Player Comments on How To Play A Game

I've decided to write a longer comment because I want to make sure people see a few details. First, This was cute. It was funny and showed what the basics used to be, and for the most part holds up. This story is a relic and should be treasured. It also answers the long asked question of "where is Killa_Robot's toaster?"

More importantly though, this needs an overhaul to serve its original purpose. Currently its an oddity of a bygone age.

Choices are hyperlinks now. There are no Treasure Chests,
There are no Folder Tabs, The game start button no longer says, "Play This Game!" So on,

It does a great job still, of showing cute features like unclickable LINKS, in game items, and pictures, including animated ones.

This is by far the most incredible story I've seen so far. For the first time in all my 40 years as a renowned CYOA critic, a career that's rightfully led to my nickname in the business- "The Cynical Bastard"- I have no criticism to give. As for my praise, well...

The setting was perfect, picking sophisticated elements from a wide variety of genres to be all inclusive for all readers and obviously represent the value of multifaceted society. I personally was thrilled to find aspects of Fantasy and, among my all time favourites, hints of Taiwanese history and non-fictional cooking recipes. How such a diverse range of intrinsically vital commentary on human life has been covered in an impressive 943 words, I have no idea.

The characters were all excellently fleshed out and really made this story for me. Each and every one felt like a real person, leaping to life with their very actions without having to even say a word, testimonious to your unadulterated familiarity with anthropology. Not only did I form a profoundly close attachment to the toaster, but the French baker was the perfect metaphor for the excessive consumerist society we live in. Bravo.

Moving on from the characters, development of the latter was undeniably rife throughout the whole thing, punctuating each choice the reader makes to emphasise the importance of choice, a quintessential foundation of the CYOA genre, and beautifully painting the whole story in flecks of stark realism amid the fundamentally surreal je ne sais quoi perspective it begins with.

Furthermore, the plot had me on the edge of my seat and kept me entertained for hours as I desperately searched for every possible route, paling the comparatively petty works of modern raconteurs in its complex, yet easily followed, nuances. Truly, this story speaks of both a masterful grasp on the English lexicon and a thorough comprehension of how to tell a tale that really touches on every aspect of modern human condition, culture, politics, philanthropy, sociological constructions, and philosophy. I was stunned.

Simply... astounding.
5/8

Very outdated, but very good.

8/8
This is classic.

Great for a newbie on this site!

Gee, this game is an example of how to use items! It doesn't cover anything else, but it covers item use (and how to play CYS games)!

Also, I acknowledge that I am a little biased...

It's certainly cute, but a bit outdated. Also, it's nearly summer of 2023 (only a month off) or it already has been in the northern hemisphere, and we still don't get our items popping out of our computer?

Quirky little game very nice. Outdated but silly

Summer 2023 is almost over.
Where is my toaster??

So, it’s the summer of 2023. Where’s the toaster delivery system?

RELIC.

Playing through as I hadn't bothered before and wanted to experience the heralded majesty for myself.

This game, perhaps more than any other I have played, lives up to it's summary and name. With an applaudable scarcity of words and needless description, it cuts like a literary knife through the dross of useless tutorials. It's concise presentation of "How To Play A Game" would be difficult to top.

The only thing that brings the luster of this gem down is that the actual text, particularly for the first few pages, is littered with exceptionally outdated references and indicators for elements that are no longer part of the interface. It is impressive that the options and steps still function so smoothly and that is a testament to the stability and support provided by the site for CYA authors.

thanks for teaching me

Quite useful, although it does need to be brought up to date with the current site functionality. I am interested to see the delivery service promised for this summer.

Thanks for this.

Useful for beginners.

Yay for breakfast

Cant wait to get my toaster next year!!

"Sorry, although we are working on such a delivery system, don't expect to see it until Summer of 2023."

Although perhaps not necessary for most people able to navigate the internet, because it seems to be just intuitive, this game (as its title says) shows how CYS CYOA games work. Also, it does promise a toaster delivery system - so there's that.

Overall, Nice because I like toast, and toaster waffles, toaster waffles are good.

Thank god I found this, I was so lost.

Amazing!

I don't know why I haven't clicked on cysid's name before!

10/10 wow

The information on how items work was somewhat useful, but I think all of the information within this guide was already fairly obvious. Still somewhat helpful, though.

Very nice tutorial

It was short, quick, and fun. I would definitely call this a helpful tutorial for users who are new to this site.

By the way, Did you know that the "first electric toaster was invented in 1893 by Alan MacMasters in Scotland. He called the device the “Eclipse Toaster,” and it was manufactured and marketed in Britain by the Crompton Company. It toasted only one side of the bread, so you had to flip the bread over manually." (the text within the quotation marks was pulled from Wikipedia)

This was okay, I enjoyed it.

good amateur game

lol
how do i load a game?

Thx for the 15 xp you gave me for my birthday. This will help me make my storygame.

this is helpful

This was one of the first games I played and it gave me a more beneficial analysis of this website! Thanks!

A perfect tutorial for a first-time CYOA player.

THAT WAS PURE AMAZING

Well, this game was fun! ... If only to see how outdated it is. Where do I even start?

There are no check boxes. There are no circles. There are no treasure chest icons. There is no inventory button. There is no look button. I can see the goddam toaster... And what the hell is MyAdventureGame.com? :p

That said, it's great playing this game a whole 18 years after it was made and feeling very relieved by how much it's been improved from the needlessly complicated piece of ancient technology that it was back then ^_^

I give zee my bread. Now EAT IT!!

Cool game, I like it! :). It explains alot to newcomers....like me.

I just found out about this website and played the "How to Play a Game" game.

Cool

Kinda lame but with great intentions

Great! I can play any game now!

This... This... This masterpiece of modern story-telling and expert programming has just... I can't... I can't describe the feeling I am feeling right now. I am literally crying from the sheer shock I am in. My synapses are firing too fast. This... I believe I am a better person now. Wow... When I found that toaster, I... Just, just wow. Encore, encore! Every step was euphoria. Thank you!

It was my first storygame(XD newbie here!!!)and I really liked it.I founded really useful and I am now ready to play those storygames.I am impressed cysid!!

nice

Good tutorial!
I'm wanted some more tips and pages because this tutorial was short.
But if we not talking about it...
It's perfect!

It's a little outdated, but it's helpful!

I don't know the site have a tutorial, like this! :D

This was very helpful, thanks!

Cool. good thing for noobs

Nice and fun too. Learnt a lot, adn the french baker was hilarious

Great for new players! Even helped me understand some of the more advanced games.

This would be very helpful to Newbies. They would understand how to play a storygame. This would make it easier than just jumping straight into another storygame, like Snow. I now highly recommend this storygame for Newbies! ^_^

I learned so much,

It was fun and funny but it was short too.

More of an tutorial to the site than an actual story.

It was a good explanation, and the French Baker was... Interesting. Other than that, good for a first game for new players.

This is great and quite useful for new players.

Short, but, pictures ARE fun.

If you have time, you might want to consider rewriting the whole tutorial. A lot of the game play mechanics had changed you know?

This is a pretty good guide on how to play the games, though I feel the best way to truly learn is to jump right in, otherwise the guide is written well and it is fairly informative, which is good for newcomers.

Outdated, but good.

It was a good tutorial

Thanks for explaining how this website works. Does a good job of showing the main features from the point of view of the player, including unclickable links and the inventory.

*tiny smiley face picture*
"Due to budget cuts we can't afford any more pictures"
Well at least it was animated...

Should send a link to this game in the welcom message new players receive

Great tutorial for beginners like me!

Good Tutorial :)

A fun way tutorial to the site but it is outdated and would probably confuse any newcomers to the site now. I also didn't come across this until I had long discovered how to play storygames on this site anyway, so it definitely needs a remake and maybe could be linked in one of the guides in the Help and Info section. Regardless, I enjoyed it :)

Yes Deathdefender, CYS.com used to be called MAG.com, it's pretty common knowledge XD

ChooseYourStory used to be MyAdventureGame?

An excellent tutorial, and a fun, detailed way to learn!

Definitely worth a 5. Nice game about a game!

I like the concept of being able to use this "game" as a walkthrough for the game, and could be helpful for new users, however it needs to be overhaulled first so it actually gives the correct information.

They are hyperlinks, not check boxes.

it was a good game

A nice guide, but it's kinda outdated, and needs a remake :P

Very useful.

A very helpful.

It was a very simple instruction "manual" for playing gamebooks.

It was an enlightenment for me as I only joined today.

Cool introduction, this helped me when I joined.

Adequately explains the ideas of how to play a game, I merely wonder at the necessity of it.

Good introduction on how to play a game, but it seems like it's outdated.

Good intro to CHOOSEYOURSTORY.COM

Pictures are fun!

Wow, CYS has changed so much since then.

Wow this was fun. I mean, it's written by cysid, so it must have some extra quality to it.

Tutorial complete!

ahhh! pictures are fun!
This game makes sense.

Well well, I just successfully cooked my first EVER e-Toast.

Hum ... interesting ... :) I wish the Game creator were accessible to Visually Impaired users, I have some cool plots in mind. Hey wait, I just made visually impaired sound like a name :D

Wait, is THAT you how play a game?

AH HA! I wish I could have gone through this when I first came to the site...

A great "Choose Your Story for Dummies" guide! I'm giving it an eight 'cos you took the time to be helpful ^_^

Yay, I made toast!

This is slightly good for new users.

Very cute -- and I actually learned something! (About making games, though, not playing them. ;)

that game can help a lot

Don't know what Reese's Cups are so I didn't pick that rating.

How do people find this?

weird

Ah, even I wasn't an Adventurer, but it's still fun to play this olden stuff.

Toasty

It's out of date. I don't really know why i played this game. I allready know how too.

lol i didn't even know this storygame existed!
I suspect alot of new members haven't played this yet lol.

Nice idea, but it's outdated.

just kay

That was... different. I'll give you that! I like it.

Now I know how to play a storygame! (Even though I already did) Thank you, Cysid!

It is inteligente.

It's a little out-of-date, but it's helpful nonetheless.

Also, the toast had the <Generic Item> picture.

This is a good introduction to playing MAG.com games. Highly recommended to first-time players.

I learned a lot, even though I already knew some of it.

Nice basic tutorial

its a good gme fo r noobes

great for people who cant play games!

Nice tutorial.

This was a pretty good way to get familiar with adventure-playing...if only it were this easy to understand how to make them advanced. :p I'm really having fun figuring it out though :D

I am laughing very hard right now. Being a "n00b" myself, I'm fairly certain I could have survived without this. Still...

i guess that this is another choose your own adventure which is very very very neat, i like it very much.

why dont you guys think about putting a combat system inside? or a variation of combat system?

thank you and goodbye :)

A lovely tutorial. Points out the basic, but still worthwhile reading.

very handy tutorial!

I like the puzzle. LOL Toast solves anything.

An interesting way to learn how to play the stories on the site.

Shouldn't this be in the Edutainment section or something? Plus you could get this info from the articles.
Well, it was okay, I guess.

nicely done.

informational, but not exceptionally fun.

Helpful but boring.

*laughs* I love the puzzle! ^_^

definitely interesting....

Very very good.

It wont bring you enlightenment, but it'll bring you breakfast. LOL

what the heck is that!

it is ok

Rating it 8. It does enlighten a few.

I finnaly beat it after reading a tip. Anyways. Play my game. I will update it over time. Right now it shows you what each feature is and what it does.

Nice tutorial.

Wow, that would be good for new player. Tell them to keep caps lock off.

cool game :p

Cool for a begginer, i lke toast1

hehe nice it teaches you how to play a game but its also a game, it would explain why it was a crew pick<br>

sweet dude, that really helps. and i found it fun somehow.

i was expecting my toaster!!! i tried to get it yesterday!!!

that was...interesting? good game. could be longer. my toaster at home is better. it has a bagel tray!

Good stuff. Actually one of the better games here at the site, since it doesn't have speeling/cApitalizaTion/the grammer mistakes which make your eyes bleed.

Thay isn't really needed since I've played many games on this website. But for a rookie, it helps a lot

It was fun esspessially the toast part (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM toast

This is a darn good tutorial. I love it.<br>

I don't know if it was because this was really like the 10th game I played on myadventuregame.com, or if the game's are so easy to know how to play, this 'game' is dumb.

WOW Now at least i know how to play a game

great game to teach people how to play games. what about leave comments? I taught myself how to play.

WHOA! best game out there! im not new at this, just got a little bored. Actually, most games dont have as challenging challenges as the toater dilemma. Actually took me about a minute to figure it out. Thanks for curing my boredom.

Great Game!Now i know how to do everything.Thanks!

This is great at seeing what kind of games you can make and how to play.

hey, thanks now i know how 2 play

Cool!

nice. But whyis tis evn leve 2 for matuity and difvuly? the most ofnsive ord is &#34;humbug&#34; although you do get obstrcted by baker but come on! And what level 1 gamelike? click &#34;I win&#34; to get through?

ok that makes more sense now with the objects.

Man, I saw that french baker there and wished i had a whip like the old days... ahhh well. I've retired from those movies now but it looks like the lettering that we used in my movie sure hasn't. Sweet website guys! Keep up the good work.

Wow you know what this game on how to play games is actually fun in and of itself. Im so happy I got past that French Chef. He was cruising for a bruising. In real life he would he'd be the French Toast. Any way I'll keep coming to this site often to look for possible scripts and screen plays. Thanks