Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>98564080
>>98572688
>The greatest CYOA of all time btw.
>>98572745
>>98572745I like it for reading, but I didn't really enjoy making a build.
>>98572749If youre not picking destroyer youre not playing to win
>>98572758>>98572751I only made mine half way, but I had enough to get every spell at that point, become the first sinner anyway
>>98572775*and
>>98572783I think Ill make another build where im not just trying to power build. That might be fun with OR too
>>98572793
>>98572749Wo Har'Dan...
>>98572799
>>98572810
>>98572817Has anyone ever figured out why the founder of the convention turned evil and started draining the multiverse of mana
>>98572828
>>98572834
>>98572838
Is there any interest in an original superpower CYOA (Inspired by superhero tropes/media)? What do you expect or want to run into? What era of hero comics do you favor and in what flavor? Campy? Gritty 90s? Etc?
>>98572865I just want a repeat of Worm. I could fantasize for days based on just a single power in the list. But I could only really do that because I'd read worm and udnerstood the world well enough that my self insert logically and lorewise made sense and had alot of content to bounce between
>>98572865We are desperate for OC anon. Superheros can work but you have to find a way to differentiate your setting.
>>98572757>Lobster>Strength: 1+1 = 2>Speed: 1+1+3 = 5>Senses: 1+2 = 3>Intellect: 1+1+3 = 5>Leadership: 1>Heavily Armored>James Prawn>Squark Squimbleton>Magic Wand>Murder the Mollusk
>>98572900Ughh no. No franchise slop. It needs to at least be worm like instead of actually worm and shouldn't require us to have autistic meta knowledge.
>>98572865Watchmen/The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen might be cool, the gritty proto-era of superheros before any real uniformity
>>98572865imo the common mistake of superhero cyoas is when they try to put a bunch of common super powers and tell you to build your hero (kind of like tok's supersluts) because all builds end up being super bland with no originalityI would rather you make me choose one or two original/versatile/strong powers kind of like in this one or Worm
>>98572926Franchise slop is the future of cyoas, mother of learning, danmachi, LoTM, fate, whatever other slop they play in mcyoag
>>98572865Something like Harbinger would be ideal.
>>98572932
>>98572942
>>98572865If you're going to be making superpowers you desperately need to take inspiration from the style of superpowers worm offers. Don't just make bland super strength, flight, invisibility. I don't know how to describe it but worm superpowers are genuinely an enormous step up and what you should be aiming for for any sort of originality in your cyoa at all.
>>98572948
>>98572865Kitchen sink, relatively campy (think DC/Marvel), lots of powers, ideally maxxes out at country level in power.
Time to decide the winner! https://strawpoll.com/ajnE14KponWThe poll ends tomorrow.https://imgchest.com/p/6eyraqxrl4pWar of Fakers>be Master/Servant>pick your pair from preexisting options (p. 13-24)>no limit on the number of participants>no Custodian's Mark, Transferred Insignia, Stolen Regalia>no High/Lethal Servant Upkeep>no Servant Extras for yourself>no Angra Mainyu>reminder to choose your starting location (p. 4) and time of summoning (slot order, p. 20)>Additions:Broken Ritual, Odd Lineup, World War, Gibbous Moon>Time Period:Present Day (2010)>Grail Mechanics:Deadline: UnlimitedWar Cycle: One OffCycle End Condition: VictoryLesser Grail: Pot of FraudGreater Grail: Cavern (in Antarctica)Homefield Rules: Free EntryAssassin Rules: Any Assassin>Points (regardless of p. 1-4 but changeable by other options):Self: 550Partner: 900Turtle (Servant) & Artoria Pendragon (Master) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98504131/#98513552Necromancer (Master) & Pale Rider (Servant) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98554919/#98557896Isaac (Master) & Richard the Lionheart (Servant) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98514688/#98515468Ruler of Fate (Servant) & Ozymandias (Master) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98514688/#98522968Tourist (Master) & Hans Christian Andersen (Servant) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98549978/#98550511King Midas (Servant) & Mundane Outsider (Master) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98536088/#98536382Ethereal Master & Gilgamesh (Servant) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98536088/#98539944Simulacrum (Master) & Sherlock Holmes (Servant) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98554919/#98555143Seeker of Truth (Servant) & Merlin (Master) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98549978/#98551351
>>98572983>multiplayer eventYou. Have. Another. General.
>>98572865pretty much these >>98572900>>98572932>>98572955it doesn't have to be a franchise let alone a worm cyoa but please don't make the powers just a bland "super strength" "regeneration" "mind reading", give us fully fleshed powers with thought and orginality behind them with us choosing something more similar to a 'powerset' rather than an individual power
>>98573000Checked but what actually makes worms powers different?
>>98572983Mcyoaggers still trying to shit up the main thread despite having their own general is like a kid who just won't let go of another kid's toy. Truly a sad bunch
>>98573032Read the cyoa and you'll get it, if yopu don't understand on first glance then I'll know that won't be playing your cyoa
>>98573000It isn't really a CYOA if we just choose a premade "power set". Some restrictions or categories like psionic or mutant make sense but being forced into a box isn't fun.
>>98572983I'ma gonna win!
>>98573039Which one?
Rolled 256, 480, 811, 259, 39, 879, 588, 150, 623 = 4085 (9d1000)>>98572983My vote represents the fickle hand of fate.
>>98572989>>98573035Especially funny since they were originally fateshit containment threads.
>>98573056Which one he says? hahaha! Which worm cyoa? lol, LMAO. Yeah, if you don't even know what infamous worm cyoa is being talked about then I have no hope for your very first cyoa
>>98572865I love capeshit, so if it's good, I'll play. The problem with capeshit settings is that if your build can't deal with guns, poisonous gas, and every other weapon the normies can throw at you, you can't be a superhero. Heroes like Gambit, Spider-Man, and Batman would realistically just get shot by a bad guy and die. I will also need that eternal youth, since I don't want to become old Bruce in Batman Beyond.
>>98573071I am not an author the anon who asked the question.
>>98573074I hate newfags too
>>98573032>>98573056its not exactly that the powers from the setting are different, it's just that the cyoa is well made. I'n most superhero cyoas all you do is end up making a variation of superman, professor X or flashthese powers feel complete, like they have style and are worth talking about since one can find powerful power synergies
>>98573073Good point. We don't have to be Superman but I definitely end up taking a bunch of defensive powers in most supe CYOAs as you are a deadman otherwise. Multiple ways to give us that base survivability though.
>>98573084
>>98573091
>>98572989>>98573035Just accept it bros. If they decide to come back, there is nothing you can do.
>>98573084Oh the Tankishta one. I really should have known.
Worm CYOAs:https://imgchest.com/p/5xy2qjxzjylhttps://cyoa.ltouroumov.ch/viewer/https://wormlewdmod.neocities.org/https://imgchest.com/p/md7oqw5la4phttps://graev.neocities.org/cyoa/Worm%20CYOA%20V1/Mod/
>>98573098>>98573084I say well made, but it is not perfect, I just wish there was more customization for endbringer since it just locks you out of 90% of the cyoa
>>98573106>>98573098fuck, I forgot the last page
>>98573114Now post all the dlc powers
>>98573073>Spider-Man, and BatmanSpider-man has precognitve danger sense to help him, and is generally to quick to get tagged. Batman doesn't let himself get shot.
>>98573124Batman shrug off bullets.
>>98573090Agreed, durability is the most obvious power to cover the base survivability. Other options are superspeed (The Flash), regeneration (Wolverine), intangibility (Martian Manhunter), barriers (Invisible Woman), telekinesis (Jean Gray), luck manipulation (Domino) or Magnetic Manipulation (Magneto).
>>98573103>WormI prefer Pact
>>98573144Luck manipulation is basically unbeatable. like reality warping level
>>98573124>Bullets are scared shitless of Batman and don't want to go anywhere near him
>>98573162Not immune to fist
>>98573130That too, yes, he has silly kevlar bat armor. I'm sure he has an anti-bullet technique he learned from himalayan monks too.
>>98573166How are you gonna hit me if my luck manipulation power caused your car to break down so you couldn't get to the fight in time?
>>98573162Domino can get defeated, WTF are you talking about, pic realted
I'm gonna go to sleep, someone post OR.
>>98572932>AttitudeVillainous>PerksAppearance, Acclimatization, Instructions, Willpower, Protection, Smarts, Charisma, Villainy, Quirk Awakening, Quirk Marriage>QuirkAbsorption & DraculeaQuirk have the power of both the Awaken Absorption and Awaken Draculea.Can also absorb the abilities of someone by turning them into a vampire instead of killing them.People I kill have their absorbed "souls" become part of the network and under my control.Vampire that die become part of the network and under my control.I can absorb the abilities of vampire when they die, even if I did not bite them myself.
>>98573195You already have Fate you greedy mpfag.
>>98572865I’d like to see a superhero cyoa with a dedicated focus on street-level characters. Not necessarily Golden Age in tone, but the sort of environment where stupider Golden Age powers could be useful against foes such as “twelve guys with guns” or “martial arts master”.
>>98573162it depends on how strong it is, someone being generally luckier doesn't instantly mean they will win any and all encounters
>>98573194Dumbed down powers for the sake of the plot. Ya see it every time. Luck manipulation taken to it's logical conclusion is the same as quantum immortality but better. So what is someone has super speed, they can slip on the floor all the same or just like in my example they can unluckily not show up to the fight at all.
>>98573202Miss me with that shit. If I can get killed by a gunfag, it's a gay ass shit CYOA
>>98573209You have no clue how Domino's power works, do you? She has the ability to subconsciously generate a "psionic aura" that alters the probabilities of events and actions within her line of sight. The aura causes improbable (but not impossible) outcomes that are personally beneficial. The resulting effects of this "subliminal telekinesis" are observed as "good luck" for Domino and "bad luck" for her opponents (from enemy equipment serendipitously malfunctioning to averting imminent catastrophes through seemingly chance actions). Instead of being consciously activated, her probability-warping powers trigger automatically and subconsciously when Domino faces potential harm, danger, or personal benefit (like engaging in games of chance). She has no control over her powers, so they basically work like plot armour plus.
>>98572865Think I'd like a Cyberpunk cyoa that expands to magical powers, mutant powers etc. Superpowers being powerful but not omnipotent. >Magic and Psionics>Biotech and Mutations>Cybernetics and GearYou could become a super-person with any of them. All come with their drawbacks.
>>98573258>Magic and PsionicsWhy are these grouped together
>>98573214I wasn’t thinking in terms of superpowers that lose to a guy with a gun, just lower-level supes who can’t treat a goon competent with an automatic weapon as harmless chaff. There are enough power fantasy superhero cyoas, I’d like to enjoy a few more where some niche ability like Indestructible Fingernails is more than a footnote.
>>98573268>I want to be able to get dicked by gunfags, and I want budget Wolverine powers. Like fuck that regeneration and just give me adamantium fingernails. That's exactly the type of shit I didn't want. If there is no logical reason why bad guys can't just fucking kill you with a gun then you could not be a superhero since you WOULD get shot and killed. Like, get yourself a pair of steel claws and try to be a superhero, right now. It's not realistic.
>>98572865My favorite capeshit CYOA is The Platinum Age, you should play it and take notes, pic realted
>>98573312
>>98573323
>>98573289If you’re making a superhero character there’s effectively an implicit physical ability floor for a character that strains the definition of baseline human, assuming you aren’t taking drawbacks. All I’m saying is that I’d like to play a superhero cyoa where “shrug off getting a car dropped on your head” isn’t considered some baseline necessary feat of physical resilience.
>>98573268based. Best superpower media involves low-mid level powers in combination with technology/craft/ingenuity and actual planning and training. I don't know how this other guy thinks people without superpowers fight the bad guys with guns. You don't have to just run at them or something
>>98573144I would add gear to the list (armor being the most obvious but there are other options).>>98573268>>98573289If we get the base survivability me and anon are discussing combined with more niche and grounded offensive abilities we could have our cake and eat it too. Pic related would qualify IMO (one of my favs but the balance is bad since everyone rightfully maxs their stats before everything else).
>>98573162Yeah no wonder Marohaga was needed to handle him
>>98573162That is entirely untrue, or at least not "universally true", because how do you define "luck"? Its not actually a real thing. A coin flip for example, is that luck? Because its actually down to a number of hard factors that you just cant measure, the force of the flip, its initial position, the air conditions, any dirt or whatever on the coin...So when you manipulate luck, what are you changing? Anything? Is it luck or is it actually not down to chance at all? Luck manipulation can be anything from "the universe rearranges itself so you never lose" to "you are slightly more lucky with rng in video games", it depends purely on how you define luck and (more realistically) what sort of narrative is being written. It can be wonder of U or it can be utter garbage.
>>98573209Luck powers taken to their logical extreme do nothing because "luck" doesent exist.
>>98573551Nobody feed the matterfag
>>98572758>If youre not picking destroyer youre not playing to winHow is becoming a power-mad nihilist "playing to win"? Plus practically all the other paths get you more spells, equipment, or both. And it locks (you) out of all the companions and factions.Okay, (you) get one more Void-tier spell. But you're giving up a LOT to get it, and - in all likelihood - (you) probably wouldn't be using spells of that tier too often.(How often do (you) plan on needing to reset time for the entire world, resurrect people, or summon the supreme demon overlord?)
>>98573584He probably thinks becoming the "first sinner" makes him a God or something.
OC>oc>OC>ocTheme:https://youtu.be/YyknBTm_YyM> ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ> • Ghosts of Authors Past CYOA •> ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚ•ᘛᘚIt is precisely midnight.You start up your computer but it feels different, all the keys are heavy to your press and your fingers move by themselves.Before you know it you've logged into Discord by an account you do not recognize.Is this really Discord? Where are you? The air in your room thickens. You could almost chew it.Then you hear the voices calling out to you. Though you shouldn't be able to, you recognize them at once: these are the authors of old.They cheer and greet you like a friend.The thick air is no longer heavy but comforting. You feel you belong here.But when you say as much, their mood turns and they chastise you:"No, anon. It is not yet your time. Even now, you have OCs to make in the earthly realm."Work? Still more work? Your eyes grow teary. You are so tired of working on your OC. When will you be free?"Stop crying faggot," they console you, and offer you their aid.
>>98573656PICK 3 AUTHORS OF OLD.The 3+1 of you will be making a cyoa together.The workload will be equally divided 25%/25%/25%/25% between the 4 of you.You're the project head, you decide who will do what.They are ghostly figures, just barely there, but they can interact with computers well enough.But each ghost has their own requirements for your collaborative CYOA, based on their tastes or unfinished business.>3ChoiceAnon"The CYOA must have exactly 3 waifus!">AHS"The CYOA must be about blood and being born!">Cyrus"The CYOA must be about Christian morals!">DivineTrialsAnon"The CYOA must be about books!">DSA"The CYOA must have no point system, only 'pick x per section'!">EternalAnon"The CYOA must be 15+ pages!">Gil"The CYOA must be about screwing the player over!">Hali"The CYOA must be mostly gray, visually!">Havelthingy"The CYOA must be about unusual magic systems!">Highlander"The CYOA must be a pdf!">JrpgAnon"The CYOA must be about choosing events that happened in the PC's life!">Kit"The CYOA must be all anime art!">Languid Cicada"The CYOA must have complex systems!">Lone Observer"The CYOA must mix different kinds of art, including photos!">Lord Thistlewaite"The CYOA must be about things getting slowly but inexorably worse!">Nxtub"The CYOA must be about domesticated animalgirls/monstergirls!">Oneesanman"The CYOA must be custom-made interactive software!">RichardMerryweatherAnon"The CYOA must be all custom art!">SDA"The CYOA must be all AI art!">ShittyAnon"The CYOA must have simple white background, black text, no fancy shit!">Unnamed Creator #13"The CYOA must be about making sad girls happy!">WarlordAnon"The CYOA must be an army builder!">Zugzwang"The CYOA must be a solvefag CYOA!"You pick your 3 collaborators. When you return to the mortal realm, they will aid you with your OC.What CYOA will you make with them?
>>98573584Don't feed the tripfag either
>>98573584>(How often do (you) plan on needing to reset time for the entire world, resurrect people, or summon the supreme demon overlord?)Ohhh, at least a couple dozen times to get my initial accend. Im gonna create "figure in the mirror" with all my spells, trade them all away with "promethius", then merge with it using "mental integration" and have double the spells I did prior. I'll repeat this until I have every blood and conventional spell and then use them to take control of the loop and become the first sinner. This is if I dont just go mad from knowing too many void spells, but maybe "organic order can help fix that".
>>98573664PICK 3 LITERAL WHOS>Bupperbapper>Snorkus >Glorbalorb>ABC>Norgaborga>Slagathor>Klargurian>Zugzug Anon>Blargavarga X3D
>>98573733Anon, you can ignore the ones you don't know, and pick from the ones you do know. If you don't know whether their cyoas are any good then they'd probably be a poor choice for you to pick.
>>98573744>Anon, you can ignore the ones you don't know, and pick from the ones you do know. If you don't know whether their cyoas are any good then they'd probably be a poor choice for you to pick.SDA 3 times it is then
>>98573656>>98573664tough choice, but I'll go with:>Lord Thistlewaite>WarlordAnon>DSA"All Roads" CYOA about post apocalyptic freeway wandering, accumulating companions and followers
on to the B's
>>98573771
>>98573773
>>98573664>PICK 3 AUTHORS OF OLD>Fucking youngling Nxtub>Little loli DivineTrialsAnon>Small shota JrpgAnon>Baby bitch WarlordAnon>Aborted fetus RichardMerryweatherAnon>Sperm cell Lord Thistlewaite>No TokBitch please! I'm way fucking older than these "AUTHORS OF OLD" you fucking giga newfag.
>>98573782Are you dead? By "Old" I meant no longer posting, ie dead. Hence no beri either for example.
>>98573789My grandmother is fucking old as fuck, but guess what? She is alive. Old is not the same as dead, old means fucking old, dead means dead. Use the English language to communicate clearly. If you mean DEAD, don't write OLD.
>>98573664No NumberedAnon?
>>98573801>No GurkhelmurkelAnon?
>>98573514God I want to fuck that boy so bad bros
>>98573795Your problem here is that you are ESL. That's fine, so am I, but look: old can be the opposite of young, but old can also be the opposite of fresh, or of being in the temporal present. Yesterday's news is old news, they no longer correspond to the present. In the context of authors, no longer being present is also called being dead.
>>98573789>Are you dead?yes he is, he hasnt posted in ages and refuses to work coz he has dolls to play with
>>98573835Ragebait aside it is impressive how long tok and aro have been around though
>>98573833>Old=dead>Your problem here is that you are ESL. That's fine, so am II can tell
>>98573664>KitI've worked with him before, it would be nice to work with him again.>ShittyanonReally good author, I wish they had stuck around longer.>EternalAnonMay as well make a long cyoa. Is being ambitious stupid, probably? But perhaps I could learn a lot along the way.
>>98573789Bitch I nameposted last week
>>98573835Fuck you, I'll finish my Warhammer army this year, and then I'll release Hentai Heroine and show you who is dead. You're dead, because you never lived to begin with. What "CYOAs" have you done beyond that Frankenstein monster animation edit CYOA, pic realted? >>98573857https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6zIGXun57U
>>98573884>>98573877>Glorbalorb nameposted last week
>>98573886
>>98573884Nothing but talk. I will believe it when I see it.
>>98573886It’s Snorkus, thank you very much
>>98573884>Fuck you, I'll finish my Warhammer army this year, and then I'll release Hentai Heroine and show you who is deadI'll be ready to remind you of your failure the moment the clock strikes 12 on new year.
>>98573664>HavelthingyVisual design, setting and systems.>Unnamed Creator #13Waifus and a sad story.>NxtubVisual design, setting and writing.It will be a sad cyoa about magical anime waifus waging a tragic magical war with many sides, like warlord era China. Warlordanon could be great here also, but I can fill in for him, I'm not sure how much he'd appreciate the setting anyhow.
>>98573914I didn't say I would finish Hentai Heroine this year (although it is within the realm of possibility that I will). I said I would finish my Warhammer army this year. And I hope you burn that into your memory so that when my finished army marches on the gate of /tg/ in my name, my hosts fully painted splendor shall be witnessed by all. For the glory of all Tok kind shall I have created the most Toknificent army in history and Warhammer. Then you shall be cast down as a false prophet for forever doubting dexterious hands and the will of the Tok. For when a Tok speaks, he speaks the truth! No lies will ever exit the mouth of a true Tok.
Tok, your just WIPosting now. Actually, no, WIPosting implies progress. You're just talkposting now...
>>98572745Why is every cyoa you like urban fantasy? It's such a mediocre genre.
>>98573664>OneesanmanA knockoff of a NSFW-exclusive author (oneeCHANman) who only made one CYOA and doesn't actually exist made it in, but I didn't
>>98573984My thought exactly. Wodan is a deathist who fantasizes about going on barely magical everyday adventures.>>98573914Be ready to choke on painted dragon dicks. Also based on what CYOAs you like, I really think you would enjoy going to a gypsy and paying her to read your fortunes. Cause that bitch will tell you big painted dragon dongers are coming for you before New Year!>>98573974It's called shitposting, and it's an art.
>>98572932>>98572955>>98573000Casterfags are trying to sabotage martialchads with lousy Worm-tier conditional powers again I see. They've always been salty that super strength + speed chads could turn them into paste before they have a chance to react.
>>98573884You should work on integrating your shadow instead of entering a public cage match
>>98574010It's for dead authors, who can aid you as ghosts. If you're posting here, there's a good chance I didn't consider you dead.And I wouldn't be surprised if Harahel has had more posting about it than any other CYOA on 4chan. I'm not a trash regular, but whenever I go there I see the Harahel general, and before that it dominated /cyoar/. How many years has that been now?Also when I reached 23 names I felt like I should post it before bloating it further. The ones that got in are somewhat arbitrary, eg despite the ZBG's obvious VN angle I couldn't think of a good restriction for him.
>>98573664>EternalAnon>Lone Observer>WarlordAnonI'll focus on companions and the mission section. That way the CYOA can be posted as a WIP without me doing any work and it'll feel like a full CYOA.
>>98574033What would you recommend as reference works for the integration of the shadow, Asciiface (is that what we should call you?)
>>98574045I'm at least halfway dead and very ghostlike, tho. I even named one of my ghost companions after myself!
I want Tok to stop posting.
>>98574070Beats me big dog, I haven't done that shit. It's a Jung thing they say so perhaps begin with Jung. I don't know that you need to read anything to be aware that the things you hate or decry are often a reflection of yourself, though
>>98574083Make me
>>98574024Certainly a possibility. There is a fine line between an interesting ability with sensible limitations and feeling like you got a shitty version of the power you actually wanted and have been intentionally gimped. Ironically if we look at real Occult beliefs, magic is far more likely to be subject to a bullshit restrictions like only working on the full moon or only working on certain targets.
>>98574087Been reading Man and His Symbols of late, actually. Highly recommend. Makes for a good introductory guide to mining more substance from the miscellanea of reality. Also soft-launches a bit of a schizo mindset, but whom among us hasn’t flirted with that.
>>98574091>fetish manifestationNigger, literally anything can be a fetish. That's the omnipotence option, considering 'stopping time' is an example. I'm going to turn people into floor tiles.
>>98574115I read part of that but I felt like I should hit the Man Himself rather than a bunch of followers, so I left off after the first couple sections. Soon I am planning on reading The Dream and the Underworld by James Hillman as part of my research for Bat Hunt CYOA, which supposedly runs counter to Jung's ideas about dreams. I think some of that material would probably benefit most authors, whether it's Jung, Freud, whoever. It seems like we have some pretty literary people in here already anyway with the physics, philosophy, etc. conversations
>>98574083It’s a familiar feeling
>>98574140I can’t blame you for that. My experience with learning that Psychology and Alchemy is basically an ahistorical imagination game definitely tarnished any impression I had of him as a theoretical titan, but in the worst case he’s no less clever than the likes of D&G (not that I’ll pretend to remotely grasp that duo). Hillman is new to me, looks very interesting from a quick gloss. Excited to see what you do with his ideas, have you talked much about Bat Hunt in the past? It’s news to me.
>>98574115Can you give me a tldr? Sounds like it would be great as I spiration for the Pact cyoa (not the kind posted here) that I want to start working on
>>98574162I’m only partway through myself, but as a quick summary of what I’ve gotten to:- The unconscious cohabitates with the consciousness, and by its nature cannot really be inventoried or properly captured by the conscious mind. - Symbols are signs with meaning that extends past the surface level, even if they might have surface significance.- Dreams are a case of the mind spontaneously producing symbols, and an effort to understand what is symbolically signified by dreams is a means of approaching and attempting communication with the unconscious. On the most basic level, this might be something like a dream where your car has no steering wheel as your unconscious mind symbolizing that your psyche is distressed by your lack of situational control.- There are certain symbolic motifs which are taken to be widespread or universal, to the extent that human nature and development might be taken partially in terms of these symbols’ prominence. That’s all I’ve gotten through so far. A lot of this might sound basic, but it’s basic in the way Tolkien might seem basic because every successor in the niche took notes on him.
>>98574160It's a long term project that will be kind of an homage to island survival CYOAs, about people drawn mostly by their dreams to an island on which bats are unnaturally abundant. You'll have the option to hunt different species for various reasons as well as to explore the mystery of the island. It is sad how so many of these supposedly universal or ancient practices turn out to be cobbled together. I was disappointed by that with tarot, but with that the playing-card evolution is actually more interesting than some kind of Ancient Egypt gobbledygook. I guess there's cobbled together (syncretic) and cobbled together (intentional falsehood), though
>>98572745I fucking hate how restrictive the character and mission sections are. I don't even care about the mission bonuses I just want to have an actual adventure without getting cockblocked by some retarded arbitrary limitation.The characters are the same. Most of the interesting ones are locked behind the stupid faction system.You can't even take people as enemies if you aren't from the same faction which is dumb on so many levels. Why the fuck do I need to be from the same faction as someone to beef with them?
>>98572745Did tank ever talk about the mechanics of the Time loop? I want to know if it's possible to hijack it and use it to speedrun the spell/tech tree. Any BM lorefags here that can clarify a few things?
>>98574249This sounds very intriguing, excited to see where it goes! Any sort of eta? I haven’t looked much into the playing card evolution of the tarot, but I’m so glad my then-girlfriend primed me for most of the mysticism around it being bullshit. Provided you understand the arcana enough, readings make for a quaint self-analysis practice when you’re not lending them predictive power. I know some folks subscribe to a sort of post-ironic Jungian Alchemy for similar reasons.
>>98574083Without Tok this general would be a graveyard. A graveyard filled with dead weebs...On second thought maybe Tok should stop posting. We can never have enough dead weebs.
>>98572688This cyoa gets me really sad because it involves a nostalgia to a time that could not exist long term. If you were to be sent here with all your memories you're basically trying to stop a 9/11 wherein your coastal hometown either dies with a drug problem or becomes touristified where the property prices are super high, and big ugly hotels dominate the coast and all the native residents have to move inland.
>>98574698Thank you! I really can't say how long it will be, probably like a year. I need to get more projects done to lead up to it; I've only made a couple primitive one choice CYOAs and I would like for this one to look good, have some interesting formatting, and maximum possible synergies, not to mention enough content. Considering how much I procrastinate, each of those projects in the interim is likely to stretch out too. Have you made any CYOAs, anon? I remember talking with (someone I assume was) you about alchemy or something before - I would be interested to see your OC>>98574804The forces that displace people will never go away, but some of them can be allayed. Don't worry anon, one of these days there will be a winnowing, and hopefully when it comes we'll have a chance to reclaim Place and put down roots. I don't know how people can live without being situated
>>98574821Wholly understandable! I work at a glacial pace myself when mania isn’t on my side, so I’ve got a definite sense for how scope creep can affect projects like that. I don’t think I talked alchemy with you before but I could very well be forgetting, I know we’ve interacted before. I made After the Fall, City Incarnate, and a few one-pagers. No OC in many moons since, but I’ve been haunting the boards to get inspiration lately.
>>98573664>>98573656Lone Observer, Thistlewaite and highlanderIf I could I would take Imaginos too, and The uh lady that made Hero of the Galaxy or whatever I forget the name I'm sorry she was in the last thread
>>98574821Oh, nice! I guess it must be another anon I'm thinking of. I love your CYOAs, especially City Incarnate. It really captured that feeling of something encoded in one's surroundings, which I can very much relate to and would like to replicate in my own work. I'm looking forward to your next release - glad to hear you're back in the neighborhood
>>98574882>>98574862wrong post ID
>>98574883
>>98574888
>>98574821I have no idea what you're saying here man
>>98574894I'm saying eventually we can kill the profiteers and actually live in cultures that have a reciprocal relationship with a piece of land and its qualities
>>98574882Thank you so much! That one came about in a period where I was living in a city with suboptimal public transit and no car, so I got used to seeing a lot of odd and evocative scenery when I walked places. There’s a sort of gothic quality to the Rustbelt that I’d like to see more fiction touch on.
>>98572688Check this out:>https://whateverdarkfantasy.neocities.org/
>>98572688Where's the intro? You can't have a CYOA without an intro! This is pure CYOA anarchy!
>>98574905The useless consumers, the animals who eat and shit and do nothing to improve their environments---you will be phased out before too long. By which I mean you will be suitably distracted and discouraged from reproducing, and allowed to die early from misuse of recreational drugs or from disease related to your sedentary lifestyle. It will be a comfy culling. (Only applies to the first world. Third worlders will meet a less enviable end if they get in the way.)
>>98574932
>>98574922Hali in tatters? You're back!
>>98574942
>>98574950
QOTD to aspiring authors:If you are not planning on adding immortality to your up and coming CYOA, are you ready to withstand the endless barrage of complaints about how it is garbage and unplayable since the player won’t be able to live out their easy harem life in paradise forever or trample all over God?
>>98574930The English mode turns Korean fairly quickly so I closed it, but not before encountering a fucking "pick your hair color, pick your hair length, etc." section.
>>98574932I have updatedMy Build
>>98574979Tok lives rent free in this guy's head lol
>>98574997why is it so blurry?
>>98574979I like this new tradition. My guess would be that there are only a few people here who will not play a CYOA for the reason you mentioned: no more than the people who won't play an anime CYOA or one that doesn't have waifus. Ultimately it's just fun to share something you made
>>98575002Because the original resolution was too big so I reduced it by 50 lercent using a free reducer online
>>98574979My solution is usually to make the player work for immortality. It's not something you directly buy, but rather something you can earn by defeating some demon, saving the world, or going on some long quest or something. Avoids the "required choice" design dilemma and gives the player something to work towards with their build
>>98574997Definitely one of the shittiest builds.
>>98575046As an immortality fag I like this. It gives some direction to a build, doesn't just hand it to us on a silver platter when it doesn't make sense, and doesn't mess with our point budget.
