Sure, I will put that in mind. And thanks for your suggestion
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After two months of brainstorming and planning Iâm finally ready to present my Idea or rather multiple Ideas. I have developed a couple projects for stories but I am having trouble to decide which to focus on and do. Something I would like help from the community for. That and to have other people to keep myself accountable to other than well myself.
The premise of all the stories is the player is one of a few different ancient dragons that have woken up after three to four thousand years after the collapse of the ancient dragon civilizations. Each story takes place in the same world around the same time, but each story takes place on different continents and environments with each dragon protagonist getting dropped into a unique setting and story and being of a different element and thus having magic powers unique only to their element.
That and for the most part they are the only ones able to wield magic as the ancient dragons were the ones gifted the ability of magic by the former gods of the world. In the years afterword the remaining magic of the world dried up and magic items looted from the ruins of these civilizations. So essentially magic is an extremely rare thing in this world and the player will pretty much be the only with access to it(at first at least).
There are other dragons/ draconids in the world but they are essentially either wild beasts or have become subservient to the other races which have rose to prominence in the last few centuries. Subservience could be in the form of the rider bond. Dragons in ancient times rarely took on riders, dragons (even the unruly wild ones) always had this type of bond at their disposal, even before their rise to power and prominence. In years following the collapse these bonds have become more common amongst the intelligent dragons.
Each story will allow the player to find out more about the downfall of the dragon civilization that once ruled the continent the story takes place on but this will be more of on the side from the main plots
Sands of Khebnas
The continent of khebnas, once dominated by an expansive and lush jungle cut through only by large lakes and winding rivers, ruled over by the ancient water dragons. After the downfall of the water dragons the magic maintaining the jungle paradise ran out soon after. The rivers and lakes dried up as the the jungle gave way to sand and desert. Nowadays water is a precious resource and the continent is dominated by rolling sand dunes. Dotted around the endless desert one can find the remains of ancient lake and river beds, ruins of the water dragon civilization and scattered oases. The khebians as the people of this continent are called now live clustered around the oases and remaining sources of water or as nomads traveling from oasis to oasis braving the hot sands between.One of the most notable of these oasis town is Al-kasyruh. Founded years ago, built around the great oasis, its the largest settlement known on the continent. While it has been a prosperous settlement, recent times have shown trouble for it. The old feud between The Najdeens and the Sheikals, the two most influential clans in the city has heated up and threatens to descend into violence that will tear the city apart. Against this hatred though there are rumors of two lovers from the two tribes who risk death to see each other. Meanwhile a dual plague has struck the crops and animals that feed the city threatening the food supply. The most pressing of all the concerns for the people of al-kasyruh is the signs that the great oasis, the life blood of the city, maybe be drying up.
Even as things look bleak in the city a magical and scaly newcomer to the city may be able to provide hope yet. Or maybe they will watch it fall apart, the choice is up to them.
With sand stuck under every scale and even more under your feet, step into the talons of an ancient water dragon as you help decide the fate of a city, two forbidden lovers and your own destiny.
Will your powers of water and healing bring new life to the city, maybe you can even figure out how to restore a part of the jungle paradise you called home.
Shadowrise
The continent of dunkeln was once the land of eternal darkness and the home of the dark dragons. Home to many mysterious night fauna and glowing flora. The dark clouds that once shrouded dunkeln in complete darkness and blocked most sunlight have long dissipated. Nowadays the land is subject to the day/night cycle of the rest of the world. The wildlife either went extinct or adapted. While most of the dunelians have adjusted to the day/night cycle and have become day people seeing better in the light than their ancestors. Though this has come at a cost of losing their natural night vision. Some though are fortunate enough to be born with a rare mutation to see in the dark like their ancestors but at the cost of being able to see in the light. While the dunelians of the past were able to make up for this with magic, these days they no longer can. The same is true for the dragons of this continent.These mutations had made those individuals quite the thieves for night raids on businesses and the like. The thieves guild of the city of schattenhugel managed to get a good number of these individuals in their employ allowing them to become the most prominent crime group in the city as their night raids became the stuff of legends. Those glory days are long past now as the guild has been in decline, replaced by the shwartz family gang. The schwartz in recent times have contributed to the guilds decline by getting the local government to crack down on them in addition to waging their own war. The death of their leader kurt cleves and the betrayal by johannes freiburg is when things really went downhill. the remaining members of the thieves guild either left, arrested or killed in the war with the schwartz. That is for everyone other than a group of stubborn holdouts.
These holdouts would keep operating for awhile until their hideout in the ancient dark dragons ruins was finally discovered. All known escape routes blocked by the schwartz and the law, the holdouts would have to venture deeper into the ruin than they ever dared before. Not only would they find an exit but they also may have found their salvation.
Play as an ancient dark dragon who has also just become the unofficial leader of the remnants of the schattenhugel thieves guild. Plan heists and raids. Relearn your powers of darkness and use them for your nefarious purposes whatever those might be. While fighting back against the schwarts gang rebuild the thieves guild to your liking whether that be back to thievery and that mischief or make them into something else of your choosing like assassins, or YOUR dark knights.
Sun over Delleau
The continent of Trendall, Once the home of the mighty light dragons. It hasn't changed much after the fall of the ancient dragons unlike other continents. It boasts temperate forests, grassy plains and meadows, rolling hills and on occasion some mountainsThe duchy of delleau sits on the border of warring neighbors. It first served as a vassal state to velsar but was annexed by caltanry in the aftermath of their first war. Over the years and multiple wars it has changed hands many times. Throw in the ever present and active separatist movement and you get the situation of delleau. Though it has the potential to be a prosperous area, mismanagement and constant strife and violence have long kept it from any form of riches.
Delleau has long suffered but this year in particular doesnât seem to be delleauâs. A new war has started with armies now trampling the land once again and outlaws are as plentiful as ever. In competition with the outlaws, a plague of wyverns who have been migrating to the duchy for no known reasons. A strange sickness that turns victims yellow ravages the land. Another sickness also has appeared but afflicts the dragons. Glow death, as its called, causes their eyes to glow and faint light to come from them as they slowly grow weak. Both eventually end in death for the afflicted and both appear randomly. To add to the mix, the gelliks, primitive being who lurk in the caves beneath the southern part of the duchy have recently emerged from their caverns and gone on the war path. And to top it all off, strange lights have begun appearing in forests along with a creature called the morlick. Many locals attribute the recent supernatural troubles of the region with this creature while others say its a messenger of doomsday.
Even with all this, there are those who still try to bring life and prosperity to this troubled region
In the middle of all this mess comes an ancient dragon awoken by a band of rebels taking refuge in old dragon ruins.
With the sun reflecting off your scales and a shine in your eye play as an ancient light dragon who has sort out the mess that is the duchy of delleau.
Bring prosperity to region that hasnât seen it in a long time. Uncover the ancient magic from your time that is causing all the strangeness. Relearn your light magic powers to help you shape the future of delleau whether its âshowingâ bandits the light or investigating the morlick
sidenote: you will be able to choose which of the warring factions to side with whether it be one of the empires or the native rebels of delleau.
The Great Expedition
The continent of Arkirus, once the home of the electric dragons and covered by an eternal storm and fields of glowing crystals. The storm though has long since dissipated and the electric dragons gone. The people who inhabited this continent are thought to have died out as the magic that sustained the lightning storm and crystals also is what allowed organic things to live there. Those who stayed anyway, some of the surviving Arkirans migrated to other continent but mostly the islands surrounding Arkirus. Now Arkirus is known as the dead continent where no life grows and the bleak crystals are reminders of a time long ago. Not everything on this continent is dead though, there is a reason Arkirus was considered to have the most dangerous wildlife in ancient times and still is by some. Psyonic crystalline entities still roam the dead lands acting like guards, attacking organics who dare venture onto this continent.While the electric dragons were the most prosperous and artistic of the ancient dragons, they are the ones scholars and archaeologist know the least about, the reasons being as stated above. Whether its the honor of saying youâve been to Arkirus and survived, the thrill of adventure, plundering the wealth of unlooted dragon ruins or discovering more about the electric dragons many adventurers and explorers have undertaken expeditions and trips to the dead continent. Many of those that go are the descendants are arkirans, however the continent attracts explorers from all over the world.
The latest of these expeditions is searching for a rumored powerful artifact. They donât find the artifact theyâre looking for, they do find proof of its existence as well as some unexpected help. Now they set off deeper the mysterious continent in search of glory and the artifact.
Play as an ancient electric dragon who joins a merry group of adventurers and fortune seekers as they look for a treasure of your kind.
Discover your kinds fate and see whats become of your home continent.
Will you guide your companions to the treasure they seek, or use them, then let them die and take for the treasure for yourself.
The people on this expedition also happen to be some unique artists. Will you use your natural creativity and playfulness as a lightning dragon to help them out with other projects.
- Sands of Khebnas
- Shadowrise
- Sun over Delleau
- The Great Expedition
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Players will be able to customize their dragon appearance but will be restricted by the racial traits of each dragon species in each story. Romance probably wonât be a âmajorâ thing but some stories will have options.
You will also be able to choose a rider from the casts of non dragon characters each story if you wish to.
Constructive feedback or criticism on these ideas would be quite useful to me and appreciated.
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You had me at the sentence âyou are a dragonâ 
I chose all of them.
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Nice to see a fellow dragon fan. Though I have to ask out of all four stories which would like to play the dragon in the most?
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UmmâŚall of them?
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Fair enough. While it could still change, shadowrise may give us a dragon crimeboss story.
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Good morning, afternoon or night depend on the time wich youâre reading this, so yeah, Iâm a new person in this community thanks to a friend of mine that keeps saying that would be nice if I tried to make a Choicescript game or something like that, soooooo sorry if there are any mistakes in this text, english is not my first language but I try to write it the best way I can.
Portals
Summary
Itâs about our world, we are in the year of 2020 and everything is pretty normal but at the second month a new company has arrived, M&N, nobody knows whatâs their purpose or whoâs their real motives to create this company but one thing is known for sure, they can create portals that connect us to other worlds, other dimesions and other times. You can be whatever you want as we live with other races, such as elfs, dwarfs, orcs, vampires, werewolves and goblins, each race since the medieval times had grown into a specified area to contribute with society, the world isnât the best but itâs our and you can keep on living your normal life, working, studying or just living doing whatever you want until something happen in your day to change everything.
This is the base summary for this game and itâs based on three books that Iâve wrote (and practically disappeared with them) during my highschool years, thereâs a hell lot of things to do and see, people to meet and to have relationships but remember, every choice will have a reaction and itâll come for good or not.
Things you can do
For now, as my mind is racing with this, you can almost literally do anything that you might think thatâs wrong or not, this meaning that you can literally go on a killing spree through any city in the world or explore one of three (I think I can put more but Iâm still learning how to do it too) worlds and get some good story with your life in them and as Iâve seen in many other posts, yes, you can be any kind of person you want to be and have a relationship with any type of person as long as theyâre interested in you.
Animalia
Summary
This is a world thatâs technologically advanced but the people that live here doesnât know that, the gods of this world are VERY present but not omnipresent, they ââliveââ their lives at their own pace as the races try to live theirs, draconoids, nekojins, avians and others animal-like races live here not peacefully as we have three major cities Furybitter, Dawnspire and âThe Goodlandsâ, each of them having some specific race that has a majority living there and have some other villages. Furybitter and Dawnspire are at war for almost three hundred years by now and trying to conquer each other spaces as The Goodlands just try to survive amidst the chaos but something might be coming, signs of the end are near and no one see it.
Things you can do
As stated, you can be like any animal-like race and delve into the story behind Animaliaâs war, beggining or end or you can try to prevent it to end. You can be a normal person in this world trying to live peacefully by living your life and praying to a god or goddess from this world, having your relationship and waiting for some miracle to happen and the war to end or put your hands in the dirt and try to it end yourself.
Necromancy
Summary
Youâre a necromancy living in the middle age, magic is present and there are a HELL lot of magics to be trained in, to train with or to die for but youâve chosen necromancy, why (?) because itâs fun or because itâs seen as something evil and bad across all the land, you live in Allmanity, the middle city of the world and where the magic school is located with its diverse teachers to learn from and you know, learning the basics and so on of necromancy will put a target on your back because people still think that its only use is to create chaos and destruction but itâll be your role to choose from, will you give into the many legends and histories and create chaos with your magic, be immortal as a Lich and dominate all or will you try to find a way to prove to ALL that your magic isnât all bad and you can be good even though you use bodies and death itself to protect others, no one can know this but only you.
Things you can do
Weeeeell, you can kill, bring back, create an army, betray your friends and family, betray kingdoms or be the most powerfull archnecromancer and try to use your magics in the âright wayâ (is there such a thing ?) and prove to the world that you are different, that Necromancy isnât all evil and you can do it but you must have caution because there are hunters out there and obviously thereâs a great evil lurking for those that have a corrupt heart
So, yeah, after taking like two hours or so to write all of this, thank to all thatâll or not vote and thanks to my friend for almost yell to me everyfucking day to make this as a âhobbyâ or just something to do with my free time, might be nice try something new.
- Portals
- Animalia
- Necromancy story
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So, Iâve decided to throw away my first idea because Iâve learned if I publish it via HG CoG will hold rights for interactive stuff. I donât want that (for that IP)
But I still want to publish a book so I have a whole new idea.
Name: Apocalypse: Wrath of Humanity
Topic: A deadly virus wiped out %99 of humanity and sterilized all other survivors so humanity is doomed (or not, but this part is a kind of spoiler soâŚ). You can either join a faction, find who created the virus (and maybe cure), create yourn own faction, destroy the remains of humanity of just try to survive. Possiblities are endless.
Gender: I donât think I 'll lock this one to male, however I have doubts about non-binary because well I have literally no idea about non-binary people and donât want to make them uncomfortable while reading the book because of some issues with representation I made because lack of knowdelge. Feel free to help me about this though, I am more than okay to properly represent people.
Rating: Mature at best case, Iâll push the limits of what CoG allows in terms of language, gore, sex etc without having to post book in NSFW section
One of the factions is âThe Enforcersâ, they are survived military personal in the world who eventually agreed to create an universal military faction and enforce the laws. They also provide protection for a faction that tries to find a cure to virus and another that⌠well youâll see them when book gets released.
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Sounds intriguing, I am looking forward to the demo
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Hi everyone! I am super new to this, so apologies if I posted this under the wrong category or something.
Anyway, can anyone let me know if there are any popular games already out there that are sort of Fallout-esque? Iâve always wanted to write my own nuclear post-apocalyptic story with Fallout vibes. Well, I started writing one once when I was ten but that project unfortunately dropped off the face of the word, and sucks because I was only ten.
I started reading CYOA games recently and honestly, they have really inspired me to get back into writing. Iâve been mulling over this for a while now, and I kind of want to revive my post-apocalyptic story idea. Before I begin though, I wanted to check out what the general consensus on the post-apocalyptic genre is. Mostly, I wanted to see if people would find it super boring/cliche, or maybe if there was already a hyper-popular one out there, which would then cause me to try and think of a more innovative storyline, etcâŚ
As far as my research has found though, there doesnât seem to be a huge market for Fallout-esque post-apocalyptic games? I know Zombie Exodus has similar energy (albeit with zombies rather than nuclear bomb shenanigans) and Critical Mass is also post-apocalyptic, but I couldnât really find any other big titles.
Sorry, this post got a bit longer and rambly than I wanted it to. Iâd be glad to hear if anyone has any advice, feedback, suggestions, etc.
Thanks for reading 
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Anyone want a cold war scenario but its interplanetary?
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Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Sorry, Iâm high on sugar:D
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Critical Mass? Iâm sure thereâs probably more. It shouldnât keep you from writing your game though 
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Only one that comes to mind is After the Storm (I donât think itâs similar to Fallout tho? Idk havenât played Fallout 
). I really liked it! I for one would be interested in seeing more stuff in the vein of apocalypse scenarios.
And well, no ideaâs ever really original anymore. I say donât worry too much about that and embrace the two cakes principle!
I think you should go for it! Youâre better off writing something youâre passionate about rather than something youâre not as into but you think would be popular 
Writing a COG story is a huge undertaking from what Iâve seen! Write for yourself first
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Weirdly enough I have toyed lately with trying to adapt Fallout 3 or Skyrim into a gamebook format, though I doubt that it would be easy to accomplishâŚ
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I think you could realistically try to make it a TTRPG, but hey, donât let me stop you!
@derekmetaltron TT is Table Top. So TTRPG would be Table-Top RPG
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Not sure what TT stands for, but the theory is that I would figure out how best to adapt the game systems (SPECIAL for Fallout 3 and the various upgrades for Skyrim) and then try and make a demo with a specific quest and if that goes well chunks of the whole game until itâs done. It would probably end up looking like the open world books like Fabled Lands or something.
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Doomsday On Demand is a bit Fallout-ish (at least in my opinion)
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@cup_half_empty thatâs a fair point I just wanted to do a bit of field study before I started haha
@lunehare thank you so much for your advice! Your words have really reassured me to follow through on reviving my original story
Iâll definitely change the storyline up a bit though, because 10-year-old me was⌠interesting, haha.
@LiliArch thank you! Iâll definitely check it out :0
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Hi there, everyone. I am glad to came back here with some new ideas about my second piece. So, I got some stories that I will going to put in a poll and I can help myself to decide⌠which story should be more interesting and good. haha 
This is just a brief/ summarized/ synopsis of the story: I donât put full details/further info so, it becomes more interesting and will wait to be uncover by you, the readers.
Behind The Camera
The genre: Romance, Drama
The story begins with childhood days of MC.
You are aspiring actor/actress when you were child but your life starts to be miserable.
Drama starts: Your father abandons his family while mother died in car crash with you and your older brother. You live in your grandmaâs house with your older brother. Your brother stops from attending school for you to finish your study. He works illegally by stealing jewelries with his group. He was captured and jailed which is the day of your graduation (college). You start to enter in theatre but it ends up in full casts, amateur, and etc. Unexpectedly, you meet a mysterious guy who turns out the famous actor/actress currently. He/she helps you to enter in showbiz world. You starts to acting but how about your relationship with your fans⌠still acting? or be real you? How about your lover way back before your fame⌠cut the relationship for fame or not? or hide it. As you rise up with fame, Blackmail and scandals will be there too! Are you ready to enter in the world of fame?
Crown of the Sea
The Genre: Action, Romance, History
The story begins with MC as vice admiral of the Spanish Empire. The king orders you to find the Emperor Nicholasâs ship (his father) which is mysteriously disappeared. It says that the ship contains a lot of jewelries, and golds and more!. Soon, you set sail but unexpectedly, a infamous and notorious pirate known as Pegasus attacks your ship. You talk with their captain to release them and he accepts it but in exchange of you. At the end of the day, you are the only one left in the pirate ship while your crew leaves and rallies back to the empire. You will soon find out that the captain is your childhood best friend! Take time to throwback with you and her/his childhood memory. You find out too that the king is the one who slaughtered your family and your best friend too. How will you take a revenge? You will fight for your revenge? or for love (princess/prince)? or for the throne? or leave them and start a pirate life with your best friend? Are you ready to set sail and entitled as the âCrown of the Seaâ?
The Retribution
The Genre: Fiction, Action
The story begins with the MC as the apprentice of his master in the Guild of ASHE. Your master predicts something bad will happen tonight so, he orders you to go to the ASHE old temple which is far from your village just to get the seal. You thought that it is about for protection but you are not. It is the last will of your master. As you rush back to your village, you found the villagers, your friends, your family died. Everything is burning! You seek for your master and you meet him in his last breath. He told you to leave and start a new better life. As you insisted to stay there, you spot someone luring in the darkness and you thought that is your enemy. You rush to this person and find out that is the tasked to watched your steps. You starts to seek for the answers who is the one behind this killing spree. MC will meet his close friend in the village and both of you will set a journey to get revenge for your loved ones. You will meet new friends to join your pack of assassins. You will discover different places, races, beliefs, culture, and everything! Until it ends that your real enemy is the one that you thought would protect the ASHE guild and other guilds too. Will you seek for bloodlust? revenge? love? new life? or overthrow and let yourself be the ruler of the whole realm? Are you ready to face your life as the greatest assassin of ASHE guild?
The Vanguard
The Genre: Fiction, Romance
The story begins with the MC as the heir of the Sol Empire. You are gifted to call the three powerful creatures: Sea Serpent, White Lion, and the Silver Dragon. But before that, you will take a long path with some drama and romance with your royal family. Your parents will be assassinated by your rivaled enemy, the south empire. It was their advantage because you are too young for you to rule a large piece of land. The enemy starts to march to your empire! How will you protect your empire from their blade!? They are known for ages for their strong armies and willed-spirits of war. Soon, you will meet a hermit that will tell you a tale of the Ancient Ruler of this realm who rules with his three friends! The hermit disappear after you wake up. You will begin your journey to find these creatures to help you to fight against the incoming threat. After you found them and solved their problems, will you use them to protect your empire? or take an advantage to conquer the south empire? Are you ready to be come the Next ruler and the gifted heir of Sol Empire?
- Behind The Camera
- Crown of the Sea
- The Retribution
- The Vanguard
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I thought the Vanguard is the one in the least of no. of votes but Iâm wrong. hahaha 
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