area 51. . 'Memories: Friends, Mentor>'I've even made friends here, good friends. Not to mention a favorite teacher. Sure, some of the other kids poke fun but it's nice feeling like someone's looking out for you.'Stats: Discretion (1), Responsibility (1), Control (1), Potential (1)Companions: Charlotte, Jacob, Nathan, SarahPower Type: Esper (22mp, 6gp)Enhancement: 6-Peak Body (M1, I1)-Metabolism (M1)-Enhanced Senses (I2, I3)-Muscle Density (M1)Precognition: 14-Insight (M1, I1)-Prescient Reflexes (M1)-Probablity Detection (M1)-Foresight (M1, M2, M3)-Parachronal Sight (M1)Mind Control: 6-Suggestion (M1, I2)-Inducement (M1, I1)-Defence (M1, M2)Decision: Escape>'What can I say, Charlottes an unstoppable force and I'm far from an unmoveable object.'Getting Out: Teamwork>'For Charlottes plan to work, we needed them. Besides, I couldn't leave Sarah behind and Nathan and Jacob deserved to have a choice. Ofcourse they both took it.'Complications: Public Announcement, Police Activity, Men in Black.>'The response from the Foundation was honestly more mild than we expected. I mean we can't really stay in one place for long and every time we show our faces in public we're taking a risk but I have a feeling someone's keeping the worst of it at bay for us.'
>>96896978Plan: ComplicatedI could see Charlotte just as easily wanting to Lay Low or Fight. Maybe even Search For Answers. Jacob and Nathan would both clearly prefer to Fight so depending on how Charlotte goes I can see her and Nathan butting heads. Charlottes ability being the most likely way for us to get money to survive might also rub them the wrong way. I'd push to stick together so you could lump that in as Join Others which wouldn't be a problem with Sarah and honestly I don't think Charlotte would run off on her own despite how she comes off. Again, Nathan and Jacob might go their own way as their goals are definitely in line with each other. Nathan would just see it as another arc in his story probably wouldn't have a doubt in his mind that we would see eachother again, some day.
>>96896884Why would I want the power to make things more comfy for my enemies? If you can't absorb heat until they freeze then it is quite useless.
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>>96896906More in the sense of infinite energy to empower yourself with.>>96897108To make yourself stronger and neutralize extreme cold for yourself? Making stuff freeze is what Cold Generation is for.
>>96896694>>96896899It is, yes.>Awakening: Late>Self-View: Pragmatism>Facility: Center>Memories: Combat Training, Games>Stats: Potential 2 Overdrive 1>Companions: Michael, Alice, Scott27 Body 8 GeneralPERCEPTION>Status Reading M1 (2)>Sighting M1 I1 (2)PRECOGNITION>Insight M1 (1)>Prescient Reflexes M1 (3)ENHANCEMENT>Peak Body M1 (1)>Metabolism M1 (1)>Fast Healing M1 (2)>Regeneration M1 (4)MOBILITY>Phasing M1 M2 M3 (6)>Intangibility M1 I1 I2 (6)>Jump M1 I2 (4)>Flash Step M1 I1 (4)After Escape:>Suggestion M1 (2)>Defence M1 M2 M3 (4)The core of the build is Intangibility, which is a perfect defense against all physical attacks, a form of traversal and with I1, the ability to telefrag any physical object. This gets even stronger when Flash Step is added to it so I can jump from person to person and telefrag their brains and hearts as needed, even through objects or inside vehicles (remember that I have Sighting I1 to see through objects). Prescient Reflexes let me do this reflexively, and if I get hurt somehow I have Fast Healing and Regeneration to back it up. My only weakness is mental attacks, which Defence closes off neatly.In the Center I pretend to only have the Peak Body, Fast Healing and Regeneration series while secretly training my Intangibility and Flash Step (Regeneration helps a lot with building confidence; you can take more risks when you know you can recover from them).Revelation: The TestDecision: StayLoyalty: PracticalRole: Field AgentI'll probably be partnered with Alice as her backup, sharing rooms (and beds) on field operations. Our first mission will most likely be Scott, who actually did escape (since I didn't report it; but nobody has to know that).I mainly value my freedom, but the perks (and not being hunted!) are hard to pass up. The end goal is to build up resources to either make a break for it or to act as a kingmaker when the forces seeking to destroy the Facility show up.
