Cool, I'll let you know when I get something up and running and we can make it better once we see it

Thank you.  I'll check out some of their stories and when I get it up and running I'd value your opinion on it.  Here's to hoping it turns out as good as I hope it will.

I guess I do kind of want a plugin based one because I want it to work on other platforms as well (such as my PC or phone) and work offline.  Basically I want to have something that doesn't use data (I'm still not made of money, even though I check everyday hoping that will change) and can hold a library of stories that is easily expandable.  Think of like having an emulator and being able to download ROMs (stories) into my library.  I didn't even know about Twine and ChoiceScript (this is how I'm starting my research into this project) and will check them out.  However, the features I want to have is being able to save and load games (both normally and with a quick save/load for each story), being able to move back and forth easily (by having a consistent user interface of buttons on the screen, such as having Back, Back to QuickSave), being able to load whole stories from files (offline thing of course), graphics and animations, music and sounds if the author wants to add them, possibly even making games out of them (like we have already online).  And I'm just using Unity because it's a quick way for me to create something that would work on multiple platforms easily (and to get some more practice on it). I basically want to be able to bring more people into this genre (I grew up on it and would love to get my kids into it) by basically making some type of app for them.  I also want to make it easy to use and safe as well (could add parental controls for mature stories, could actually type in answers since we wouldn't have to worry about SQL injection or attacks like on a website database).  I'll have to check out Twine and ChoiceScript and see what they have though.  =)  I enjoy learning new stuff so thanks!

I guess it does sound like that but that is far from my intention.  I wanted to have something that worked online (so I could show it off on gaming sites later once it looks and acts nice) and offline so I could read the stories if I'm travelling or waiting someplace without wifi access and I have a laptop, phone, or tablet on me.  If I did make something good and useful, I would definitely want it hosted here and hopefully it would bring more people here and to enjoying the choose your own adventure style stories.  I grew up on these stories and my daughter is nine but hasn't read one yet (and she enjoys reading).  I have one toddler and one baby on the way and I want them all to experience the joy I did with these stories as they grow up.  I wanted to create some type of file format where an editor can create a story, chapters, etc. and then save it and my app would save it to a formatted file (probably just a small text database at first) and then we could have a library up on the site.  That way I could download or upload a story and read it on the site or on my app later if I wanted.  And this can just be a personal project if nobody else has interest in it, but I figured somebody would.  I have seen a few choose your own style text games on a gaming site before and I enjoyed playing them (just text with a few pictures here or there).  Imagine if we had a universal player that we can just keep adding stories too.  Or maybe it's a silly idea, but I still like it.

I am trying to maybe create something that works offline like an emulator with ROMs.  I want it to work in a browser because I want to let people at gaming sites play our stories and get more eyes on them and maybe inspire some others to make some as well.  I am using Unity instead of making an app just because I can fairly easily make it work in the browser and on my PC and it should work on mobile as well.  For me, going back between choices isn't hard but it is annoying to keep having to scroll up my browser window to click on Go Back on my PC and I know it isn't a big issue, but it was annoying sometimes because I want to see every possible choice.  Very small issues and I know you could do some javascript magic to keep that top bar at the top of a window, but I just really want to have an offline app that I can load stories in, play them and enjoy them offline or online since I am sometimes at places where I might not have access to wifi.

I would like to make it more like a game in the long run with graphics, animations, music, sounds, etc.  The variables and scripting are both going to be easy enough on the website or in my program so there's no real difference there.  I could just leave the stories here, but I'm thinking about making something that would work like an emulator with ROMs.  Basically, you could think of like an app.  I want to have something where somebody can make a story, save it to a file, and then the file will work with anybody who has the program (or app if you want to call it that).  I mainly want it to work offline and on a mobile device (phone or tablet or my laptop if I'm traveling somewhere without wifi).  I want to be able to have a library that I can carry with me and show my kids and let them have fun with it basically.  And at the same time I want to make something that makes it easy to create these stories and even turn them into mini text adventure games.

Hey everyone,

  Growing up on these books, being a programmer, and enjoying the stories on here, I thought that it might be fun to actually make a Unity based game that we can just load our stories in.  For those not familiar with programming, Unity basically gives me a method to put these games in a browser based platform (meaning lots of people can read them and enjoy them and hopefully making it easier to create them).  I was hoping to get the opinion of people and see if there would be interest in me making something like this for everyone.  I imagine an easy way to go back and forth between chapters, all the features of inventory, skills, attributes, randomness, etc., and a place to easily share stories in a quick and efficient manner.  Feel free to let me know what you think and if you'd be interested in letting me use your story as initial tests as well.  Thanks and back to choosing my own story!