I'm just running through the golden crate and have come up against a small problem. I attempt to enter the chapter house up tree lane, but I am unable to answer the question the tree person asks about my validity to enter the chapter house. Can anyone advise of the answer? I've completed both wrong way go back and planet of the spiders so have played through from the beginning of the series. Thanks in advance.

ffproject
Sun May 10 10:09:58 2009
News

Updates

Three new additions to the downloads page :

The Triad Of Skulls by Stuart Lloyd. This is essentially his entry to the Windhammer competition, though he has subsequently made some revisions.
Tomb Of The Ancients also by Stuart Lloyd.
The Golden Crate by Ulysses Ai.

Cablex
Wed May 6 08:39:11 2009
General Chat

Thanks guys this is very useful

Cablex

Ulysses
Tue May 5 23:06:12 2009
General Chat

Hi Cablex.

When I write a gamebook, I don't really have a plan, but just let it create itself as it goes along. I begin with an idea about how long it is going to be, what I ultimately want to happen, and things I want to include. The I just start writing and it all works itself out.
In terms of practical advice, I create an excel spreadsheet with all of the reference numbers from 1 to, say, 100. I also have a sheet of paper on my desk, and at the top I write a 1, then when I finish writing the first reference, ending with, say, two choices on how to proceed in the story, I draw two branches from the '1' and label them with numbers randomly selected from the table of numbers in the excel spreadsheet. Then I delete the used numbers from the spreadsheet. As I write the references, I put them in in the correct order. So while I might write the references in an order like: 1, 45, 22, 75, etc, I insert whichever passage I am writing next into it's proper place.
I tend to write all of the different paths at once, but I know that some people write the correct path, then go back and add on false paths, alternate routes and dead ends. Unfortunately, you can sometimes tell when they have done this because there is a drop in quality once you are off the correct path, as if the author is a bit bored with the other paths and just wants to get them done. If you have trouble planning out diffirent paths simultaneously, then do write the correct path out first without worrying about choices, just break it up into chapters at logical points. Then once you have finished, go back to the end of each chapter and think about how the story could have gone in a different direction, then start writing, and after another chapter or two on the parallel path, join it back into the main path. Some deviations can just be one chapter long (such as choosing to do something or not, but leaving the room afterwards regardless).
But the best advice is to start small. If you have a brilliant idea that you don't think can be done justice in a small adventure, then don't write it yet. Think about an idea that is suitable for 20-30 references and write that first to build your skills.

Good luck.

Phil Sadler
Tue May 5 20:55:52 2009
General Chat

My advice would be to map out your book on squared paper first because this helps get it all in your head. Then you can have fun filling up the locations with your favourite monsters, traps and spells.

Cablex Tue May 5 09:27:10 2009 General Chat	One thing I forgot, if I make a gamebook how do I post it on this site. Cablex
	You can email it to me.

Cablex Tue May 5 09:25:10 2009 General Chat	Hi to anyone reading. I'm wondering about tips on how to make a gamebook. I have lots of Ideas but I don't know an easy way to mix up the paragraphs to make it unique and also I need help in making other paths and dead ends because I can do with my ideas is make a story and not a gamebook. So tips would be helpful, thanks. Cablex
	ADVELH (see the software section of the links page) provides an easy way to mix up the paragraphs. If nobody here volunteers any tips you could always ask at one of the Yahoo! groups. Alternatively, Mark J. Popp's old website (see the downloads page) has a section where several amateur authors offer general advice.

Goodisbad
Mon May 4 09:25:35 2009
Wrong Way Go Back

thanks

Ekaterin
Mon May 4 09:19:28 2009
Wrong Way Go Back

Goodisbad, here are a couple of tips for Wrong Way Go Back:

SPOILER

END SPOILER

If that's not enough then read this:

SPOILER

END SPOILER

Goodisbad
Mon May 4 08:59:14 2009
Wrong Way Go Back

Ulysses i need some more help

SPOILER

END SPOILER

normanscott Sun May 3 05:37:58 2009 General Chat	hey, when you click on 'more' beneath the list of gamebooks, a list of all the titles come. Next to each title is a picture. i was wondering, is the picture of the zombie next to bad moon rising from an FF book?
	Yes, it's from Revenge Of The Vampire and is by Martin McKenna.

Ulysses
Thu Apr 30 23:55:17 2009
The Golden Crate

BTW, those of you who have completed TGC:

SPOILER

END SPOILER

Thanks

Ulysses
Tue Apr 28 22:43:49 2009
Wrong Way Go Back

It's random, but there is a way to find out which level it is.

Goodisbad
Tue Apr 28 21:12:58 2009
Wrong Way Go Back

Ulysses Ali i've just started ur books and i'm having trouble with Wrong way go back

SPOILER

END SPOILER

1381 to 1400 of 7420 | [next] [previous] | [first] [last] | [forward]