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Hey hey. I just found this site today, and i must say its one of the coolest websites i have ever found. Ive been a fan of gamebooks for years, and even toyed with the idea of self-publishing one. (Ive got one in the works, but who knows when it will be ready for print) In order to get my creative juices flowing, i just couldnt resist starting a web-based gamebook on this site. I think you guys will really enjoy it when its complete. Its a fantasy RPG type adventure, and im even using the Advanced Editor. (Thanks for making the Advanced Editor easy to figure out)

My question is about the contest you did in 2005, and what plans there are for a contest in 2006. I dont want to miss out on the contest because of publishing my game before the start date, so please let me know if there are plans for a new contest, and what the earliest date for publishing would be.

Thanks, and i look forward to sharing ideas with you guys and reading your gamebooks!

welcome aboard. as for contests... there have only been 2 that im aware of and ive been here since the 02-03 ish time frame. each contest will be shown on the forums for all to see. as of right now the contests are very sporatic and show up on random occasions. like once every couple years lol. feel free to publish other games however and play them as well. my name is nate, if you evern need anything let me know.

nate

Welcome!

Starting February 1st, there will be Monthly Contests. They'll be in smaller amounts, $20/$25 and will have "fun" constraints added to them, like you're limited to a Classic (non-Advanced) story, must be in a specific category, number of pages, on a specific topic, and so on.

We will likely also do an EOY contest too.

EOY?

Hello there.  Can I call you Axe for short?  I am glad you are already making a game and an advanced game at that!  So, anyways, how did you find the site?

Axe is fine. Ive used this name in other games and online places and my nickname is ussualy Axe.

As for my game, ive allready got about 15 pages, and ive created all my own item icons with Paint Shop Pro. So far, the player gets thier mission and some gold, heads to the Merchant Quarter to buy supplies and then heads to the tavern to get a meal before starting the mission. Along the way is one combat encounter too. Im planning to have a few different endings also, depending on the players choices and possibly thier score. I cant wait for you guys to be able to play it! Maybe ill release a demo once ive gotten more compleated or something.

That brings me to another point: Is there a way to "copy" my game, so i can publish a demo of it and have a copy that im working on for the final version without letting players into the final version till its finished?

As for how i found the site. I was searching the web for info about gamebooks and found the Freeware Gamebook Library site (search: "freeware gamebook" in google) and it had a link to this place. I absolutely LOVE the idea of this site, and i plan to be making games here for a long time.

Awsome!  My first year aniversery will be on Feb. 29th.  (Why isn't that put in yet alex)

Demos are nice.  Leave it for two are three days to allow those who aren't on all the time to get a glimpes at it.

So you mean just publish it when i feel its good enough as a "demo" and then unpublish it once im ready to work on it again?

Acctually that just gave me an idea. I could publish it with a "demo" ending partway through, and still work on the rest of the game, just not link any pages to the rest of the game so that players would be unable to access it till i was ready.

I don't recommend publishing it as a demo.

What about just Sharing the URL to the unpublished storygame ?

I am a mod.  Post it somewhere and tell me to delete it sometime.  It works easy as that.  You can also PM it to people you want to play it.

I can't wait to try your game out.

Yes, you are right.

Another member had the same issue. I will correct this by putting a checkbox on storygames that allow you to enable or disable checking it out while unpublished.

EOY?  What does it mean?  I've never seen it before.

I believe he means End of Year. As in a end of year 2006 contest like the one you guys did in 2005.

As for previewing my game i think ive got the solution until you implement the checkbox for unpublished games.

When im ready to let people preview it, ill announce it on the forums and set a date when it will no longer be previewable. On that date, ill modify the game so that the starting page goes nowhere! instead the starting page will say something like "This game is not complete and you have been blocked from viewing the rest." Then i can work on the whole game, but it wont be viewable because there will be no link from the first page to the rest of the game.

so, what are the requirements for this first contest to start in Feb alex? you gotta tell us soon so that we know before the 1st. lol tell me tell me tell me tell me tell me!!!

nate