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Here's a dropbox with a LOT of CYOA's:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ijwopa42ke49q1/AAA40vUS2BzstD9eHyyBLTr8a?dl=0
IRC Chat Channel
https://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?url=irc%3A%2F%2Firc.rizon.net%2Fcyoa
>waifu CYOAs
>>43854539
>>43854539
Pdf is just a big white nothing, and I'm on a computer.
>>43854752
Twilight Potion
>>43854752
Same here, I don't see anything.
>>43854539
Well, that was interesting.
>>43854896
>>43854896
>>43854903
>>43854752
Sky and red potions. My dream world is now my personal playground and I can use the red potion to win some great pocket cash gambling and playing scratch offs.
>>43854896
>>43854903
>>43854922
It ain't waifu if all the girls suck.
>>43853779
It always saddens me that every time someone is asked to mention "great CYOA's", it's always the same two or three that get mentioned, all, what, a year+ old.
Don't you think there have been made any good ones recently?.
>>43855156
Are you sad nobody talks about your CYOAs? I've been gone for about six months so you're going to have to tell me what it is.
>>43855156
>>43855173
>>43855195
>>43855213
>>43855156
Look, I am working on mine as hard as I can. But in recent times I just can't seem to finish the last 4 options. But I do agree with you, latest CYOAs aren't really great.
Worst case scenario, I release it near christmas for /cyoag/.
>>43854993
Fighting Spirit
Zero Suit
Won't Fit
Now I just need to roid a bit, get a mask and some google glasses and make them show me porn while I fight crime. If I ever need to go full power I just take off the mask and set the glasses to browse some really hardcore porn.
>>43854539
Why do people make long pdfs without cutting it into pages? That's like putting an old vinyl record onto a CD but not cutting it into separate tracks.
>>43854993
Won't fit, Tentacle Tongue and Sex Magic
>>43855170
I mean, if that's your interpretation, that I'm whining because
>tfw no one loves my CYOA
Then fine, nothing I can say would change your mind. You've already decided that.
>>43855263
>But I do agree with you, latest CYOAs aren't really great
That wasn't even close to what I said. I said
>when someone is asked for a great movie, why do they always only mention one they saw as a kid?
>>43855582
I see what you mean now, but if cyoas are really good then they should stand out, right? There seems to be a distinct lack of that lately. That's what I was trying to say at least.
>>43855566
I'm more curious about whether there's anything new you like.
>>43855566
Post your CYOA a little later and see if people like it when it's dissociated with you. Then laugh at them.
>>43854688
Trainer
Anthroid
Sages
First thing, go out and buy my monkey some guns.
>>43855635
Do I need to restate my point again? I'm not whining about "wahwah no one likes muh CYOA", I'm saying it's the same things that get posted every time.
I don't know why you think I am.
>>43855610
How new? Honestly, the only thing I can remember recentlythat I didn't makeis alien waifu's.
>>43855607
I see. My main issue is either people ignore OC, or they say "this is shit", without saying what exactly is wrong or what could be improved.
This kills the OC.
>>43855762
Then post some of the stuff you -do- like then. Complaining like this isn't going to change anything; all it does it's perpetuate shit posting. Maybe try making something you consider to be good and get some discussion going on it?
>>43855173
Domains seem a bit unbalanced. Ice ones can eventually freeze a country, fire ones can eventually forge godly arms and weapons, sky ones can control weather which is good depending on scale, but night and mountain are too vague to say and the best sea can do is ignore or sink a boat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJ4spdiTxw
>>43855862
>Maybe try making something you consider to be good
Implying.
>>43855156
Because those have stood the test of time, and are generally lauded as great. Sure, there are plenty of recent successes, but becoming synonymous with greatness takes time.
>>43855904
All sea has to do to avoid the sunlight is swim down.
>>43855156
Quiet CYOA
>>43855968
Hey, I can dream, right?
>>43856007
I think everyone's had their fill of Star Dust. Makes me happy when people mention it as a good one, but it's clear that there's no real interest in it anymore.
I am only working on it now because I can't very much just leave it unfinished. I don't really care if there's no interest in it, it's a project I have a lot of fun with. That was my goal when I first posted its first iteration; its popularity was just from the luck that what I had poured my passion into happened to be an interest to people.
You can tell when people put a lot into something they make, because they will go great lengths into trying to perfect it in every way. They'll go out of their way to learn a complex program like photoshop just to bring it to life. They'll dream about the concepts, objects, and characters and write about them. I always think that's the best way to approach a project... if it's not something you can't be passionate about, it's not worth the effort.
>>43856411
Oh, hey. Did you abandon that quest? Also, red/black edge dreadnought gonna be a thing? 'cause I really, really want it.
>>43856411
On the contrary, I want a proper, complete version.
I'm a newfag to these threads (less than a year). The only way I've ever seen Star Dust is fragments of different versions slapped together into something sloppy. I can see how great it could be, but as it is I just skip over it cause I can't be fucked to piece together which parts go where.
I'd fucking love a complete and neat version.
>>43856319
You don't even start being able to breath underwater, though. You need a cave like everyone else.
>>43856347
Quiet is shit. It kills your memories and your personality.
>>43856486
Quest is in hiatus, but I do plan on running it again in the future. I only work on the CYOA now during the little time I have to spare. I just can't even think about running the quest right now, not until the semester is over at least.
The dreadnaught and other ships are stillunder construction. I'mscrapping the whole subsystem thing for a less tedious system.
I coloured it blue to fit with its ship family. You'll see when I finally release the damn thing.
>>43856489
That's my goal. I plan on releasing the whole thing at once.
>>43856357
To be honest, a lot of what I have made is objectively shit that was thrown together in a manner of hours and not thought about enough.
Sometimes its just nice not to think so much.
>>43856518
On the contrary, I quite like Quiet. It's a perfect example of what I meant in >>43856411
It may not be perfect, but he put a lot into it and it showed.
>>43856518
I know, isn't it wonderful?
>>43856518
Could you please not try to force this discussion a fucking gain?
You gain nothing from it.
>>43856594
Too bad it ruins itself with that.
>>43856595
Do you want to die that bad, anon?
>>43856411
>I am only working on it now because I can't very much just leave it unfinished.
Thank you, that means a lot to me.
>I don't really care if there's no interest in it, it's a project I have a lot of fun with.
First, there is interest, but it's very diminished by the fact of it's state. Heck asked every thread I was in bout it's state.
Second if you wouldn't have fun doing it, it wouldn't have turned out the way it did. and we all appreciate it. And as long as you do, please go on. Because there is nothing more important then you having fun with what you do.
>>43856641
No, but from a storytelling perspective it is simply amazing.
>>43856694
I don't see why you're such a big fan of 'you're erased and die' that you think it's good storytelling. Except that it's probably gonna be a poor cover for self-loathing, bitterness, or contrarianism.
>>43856694
>>43856641
>>43856718
Can we not do this again? Nobody's opinion is going to change.
>>43856786
>What's the difference?
Well anon, if you'll read Quiet CYOA again, there's explicitly a heaven and hell that you have a shot at, which you are choosing to give up to be reborn. Meaning that if you are not destroyed utterly, you will exist eternally. So dying is not the end of existence in this setting.
>>43856724
>>43856718
>>43856694
Has been addressed from this angle?
You have, as I see it, three choices.
1 Reject the offer and nothing happens or you die or whatever. This is a shit choice.
2 Accept the offer and lose or spend your points regardless that part of you is gone now. What's more is you've created an unnatural thing that shouldn't exist and aught to be destroyed, just ask the math lady. This is a shit choice.
3 accept the offer and do the mystery box where unspent points are dealt with differently and might be recoverable in the form of memories/soul/whatever. Still an abomination. This is an lousy choice.
Thoughts?
>>43856807
>hell
Is this one of those 'infinite punishment for finite offenses' deals?
>>43856807
>>43856811
>>43856833
Let's not do this guys
>>43856811
I agree, but I also think that it was kinda the point.
>>43856833
Hell if I know. It doesn't say. Up to you.
>>43856811
I don't remember the mystery box. Don't think I've ever seen it posted. Anyway it's all trash. It should've just made the 'lose your memories' thing optional.
>>43856807
so fucking not play it instead of whining every time it's brought of. It's not that hard.
Or are you only happy when everyone thinks the same as you?
>>43856811
That you are incapable of having fun or thinking outside your own predetermined ruleset.
Frankly, I don't know how you haven't left this place yet.
>>43856811
But we only know this in hindsight. From the perspective of a person making the choice without foreknowledge, the opportunity to redo everything could be a dream come true. And there IS the slight chance of victory - the reward for the risk undertaken.
Neither can you judge a CYOA by how favorable you find its choices, any more than you can judge a tabletop campaign for how shit a situation your characters are in. Its choices have unexpected implications and interactions, for those who are willing to look back on them once they've made their builds, creating an interesting adventure for their character.
And isn't that what's important about a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure?
>>43856905
I'm going to keep mentioning my opinion. Because, sorry anon, but positive opinions aren't the only viable opinions.
Plus I sorely wish I could do the CYOA, but it's impossible with that horrid memory and personality destruction.
>>43856908
Not really. The CYOA is set up to spring the idea that it's going to kill you and erase you utterly for doing it, giving up a chance at eternity for it. It's a non-choice, essentially, and rather pointless and spiteful to the premise.
POST MOAR CYOAS
>>43856905
>insults
>leave
>can't have fun
Sure thing, kid.
>>43856946
>>43854539
For some reason, I can't open this pdf
>>43857014
Still don't know what the text forHasturTattered King's -3 actually says under all that yellow. Anyone clue me in?
>>43856908
I can't agree to that. There are a few reasons, the most enjoyment I've had from cyoas isn't finding out what the ramifications of playing it are or being told how viable my guesses have been.
In that cyoa there wasn't a plot hook I found meaningful, 'things are bad in a spooky way that's very mysterious because you know almost nothing about it and have no way of learning more within the context of the cyoa' isn't a thing I've ever really liked. Even going back to some of the enemies that were unknowable from the creepy island cyoas.
Perhaps the most important reason, making choices in the dark is the least meaningful way to make a choice. Perhaps the ramifications and results are the most important or impactful but it doesn't change if from being a guess. If I could only make one character for a game and he was locked into a single class that would define him but idk anything about the classes except the name, I'm just guessing about the difference between a fighter and a warrior.It was cool to read because of the feeling it provided.
>>43856918
>but positive opinions aren't the only viable opinions.
repeated opinions are useless. He's not going to change anything just for you.
>>43856946
>>43857026
It won't work in firefox, I had to use adobe reader.
>>43857102
Then no one should ever compliment anything or say how good anything is.
>>43857102
As far as I know, I haven't even spoken with the Quiet CYOA maker. If I was presented the opportunity, it might or might not be possible to reason with them. But I'd give it a shot.
>>43856946
>>43856934
IIRC, the deity isthe collection of wish fulfillment. Which means you only get the offer because it knows you'll accept.
Which makes your point utterly moot, since you've already accepted.
Just look at how many jumped in, hook line and sinker, not even considering that maybe the line
>Something is seriously fucking wrong with this place
wasn't weird.
>>43857162
I didn't accept though. I closed the CYOA and went about my day. Which is a shame, as I'd like to be able to do it. If I didn't want to do the CYOA I wouldn't bother voicing complaints.
>>43857128
He was pretty dense from the discussions I've seen. Shrugged off most criticism and complained about being depressed a lot.
This is really making me miss he comfy threads with good creators. Scientist and Thrallherd are probably my faves because of how much they embed themselves to discussion without being obnoxious.
>>43857180
>Depressed
That would explain why he thinks erasing himself and his memories could be a positive. Self-loathing. Maybe a little empathy from someone who has felt the same could have reasoned with him then.
>>43855173
>Be a Gargoyle
>Domain is Sky
>Power source is Fame
>Corrputions are Feathers, Bright Eyes, Beak, Horns, Tusks, and Serpentine Body, if I even manage to mutate that much
>Live in the Overworld
>Companions are Rugrug, and Dar of the Deep
The plan for success:
Hang out with Dar of the Deep and offer to be a night guardian at the entrance to his mountain tunnels in exchange for him keeping me safe inside the tunnels when I turn to stone during the day. I try to kill intruders with such ferocity and make such a gory spectacle of them vlad-the-impaler style that I grow in fame as one of their finest guardsmen. Rugrug would keep me company on slow days and be a general bro.
>>43857180
I enjoyed hunting science fiction images for sda and kitsunes for uhh, whoever that author is.
>>43857067
Glad to. You see,fnordis just_____spelled backwards.
>>43857198
There's no reasoning with a depressed person, trust me. Empathy doesn't help either. I've been there.
What you need is an internal slap to the face, and for most people, you're the only one who can do it. It's hard.
>>43856905
That salt, fuck the British should have invaded your basement and left India alone.
>>43857014
I like this one but holey fuck the formatting is awful.
>>43857227
I think I can be fairly reasonable, except in the 'I want to die' thinking. At least there's always the argument of accommodating other people and their way of thinking in CYOA design. It's something I've always tried to do within reason.
>>43857171
Bullshit. Unless you read every option from page one through six before deciding you can't play a game of pretend due to a single part
>>43857268
Who the hell doesn't read through a CYOA first to make sure they understand it and know what it contains before making a build? Saves you from fucking up or using up 'points' or whatever currency it has before you get to the end and have to throw things out.
>>43857260
I remember when SDA used to respond to literally every post in his threads. Discussions got so intense.
>a quiet CYOA mentioned
>shitstorm about memory loss = death
Didn't we have this thread a few days ago?
>>43857334
Happens every time, I enjoy the CYOA itself personally.
>>43857426
Hah, that one's new.
>>43857334
I think Quiet is better case than most, because it's not a 'lose some memory' or 'choose to have your personality changed', it's 'everything about you is erased now'. It's pretty total.
>>43857083
>things are bad in a spooky way that's very mysterious because you know almost nothing about it and have no way of learning more within the context of the cyoa
My one problem with the damn thing. I wish the guy would've just posted what was really going on as a spoilered pdf.
>>43857525
Yeah, but he "lost" it to those darned turrists.
Who'd have thunk the Taleban hated CYOA's so much?
>>43857596
Because choice, also I'm pretty sure if the Taliban posted here they'd be the worst wiafu-antiwaifu fags.
>>43854896
>What makes me special?
My guts!
>What improvement do I want?
I talk them into giving me a jacuzzi!
>What girls do I pick?
1st pick: Yamashiro Nana. I love fit girls, and I want my best chances on her. I think my previous choices have good synergy with her, too.
2nd pick: Ogawa Sakurako. While I prefer (3) more, this girl is a sort of buffer to give me more time to focus on (1). I don't plan on courting Ogawa. I'd like to befriend her, though.
3rd pick: Lisa Fenstermacher. I like her looks and her personality seems fun. She also seems very dedicated to marriage, so I think she'd be an 'easy' pick. 2nd best outcome for me, I'd wage.
4th pick: Suzuki Sayuri. The panic pick. Another girl who is very interested in marriage, but not one of my favorites. If all else fails, I hope I can court her.
I suppose that's the end. If I don't accept his offer I guess I wont roll on the tables.
>>43854752
crimson. probably mostly replace young kids or babies.
>>43854993
Hello nurse.
Zero suits.
Fighting spirit.
Hello nurse can be abused by not cumming during sex when I don't want its effect to come in. Just pull out and masturbate finish. All in all, I'll be a god. A lewd one at that.
>>43857762
Also, this is me.
>>43857654
And fighting spirit's boxer girl looks awefully fit. I'd love to take her as part of the deal.
>>43857745
Have you considered replacing evil men?
Example, you die. Search for memories of torturing children. Take that person's body. Attempt to make amends, release any captives, disclose locations of bodies, turn in or kill known associates, suicide.
What do you think?
>>43854752
It's a tough choice between crimson and twilight, twilight is more my style, that's my choice.
>>43854993
>Purist
DEUS VULT
>Fighting Spirit
I GROW STRONGER
>Clothing Dissolve
YOUR ARMOR AVAILS YOU NOT, EVILDOERS
>>43857858
>Have you considered replacing evil men?
I was just about to suggest that, but with terrorists. Criminals. Those too undesirable to society. I will become a god; A god of a good world.
>>43857858
I'm not an ally of justice, I'm just concerned for my sanity. Pseudo-death-note seems like too much trouble.
>>43855956
>Nine Inch Nails logo on Ninsect.
You're alright anon.
>>43854993
>Robunny Cunny
For sexy fun and a maid.
>Fluffy Tails
For sleepy time and an unstoppable engine of destruction used to destroy the Finns that is powered by...
>Sex Magic
Mostly for overflow.
>>43859175
Stop talking like a fat, greasy pedo.
>>43854752
Cherry, Grass, and not that I really want it, but may as well, Sky. I go forward in time, work out what is valuable there and then go back in time and acquire any raw resources of a high value to weight ratio. Gold, what have you. Then I travel forward in time again and use whatever money I make to get body augments to make me harder to kill and extend my lifespan. Then travel back in time and live as some fantasy larper wizard in 1066 fighting off the Norman invasion. I will call myself Merlin and defend the isles with my strange magic.
>>43859385
What the fuck am I reading?
>>43859385
What's the original about?
>>43859385
>mfw Thrallherd is actually a Thrallherd
>>43859385
This had to be made up.
Last thread had that CYOA with six orbs where you chose three and got powers based on the different combinations. I couldn't save it or even view it for some reason, I kept getting a 404 or "this image has errors". Can anyone post it again to see if it'll work for me this time?
>>43860076
This one?
>>43860152
He means the one with hippy font and the little girl orb. Story was that some hero beat up a villain, runs into you, and decides to hand you three to take care of so the villain will have a harder time getting them all back. I have it saved but don't remember the file number so I can't post it for him.
>>43860152
Nope, nothing to do with spots. It says right there in that CYOA you only have two options, and none of those options interact with each other.
Each of the orbs was a different colour. Blue for Creation, Red for Destruction, Yellow for Life, Grey for Null, Green for Knowledge and Pink for Cute.
>>43860215
>>43860188
Ohhh this one?
>>43860232
Boom, cheers dude.
>>43860188
I honestly don't remember any of the story stuff, I just liked the power combination. I browsed the thread on my work computer first so I couldn't save it, but when I got back it just wouldn't load. I posted in the last thread my power choice, it's Blue-Red-Green all the way.
>>43860232
Oh wait wait, what? What is this purple orb shit? Three set limiter? Gay man, I'm only saving this for the sake of completeness.
>>43860232
>>43860264
There was another version that was much longer and allowed three-part fusions. No idea where this two-part only thing came from or when. So I'd keep your question around if you want the full CYOA.
>>43860286
>>43860288
In fact, here you go. Here's the real CYOA, not the neutered version.
>>43860288
. . . did my posts really indicate I was not aware of this?
In any case cheers dude.
>>43860500
I didn't see your last sentence nor had I looked at the CYOA they posted. It was only in >>43860286 that it became clear that it wasn't the full version, which is why I posted >>43860327 .
>>43854752
Crimson Potion, body snatching through the ages.
>>43859193
Okay, mom, but you're not going to get me to stop genociding the Jews.
>>43860533
Right, I was sort-of confusing you and another anon. Gud taimes.
>>43859385
If this isn't true its funny as shit
If it is its still funny as shit. Creepy but still fucking funny.
>>43854752
Twilight.
>>43854993
It's kinda sad that the only genie gallery cyoa that's ever posted is the lewd one.
I mean c'mon /tg/ don't you remember how the creator chewed us out for choosing all of the lewd wishes when we made our own gallery?
>>43859981
>>43861369
Are you people blind? Do you not see the obviously shopped in words which look different to most of the text?
>>43859687
Manga, and the person she's obsessing over is someone who translates them (likely on /a/).
>>43857426
Neat! Life, science...
And either Elves or Gnomes, tough choice. Hopefully there are drawbacks I can take so I don't have to choose. Otherwise, I guess it'll have to be gnomes for the cool steampunk cities.
>>43854855
>>43854875
>>43854752
Loaded ok for me. Did you all try downloading it directly to your computer? The PDF is v 5.1 of Do Over CYOA, just FYI.
>>43862256
>Steampunk
>Cool
>>43862406
It refused to open for me through Firefox whether opened from 4chan or my computer. When I switched to adobe reader it loaded fine.
>>43862418
STeampunk is awesome when done well (IE, it's more than just superficial cogs glued to stuff), especially when it's combined with a complimentary setting like sky islands.
Haven't seen this one around lately, which is a shame 'cuz I like it
>>43862460
It's pretty cool. I remember the first time I did it, I rolled perfectly on my rolls and couldn't be happier.
>>43862482
Me too. I decided against 'crush' even though I had Waifu Yau in the party, and rolled double 69s. That version of me now lives forever with the sexy friends he's made.
>>43856694
No it's not. The creator left out an incredible amount of information on the various anime series that he based it on and all of his bullshit in various threads on the world. That makes this a poorly executed cyoa.
The graphic design was decent.
The writing was ok/decent.
The layout itself was ok/meh.
The lack of anime series used and general extra history to "solve" the mystery made it shitty.
No fixes that were mentioned ever made it in.
The creator being pretentious in various threads stroking his and others e-peens also added to that level of shit, which is sad because he seems like a decent person outside of that wankfest.
>>43860327
The life orb is cool but it doesn't say how long aging is stopped for. Is it a day? Is it a week? Who the hell knows?
>>43862899
Forever. You're immortal.
>>43857334
I miss Quiet.
>>43857426
I choose...Titty Sight gnomes....why isn't this finished dammit.
>>43859193
>Stop talking like a fat, greasy pedo.
You are just propagating it. The more responses you give the more they'll say what you hate. If you shut up and ignore them they'll get bored of posting it sooner or later and you'll not have to deal with it anymore.
>>43862915
I meant for other people.
>>43861706
Sexy Elf, Harlequin and tome sealing.
I wonder what the Sexy Elf's skills are? Hope she comes with a resume.
>>43859385
Ummm where's the choices and point spend? Wait I'll fix it for you.
1. Ignore her mental instability and pretend she's the perfeckt waifu.
2. Dump her like the psychopath she is and move on to someone more stable, like an ax murder.
3. Force her to go to a shrink and pay for it herself.
4. Beano, lots and lots of beano...also don't eat the cookies.
>>43863099
I'd say a day, since they have to renew it everyday by being around you for five hours.
>>43860076
It's Beri's. Here's a link to all of his stuff.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxbrh3Q2CTiyfjM3SjU2TWNJQ3VpZ2pWYk0xRUJ4LVZYRkgyTTlwUTQwZjZhN0FNTTJ3LUE
>>43861706
Because it's posted by the same person.
>>43862448
LOL that would be a funny cyoa. Superficial Steampunk CYOA. You have 20 cogs to glue to stuff....
>>43863239
Sounds like it wouldn't be that hard to make either, so you should give it a shot. It'd be a good way to waste a night.
>>43855173
Gnome - utility magic
Mountain - more things to lift
Words of the Tide - telekinetics
Indulgence - whatever I want
leathery skin/bat-like wings/bird-claw/tail/hooves/beast eyes - no specific limit on these
Donjon - treasure and loot
Master yellowtooth/master redeye
Poop inside treasure chests and take all the mushrooms
>>43855956
Gupi and Bablamon
Gonna chat with the blade for three years while foraging for food
>>43861706
sexy elf/wizard's closet/giga sword
A life of unusual adventure
Thread needs more CYOAs.
>>43864613
>>43857141
Gem of Imagination. Don't create beings, just artifacts that improve your life in whatever way you want.
>>43857141
gem of imagination. /m/ will get giant robots that defy physics, /tg/ will get magic and monster girls, and I will bring to life my childhood creations. I don't have a waifu, but now I have all you bros to kill time with.
>>43865539
But what if I want a magical giant robot?
>>43865638
ok. no problem.
If the author's around
How does the Slavemancer's power work exactly?
Also, do the other worlds have the same races and classes as us? If they don't, I feel like the Pond Scum should be present in every world.
>>43865678
My liege.
>>43861706
Wizard's Closet, Magical Gathering, and Treasure Map.
>>43865996
>Magical Gathering
That's a personal favorite. Why did you pick it?
>>43854752
How is Grass not an (almost) strictly better version of Blue?
>>43866267
No memory of what happened after that point you teleport back to, so you won't know what you planned to do without note taking.
>>43865738
I ripped it from My Classmate is a Princess Knight, and I figure it works about the same. I tried to avoid mentioning MP, but we'll say it takes 'effort' to enslave someone. You can do it at range. It might take time depending on how strong you and your target are. It takes more effort to enslave stronger people. Your control slips over time and you need to expend effort to retain control over each person periodically, but not as much as enslaving them in the first place. The frequency depends on how strong you each are - it might be days or months, or even years if you're high level and they're weak.
People who are weak compared to you basically lose their will and love serving you. They'll follow your commands automatically. Stronger people can resist you, and you need to spend 'effort' to get them to do anything they otherwise wouldn't want to do. However, the more you've successfully controlled them the more inclined they are to serve you in the future.
Your level determines how many people you can enslave and how high their levels can be. The amount of experience you get for using your powers is proportional to the amount of effort spent.
No race or class is unique to Earth, although there are other races and may be other classes.
pic is something I saved in case I wound up writing the fourth wave.
>>43866306
The "adjusts to nearest safe area" would imply that it's something like the time turners out of Harry Potter. Only problem is there's now two of you, but that's way easier to work around than a one day time limitation and once/day usage limitation.
>>43854688
good cyoa but that font and background is triggering me hard
>>43865738
Race: Human
Character Class: Winner
Perks: Wise Hunter, Multitasking, Swift Shadow
Items:
Melee Weapon [50]
Gun [100]
Ammo 1x900 [900]
Communication [100]
Player Database [100]
Basic Information Package [50]
Personal Message [25]
Food [10]
Stealth Suit [100]
1935 credits spent.
Faction: Seraph Confederation
Humanity.
>>43866353
Looked it up, got the gist.
Slavemancer seems to be the dedicated rape class.
>>43866353
Slavemancy works about as I expected, though the text is probably too vague. I'm guessing that the Charmer plays like the lead from a battle harem who can heal their waifus.
Thanks for the infodump. The other classes are pretty straightforward, except the Pond Scum and the Winner so would you mind expanding on them more?
Would also like to know how the Sleepless perk interacts with the Winner's power, and how inter-world travel works?
>>43866569
A "Kilgrave" class is pretty damn tempting. Just gotta find me a hot Knight to fixate on.
if someone wants to use any of these in their next idea
http://imgur.com/gallery/SFyNV
>>43859385
>the guy in question
>she called me
Anyone have this one CYOA, really strange and abstract with kinda ambiguous descriptions? I can't really describe it but the creatures were odd and the descriptions were written really vaguely, somewhat in verse. They tried to run a thread for it a long time ago.
>>43857108
That did the trick. Thanks for the help!
>>43861706
treasure map, magical gathering, skinship
the best build for a band of adventurers
>>43862970
He made the urban Magic thing.
>>43866637
Couldn't find a use for 'em yourself?
>>43866729
You can describe it better than that. Right now you could be talking about Harry Potter or Star Wars as far as I can tell.
>>43866864
I really don't know what else to say other than the fact that it was almost nonsense. Didn't have any lore relating to anything that I know about. I'm sure if you've seen it, you'd know what I'm talking about, but it isn't exactly common, I've only seen it twice.
>>43866890
Stop acting retarded.
It's memorable to you for some reason. You said there were creatures in it. You must have liked something about it. You probably remember what color the background was and what the text was like. You probably remember when it was posted.
There's a million things you have to remember if you're not on drugs right now.
>>43866471
I'm actually not sure what the 'humanity' at the end means. Out of curiosity, did you just go with mundane weapons to be badass? I honestly don't think I made non-energy weapons very attractive options.
>>43866569
I'm shocked that you could subvert my art into something so dirty.
>>43866608
well, things are kind of vague on purpose. I imagined a lot of the stuff working off mana, but I didn't want to get into actual mechanics so I avoided mentioning it. I also wanted to just handwave balance.
This version of the Charmer was just inspired from the heal slut meme. I didn't put much further thought into it. In an earlier version of the cyoa it did something else (I actually don't remember what), but it was redundant with Transmuter and I still didn't have a healer.
Pond Scum was meant to be something initially weak-sounding that min-maxers could abuse the hell out of. Any vagueness is meant to be interpreted as versatility. It was partly inspired by a Dungeon Meister CYOA magic school. It was initially conceived of as a way to min-max an achievement system, which is the example given in the cyoa. Think about stories of fae screwing people over with deals or contracts.
>>43866922
It'd be nice if we could get some healers that weren't fueled by dick.
>>43866938
There was one healerguy who lost his wife and kids, yet all the female players and npc' wanted his cock.
He never have it away
>>43866608
>>43866922
The inspirations for the Winner power was save-scumming. I tried to come up with some interpretation that didn't involve time travel shenanigans. I kind of imagined it using up mana, but to avoid mana let's just call it mental strain or something. Because of mental strain, you can only run simulations of a certain length and you can only run them a certain number of times before resting. This goes up with level, but I tried to avoid giving ballparks because I wanted people to be able to interpret it fairly freely. I imagine Winners not being able to simulate each others' powers, but I couldn't fit that in. Your power has perfect knowledge of things even if you don't know them. Departing from save-scumming, you need to 'commit' to a reality BEFORE carrying it out. So you can use your power to check what's behind a door, but you can't decide to 'keep' a timeline after you've already seen the result - you need to reproduce it.
The Winner is 'resting' to some extent just by not using their powers. They might recover faster if they sit down or sleep or eat a meal, but they don't NEED to sleep.
Travel between worlds can happen in a number of ways. At least for practical purposes, they're different dimensions and you can't travel through space to every world. The more powerful something is, the harder it is for that thing to travel through dimensions. There are naturally occurring portals, and they can be tampered with via technology. There are also fully-technological devices that can travel through worlds, but Earth is currently protected from these things during its introductory period. There might be other forms of travel, like a plane-hopping spell or something. I've only really thought this through as it pertains to enabling something cool in the fourth or fifth wave (like being able to kill dudes and steal their dimension-hopping warship).
>>43866909
Alright lemme think here...
It was a civilization style thing.
All the text was written in verse.
Abstract art, but hyper-realistic for the creature I think but I can't say for sure.
I remember a bird-like creature.
That's all I really remember. I'm assuming I'm not gonna find it here.
>>43866864
Yeah, i remeber that abstract creature CYOA. I'll try finding it later, don't have time right now.
>>43866987
Okay? The class basically needs you to fuck people to get stronger though.
>>43866922
I went with all the mundane things because laziness.
Also, HFY
>>43854539
Anyone have a pdf of that sissy life CYOA?
>>43862448
Girl Genius is the only steampunk I keep up with.
The fact that it is tongue in cheek and doesn't take itself too seriously goes a long way for me.
Also the fact that the weirdest stuff is fueled by Mad SCIENCE! helps with the suspension of disbelief.
I have also heard that some Animes do it well.
Do you have specifically good examples of steampunk to recommend?
>>43866922
>>43866999
Both the picture and the charisma boost give me the impression that the Charmer is less a healslut and more the one who'd be in control, whether the other party members noticed it or not. More charming battle harem protagonist than pushover healbot. Being the only ones able to offer healing also gives them huge amounts of leverage. To me, they come off as a more palatable version of the Slavemancer. One that not only has a very useful power for keeping me alive, but won't have me itching to blow their brains out if they so much as look at me wrong.
>>43867137
Arcanum is a good game with a steampunk setting.
>>43867153
>but won't have me itching to blow their brains out
Yes they will, just in a different sense.
>>43866938
>>43867104
The Pond Scum sounds like it should be able to heal others by trading away injuries. The obvious downside being there would have to be a recipient ready to take on the injury.
If you use a Seer, the recipient need not even be near you. They could be in a settlement somewhere, ready to receive your injuries, with a Healer standing by.
>>43867213
That doesn't sound like a reasonable replacement but rather a ridiculous and overcomplicated scheme that still requires a healdick.
>>43867192
Vampirism and Patriarch are impossible to maintain. They're non-choices.
>>43867163
The class doesn't even sound like it would even need to participate in any kind of adventuring, and more like they would spend their time gaining political power in and around major settlements while building up a harem.
>>43867263
Pretty much. They're best served sitting around in a bar and picking up drunks rather than actually doing anything.
>>43867153
Makes sense to me. I'd kill em almost on sight. They chose to be slavers, kill em.
>>43867271
Which is why I'm liking the option of using a Pond Scum more and more. Mind you it might require a mid-level one at least. More likely a one of high level.
First, you find low level players who are unwilling to face zombies or certain death for xp, but willing to face injury at least. Offer them xp for every time injury is traded from you to them. They'll stay comfortable in whatever passes for a hospital and looked after by a Healer or Healers. The agreement would involve the trade of any injuries that are not immediately life-threatening for a certain period of time, say 24 hours, and xp is given to the receiver of said injuries depending on severity and frequency.
If this is at all feasible, I can see it being a pretty popular deal and arrangement offered by certain settlements and organizations.
>>43867282
This is nice. Haven't seen it before.
>>43867408
Only thing I'd ask for is more content.
>>43861706
you got the one where he took people's art drawn on tg?
>>43867439
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bxbrh3Q2CTiyfjM3SjU2TWNJQ3VpZ2pWYk0xRUJ4LVZYRkgyTTlwUTQwZjZhN0FNTTJ3LUE&usp=drive_web
>>43867408
SKELETON!
Night vision
Facade
Barkskin
Not sure what I'll do. Depends on the master's will. Probably won't try to escape him. I'd be a bretty grood skeleton.
>>43867468
Pretty weird, but I can't help but ask who this Juniper is. Don't recognize that one.
>>43867408
The only type of undead I would consider being is Vampire desu
All of the ones here are just rekill me now tier
>>43867062
>>43866864
>>43867533
That thing is full retard.
>>43865738
race: Nurarihyon
class: Seer
Perks: sneak attack, fast learner and swift shadow
Items: Energy Generator, Personal shield generator (anti-magic), Melee weapon, communicator, player database, basic information package, kevlar suit.
I'm undetectable, gain bonuses from being undetected and can share my findings with party members
organization: Singular Industries
>>43867229
How is the patriarch unsustainable?
>>43867533
Littleaf is too cute for words, but I will take Basphiark in Mindscape.
Also needs Escherland as a setting.
Or combine it to make Cubist Escher World.
>>43867535
But creativity tastes so wonderful when you add in a few drops of insanity.
When you embrace it, you will be ready to take off your mask.
>>43867606
I don't like that type of creativity if it leads to pretentious metaphors that don't actually mean anything.
>>43867613
Well that's the challenge, this isn't the option for the lazy who can't make it beautiful.
You have to struggle to find the meaning, or create your own. But if it resonates and has a ring of truth to it that others can perceive, then you have touched the sublime.
Otherwise, into the trash it goes.
Im a few months out of the loop, and Im wondering if Stardust has had any update recently. Has it? I expect the answer 'no'.
>>43865738
>>43865738
Oni
Necromancer
Wise Hunter, Sneak Attack, Sleepless
Melee weapon (Axe)[1950]
Fungal Blood [1900]
Stealth Suit [1800]
Power Armor [800]
2x small Power Modules [700]
Energy Generator [600]
10x Food [500]
Recon Droid [0]
Flechette
>>43867577
If you aren't careful your offspring will interbreed with humanity until there are no more humans left who aren't descended from you.
You have to keep a large population of pure untainted humans to breed with.
Or if you are edgy enough castrate and neuter your offspring.
Has anyone made a Superhero CYOA yet? I'm thinking about doing it, but curious if its been done before.
>>43867662
SDA is too tired from the chemo for his asscancer to work on CYOAs.
>>43867408
Where is page 2?
>>43867408
OWWW YIIISSS BABY
Brute
Hellfire Wreath II
Barkskin II
Haunt (Wanderer)
Bloodlust (Wrestling)
SOME CALL ME RANDY SAVAGE, BUT MY TRUE NAME IS MACHO MAN
I TRAVEL THE WORLD HUNTING FOR ISIS TERRORISTS WHOM I WRESTLE TO DEATH
SOMETIMES I SNEAK UP ON BORED KIDS AND TELL THEM THE ULTIMATE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE
WHICH IS THE BEEFY JUICY TASTE
OWW YEAH
NEED A LIL EXCITEMENT
SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM
>>43867681
It could be that the mentioned "grandchildren" only applies to "direct descendants of direct descendants", but not any of their descendants.
>>43867692
There have been superpower CYOAs before, but that's not stopping anyone from making more of them.
>>43867681
It's only direct offspring and grandchildren that don't grant years.
Direct offspring means your kids.
>>43867408
Skeleton
Hellfire Wreath
>pop out of the ground
>"AHA IT IS I, THE SPOOKY SKELETON!"
>set self on fire
>"I WILL NOW SERENADE YOU WITH WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH"
>>43867692
Long I ago I started something but eventually gave up on it.
I have tons of stuff like that.
>>43867713
>WHOM I WRESTLE TO DEATH
Is perfect grammar really the Randy Savage way?
>>43867692
Yes, multiple times.
But not really done well.
Worm is superhero-y but has its detractors although personally I like its overpowered nature.
There is that text only PDF with 9001+ choices.
The cartoon pics one with basic archetypal powersets.
I vaguely remember at least 2 more.
A lot of Supersoldier CYOA can be used to make some types of supers.
Many wish fulfillment CYOAs give you some superpowers.
Then there are the ones where you are forced to fight others who have been granted powers.
But you should make yours anyway.
>>43867408
Skeleton
Barkskin + Upgrade
Night Vision
Step 1 - detach a toe on my left leg
Step 2 - throw it somewhere where nobody's going to look
Step 3 - detach a toe on my right leg
Step 4 - throw it...
...
Step n+1 - when I'm out of toes I can go and spook anyone anywhere, because I'm basically immortal while my toes are intact. Take that, liches!
Also, an image of regenerating immortal skeleton with an assault rifle and perfect night vision is terrifying. Perhaps I'm going to become a soldier of fortune.
>>43867729
>follow everyone and just play the Seinfeld bassline for all eternity
Shit I should also choose Haunt
>>43867755
>Seinfeld bassline
>>43867732
>the flash
>average
>that image
>not statuesque
>>43867785
It's not finished
>>43864710
Suicide Man.
>>43855173
>Elemental
>mountain
>wealth
>just bird claws for now
>the overworld
>Nuk-Nuk Frey
Cause we the same
>Meloc Rel
Cause having a human Mage in my pocket sounds super useful
>>43864781
Strength
Mammalian
Increased Strength
Increased Defense
Increased Speed
Enhanced Senses
+3 - Magical Girl Team
+4 - Dark Hero
+2 - Infiltration
02 - Enhanced Strength
02 - Enhanced Defense
02 - Enhanced Speed
01 - Enhanced Regeneration
02 - Gigantism
00 - Band of Mooks
>>43857426
The forge, science and dwarves cause no one would've been better at stopping the Germanic tribes that steampunk dwarves with stone golems
>>43867732
Shame you haven't finished this. It looks interesting.
>>43867695
Mmm... chemo.
>>43868196
A strange CYOA. The only winning move is not to play.
>>43868239
God forbid you make a difficult choice once. You might have to really contemplate something. Heavens, you might learn about yourself.
>>43868275
>Memory loss = death
>You have to play an inane waifu-CYOA where all options are bad
The only thing we need to complete the CYOA triumvirate is
>Girls can have penises / it's not gay if it has a penis and says it's a girl
>>43868196
My GF is already bottom middle, but bottom right wouldn't be so bad, especially if it's not genetic.
>>43868196
I would be fine with bottom middle as Ive been single for so long that seeing her 2-4 times a month would feel like we were inseperable.
>>43868275
>God forbid you make a difficult choice once.
This choice is not difficult at all.
I choose none of them.
>>43868275
There is nothing meaningful or fun about a CYOA centered around shooting the player in the foot. For example, people play difficult video games, and likewise, enjoy CYOAs with great challenge in them, because it is both fun and thought provoking to think about the difference between if you would rather slay a dragon or a lich. It is not fun, however, to pick between if you want to die of cancer of die of AIDS.
