TaleSpinner
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:44 am
As much as I wanted to just jump right into this and post it in games, I did want to see if there was any interest prior.
We haven't had a purely writing story-game in a long while and I would like to start one, but instead of having skills and rules and such and such, this is going to be a lot more free-form.
The idea is a continuation of writing that attempts to create a story that is seamless from one users post to another and allows for whatever wild and crazy stuff you can come up with. Essentially, allowing a poster to take a story in any direction they want, as long as the transition is smooth and makes sense. And as long as it somewhat follows the main protagonist, or someone in his group, if he ever has a group...assuming they don't all die horribly somehow. And a poster is free to post as much or as little as they want.
Example:
Poster A:
The work day was finally drawing to a close, which was fortunate, as the words on his screen were starting to blur together into gibberish. As the clock struck 4pm, James jumped up from his desk and sprinted for the door, throwing them open and yelling "Freedom" as he ran out onto the wide expanse of concrete sidewalk.
Poster B:
The sky ripped open, a giant gaping hole with a sky of somewhere else and a large wooden ship flew down out of the tear. James couldn't help but stare in shock as the ship seemed to be heading straight for him. His legs felt screwed into the sidewalk, too afraid to stay and too afraid to run, he just stood there and quivered. The ship turned as it came to a halt a few dozen yards from him and a woman with dark curly locks leaned over the edge, pointing a long curved blade at him and yelled "There he is mates, grab him".
Poster C:
Now you try.
We haven't had a purely writing story-game in a long while and I would like to start one, but instead of having skills and rules and such and such, this is going to be a lot more free-form.
The idea is a continuation of writing that attempts to create a story that is seamless from one users post to another and allows for whatever wild and crazy stuff you can come up with. Essentially, allowing a poster to take a story in any direction they want, as long as the transition is smooth and makes sense. And as long as it somewhat follows the main protagonist, or someone in his group, if he ever has a group...assuming they don't all die horribly somehow. And a poster is free to post as much or as little as they want.
Example:
Poster A:
The work day was finally drawing to a close, which was fortunate, as the words on his screen were starting to blur together into gibberish. As the clock struck 4pm, James jumped up from his desk and sprinted for the door, throwing them open and yelling "Freedom" as he ran out onto the wide expanse of concrete sidewalk.
Poster B:
The sky ripped open, a giant gaping hole with a sky of somewhere else and a large wooden ship flew down out of the tear. James couldn't help but stare in shock as the ship seemed to be heading straight for him. His legs felt screwed into the sidewalk, too afraid to stay and too afraid to run, he just stood there and quivered. The ship turned as it came to a halt a few dozen yards from him and a woman with dark curly locks leaned over the edge, pointing a long curved blade at him and yelled "There he is mates, grab him".
Poster C:
Now you try.