Humanity has risen!
Arcane
I've been thinking about this story for a long time, and seeing this forum, I thought I might try turning it into some sort of CYOA format. I have the basic outline largely figured out, with the details to be added as we go along.
My inspiration is that I always wanted to make an adventure game about a hero that was an everyman, living in the fringes of society, that everyone could easily identify to, who becomes intertwined in an unexpected situation that also becomes a sort of quest for identity.
Another one is that there was a TV show that aired when I was very young that was called Hamilton's Quest, which was about a young man who's parents died. He then discovers that they really were his adoptive parents, and must try to find his aunt which is his only surviving relative, who leads him towards her with clues that take the form of tarot cards. The show was actually set in Canada, and I always found it to be an overlooked, but yet very interesting setting due to the sheer variety of locations available.
I have other inspirations which I will not mention here because they would constitute spoilers.
I intend to follow a very simple process: I would post a few paragraphs, sometimes many to advance the story forward then offer a choice between a few different alternatives. I would wait a while and go with the option that the most people had selected. That is, anyone who is posting in good faith. Sometimes there might not be any choices but the story would progress. When it comes to choices, I would ignore anyone that is being needlessly belligerent or flat out trolling. If we need to break a tie, I would go at random. We would pursue like this until the story is complete.
I am sure it would take anyone partaking in it into strange and unexpected directions and we would all have a lot of fun with the adventures of one named Bruno Honeyman.
My inspiration is that I always wanted to make an adventure game about a hero that was an everyman, living in the fringes of society, that everyone could easily identify to, who becomes intertwined in an unexpected situation that also becomes a sort of quest for identity.
Another one is that there was a TV show that aired when I was very young that was called Hamilton's Quest, which was about a young man who's parents died. He then discovers that they really were his adoptive parents, and must try to find his aunt which is his only surviving relative, who leads him towards her with clues that take the form of tarot cards. The show was actually set in Canada, and I always found it to be an overlooked, but yet very interesting setting due to the sheer variety of locations available.
I have other inspirations which I will not mention here because they would constitute spoilers.
I intend to follow a very simple process: I would post a few paragraphs, sometimes many to advance the story forward then offer a choice between a few different alternatives. I would wait a while and go with the option that the most people had selected. That is, anyone who is posting in good faith. Sometimes there might not be any choices but the story would progress. When it comes to choices, I would ignore anyone that is being needlessly belligerent or flat out trolling. If we need to break a tie, I would go at random. We would pursue like this until the story is complete.
I am sure it would take anyone partaking in it into strange and unexpected directions and we would all have a lot of fun with the adventures of one named Bruno Honeyman.
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