Finding the Muse

I came into "Finding the Muse" thinking that it would be a linear story. What I got instead, was something surprisingly fun.

The story has you in the role of yourself as you try to think of things to do to strike your inspiration for a new CYS storygame. In order to do that, you can complete any number of actions including "Watching TV", "Exercising", or even "Viewing Facebook messages".

For the 5-6 times I played it, I ended up getting the Cake ending, without writing my story. This one is going to puzzle me for a bit. The replay-ability is relatively short, but has some good fun while it lasts.

I got the English class ending.

Overall this game was a charming little exercise where you play as a character shockingly similar to yourself: a writer who's run out of ideas.

But the game itself didn't lend itself to combining the various different actions and there was virtually no branching, it was simply a list of clicks and you click on the actions.

I liked it because it gave me some ideas for how I can beat writer's block, but it doesn't stand on its own outside of that. I feel like there could have been a way to make tackling writer's block a bit more engaging, as it is, it read as a public service announcement.

Honestly the information presented could have gotten Ogre a commended post in the writer's workshop forum, as the linear style is more suited to forum comments.

It is a very interesting story. I tried many times, but I couldn't beat it.

Good concept. Is there a way to lose?

It took me like three tries to get the good ending, but I really like the ideas! I could definitely use some of these to 'find my muse' and write.

It was a swell story and it had a lot of choices.

This game feels well thought out and not what I expected it to be for something with the humor tag. I thought winning was pretty easy without knowing how many points each option gives or takes away in some cases. But I chose things that help me focus, let me take a break, let my mind wander, and/or put me in a better mood.

Overall, the point values for the options seem fair. This could've been filled with options that reduce the score, but it isn't and the options that do make sense. Some of the options that don't add much to the score could probably give fewer points, but I think it depends on whether your using them as a distraction or looking for inspiration to write.

The only problem I have with this is that one in the middle of the exclamation marks when you choose Mountain Dew/Coffee. While I wouldn't say this is the best game, it's still pretty good.

You should add an option to read "Finding the Muse" storygame in the storygame!

There is a lot of truth in this... recommended

For a short story, well-thought out, a balanced range of options to choose from. I was just a little confused about what was supposed to whether I was trying to get something different to happen when I went back to force write. But on the whole this was a lot of fun. The time element is a good addition. Thanks.