Book without stats

[Eiwynn]

@Zene-Zenon

Books are required to have stats if the author want to publish it trough HG?

Games are required to be complete in order to be published under the HG label –

Hosted Games Publishing Process

1. You independently write and complete a game written in ChoiceScript

I could not find the vaguely remembered staff response I remember from the past but one of the requirements if I remember is that use of stats is mandatory in order for the game to be considered complete.

As @HarrisPS indicates, there is:

Creatures Such as We

which has no stats, but I believe this is the exception that proves the rule. This was specifically written for the 2014 IF competition and as a result of being awarded 2nd place, I believe it was incorporated into the official CoG library.

Part of the real issue is the tension between authors/developers who view the end product of CSG (Choice Script Games) as books vs those who view them as actual games.

Any of the staff (or those with more tangible knowledge) can correct me but this has been my understanding of the issue.

Edit: @hustlertwo indicates that there is another, more recently published stat-less game in the HG library; so maybe, I am mis-remembering the staff response.

Edit 2: This thread is a good place to see a discussion about the use of stats in these games:

Opinions about Stats (Skills, Relationships and Personality)

So… I don’t even know where to start or what I’m entirely trying to say with all of this, but I’ll try. Ok, so this thread is about discussing stats and the point of their existence in the first place. It has been something that I’ve always been thinking about ever since I started playing Choice of Games and I think that it would be nice to have a thread to talk about it. I think that one of the main characteristics that distinguishes CoG games from others decision based games that I played be…