Topic: idea for m1m - fighting fantasy ongoing RP (Read 1249 times)

Vorropohaiah · « **on:** November 20, 2008, 07:07:45 pm »

well im sure we all know the ian livingstone fighting fantasy books. about a page worth of text, and thenat the end of it a few choices along the lines of:

do you:
A: stay and see who is behind the door (flip to page 90)
B: hide behind the doorhinge (flip to page 40)
C: run down the ventilation shaft (flip to page 30)

ive written a few of these myself and actuall yhad them printed as proper books about 10 years ago (i mean i went to printers and had 3 copies done for me and my mates - its not like i sold any or anything).

ive always liked the idea and i feel like maybe doing another one now.

so i thought about incorporating it with the site, you know with hyperlinks instead of annoying page flipping.

now i cant do any of the technical wizardry myself though i dont think itll be hard work.

what do you guys think? should we do something like this?

Mart007 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:09:58 pm »

I used to love those bloomin books!! I would be all for this! M1M is behind you, and I think we should adda sig to our whore threads on other sites?

Griplion · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:10:55 pm »

i'm up for it!

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:16:43 pm »

i was thinking of something like a reverse 40k or star wars setting - so mostly fantasy with some sci-fi/horror elements thrown in. kinda steam punk but i dont like to use the term as its a bit like marmite - people either like it or they hate it as they have a pre-formed image of the the term.

anyone familiar with the magic the gathering settings will be on the right footing with this, particularly the 'invasion' and 'ravnica' blocks

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2008, 08:28:25 am »

Here's what i have so far for the back story. its pretty sinple, as you want a story like this to start out as simple as possible - all the character story should be done by you as you adventure around the world exploring stuff and making decisions.

i've put in a spoiler box so anyone wanting to experience the story fully for the first time cant mistakingly skim over some text

there's a lot more to come in the form of backstory, to describe the setting as well as i can through the eyes of the character. i've tried to keep the character's knowledge of the areas youll be exploring to a minimum so you learn stuff as he does. in the event that something is mentioned that the character knows something about the world that you do not, ill incldue a footnote on the page describing things so you can understand things as the character does.

again, any suggestions and ideas for the setting please please please let me know! id like this to be a collective effort between us

Mart007 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 21, 2008, 11:51:33 am »

It needs more on the background so it will emerse people quicker. Also maps of the world are good, I dont mind doing you a PS one if you give me a rough idea of layout.

I see what you are doing through finding out as we go along - but make sure we get plenty of info as we go, I lose ineresest in films/books if they dont explain things well enough then do a huge twist at the end. Not to say I want a dumbed down thing, be a happy medium...

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2008, 12:25:31 pm »

hmm a have a huge map of the world spread over 4 A1 sheets... tranfering those to digital images might be a problem

thoug ha PS map would be very useful to if done well.

also the tense of the dialogue is first person good? i kind of mixed it up by mistake in the text moving to first person about half-way through.

i prefer it being I than you

Mart007 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 21, 2008, 12:28:49 pm »

Aye I prefer I!

Depends on the scale of the map!! I think maps are really good for this kinda thing!!! Up to you tho!

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2008, 01:46:48 pm »

ill see if i can get a scaled down version scanned or phoed and ill send you one to see what you can do.

Mart007 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 21, 2008, 02:39:36 pm »

just a rough out line of where stuff is is fine...

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #10 on:** November 21, 2008, 02:41:01 pm »

no it needs to be perfect!

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2008, 07:11:53 am »

you mentioned it needs more on the background - how so? show me what you mean

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #12 on:** November 22, 2008, 08:26:36 am »

ok, the editted prologue, with footnotes:

Mart007 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:55:03 pm »

Tha Vorro is one of the best things you have written. Its a little heavy going to start off with - but thats fine, I really got into about half way down.

With the descriptions, try and shorten them a bit and almost less descriptive if you know what I mean, i prefer things like that to be more direct and less fluffy so you can quickly scan them as your reading the story so it doesent break you flow to much.

Also we need maybe more of a taste of what the enemy are IMO (and I mean IMO you may disagree as you know how your doing this)

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The heavily armoured clone-soldiers, their mercenary axillaries and the foul bio-mechanical constructs....

I liked this section, but I didnt build up a clear picture enough, but that could be just me.

This is awesome and I urge anyone to have a look, you wint be disapointed!! +3K

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:57:34 pm »

what do you think about the footnotes?

youre right about the overdescription... try edit what i wrote to show me what you mean.

and now that you mention it i probably need to describe the enemies more. since ive written so much about them over the years im quite familiar with them and i forget i have to describe them. though i dont want it to be a case of too much too soon, if you know what i mean

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #15 on:** November 22, 2008, 01:24:04 pm »

ok chapter 2:

Mart007 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 22, 2008, 01:33:41 pm »

awesome, awesome!

Griplion · « **Reply #17 on:** November 22, 2008, 03:07:31 pm »

i have to agree with Mart a bit about lightening the descriptions. let the descriptions flow with the choices the folks make. ie if they chose A then they realize H but if they chose B then they'd learn I which may or may not be tied to H. etc.

thats how some of the best rps go anyway. if you/the party had chosen to do A versus B then they would have found this or know that which would have changed thier decision when things came to C.

Vorropohaiah · « **Reply #18 on:** November 22, 2008, 03:23:10 pm »

stands to reason, though everything ive put in so far (the foot notes, im assuming youre refering to those) are things the characater knows already - so its a way to acclimatise the 'player' to the setting, bringing hom on the same level as the character.

later on, whe nthe character is discovering things with you ill do the same thing you mentioned.

though what do you mean about lightening the descriptions? less of them or shorter ones?

Griplion · « **Reply #19 on:** November 22, 2008, 03:30:58 pm »

leave them more vague at first. such as "oh this is the bad guy" not so much of "they are the bad guys because..."

as for the intro keep it simple. you dont need to explain everything the character "knows". the character should only know what thier decisions let them find out. i'd keep it to simple descriptions of areas, vague stuff more like rumors about the "bad" guys and a vague end goal that the various decisions allow the players to reach in different ways.

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