FortWriting Comp 18 April till 8 May-Choose yer own Adventure -WiNNERS Announced

Dualnames · Sat 18/04/2009 00:35:44

The last time I "won" we had the Hitchhiker's Build your own Entry theme. This time I'm going for something weirder..and more random.

THE...
BUILD...
YOUR OWN...
ADVENTURE...

Yep, it's tough. You need many pages to make a good one. But do you?
Just use the hide to hide stuff.

Example:
You see a pile of poo
To wait go to A
To eat it go to B
A

Spoiler

You die. close the book

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B

Spoiler

Yuck!! Go to C

[close]

Rules:
-Unlimited Size.
-Any theme is fine.

Play_Pretend · Sat 18/04/2009 01:40:23

Haha! Funny theme.

(Also, um...you've set the contest dates for nearly 11 months long.

)

uncle-mum · Sat 18/04/2009 02:08:17

Great idea, I'm looking forward to getting stuck into this one.

MoodyBlues · Sat 18/04/2009 02:09:58

HA! I thought that was a real cover for a while.

Fun theme! I might have a go at this one.

Play_Pretend · Sat 18/04/2009 04:30:54

"You chose to sleep with Dr. Manhattan! You get CANCER! The end."

Wyz · Sat 18/04/2009 15:07:58

Swell

It looks like a project of mine currently running on google groups. I'd see if I can find some time to enter.

Dualnames · Sun 19/04/2009 20:41:53

Yeah, well I hoped to be running this for quite a long time, but crap.

Trihan · Mon 20/04/2009 14:06:43

If you're using that format, wouldn't everything past the first choices have to be in spoiler tags? Might get a bit difficult to read.

Wyz · Mon 20/04/2009 14:38:12

I guess, number every story segment, and put the segement itself in the spoiler tag.

Stupot · Mon 20/04/2009 17:20:15

My first ever 'choose your own' book was a Mario Bros. one.
Then I progressed to the Goosebumps specials. ;-)

Do we have to use your spoiler tag format or could we make our own one using webpages?

Humbolt Steelwheels · Wed 22/04/2009 23:33:22

Quote from: Trihan on Mon 20/04/2009 14:06:43
If you're using that format, wouldn't everything past the first choices have to be in spoiler tags? Might get a bit difficult to read.

Quote from: Stupot on Mon 20/04/2009 17:20:15
Do we have to use your spoiler tag format or could we make our own one using webpages?

If the option exists to use a method besides spoiler tags, might I suggest my "select your own adventure" interpreter? It's a simple little Flash file that can interpret a basic "choose your own adventure" style book stored in XML and display it interactively so it's easy to navigate. You can download it as a rar from FileFront (I know, FileFront is terrible - if anyone wants to mirror the file somewhere else, feel free to do so):

http://files.filefront.com/syoa+interpreterrar/;13698591;/fileinfo.html

With this interpreter, people could either embed the appropriately configured Flash file on a web page or just put their XML file up for download (in which case people could run the interpreter locally to read through the story).

If this contest is still running in early May, I'll likely enter - I've always been fond of the CYOA genre due to its potential for humour.

EDIT (02 May 2009): I've updated the interpreter to fix a small bug with the option text not wrapping properly.

Dualnames · Thu 23/04/2009 23:26:03

I'm actually quite free of how the story should appear, pdf, word, as a post, as that flash thing..

monkey0506 · Fri 24/04/2009 02:00:16

Intro
Since you were a child, adventure has always been a part of your life. From sailing the Caribbean with Guybrush Threepwood, to cruising for ladies with Larry Laffer, not to mention your quests through the glorious kingdom of Daventry. One day while surfing the web, you stumble upon something you had never previously thought possible. People, your own age, with no prior knowledge or experience, were designing their own graphic adventures for their PCs. Elated, you immediately seek out the best possible program so you can start designing your own games!

If you choose to write your game with Adventure Game Studio, go to page 1, if you choose Wintermute go to page 2.

Page 1

Spoiler

You download AGS, and you can barely contain yourself. Looking over the features and the game base that has already been made, you're confident you'll get the hang of it in no time. You stare impatiently as the progress bar moves, bit by bit toward the right side of the screen.

Your mom enters the room carrying a basket of your clothes, "Would you please fold these and put them away? I'm going back downstairs to cook dinner. I expect it to be finished by the time I have dinner ready."

If you choose to fold your laundry, go to page 4, otherwise go to page 5.

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Page 2

Spoiler

You choose to use WME to design your game. Go to page 3.

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Page 3

Spoiler

While you're waiting for the download to finish, you decide to do something about the throbbing in your groin and check out the latest Page 3 girls online. Your mom walks in on you, and takes your computer away from you. The download was at 99% too. What a shame. END

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Page 4

Spoiler

You finish putting away the last of your laundry just as the download reaches 100%. Perfect timing! Now you just have to wait for the editor to install. Downstairs you hear your mother calling for you to go and set the table. If you go downstairs, go to page 6. To stay until the editor is installed go to page 7.

[close]

Page 5

Spoiler

Folding laundry is pointless. It's just going to get wrinkled when you put it on anyway. Go to page 3.

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Page 6

Spoiler

As you're heading back upstairs you hear noise coming from your room. Elaine! You run to your door to find, just as you'd expected, your younger sister sitting at your computer, mashing buttons on the keyboard.

"No, get away from there!" you shout.

As you rush over to try and stop her mashing the keyboard, you knock her cup of juice all over the computer. As the sweet liquid drains inside the case you hear the sparks of your motherboard shorting out.

"ELAINE! Look what you did now!" you yell pointlessly. It's too late to do anything now. Elaine's eyes fill with tears and as she opens her mouth a long, high-pitched wail comes out. Go to page 8.

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Page 7

Spoiler

Eating can wait, it's not every day you get to write your own adventure games! The installation goes smoothly, and just as you're about to start up the editor for the first time your mom enters the room again.

"Honey, didn't you hear me calling? I need your help in the kitchen."

"Just a second mom."

"You've been on the computer all day. Your father's getting home from work soon and I want everything to be ready so we can eat when he gets here."

"Okay mom."

Go to page 9.

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Page 8

Spoiler

"What's all the screaming about?" your father asks, standing in the doorway.

"Elaine destroyed my computer!" you exclaim.

"Did she now? And what was she doing in your room?" he asks as he takes Elaine up in his arms, calming her down.

"Well..." you explain.

"Your mother and I have told you, you can't blame her for getting into your things if you're going to leave your door open when you leave the room."

"But dad!" you contest.

"Enough. Come downstairs for dinner. Perhaps next year if you're a bit more responsible with your things we will see about getting you another computer."

"That is so unfair!"

"So is you blaming your two-year-old sister. She doesn't know any better. Now come downstairs." END

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Page 9

Spoiler

As you finish setting the table, your father walks through the front door.

"Hi dad!"

"Hello son. I see dinner's ready. Go and get Elaine and bring her downstairs for dinner."

"I'm not hungry," you lie.

"Well we're not going to let your mother's good cooking go to waste."

You reluctantly trudge upstairs, and slow even more with your kid sister in-tow.

If you decide to fake an illness, go to page 11, otherwise go to page 10.

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Page 10

Spoiler

Your mom cooked your favorite: roast beef. Even still, somehow your mind keeps wandering back upstairs. You hurriedly finish your meal and rush back to get started with the editor. Go to page 12.

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Page 11

Spoiler

As you enter the dining room, you suddenly grab your stomach. "I don't feel so good..." you groan. Your mom feels your forehead.

"Well, you are a bit warm. Off to bed then." She kisses you on your forehead and you hurry upstairs, trying not to look too happy with her decision. Go to page 12.

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Page 12

Spoiler

You launch the editor and suddenly you're completely lost. What now? You look around and you see that AGS includes a help file. You open it and find that there's a tutorial. That seems a good place to start, but the start page also says something about the AGS forums...to read through the tutorial, go to page 14. To start with the AGS forums, go to page 13.

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Page 13

Spoiler

You register for the forums and decide that the beginner's forum would be a good place to post. You're in a hurry so you make sure to use CAPS LOCK to add emphasis to your post. "PLEEZ SUM1 HELP ME 2 MAKING MY GAME. I JUST STARTED AND AM LOST LOL. HOW TO USE AGS PLZTHX!"

Within minutes, the moderator responds, "Welcome to the AGS forums. Please read the forum rules before posting." He locks your thread. What a jerk! Oh well, as you look around, you find threads related to some of the questions you had. Go to page 15.

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Page 14

Spoiler

You find the tutorial very thorough and user-friendly. It really breaks down the simplest aspects of making a game, and by the time you're finished you feel prepared, and confident that you can do this! You were unclear about a couple of points the first time, but when you read back over them you understood it. To get started making your game, go to page 16.

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Page 15

Spoiler

As you continue working to make your game, you have a lot of questions. Nobody really seems willing to help though. People keep calling you a troll and telling you to stop using caps. Don't they understand how urgent it is that you release your first game? You download some graphics from the internet and throw them all together. They don't really match or conform to any style, but you don't have time to worry about something so trivial as that. Within a few hours time your game is completed. You upload it, but when it gets graded by the AGS Panel you only get one blue cup. The few people who actually downloaded it all make sure to tell you how wretched your game was. "Screw them!" you say to yourself, and uninstall the AGS editor. You always thought Wintermute sounded more professional anyway. Go to page 3.

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Page 16

Spoiler

You realize that making a quality game is going to take a bit longer than you expected at first. This is a whole new concept to you, so it's going to be a while before you're accustomed to the tools. You have a lot of questions about the editor, general game design, etc. but everyone in the AGS forums is always very willing to assist you. Within a few months you upload your first game. It's only a few rooms long, and you don't really do anything extravagant with it. However, you receive good reviews. The community is friendly in critiquing your work without bashing it. Confident that your experience has left you all the wiser, you get started on your next project...it will be larger than your first, and hopefully better. Either way, congratulations on releasing your first game! END

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Spoiler

Despite the Monkey Island reference, I actually got the name "Elaine" from my 2 year old niece. Where my sister got the name is contestable.

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Stupot · Sun 26/04/2009 15:49:44

I've been hit with a rare moment of inspiration and have something kind of interesting lined up. Watch this space.

monkey0506 · Sun 26/04/2009 17:01:39

Inspiration? Aww...and here I was shooting for win by default. :'(

I'm waiting...

Dualnames · Mon 27/04/2009 11:18:19

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sun 26/04/2009 17:01:39
Inspiration? Aww...and here I was shooting for win by default. :'(

I'm waiting...

I'd never let you win by default..

Or perhaps I would.

Trihan · Mon 27/04/2009 12:37:08

Not when I haven't posted my entry yet...

monkey0506 · Mon 27/04/2009 17:02:12

Actually as long as I can put off you posting your entry until at least 1 June...

FOR THE WIN!!!

You're getting sleepy...your eyelids are getting heavy...all your cares are drifting away...nothing matters...just sleep....sleep....sleep......

NONE MAY RESIST THE POWER OF PIRATE WATCH!!!11

Trent R · Wed 29/04/2009 03:32:11

Not an entry:

~Trent

magintz · Thu 30/04/2009 13:27:51

Haha!

Dualnames · Thu 30/04/2009 13:42:00

Ah.. I just noticed I have the comp running a long time. I'll cut some days if anyone doesn't mind.

monkey0506 · Thu 30/04/2009 17:12:55

Well considering a fortnight is supposed to be only 2 weeks, I'd say you're running it for 30 days too long. You could call it the FloatToInt(Maths.Pi * 14.0, eRoundUp)ly Writing Competition.

Gilbert · Fri 01/05/2009 06:21:54

In fact there is now a rule enforced on the duration of an activity. I don't agree much on it though so I won't do much with it as long as the duration of an activity is reasonably set. But in the case of this contest, I do think it's indeed running for too long, so please think of it and shorten the duration.

monkey0506 · Fri 01/05/2009 07:38:24

I just checked and the last 3 fortnightly writing competitions ran for 16, 15, and then 14 days. By this logic the competition should now only be running for 13 days and therefore should've ended yesterday!

P.S. Stupot, I'm waiting.
P.S.S. Dualnames, perhaps indeed.
P.S.S.S. Trihan, not yet...
P.S.S.S.S. PHOAR DAR WEEN!!1

Stupot · Fri 01/05/2009 11:07:57

My inspiration waned

... but I still have a week left to unwane it... might not end up being quite as "special" as I had invisaged.

Humbolt Steelwheels · Fri 01/05/2009 19:26:53

Hmm, I'm still working on my entry... I suppose I'd better speed up my rate of progress.

Dualnames · Fri 01/05/2009 21:05:06

Wrap it up peeps. Don't allow monkey to win by default (which I see will happen at 42%)

Aljoho · Fri 01/05/2009 23:12:04

Working on an entry. when is the actual deadline then - Dualnames should set it in concrete so that there is no confusion. 8th, or are you cutting a few days?

Dualnames · Fri 01/05/2009 23:19:33

Quote from: Aljoho on Fri 01/05/2009 23:12:04
Working on an entry. when is the actual deadline then - Dualnames should set it in concrete so that there is no confusion. 8th, or are you cutting a few days?

8th..i cut the days till the 8th.

Wyz · Sat 02/05/2009 01:40:31

Actually, I'm working on one too. I'm always tempted to send in my entries just in time.

monkey0506 · Sat 02/05/2009 06:35:38

LIES! LIES! LIES!

No one else is posting anything! No one!! NO ONE!!!

If it weren't for this freakish time-warp making this particular fort-night last for 3 weeks I would've won already! Hehe.

Dualnames · Sat 02/05/2009 22:00:29

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sat 02/05/2009 06:35:38
LIES! LIES! LIES!

No one else is posting anything! No one!! NO ONE!!!

If it weren't for this freakish time-warp making this particular fort-night last for 3 weeks I would've won already! Hehe.

Well, sorry about that. Stop spamming.

uncle-mum · Sun 03/05/2009 12:23:02

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sat 02/05/2009 06:35:38
LIES! LIES! LIES!

No one else is posting anything! No one!! NO ONE!!!

I had every intention of entering but everything I wrote was awful! AWFUL! (I couldn't bring myself to use double exclamation marks)

monkey0506 · Tue 05/05/2009 06:00:46

Spamming? Who's spamming? I'm posting in an intelligent, funny, and helpful manner.

Wait...what?

On-topic-actually:

I'm actually surprised no one else has posted yet. Apparently it was a trap. I had no intention of winning. None at all. My entry was a pseudo-spoof and admittedly quite lame. Oh well.

Pee-ess. Iz da winrar lawl

Dualnames · Tue 05/05/2009 11:44:04

3 days peeps, either post or the monkey gets it.

Trihan · Tue 05/05/2009 18:04:27

Trust me, I will. It's taking a while.

Wyz · Thu 07/05/2009 02:21:06

I'm almost done. I'll check it one last time tomorrow, and then I will post it.

Stupot · Thu 07/05/2009 03:08:20

Ahh I'm never gonna finish with the reduced deadline... Oh well. Its not even as good as it seemed in my head anyway.

Dualnames · Thu 07/05/2009 12:17:56

One day or the monkey gets it.

Trihan · Thu 07/05/2009 16:32:13

I promised, and now I deliver!

Zipped HTML version: http://www.mediafire.com/file/2tkzaewnnwo/CYOA.zip

For those of you who are too damn lazy to download stuff, I'll do a spoiler-tag version too.

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Choose Your Own Choose Your Own Adventure Adventure!
By Trihan

You have decided to create your very own Choose Your Own Adventure title! You can hardly contain your childlike glee as you sit in front of your blank canvas, surely destined to become tomorrow's masterpiece.

Like any masterpiece, it all begins with a name. What to call your intrepid protagonist, you ponder.

To call your protagonist Henry, go to page 2
To call your protagonist Jim, go to page 3
To call your protagonist Zoosmell Pooplord, go to page 4
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page 2

Spoiler

You have decided to call your protagonist Henry. You realise now, far too late, that this will have very little impact on the tale since Choose Your Own Adventure titles are usually narrated in second person perspective. Oh, the humanity!

Go to page 5

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page 3

Spoiler

You have decided to call your protagonist Jim. You realise now, far too late, that this will have very little impact on the tale since Choose Your Own Adventure titles are usually narrated in second person perspective. Oh, the humanity!

Go to page 5

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page 4

Spoiler

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that you're playing Homestuck*, a wonderful webcomic-cum-adventure-game by the vastly talented Andrew. No matter though, you realise that Choose Your Own Adventure titles generally narrate in the second person anyway, so the name of your protagonist is irrelevant.

Go to page 5

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page 5

Spoiler

Alright, enough dilly-dallying, there is adventure to be made! Your next momentous decision is, of course, setting.

To set your adventure in medieval times, go to page 17
To set your adventure in present day, go to page 8
To set your adventure far in the future, go to page 12

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page 6

Spoiler

What could be more modern than a Jingle All the Way style tale of a protagonist who is fighting through throngs of people to find that one elusive toy? You take a moment to marvel at your own ingenuity.

After a while, though, you come to realise to your chagrin that there just isn't a great deal you can do with this premise, and crumple up your paper in disgust.

You call some friends over, hang out, eat some pizza. You're too busy being cool to write.

Sadly, your masterpiece will never reach fruition.

THE END

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page 7

Spoiler

Ah, the transporting of dangerous cargo through space. You can do a lot with this.

You decide to offer the player various branching storylines; one that leads to the safe delivery of the cargo; one where it gets out and you find out it's a flesh-eating alien; one where it gets out and you find out it's a flesh-eating person; and one where you are ejected into space and explode.

You find yourself growing excited as each page takes form. You can't wait to show it to your friends and find out what they think of your wonderful adventure!

Finally, it's done! You gather up your hundreds of pages, step outside...

And a gust of wind blows them all over the place. Dammit.

To run after page 192, go to page 907
To run after page 483, go to page 67
To run after page 2, go to page 574
To run after page 90, go to page 567
To run after page 47, go to page 239
To run after page 8, go to page 754
To run after page 275, go to page 900
To run after page 209, go to page 142

(go to page 13)

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page 8

Spoiler

The past, the future, they've been done to death. You're going to be a modern adventure writer by writing a modern adventure! Yeah! Stick it to the man! Now to decide what we're going to have our hip, happenin' hero try to accomplish.

To have your hero try to survive a day at school, enduring savage taunts by the local bullies, heaps of difficult homework and an angry dog, go to page 16
To have your hero attempt to find some newfangled fad item in the mall, contending with rival shoppers as they fight tooth and nail to be the first person to own the brand new Wedgiemaster 4000 (with authentic gripping action!) go to page 6
To have your hero attempt to sneak home after a fun-filled night of debauchery and crime, introducing the all-new CYOA joyriding combat system! go to page 10

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page 9

Spoiler

So let me get this straight. You've decided to write a CYOA set in medieval times that not only rewards curious players, but provides them with copious amounts of help and sets a goal that can actually be achieved?

Well, christ, you fade out of existence. Those titles just don't exist, man. And I guess now neither do you.

THE END

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page 10

Spoiler

You're not even sure what a joyriding combat system would consist of, but by gum you're going to include it anyway! You write a fast-paced, adrenaline-fuelled tale of a teenage runaway off the rails. It's got everything: drugs, alcohol, sex, more sex, more drugs, more sex, sex, some sex, drugs, sex, alcohol, sex, and drugs.

As you write each steamy love scene, expertly crafted from your years of experience wooing the opposite sex (or the same sex. Or multiple people of various sexes. Or hermaphrodites. I'm not going to judge), you come to realise that you're wasting your time with this.

You go on to make a fortune as an adult novel writer instead.

THE END

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page 11

Spoiler

It's around this point where you realise that you've been doing all this for a competition and have already put in far more effort than necessary. Screw space, let's play World of Warcraft!

You briefly break the fourth wall to flip Dualnames the bird.

THE END

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page 12

Spoiler

Space. The final frontier. Or was it the left ear? Maybe the right? You're not quite sure, but the future's where it's at, baby! Now that we've conquered the vastness of space, what will we do there?

To have your hero lose their adoptive parents and leave to become a powerful magical ninja, stopping briefly along the way to have a love affair with their sister and blow up a giant sphere, go to page 14
To have your hero transport a dangerous cargo of some sort through the vastness of space, contending with evil space pirates, robotic assassins and some kind of huge corporate space-mafia, go to page 7
To have your hero participate in the space battle to end all space battles, piloting the best ship the fleet has to offer, introducing the all-new so-you-thought-we-couldn't-think-of-any-more-useless-systems Space Combat System! go to page 11

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page 13

Spoiler

...you didn't honestly think I'd written that many pages, did you? Your whole manuscript drifts away, never to be seen again.

THE END

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page 14

Spoiler

You've barely written three words before George Lucas's team of cyber-samurai burst through your bedroom window and impale you upon swords of copyright justice!

THE END

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page 15

Spoiler

Ah, the seemingly-impossible suicide mission. Genius! Nobody's ever come up with such an insidious plan. But wait! you think to yourself. I can be even more of a douchebag with this and completely omit a happy ending! Yes! Every single reference will rain bloody death upon the hapless reader as they struggle in vain to win!

You scribble feverishly, becoming slightly aroused by your sheer villainy. And at last, your hard work and sadistic personality pay off as the masterpiece is complete!

Your book is an instant success, garnering worldwide acclaim for the intricacy of its narrative, the believable characterisation and fiendish difficulty.

Then people find out there is no happy ending.

You are subsequently lynched by an angry mob of CYOA fans.

THE END

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page 16

Spoiler

Yes, a realistic adventure about a young nerd who suffers through a horrible day at school! You start writing.

After a while, you start to realise that this sounds an awful lot like your life, actually.

You feel every swirlie, you hear every taunt as if it's being made to your very ears. A single tear rolls down your cheek.

You know what must be done.

THE END

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page 17

Spoiler

Dragons! Damsels! Magic! Extraneous exclamation marks! What more could you ask for from an epic fantasy adventure? Medieval it is!

Now you need to decide on an epic quest for your intrepid hero to embark on!

To have your hero travel a ridiculous distance alone, with no help from any other living soul, adding arbitrary instant-death references in random places with no warning to the player, on a mission to recover some vitally-important artifact that was stolen after being carelessly left lying around, go to page 18
To have your hero travel a ridiculous distance accompanied by a needlessly annoying sidekick who inexplicably dies halfway through the adventure, adding arbitrary instant-death references in random places with no warning to the player, on a mission to slay some all-powerful force of death that you have no hope in hell of surviving an encounter with, thus prompting you to wonder if the people who sent you on said mission just didn't like you very much, go to page 15
To have your hero travel a slightly less ridiculous distance accompanied by a vast army all of whom are just as likeable and adept in combat as you, with little-to-no random deaths that are always plainly mapped out to the inquisitive player so that
exploration is in fact rewarded, on a mission to slay a disgruntled-looking fluffy bunny, go to page 9

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page 18

Spoiler

You think you're onto a winner here! You start writing furiously, stopping only for the occasional bathroom break and to watch the latest episode of Survivor.

As you write, you can't help but feel a strange sense of familiarity with the hero and their quest, but you dismiss the sensation and continue to craft your fine work.

At last, it's finished! You hold your trophy high...and are suddenly lumped with a lawsuit for copyright infringement since you basically just copied Steve Jackson's Sorcery! series. Shame on you!

THE END

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* Homestuck is real and should be read by everyone! Check out Problem Sleuth too: http://www.mspaintadventures.com

monkey0506 · Thu 07/05/2009 19:34:17

The bane of my existence strikes again.

@Page 11: Awww, man! That's not nice!

Wyz · Thu 07/05/2009 23:03:15

Ok, I have to admit this thing has gone out of hand. But I had my fun

I used the story beginning I wrote last contest, felt inspiration for using it.

I also made a walkthrough for those who get stuck. For the url, scroll down.

The forest:
It was a rainy night when Jeff was driving on a forsaken forest road. The car radio was playing his favourite song and he was singing loudly along. He was not concentrating on the road too much, and notice a large fallen tree too late to stop. He pulled the steering wheel and set out a course through the forest, not much later loosing his consciousness.

When he opened his eyes slowly regaining his strength he tested his car, but it wouldn't start. He stepped out of the vehicle and looked around. The trees were dimly lit by the moon alone. He had no idea where he was.

To follow the car tracks go to [1], to go into the direction of the car go to [16] or to stick around go to [7].

Page 1:

Spoiler

Jeff did what he thought was wise, following the tracks would surely bring him back. At first the soil was moist and the prints deep, making it easy to for him to seek them. Then the soil was firm making it a bit harder. He followed them with a rapid pass, he was not comfortable and had still blood from his face. It must have been hours and still the tracks continued, how is it possible he wondered to himself.

To continue walking go to [2], to turn back go to [3].

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Spoiler

He was not yet ready to give up, soon it will be dawn and all will be good. Jeff wondered for how long he must have been out, surely this distance gave him some doubt. The whole situation, it didn't seem right, he was walking for hours and still it was night. He had no hunger and his feet didn't hurt, it was as if he was walking on a cloud.

To continue walking go to [4], to turn back goto [3].

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Spoiler

Although Jeff had the feeling he had been walking for hours, when he turned back, he was back where he started in just ten minutes. His stomach turned and as did the world, with shaking legs he walked back to his car.

Go to [6].

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Spoiler

Jeff continued his pass and the path looked the same as did the scenery the way he came.

Continue walking go to [4], turn back go to [5].

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Spoiler

He had a bad feeling and hesitated, but finally found the guts to turn his head. What he saw nobody will know, all I know was it meant his sudden death.

Go to [60].

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Spoiler

His car was still where it was before a big tree held it in place, it stopped it from moving ever more.

To follow the car tracks go to [1], to go into the direction of the car go to [16] or to stick around go to [7].

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Jeff did what was told to him when he was little, when you're lost stay put and wait till somebody finds you. His cell phone, destroyed by the accident left him unable to call or play snake for it all. Nothing to do, he had to find ways to kill some time, he couldn't just have sit here till the sun started to shine.

To play tic-tac-toe go to [8], to be bored go to [15].

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Draw!
To stop go to [7], to play again go to [8].

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You lose!

In shear frustration Jeff ran off in the woods. He was not careful and did not see the rock he tripped over, landing head first on to sudden death.

Go to [60].

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It's a draw!

To stop go to [7], to play again go to [8].

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You lose!

In shear frustration Jeff ran off in the woods. He was not careful and did not see the rock he tripped over, landing head first on to sudden death.

Go to [60].

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He decided to just sit there, looking in front of him, nothing to see except trees everywhere. Slowly he fell to sleep, was it out of boredom, or was there more to it. It did not matter as soon he woke, by something or someone, we'll never know. All what remained was a cry in the night, of a man who will never see again the daylight.

Go to [60].

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The forest gave Jeff the creeps, he did not know why, he felt as if something kept him. He was standing on a road junction, four ways to go, which way should he go.

Go to beginning: [6]
Go left: [17]
Go forward: [25]
Go right: [33]

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Every step he took on this path it looked as if the world around him got darker. The moon was no longer watching over him, the moon was gone. The trees had swallowed it, and Jeff was left in the dark. He kept on walking, because in the distance he saw a light. It looked very eerie, as if it was part of the night.

To turn back, go to [16]. To continue go to [18].

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As Jeff walked toward the gleam, he noticed it did not came from one spot. It was formed by many little lights that glimmered a lot. He was getting close now to the source of the light, and noticed his feet where sinking slight. The soil now was very moist, it must have been marsh lands he was walking on.

To continue walking go to [24], to turn back go to [19].

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Jeff tried to move his feet, but it was as if they where glued to the ground, hastily he tried to turn around but it was to late. He now was on a descent, slow but certain to a unlucky fate.

To call for help go to [20].
To grab a branch go to [21].
To just wait go to [22].

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With the air left in his lungs he yelled as loud as he could the world 'Help' through the woods. He tried it a few more times, and then listened if somebody would reply. Almost he despaired, but then came a woman that offered him a hand, pulled him out of the murky death.

The woman dressed in white, with not even an splat on any side, looked as if she was floating on the murky land.
"Fear not, stranger for I will help you, I will bring you back home, if it is the last thing I do."

To ask the woman for help go to [23].
To thank the woman but continue walking go to [24].

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With the last strength left Jeff grabbed a branch hanging over his head, and started pulling avoiding his death. But luck was not on his hand, the branch snapped slamming him back into the dangerous sand. He sank deeper and deeper until the was nothing left then his sudden death.

Go to [60].

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Jeff felt his life was to an end. It was pointless now to struggle more, go with the flow, leave open the door. Then he felt his body went afloat, up to the surface and soon only his knees where unshowed. He jiggled some more and to it just right, now he was free wandering back through the night.

Go to [24].

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"Thanks many times, for saving my life from a murky death. Please show me the way home." Jeff said. The woman nodded and signaled him to follow, on to the marshland and through winding paths. Then they came near a house, it looked old and weary. He walked toward is but was a bit wary. He turned his head to look for the woman, but she was gone into the night leaving Jeff with a fright.

To enter the house go to [34].
To leave in to the night go to [33].

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The soil was moist and his feet got wet, Jeff didn't let this get to him and continued without regret. Step by step he crossed the marsh, the lights dimmed where ever he set foot, as if they were sent of his presence. The marsh got deeper and deeper until it formed a large fen, the moon reflected in the cold water and was seen again.

To wade the fen go to [32], to go left go to [29], to go right go to [25].

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The moon shows off it's reflection in a large fen, a howl in the night can be heard now and then. In front of him in the water a boat resides, gaining him access to whatever the fen hides. On the other side is a path, where will it lead, Jeff might have a clue, or is his sens of direction bad.

To use the path go to [16], to use the boat go to [31], to wade the fen go to [32], to go left go to [26], to go right go to [30].

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The fen with all it's wetness had eaten then ground forming marshlands all around.

To walk to the marshlands go to [27], to wade the fen go to [32], to go left go to [29], to go right go to [25].

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Jeff tried to move his feet, but it was as if they where glued to the ground, hastily he tried to turn around but it was to late. He now was on a descent, slow but certain to a unlucky fate.

To call for help go to [28].
To grab a branch go to [21].

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With the air left in his lungs he yelled as loud as he could the world 'Help' through the woods. He tried it a few more times, and then listened if somebody would reply. Almost he despaired, but then came a woman that offered him a hand, pulled him out of the murky death.

The woman dressed in white, with not even an splat on any side, looked as if she was floating on the murky land.
"Fear not, stranger for I will help you, I will bring you back home, if it is the last thing I do."

To ask the woman for help go to [23].
To thank the woman but continue walking go to [26].

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He was across the fen, but could not see across. The dark forest and is car aloss. On the other site there was a hedge, with an entrance to a maze, this would most definitely be the next stage.

To enter the maze go to [37], to wade the fen go to [32], to go left go to [30], to go right go to [26].

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This side of the forest was actually quite bright, a large fen would also reflect some light. The was a path leading back into the forest, on the other side of the fen going west.

To use the path go to [35], to wade the fen go to [32], to go left go to [25], to go right go to [29].

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At first it seemed it was a good idea, using the boat to cross the fen, but it was as always to good to be. The boat was half way when it sprung a leak, sinking rapidly in the cold water, it was a grim wreak. Jeff had no chose then to wade.

Go to [32].

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The water was cold, very cold. Jeff lost the feeling in his legs and had the idea he was withhold. He tried to swim but it was to late, he was dragged under water to meet his unfortunate fate.

Go to [60].

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In the nightly forest a house found its place, it looked old and weary but not a disgrace. Jeff wondered if it was inhabited by any person, or if it was left abandoned for the worsen. From the house led three paths, one to the left, another to the behind house, the last one led back.

To enter the house go to [34], left go to [35], right behind go to [38], back go to [16].

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Jeff was really relieved to see a house, and hoped somebody was home, he could use some help, maybe they had a phone. He knocked on the door and waited for a reply, although his hopes were not very high. It appeared he was all alone. He knocked some more on the door, and noticed it was unlocked and had opened up a slight.
He pushed open the door and walked in, the house was dark, Jeff did not know where to begin. At some point he wandered off into the kitchen, he was surprised to inquire a large cauldron hanging above a fire. Suddenly he heard a voice behind him: "Come on, have a scoop, today I'm serving Jeff soup.".

Go to [60].

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In a lonely glade in the forest the moon lit an old well, it looked almost like magic why exactly Jeff couldn't tell. A path appeared from the well to either side, on to the left and one to the right.

To go left go to [30], to go right go to [33], to make a wish go to [36].

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Jeff felt in his pocket and found a coin call, there must have been some luck left after all. He walked to the well, his wish already clear in his mind, read to throw it in he suddenly heard a noise from behind. He did not dare to turn around he felt a push and heard a sound. Jeff felt his descent and knew he would never ever be found.

Go to [60].

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

North: [49]
East: [40]
South: [29]
West: [39]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

North: [46]
East: [47]
South: [33]

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Dead end!

East: [37]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

North: [45]
East: [41]
West: [37]

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Dead end!

West: [40]

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Dead end!

North: [48]

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Dead end!

North: [50]

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Dead end!

East: [45]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

North: [51]
East: [46]
South: [40]
West: [44]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

North: [53]
East: [47]
South: [38]
West: [45]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

South: [38]
West: [46]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

North: [54]
East: [49]
South: [42]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

South: [37]
West: [48]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

North: [56]
East: [51]
South: [43]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

East: [52]
South: [45]
West: [50]

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Dead end!

East: [51]

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Dead end!

South: [46]

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Dead end!

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Dead end!

East: [56]

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Jeff felt it was an eerie place, in the middle of a forest a dark hedge maze.

East: [57]
South: [50]
West: [55]

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North: [59]
East: [58]
West: [56]

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Dead end!

West: [57]

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At last an exit in the light forsaken maze, and it might be also and way out of this place. Jeff quickened his pass, the path was narrow and winding a lot. He was smart enough not to look back, he felt as if something was following him on the spot. He felt his heart pounding in his chest, but he knew he was on track, he didn't take a rest. He felt the mysterious force was loosing its grip, every step it got weaker, soon it had to let him slip. Then he saw something ahead and his pass slowed, Jeff now knew he made it, he was safe. In front of him like a black snake through the night was the forsaken road.

He walked on the road, not much later back in civilized world, he could go home now, knowing that the car he lost was the very least of his woes. After this night his life continued happily and merry, remembering that one night now and then, a memory to carry. He grew old and died in peace, that is the end of this story, I hope you enjoyed it very.

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R.I.P Jeff.

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And as promised:
Walkthrough

Humbolt Steelwheels · Fri 08/05/2009 04:28:30

Here is my entry (click the image to go to the website with the embedded Flash interpreter):

It contains 30 possible endings, all of which may or may not result in the unfortunate demise of the protagonist.

bspeers · Fri 08/05/2009 05:58:37

I went way out of control here. Expect my "entry" sometime in the next 20 hours from this point.

Dualnames · Fri 08/05/2009 09:00:10

Great entries so far..!!! Till midnight peeps.

Dualnames · Sun 10/05/2009 13:39:00

Ok, my personal opinions on all of the entries:

Monkey

A quite nice, but shortlike entry. Yet not boring and very enjoyable.

Trihan

An entry well written at some points, and very funny indeed.

Dualnames the bird?!

Wyz

A huge entry and a very action paced one.

Humbolt Steelwheels

Certainly the best presentation of all, and a really funny and well written story:

It was way hard to pick the best, so you might be disappointed.
to see who got third place go to 1
to see who got no awards go to 2

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Third place is awarded to Monkey, which commited suicide later. To see who got second place go to 3, to see who got first place go to 4

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No awards were for Trihan, but his entry was really good, so he cheered up and went to visit Dualnames the bird.To see who got third place go to 1, to see who got second place go to 3

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Second place goes to Humbolt Steelwheels, who almost made it there. To see who beat him go to 4

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First place goes to Wyz, get the no trophy and the honour to host the next competition. Mock your opponents too.

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Trihan · Sun 10/05/2009 22:48:30

"Flipping the bird" is a slang expression meaning to extend your middle finger in someone's direction.

Wyz · Mon 11/05/2009 00:56:17

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Wow, didn't expect to win it actually. Thanks! Really fun competition. I had fun competing and reading the other enties

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