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4577

Thank you for that. I think I needed it in some way. :cry:. Even though my sister, hypes me upā€¦ I still doubt myself because sheā€™s my older sister, sheā€™s probably saying all those things because she doesnā€™t want to hurt my feelings.

But now, itā€™s amazing people like yourself who makes me feel a tad bit more confident and believe that I can actually do it. The story might be cliche to some butā€¦ Iā€™m sure that thereā€™ll be people whoā€™ll genuinely like my writing.

But I am in a better space now. Honestly I posted that topic and after getting a respondā€¦ I checked this thread out. I hesitated for so long until I just gave in. I posted it and tossed my phone far. Rightā€¦ I was getting anxious. So I decided not to come back until my reply is lost beneath another personā€™s WIP but when I came in I saw your replyā€¦ And it made me feel betterā€¦

I read such well thought out contents that sometimes, I just feel even more depressed because I am so hung up on what I just read from those other authorsā€¦ So I doubt myself even more. Hahaā€¦ And as you can see my description skills are horrible as well!

And I donā€™t think youā€™re mad. Youā€™re awesome! So yes you should show them all! Iā€™ll be rooting for you if that helps.

P.S. I might just write over the beginning! :yum::blush:

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being transferred to a badly written palace intrigued novel sounds like a blast, minus the someone trying to kill you of course. i really like what you got here. is the man that is going to kill the mc their soon to be murderous spouse? also, fuck yea. im ready to kick ass and not let anyone walk over me.

i do understand the feeling of losing the love they have for their fav hobby. i remember back then, i used to be part of journalism club and when i went to high school, i found out there is someone out there who does better and actually finishes their work. it certainly brought my mood down to the point that i stopper writing for a year. i guess my advice is that, write for yourself. you are your own biggest critic. if youā€™re satisfied and happy with what youā€™ve written then thatā€™s good enough. prioritize your happiness over your work over other peopleā€™s cause those people are just along for the ride.

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4579

Yes. They are. This might be a bit of a spoilerā€¦ But Iā€™ll share it. When theyā€™re going to ascend the throne, theyā€™ll need to reinstate someone as their second half. Seeing as the marriage contract was against their will, they thought that the only way to be with their lover (the protagonist of the world) was if they discarded the OH (original host).

Also thank you. It is good to know that it is okay to write for myself. Youā€™re awesome! :blush:

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4580

Hello everyone!

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a medieval fantasy type based setting, called The Gemini Twins. I havenā€™t planned very much yet, but the basic concept so far is medieval, but magic and fantasy races also exist.

My story focuses on a kingdom capital, and 5 romanceable characters; a stoic human paladin, a flirtatious elf ranger, a kind and beautiful siren sorcerer, a badass half-elf, and one of the Gemini twins (the good one), or just friends if you so choose not to romance anyone. This country, and especially the capital, worship the sun god, Solaris, and the goddess of the two moons, named Gemini. Twins born on the night of the moons being both waxing and waning are revered and said to be descendants of the moons goddess (hence the name Gemini twins), they are worshipped, especially considering that theyā€™re royalty, their parent being the ruler of this country. Your role for the longest time was being the bodyguard to one of the twins at the castle. Life is good until you accidentally uncover treachery by the other twin, they belong on the throne, they believe itā€™s rightfully theirs and no one elseā€™s, so naturally, they commit patricide, frame you and the other Gemini twin, and take the throne to rule as they see fit.

Progressively you meet the other characters, try to clear your names, and restore your reputation while setting things right.

So would anyone be interested? :slight_smile:

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4581

Hi all,

Iā€™m working on learning ChoiceScript right now and wanted to work on a nation-sim with the working title In the Oval. The premise is pretty straightforward: youā€™ve just been elected President of the United States and have to deal with all the trouble that comes with it. Iā€™m about 1500 words in, not including commands, and have a bit planned before I want to release a demo:

  • Ability to manage relations with several groups; interest groups, party leadership, family, etc.
  • Have these relations manage certain events throughout your first term as President including whether or not you can pass legislation, potential impeachment if corruption gets too high or approval too low
  • A re-election campaign with basic polls, campaign fundraising, etc.
  • A detailed epilogue based on how your Presidency is viewed a few years on and how your relationships played out in the end

While I just made my account on the Forum today, Iā€™ve been lurking and have seen some other attempts to create a nation-sim in the past that have failed so Iā€™m open to suggestions!

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4582

This place has stories with dragons and monsters and this is STILL the most unrealistic thing Iā€™ve seen in it.

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4583

I feel like Iā€™ve heard about this game before already lol defintly wish you luck though.:smiley:

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4584

Hi everyone,

So this is an idea Iā€™ve been kicking around for about a year and just wanted to see what people thought. Itā€™s essentially a (soft) sci-fi/fantasy setting, where the player character has just come out of stasis to find that they are the last living human in the galaxy, long after the fall of some ancient human civilization.

I have a plot line vaguely planned out, but no solid character ideas yet, except for kind of archaeologist character who is an ā€˜expertā€™ on humans but gets everything wrong.

Sorry if there arenā€™t too many details to work with here, but Iā€™m happy to hear any feedback.

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4585

This looks very interesting

4587

How is your relationship with the judiciary? Surprisingly, I think itā€™s a topic that hasnā€™t been taken up in political games.

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4588

An excellent point to bring up!

So far for the Judiciary, I have a few things planned:

  • This one Iā€™m writing currently, but one of your first decisions as President on day one is picking out your cabinet ā€“ notably here is your pick for Attorney General

  • I also have planned a Supreme Court vacancy in which, if you have enough influence in Congress, you can either appoint a conservative, liberal, or moderate justice to alter the balance of the court. While this portion is still in the planning phase, I have two main ideas for how the balance of the court will be important

    • The first one being your legislative agenda, if youā€™re playing as a Democrat and were unable to nominate a liberal court justice, or vice versa, some of your legislative victories could be struck down by the Courts.
    • The second, which would be a rarer event, is that if youā€™re re-elected but by a small margin, your victory could go to the Supreme Court (sort of like the 2000 Presidential election). Your chances are almost guaranteed if you appoint a complete loyalist over a more qualified justice, but will increase your corruption stat and decrease approval.

Basically, the judicial system as of right now is mostly focused on your ā€œcorruptionā€ score. How high or low it is can determine if articles of impeachment are brought up against you and if you will be further prosecuted if and when youā€™re out of office.

A lot of this is still in the planning stages, so please let me know if you have any ideas on how to make the judicial branch more involved in the story!

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A list of what I just came up with

  1. Judgment of conformity of state law to the federal constitution
    Many US Supreme Court precedents have been involved in this matter, and the outcome of the Supreme Courtā€™s decision has had a major impact on federal and 50-state policies.
    So I think this should be implemented in the game in some way.

  2. Disputes between the state and federal governments
    This issue has also been brought to the Supreme Court in many cases in history.

  3. Criminal case
    Players may abuse the criminal justice system to send political opponents to prison.
    Or it may simply handle a case related to a federal crime that is gaining public attention.
    Appointment of a federal prosecutor may also be important

  4. Judgment on execution and amnesty
    It ultimately determines the lives of prisoners on death row and other types of prisoners.
    Community security and public opinion about crime may also be influenced.

  5. System for lower courts
    I also want a system for this, but I canā€™t think of a good concrete idea.

These are just ideas that Iā€™ve come up with at the moment, so there may be better or further ideas (I may come up with them, you or someone else may come up with them)

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4590

Sounds pretty interesting (and the premise as well)! Love local mythology.

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Hello, first time poster here. Iā€™m interested in writing with ChoiceScript; Iā€™ve been able to use it to make some neat game systems in a very short time. I just need to settle on a real project, and I have a specific concept I wanted to check.

A couple years ago I released a visual novel in the style of Ace Attorney. It didnā€™t get much attention, so I set it aside after the first case. No big deal; my artwork is pretty bad for a visual novel, and this is just how these things go.

The story remains, however. Now that Iā€™m experimenting with ChoiceScript, Iā€™m wondering whether an Ace Attorney styled game would be welcome.

ā€œWhat is an Ace Attorney styled game?ā€

Ace Attorney is a visual novel with a logic puzzle element. During ā€œcourtroomā€ segments, the player must identify lies or inconsistencies in a witnessā€™ statements based on available evidence. It has little to do with actual law and is mostly about yelling dramatically, which would also be true of my own story.

I did a quick check to see if anything similar was on the platform already, but couldnā€™t find anything. ā€œChoice of the Deathlessā€ has you playing as a lawyer, but you spend the game doing legitimate legal work, which is not my aim. I want to know if the logic puzzle gameplay would be welcome. Thereā€™s almost no replay value in Ace Attorney games, after all.

The simplest thing for me to do would be to re-do my game in ChoiceScript in order to tell the complete story. The original has a pre-set character and a linear plot, but if Iā€™m working with ChoiceScript Iā€™m willing to adopt expected features like a customizable self-insert main character and a greater variety of routes.

Thoughts, opinions? Is anyone up for some reading comprehension-based logic puzzles? If this core gameplay style is too distasteful, I can always do a regular ChoiceScript game instead (Iā€™m working on one now), but I would love to make my yelling courtroom game if I can.

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4592

How are you on character creation? Could my mc be that mythical Democrat or Indepedent from Alaska?

As Iā€™d enjoy trying a fictional run as an economically progressive but more rural/small state aligned Democrat or (economically) progressive independent. Of course the electoral landscape to elect any sort of progressive from Alaska would have to be quite different from the current one. Lastly, if your game allows it, Iā€™d also like for my mc to have come from either local government, governor of Alaska or, heck, even major of Anchorage (I mean it almost worked for major Pete) or alternatively to have come from the House, but not the Senate.

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4593

Anyone interested in a story about MC owning a talking phone? (Comedy)

Yes, I have weird story ideas lol

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4594

Well, itā€™s not that weird. Most smartphones these days can talk.

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Great question! Right now character creation is still being fleshed out.

To save myself time, I split where you can be from into regions; South, Northeast, Midwest, or West Coast, as I wanted to focus more on building and writing out the story as opposed to coding possibilities for all 50 states.

As the story is written, your character served as a Congressman/woman and then as a Senator before winning their partyā€™s nomination to serve as President.

Iā€™ve decided, at least for now, to only allow Democrats or Republicans for a few reasons:

  • The main reason is realism, there hasnā€™t been an independent President since Washington and with polarization on the rise in America, it just doesnā€™t seem feasible that weā€™ll have another Independent anytime soon.

  • Additionally, Independents would be very difficult to code and to write from a pragmatic perspective. Iā€™d need to come up with some system for the game to determine how liberal or conservative of a moderate you are to determine relations with Congress (a big part of the game)

I am considering the possibility of allowing your character to run as an independent for re-election, but that would be much farther down the line as Iā€™ve only written the prologue and first chapter or two so far. With that being said, you will be able to determine how partisan, how progressive, or how conservative youā€™d like to be. So while you may not be able to start as an Independent, you could absolutely start as a more maverick politician; a conservative democrat, liberal republican, etc.

To your last point about the background of your character, your biggest decision regarding your background pre-Presidency was your first job out of school (right now that includes as a field organizer for your party, a political journalist, or as a businessperson.) I did this, mainly, because the game is almost entirely focused on the Presidency, and decisions wouldnā€™t really be impacted by whether you were a Mayor, Governor, or so on.

With all of that being said, the game is very much still a WIP! Iā€™ll be sending out a more detailed forum post today or tomorrow with a progress update, and am hoping to release my first demo in a week or two and Iā€™m sure that Iā€™ll flesh out the character creation process even more as time goes on!

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Awwā€¦I had hoped to avoid a Senatorship for a potential mc. If I may make a suggestion at least look at a governor to president path as an option. It would allow the mc to be a bit more of a Washington outsider, even if you donā€™t want to allow the smaller states, like Alaska then at least the big three, California, New York or Texas could be options?

Hmmā€¦there could be a possibility to do what Bernie did and only run as a recent ā€œconvertā€ to the Democratic/Republican party. Particularly on the governor path the mc could have been elected governor as an independent, as that does occasionally happen.

A liberal Republican in particular would cause serious convulsions to the current setup of US politics, conservative Democrat less so as there are plenty of those around from Ossoff to Manchin.
It is not totally unthinkable however as the Republican Party is the more vulnerable of the two to capture by outsiders, presumably even if they are McCain types as a lot of the GOP critters have no principles and will cling to the coattails of whoever can to get or keep them in power. With a lot of money, or at least the ability to raise a lot of it, and outsized charisma and thus a lot of media attention it wouldnā€™t exactly be impossible.
Functionally McCain was the last of the more liberal ā€œmaverickā€ Republicans so it would take quite some doing to win on evoking the legacy of McCain in the current party of Trump. But if it did succeed Iā€™m sure the folks over at the Bulwark would be ecstatic. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Just a note that it can often be a headache swapping out characters in a scene. I only had one scene in Kiss from Death where you could choose different characters and programming it was a fever dream. Iā€™m still in that hotel room hallucinating lines of code vividly.

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