October 2023's Writer Support Thread

[Havenstone]

A couple of good old threads on the word count question:

List of all stories by word length

So, I looked up the games and wrote down the number of words for each game (some of the games don’t have the number listed in the intro description, so I only have those that had the number listed). Here’s the list I have of both CoG and Hosted Games (only gonna list games w/ 200,000+ words). Magikiras - 1,100,000 words Choice of Rebels - 637,000 words Choice of the Cat - 600,000 words The Shadow Horror - 533,000 words Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven - 500,000 words (50,000 per playthrough) The Iro…

Length of game influences buying?

I completely agree with you. I see Interactive Fiction like Choice of Games as a niche genre. This means it doesn’t necessarily appeal to a large crowd (the kind that would look at a $7 text game and go ‘that’s not worth it’). However, there are enough people who do appreciate the writing, the interaction, etc. I mean, if there wasn’t a market for it, then CoG wouldn’t have made it beyond the first year. I agree, there is quite a lot of talent available, but the means of producing it is a…