I’ve been writing for about two years now, and recently found the ChoiceScript software. I’ve always been a huge fan of the Mass Effect series, so it was an easy choice to write a story in that universe, especially seeing it’s focus on player choice.
I’ve written two chapters that I submitted to the Mass Effect subreddit. Commenters there recommended that I post them here as well. The two chapters have been viewed over 2000 times over on reddit, and have a 97% positive upvote ratio.
While I have some experience writing, this is my first time working with ChoiceScript. As such, it’s probably going to have some (hopefully minimal) errors.
Hey I am really going to play this because I love Mass Effect! (boo to killing the franchise) But just wanted to warn you that I tried to make a Mass Effect game a couple years back but the mods told me that using existing IP is against the rules even if you never plan to charge any money. Not sure if things have changed, but you may want to look into it before you get your hopes up
I haven’t yet read your chapters but one thing most CS games share in common is a continuity with chapters being tied together into a whole. In choicescript chapters are referred to as scenes and you can have the game continue automatically from one to the next by making a Scenes file that the code will use as a guide.
Another thing is about the IP of Mass Effect. This property is jealously guarded and as such, CoG (@RETowers) might be gunshy about having it as a Hosted game. So might @dashingdon having it on his site. I did summon them, so they should be able to give their input soon.
I’m pretty sure you can make your own Mass Effect like worldverse and get the game published, so that would be my recommendation: to work on translating your fanfiction to something more uniquely yours.
As far as dashingdon.com is concerned, I’m happy to host non-official/non-canon/fan-fic games as most of these are protected by free speech and fair use because dashingdon.com is not a commercial entity. However, any official DMCA or cease-and-desist requests will be complied with immediately as the site unfortunately does not have the wherewithal to defend against such requests (legitimate and legal or otherwise).
Really enjoying this man. I love that we can actually choose different races in this. However, I do think this should be translated into something not specifically Mass Effect before you get too much further into it. EA tends to be on the petty side and I wouldn’t put it past them to try and crush this game just for existing and threatening to be better than what the current ME team has going on.
Yeah, I would never try and commercialize this story in its current form. While there’s always a chance that EA sends a cease and desist letter, I seriously doubt they have people prowling these types of forums.
Mass Effect 2 is my favorite game of all time, and I just had the itch to create something in that universe, you know? If I decide to press forward commercially(not super likely), I can implement some edits to remove overt references to the Mass Effect universe.
Not really a fan of Mass Effect, but this writing is very good-- you could copypaste some of the writing into the original series and it’d fit in flawlessly.
Kinda wish Batarians were a playable option. Or Hanar. I have a soft spot for bizarre, ugly things.
No, I treated the races similar to gender in the game. It’s used to help the player roleplay as the protagonist. I didn’t put in batarians or Hanar because I think it’d stretch the canon a bit too much for me. No way any Batarian is ever going to join C-Sec!
As long as they’re not planning to sell it and are doing so for fun, ala all fanfiction ever, and host it somewhere appropriate like Dashingdon, there shouldn’t be a problem.
