Interest Check Thread

[11110]

Could you tell me a little more about the currency? Who issues the currency, in what denomination, and how is credit for the denomination procured?

[LeannaMandragoran]

@11110 Under the control of the monarch and the treasurer. I haven’t decided what to other details yet. I’ll let you know when it’s done

[11110]

By the way, what kind of countries are there abroad? Also, how is diplomacy being conducted?

[LeannaMandragoran]

@11110 Dhara Kingdom Crown Princess Tahlia Wanyan is Unified Realm’s prisoner in golden cage. Crane free state, Andaela Empire, Rhun Kingdom, Alerys Kingdom and Hara Tribes. It is done through ambassadors. The ambassadors are chosen with great care.

[OnTheFritz]

Great questions! The video game itself will be more medieval style, though any glimpses into the ‘real world’ will reveal a more modern setting.

As for MC customization, so far you can choose:

• Older or younger appearance (General for now)
• IRL Lifestyle (Wealthy, Comfortable, Povertous) which will affect later reveals about your character
• Human, Half-Elf, Half-Imp (all humanoid with the possibility to add in other race options like dragonfolk, felinefolk, or golemfolk. The races are mainly for flavor, though they will affect your base stats)
• Fighter, Thief, or Mage classes (with the possibility of adding in a couple others post-release). Each class has three different ability trees that you can level into, plus out-of-combat features like Intimidate, Pickpocket, and Familiar.
• Other basic appearance options

So far, each customization option affects the way others interact with you. I do plan to add more IRL customization such as origins and motives. These will be towards mid- to late-game as the MC discovers more about themselves and their role in events that has them stranded in the video game. Your IRL paths will affect how other characters respond and can also affect how the MC views themselves.

[Fenrir1]

You got me hooked the moment you said felinefolk

[Clara_Wolfenstein]

That & Dragonfolk

[Darkraven]

Having non-standard races rather than just Tolkienesque standard fare is a good touch

[Darkraven]

Hi guys, I’ve been lurking here for a really, really long time and I’ve had ideas to write a ChoiceScript interactive fiction for years.

To introduce myself a little, I am a middle-aged professional tutor from Singapore with a background in English Literature and Creative Writing. I have some experience in publishing, though I’m largely an unsuccessful writer with a few poorly-rated books on Amazon. Some people liked them though, so at least there’s that. For some reason, I’m a little more successful in writing screenplays for commercials and I have like… one that’s been used.

For the last 4 years, I had been writing fanfiction instead as a way to get away for a while and meditate on the nature of storytelling (it was supposed to be 1-2 years, but it kinda went out of hand lol and became 4 years).

As a gauge of my productivity, I was able to pump out about 1.1 million words in those 4 years, though much of them was written in 2, with the slow-down a result of exhaustion, stagnation, and lingering boredom.

Anyway, my past experience as both reader and writer falls mainly in the horror and thriller category, though I’ve dabbled a little in the fantasy, sci-fi, action, and superhero genres.

Anyway, here are my ideas. Lemme know which ones you guys would prefer to see developed. I have a few more, but these are the best ones I have, at least to my knowledge. I’ll include a poll:

An Inevitable Death: Declassified

Working Title: An Inevitable Death: Declassified
Inspirations: The Powerpuff Girls (Cartoon), The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified (my own fanfiction)
Primary Genre(s): Military Sci-fi Superhero Action Tragedy Fanfiction
Secondary Genre(s): Comedy
Purpose: Preparatory Training for ChoiceScript, Non-Commercial Fan Work
Plot Complexity: Low
Code Complexity: Low
Estimated Length: Short Story
ETA: 0.5 years (or less)
Synopsis: Long after the fall of the Amoeba Boys and the forced disbandment of the Lombardi Crime Family, Blossom remains depressed over Bunny’s death. Alice, her psychiatrist from the USDO (United States Defence Organization), attempts to talk her through her decisions on the day of Bunny’s death, to go through the what-ifs on that day in the hopes of lifting her grief and making Blossom understand that her youngest sister’s death was not her fault…
Features:

• Step into the shoes of Blossom, leader of the Powerpuff Girls
• Take command of the Powerpuff Girls on a historical day
• Decide how the Powerpuff Girls should fight
• Make key decisions in an attempt to save Bunny, the youngest of the Powerpuff Girls
• Gain insights on Blossom’s psychiatric condition at various points of the event

Gameplay Loop:

• Interactive Fiction: The main mode of storytelling in this game
• PPG Stats and Inventory: Manage Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup’s stats and inventory
• PPG Sisterhood Tracker: Keep Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup close as sisters, or fail to…
• Psychiatric Oversight: Alice will be with you at all points

Through the Abyssal Orb

Working Title: Through the Abyssal Orb
Inspirations: Through the Abyssal Gate (my own book), Stephen King books and movies in general
Primary Genre(s): Variable, mainly Horror and Thriller
Secondary Genre(s): Variable
Purpose: Market Exploration and Experimentation, Franchise Expansion
Plot Complexity: Variable
Code Complexity: Low-Moderate
Estimated Length: Collection of short stories, up to novel length
ETA: 1.5 years
Synopsis: You come upon a library centuries old, abandoned decades ago, in search of adventure. You find a trapdoor leading ever downwards, and walk through a corridor that seems to go on forever. You pass by bodies both ancient and fresh, and stumble upon a circular room ringed by books, globes and old trinkets. In the centre of it is an orb. You reach out to touch it, and see, in your mind’s eye, people across time and space and dimensions who are in various degrees of peril. Choose, in whatever order, who to help - but know this: you are one of those you need to help…
Features:

• Define your character right from the get go
• Be the main character of the frame story
• Get into the mind of protagonists across time, space and dimensions and help them through their ‘peril’
• Or let the protagonists decide for themselves what they want to do, and see what happens…
• In the frame story, attempt to understand the library and the dungeon below and eventually escape it - yes, it won’t be a cakewalk leaving it…

Gameplay Loops:

• Interactive Fiction: A necessary component of all stories, though for some, it might be the only component
• Variable: Every story will have its own gameplay mechanics
  Note: If this is chosen, then one of the stories will be written for the Halloween 2022 Jam

Darkness in Pulau Purba

Working Title: Darkness in Pulau Purba
Inspirations: The Keeper of Pulau Purba (my own book), Stephen King books and movies in general
Primary Genre(s): Singaporean Supernatural Military Survival-Horror
Secondary Genre(s): Minor Romance elements
Purpose: Market Exploration and Experimentation, Franchise Expansion
Plot Complexity: Moderate
Code Complexity: Moderate
Estimated Length: Novel
ETA: 1.5 years
Synopsis: You are sent to an island where the Singapore military has started a new branch: the Singapore Marine Corps. Whether you are a civilian there to see a loved one or work, whether you are a soldier or conscript there, it matters not - all who are on that island that day is plunged into darkness. As pandemonium ensued and monsters emerged, you and a few others managed to hide out in a tiny room, safe for the current moment. Escape, however, is another matter.
Features:

• Define your character
• Choose to be either civilian or military
• Choose your class and subclass, along with your skills and traits
• Manage your inventory
• Work with or against fellow survivors
• Survive against monsters by either stealth or combat
• Did I say monsters? Yeah, there will be lots of them, and they will be based on Southeast Asian folklore
• Explore the island of Pulau Purba
• Find out what is happening and why
• Escape - or not

Gameplay Loops:

• Interactive Fiction - Much of the story happens here.
• Relationship Management - Get along or make enemies with characters you meet.
• Combat/Stealth System - Combat and stealth will have its own style of gameplay.
• Inventory Management - Manage what you carry.
• Lore Book - Your character keeps a notebook to record down what they see, including characters, locations and monsters.
• Open World Exploration - choose which part of the island to head to, and why.

Lambchops

Working Title: Lambchops
Inspirations: (More like influences as I thought of this on my own) Archive 81 (Series available on Netflix), cults in general
Primary Genre(s): Singaporean Sci-fi Near-Future Cultist Horror-Action-Thriller
Secondary Genre(s): Escape Room(s), Minor Romance elements
Purpose: Market Exploration and Experimentation
Plot Complexity: Low
Code Complexity: Very Low
Estimated Length: Novel
ETA: 1.5 years
Synopsis: In the 2070s, Singapore marches on while the world is still in various states of disarray. In all this mess, you are a professional tutor who, after some serious business setbacks, have finally sealed a massive deal - you are to teach the children of a landed estate for a living wage. Only, that isn’t real. You are swiftly detained against your will by a powerful, secret cult there. Attempt to escape.
Features:

• Define your character through the lens of a professional educator
• Survive each day of imprisonment
• Hope for each day to be uneventful
• Choose how to handle events as they come
• Look for ways to escape
• ‘Manage’ your captors and allies
• Discover the lore behind the cult and this world

Gameplay Loops:

• Interactive Fiction: The predominant game mode here
• The Notebook: Highly developed guide for keeping track of your surroundings
• Relationship Management: Attempt to (or fail to) control hostilities against you and find allies to help you escape
  Note: If this is chosen, the prologue will be written for the Halloween 2022 Jam

The Zeroes in Millions

Working Title: The Zeroes in Millions
Inspirations: Money No Enough series (Singaporean movies, available on Netflix Singapore), Jack Neo movies in general, Singaporean media in general.
Primary Genre(s): Singaporean Contemporary Slice-of-Life
Secondary Genre(s): Financial Thriller, Romance-Comedy
Purpose: Market Exploration and Experimentation
Plot Complexity: Low
Code Complexity: Low
Estimated Length: Novel
ETA: 1.5 years
Synopsis: 2020s Singapore was horrible with the Covid-19 crisis and the resultant economic crisis, but the 2030s is worse! You play as a highly successful denizen of one of the few last independent city-states who have it all - wealth, family, fame. Caught up in the crisis of the 2030s with its diseases, wars and financial collapses, you begin to lose it all. Will you weather through the storm and come out on top, or will you emerge from it broken? What will you choose to sacrifice and what will you choose to preserve?
Features:

• Tell the story of your life - how you get to where you are
• Define your character in many ways, such as…
  1.The career that propelled you into riches and renown
  2.Who you married and whether you had kids
  3.How you lived your life
• Manage your vast wealth and fame
• Watch it all crumble down
• Make choices in how you weather this crisis, including…
  1.Buying and selling assets
  2.Moving
  3.Changing you and your family’s lifestyle
• Keep your family together, or fail to do so
• Engage in relationships new and old
• Survive through financial, social and physical dangers

Gameplay Loops:

• Interactive Fiction: This will be the predominant mode of gameplay here
• Wealth Management: Buy and sell assets and property, control income and expenses
• Relationship Management: Try (or fail to) keep everyone within your orbit happy

Signals from the Void

Working Title: Signals from the Void
Inspirations: Arrival (Movie, 2016), Contact (Movie, 1997)
Primary Genre(s): Near-Future Alien First Contact Sci-Fi Project and Base Management
Secondary Genre(s): Political Thriller with minor Horror and Romance elements
Purpose: Market Exploration and Experimentation
Plot Complexity: Moderate
Code Complexity: High
Estimated Length: Long Novel
ETA: 2 years
Synopsis: The year is 2074. Humanity has plateaued in technological and social development, even gone backward. Energy grids are strained, resources have become limited, Moore’s law no longer applies and society has simplified itself amidst a sustained demographics collapse. Cities are crumbling, order and civilisation are in jeopardy and wars have become commonplace. Yet in this chaos, science and technology continue limping forward - even making a paradigm shift, particularly in the area of the search for alien life.

Earth’s call into the void has finally been answered. ‘We are coming’, the signal read, before giving a list of Earth coordinates. The problem? Only a fair few scientists had been listening, and these scientists were under the management of a barely functional US SETI program that has been quickly taken over by a decrepit UN. You, as one of these scientists, have been chosen to lead a new UN agency set up to address this. Communicate with this alien entity; prepare the way for first contact; decide how the world as a whole should respond. Decide the fate of humanity in the wake of its very first alien contact…
Features:

• Define your character from the get go
• Choose where to set up your base
• Make administrative decisions
• Work with or against your advisors, colleagues and personnel
• Decide what to research and engineer
• Send and receive signals from the aliens
• Handle your overbearing UN supervisors
• Cope with the politics surrounding your agency
• Choose your approach towards the final first contact scenario
• Do whatever it takes to ensure a smooth first contact
• Meet the aliens who have been contacting Earth
• Decide the future of humanity

Gameplay loops:

• Interactive Fiction - pretty much mandatory for any IF. Story marches forward here.
• Base/Personnel/Admin/Research Management - manage your base to prepare for first contact.
• Meetings - work with various staff in base to set policies, direction and make decisions on events
• Politics - Deal with the UN, decide on policies that will affect the world.
• Alien Chat - Decide on the way you would communicate with the aliens, and piece out what the aliens are trying to tell you.
• Alien Contact Scenario - Endgame scenario in which all your efforts to ensure a smooth first contact pays off - or not.

Rise of the Phoenix

Working Title: Rise of the Phoenix
Inspirations: Chinese historical fiction, King’s War (Series available on Netflix), Fall of Ming (Movie available even on Youtube), Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chinese period media in general, and oddly enough, Long Live the Queen (visual novel available on Steam)
Primary Genre(s): Epic Medieval China-Inspired Fantasy Political Thriller and Military Management
Secondary Genre(s): Coming-of-Age School Story with Romance
Purpose: Market Participation
Plot Complexity: Very High
Code Complexity: Very High
Estimated Length: Epic
ETA: 2-3 years (or more)
Synopsis: Born to a lowly merchant family, you are sent to the Royal Institute of Generals after showing signs of leadership and an inclination for a life in the army. In the steadily crumbling Tianguo Empire, this has never been a more hazardous path. Navigate the labyrinthine and dangerous politics of the Institute; choose what arts and sciences to learn on the road to becoming a general; select your friends and enemies. And perhaps, just perhaps, you might be able to fight the Steppe Mongkuo invasion and reverse the fortunes of the Tianguo Empire…
Features:

• Be born male or female
• Define your origin
• Define your character gradually over the course of the story
• Build your character’s skills as a disciple of the Royal Institute of Generals
• Choose your friends and enemies and manage your relations with them
• Choose who to romance, be they male or female, or not at all
• Manage an army
• Manage your retinue of advisers and generals
• Handle the labyrinthine politics of an empire in decline
• Fight battles
• Fight for the glory of the Emperor, and the Tianguo Empire
• Explore the deep lore and history of this world

Gameplay Loops:

• Interactive Fiction - much of the story will play out here. All loops will interact with one another.
• Skill Building - for each week, you will select what to learn and train in, over the course of a year.
• Army Management - handle the affairs of your army, from training to equipping to logistics and events.
• Politics - manage your relations and take action with other factions and people of interest.
• Battle - Lead your army, predicate on matters of strategy and tactics.

Edit: Whoa, looks like one of them is leading by a mile. I’ll give it a few days haha. In the meantime, if any of you have any comments, feedbacks or questions, I’d love to hear them and converse with you guys.

Which should I work on first?

• An Inevitable Death: Declassified
• Through the Abyssal Orb
• Darkness in Pulau Purba
• Lambchops
• The Zeroes in Millions
• Signals from the Void
• Rise of the Phoenix

Edit2: Looks like it’s been decided. ‘Rise of the Phoenix’ has been chosen as my first project. I’ve already begun doing hard research to prepare for it. I’ve also noticed that the training project ‘An Inevitable Death: Declassified’ was voted in by enough people to be placed 3rd, which I take as a sign that enough people are telling me that I shouldn’t charge into ‘Rise of the Phoenix’ blindly. I’ll be working on the training project concurrently as I plan, to better understand ChoiceScript. I don’t think it will take long to conclude.

[Kezzalee]

Hiya,

Okay, so I have a vague concept for a potential future WIP (if I ever manage to successfully teach myself coding). I’m a huge fan of romance focused games, crossed with a fantasy, mystery, or historial genre. Basically, Wayhavern Chronicles is my God. Praise be Unit Bravo.

Synopsis:
You are a human Healer working your ass off daily helping those the rest of the mundane world doesnt see; the supernatural. Gifted (or cursed) with the Sight since a newborn, your parents taught you all you need ever know about the things that haunt Human nightmares, cameo in every book and feature in every fairytale. It’s all true. And now, 20 something years later, nothing ever surprises you. A 3:am wake up call from an injured Lycanthrope child is no different than any other day.

Until, someone enters your office that doesnt fit any catagory you’ve ever been taught.

And suddenly, even the fairytales and nightmares youve come to learn from cant help you.

Because this person needs your expertise, in a place you didnt know existed with a species you thought impossible.

And all you want is some fucking sleep.

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So yeah, thats as much as I’ll say at the moment. The intention is multiple romance options, gender choosable, and multiple endings. It’ll definitely be a character focused story, with a strong focus on personality based choices.

Im just wondering mostly if there’s an interest for that kind of plot for an interactive game. At the moment, I have a small excerpt of a chapter written in a novel format, but am interested in possibly moving it over to a interactive WIP.

Let me know what you think. Potentially, I’ll follow up with a snippet of the novel excerpt to show more my writing style.

Thank you x

Interested?

• Yes please
• Nopedy nope

[Ace_Hero]

It would be cool if there was game like Ben 10 where mc can transform into different aliens or monsters.

[Cartman]

[Kezzalee]

Right, so the response was mostly positive so here’s a bit of an extract of the novel version. Literally draft one.

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“Right, get out. You know what to do with the bandages and I better not see you for another month or I’m taking your spellbooks. Deal?”

“No”.

“Sounds good” Ava said, “Out you go”.

Herding the small witch was easier than she thought it would be as Kitty hurried out the door, slamming it shut behind her and leaving Ava to automatically reach for the comfort of the locks as she always did. She could’ve sworn her knuckle might have broken when the door immediately swung open with force, slamming against her hands and forehead as she stumbled back into the desk with a grunt. Pain radiated through her for just a moment before her instincts kicked in and she used the rush of adrenaline storming her body to grab a nearby scalpel, clutching it with her throbbing hand in front of her. She was ready to strike. Ready to kill. The worst thoughts ran through her mind as the intruder finally stalked closer and she took the moment to memorise him from head to toe. If she survived, she wanted to remember the details so that when she told the police, there would be no doubt who it was that tried to kill her.

He was tall, less so then Jenson, but still an easy 6ft 2 with broad shoulders and a lean body shadowed by a long-sleeved black shirt and jeans. She could see the hints of a tattoo crawling up the side of his neck, the dark black contrasting his fair skin and emerald eyes but complementing his equally dark hair that fell messily against his forehead. A sheathed dagger rested against his hip and seemed to be the only thing that stood out against his shadowy figure as he approached slowly, his face void of emotion. Ava wished she could say hers was the same but she was sure the fear radiating her body was evident in the way the scalpel shook in her hand and her breaths tumbled from her chest.

“A scalpel seems like a fitting weapon for a doctor” His voice was low, with a dangerous and somewhat mocking undertone hidden within it. “Although, I’m surprised you didn’t go for something more…ranged. A fan of getting your hands bloody, are you, doctor?”

Ava didn’t want to show herself as weak in front of him, to present herself as prey in any more ways than she already knew she did, but it was hard not to focus on the erratic beating of her heart that screamed at her to run. But prey shouldn’t run. Prey was chased and even though she considered herself a relatively fit woman, there was no chance in hell she was outrunning him. Still, she couldn’t figure him out; why he was here, who he was, what he was. There was no amber hue to his eyes to indicate traces of wolf, nor the purple of a witch. His skin was pale, but she could tell he felt the cold of the room by the ways the hairs of arms stood, unlike that of a vampire. Her mind whizzed through every being she could remember or even imagine and still came up blank.

Ava swallowed the lump in her throat, “Bit of a hazard of the trade. Bloody hands show good business”.

He nodded in response, “That it does. But I hope your business isn’t too good to allow for an extra client on your list?”

Ava frowned and couldn’t help but tilt her head at him in confusion. If he was here to become a client, there were far easier and less traumatizing ways, like knocking. And though she was used to sudden visitors, they typically had blood spurting from them or a disease running their veins. Yet, the man before her seemed perfectly fine. As if reading her thoughts, the man’s lips quirked up to a slight smirk.

“Not me. I don’t like doctors” he smirked, “My…friend, of sorts, needs a home checkup. Can’t come to the clinic for medical reasons, so he asked me here on his behalf. I’m sure you understand.”

“I don’t do home visits”

Somehow the words left her lips with ease and she felt her heart slow. He was just a client. A friend of a client. Albeit, one that barged in uninvited and armed, but Ava didn’t allow herself to focus on that. Clients, she could handle.

“If your friend needs help, I’m afraid he’ll have to come here”.

This time, it was the man who tilted his head at her, like he was surprised by the confidence in her voice and how she so easily denied him. She was aware if he were to decide violence was the answer, she would very much be the one in need of a doctor, but she couldn’t find it in herself to give in to the subtext of threat bleeding from the man’s voice. This was her clinic, her home, and she’d be damned if she let herself be uncomfortable in her own home.

“He’ll pay”, his voice startled her out of her own thoughts as her eyes flicked to his. He didn’t look angry; he looked…impressed? “My friend is willing to pay for your travel to his home, your time and any other necessary expenses. I’m sure you’ll find the wage…plentiful.”

Ava didn’t acknowledge the disgust with which he examined the small room of her clinic and instead focused on his words. He’d pay. Now whilst she wasn’t exactly strapped for cash, her income did by no means equal her outcome. It was only with the hefty stipend of money she’d raised throughout her schooling that kept her afloat, as even though some of her clients paid her for her work, most didn’t, though not for lack of trying. Ava found it difficult to accept money for helping others; it felt somehow wrong even though she recognised her healing role as a job - something that needed an income to continue to flourish. But people, for the most part, didn’t choose to get hurt. They didn’t choose to be ill or wounded, and many more would rather die than accept help from a feeble human. So when they came to her, desperate and in pain, she helped them. No questions asked. No payment expected. Some chose to donate money, refusing to leave till they repaid their debt and to some extent, that helped cover a portion of the costs of equipment. Not enough, but helpful.

Ava shook her head and forced herself out of her internal battle to focus on the stranger.

“I don’t take payment.”

It almost hurt her to say, considering she was fairly sure her wage would have helped a healthy amount of weight be lifted off her shoulders, but still, she couldn’t allow it.

“You also don’t do home visits. My friend is looking to be the exception” He said.

She frowned, “Who are you?”.

What are you? Is what she really wanted to say and by the smirk on his lips and light in his eyes, she knew he understood.

As he took another step closer, Ava’s breath hitched and her grip on the scalpel instinctively tightened. He was only a step away now and his figure towered over her, eclipsing the room’s only light and placing her within his shadow.

“My name is Elias, of the Upper Courts”.

Ava frowned, pursing her lips. She’d heard of the Upper Court before, vaguely somewhere it tingled in the back of her mind, but not enough to spark a memory. Which was odd, considering she knew mostly everything there was to know about the magical races that hid in the world, underneath the noses of humans. Except for her, of course. She was blessed and equally cursed with the knowledge, granted to her by her parents before they passed. They’d always told her of the stories of witches and lycans. They’d never left her out of any conversation. She learnt everything she knew about healing from them and was thankful everyday for it. It gave her a purpose in a world she could neither escape nor belong to.

“Upper Courts?”

Elias huffed out a quiet laugh, looking away for a moment before meeting her eyes again with a sudden seriousness.

“The Winter Courts, Doc.”

Ava’s breath stopped in her chest and her eyes widened. The Winter Courts. Amongst the many stories her parents had told her, they had only mentioned the Courts once, and even then they had insisted it was the only tale that was just that. A fairytale. Nothing more than a nightmare told amongst children to keep them in line. If they misbehaved, they’d be taken to one of the courts to be taught how to respect their elders, or something of that ilk. An idle threat of a boogeyman under their beds. The Courts weren’t real.

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Let me know what you think.

Thanks x

[looselybaker]

Hello! It’s been a fair while since I’ve tried writing a COG project, and I’m deciding between picking up a very very old WIP of mine, whose plot I’ve almost completely overhauled, or fleshing out an idea I came up with quite recently. Please tell me what you think and which you’d be most interested in! Criticisms and suggestions are also very much welcomed and appreciated!

Idea One

You’ve finally come of the age to attend a prestigious academy, where students from across the land come to summon their own magical companions–familiars–and learn to harness their powers and live alongside them. However, there’s just one problem: you can’t quite seem to summon one. But what you quickly find you can do is hear their thoughts, and your unique ability might be the only thing that can save the academy when, for the first time in aeons, familiars are going rogue all across campus, disobeying and even bringing harm to their masters. Uncovering the mystery won’t be easy, though, as it seems some who are up to no good have been made aware of your powers…and they’re hellbent on your capture.
(Fantasy/mystery/potentially a dash of comedy genre. 4 RO’s: a bubbly kitsune who conceals their insecurities, a charming elf ashamed of his royal blood, a prim and proper aristocrat who is crumbling with the weight of expectation, and a sharp-tongued fairy who buries herself in books to distract from her inability to make friends. Typical magic school setting, full story would be several books long. LOTS of planning and lore already written for this one.)

Idea Two

A renowned scientist in the 28th century, you’ve devoted your life’s research to this project, and at long last, you’ve cracked the code of time travel! But your hopes of sharing your discovery with the world are dashed when you and your lab partner are caught in a freak accident, transported all the way back to the Renaissance! Now, the two of you must work to find your way back home, all the while trying not to disturb the current timeline as you know it–however, it seems a mysterious somebody from your age has other plans…
Develop feelings for your brainy yet tender-hearted colleague, pursue forbidden romance with a curious bookkeeper from the past, or fall in love with…the villain hellbent on the destruction of all timelines?!
(Science fiction with, again, possibly some comedy. Haven’t even written an outline for this one yet…embarrassing. So I would have to work out a lot plot-wise! Would likely be only one book though. The three RO paths would be almost entirely different from each other, essentially the same story from a totally different point of view. Downside is I’m not very well-versed in science fiction writing, but it never hurts to try!)

Thank you so so much!!

[JBento]

Number One. And not just because I’ve a personal pet peeve with any time travel that isn’t a Groundhog Day-type closed loop. You seem to have a firmer grasp of the story and where you want to take it.

[Fenrir1]

Number one seems interesting

[Ari1]

Hey everybody! I’ve just recently discovered the world of COG and am absolutely in love with it. As I was floating through the forum and decided to try my hand at creating Interactive fiction. I used to write short stories as a hobby so I decided to pick a script and enhance it.

The genre is a touch of Science fiction in the modern day.

Eighteen years ago, the Government had sponsored a series of projects based on bioweapons and structure enhancement. A certain doctor gave them the results and did the impossible. Dr Olivia Hartman was the head of project GENEX. She managed to create a new breed of super humans with different abilities based on a specific gene mutation. There are four variants:

1. Alpha: Enhanced muscle density and stamina. Alphas can perform feats of strength and touch speeds that normal humans can only dream of. However unlike the superheroes in comic books, they aren’t capable of lifting cars and outrunning lightning. They were built to be the next generation of soldiers with higher physical parameters. Alphas also show a faster rate of cell regeneration and healing. Alphas are the most common of Meta humans.

2. Omega: Omega’s are born with a more special set of gifts. Their senses of hearing, sight and smell are stronger than an ordinary human. Tests have proven that a grade four omega has a stronger sense of smell than a bloodhound. Omegas placed at grade seven and above are known to use echo location. Omegas are rarer and highly sought after in the investigations department.

3. Sigma: All sigma’s possess an IQ of above 160. Sigma’s are extremely rare and are considered to be the most powerful of all the Meta Humans. Sigma’s are capable of telekinesis and hypnosis, dangerous gifts that are extremely difficult to control. Most sigma’s are able to bypass the detection tests performed at birth as it’s a difficult code to map.

4. Betas: Oddly enough the term fails to describe the potential of their ability. Betas are the rarest of all Metas. They are so rare that their existence is considered to be a myth. The gene code is extremely hard to come across and near impossible to replicate successfully. Most Beta’s don’t make it past their early teens because they are farmed for their unmatchable abilities.

I won’t fully elaborate a Beta’s skills because the protagonist is a beta and it would ruin the surprise.

When the Government was ready to replicate the project, Dr Hartmann got attached to her test subjects and felt that farming children for warfare was unfair and she managed to disperse the second and last batch of the embryos into fertility clinics all over the country. With political instability clamoring at their door due to upcoming elections and a national scandal, the government leaders decided to bury the project behind red tape. Dr Hartmann disappeared overnight and now the Government is forced to scan every child born in this country to obtain their secret weapons.

The public has no idea about these experiments nor their aftermath. Various journalists and families have vanished overnight but the passage of time has eroded the people’s memories.

The Protagonist is the right hand of the Minister of Defense and Security, Kai Nagai. Their loyalty is only to him and their relationship is a tad complicated even though their bond is strong. Trouble brews on the horizon as a band of Metas called the Wraiths are dedicated to toppling the government and bay for their pound of flesh. It’s up to you and the Minister to keep the peace.

News of a new weapon travels underground. The rumors speak of a sigma so powerful that they destroyed everything within a perimeter of ten kilometers thorough a psionic blast. The Minister has tasked you with bringing them in and coaxing them to your side.

But there are others who want the sigma and not all of them have their best intentions at heart.

[Frankex_2272]

It’s nice to have a story with superhumans but not necessarily about Superheroes.

[ChaosBringerXV]

Hi everyone I posted quite a while back that I’m starting an IF My Beginning & My End. Which I’m still busy with (whenever I gain free time that is, gods forbid.) Anyway I also posted later on about me having other IF ideas. Well one is finally on it’s legs. It’s not much yet on the whole world building been posted, since I need to rewrite my notes into something a normal person can understand before I post more on the lore and its world on tumblr. But without further ado you can read on the characters and a bit on the world and it’s map. Here

[Custodes]

Looks interesting