@fantom sounds really cool also the morality, emotions, actions of the pc afect the ship a diferent colour form…?
@MaraJade Hadn’t considered different colors, although that should be easy to put in. But are saying customizing how the ship looks?
I trying to say that if the ship is conected to pc emotions if she is a bloodthirsty pirate or a kindly captain or a cunning one that affects the ship somehow
@MaraJade Ah, I getcha now. That would definitely make it more interesting and a little more random. I’ll definitely be adding that as well.
I love to help you, seems a good sci fi story
Instead of the player being given the ship because they are special why not have it so they get it by accident.
Something like…
The Ship Embryo is discovered in the ruins of an alien spacecraft that is only recently discovered. The rest of the ship tech has already been salvaged and it responsible for huge leaps and bounds. The only thing they can’t figure out is the embryo, they study it at a safe distance but can’t figure it out so it gets dumped in a warehouse.
This is where the player comes in instead of an ensign they are a college reporter trying to get a scoop. They break into the lab but are caught and get hurt. they somehow manage to escape the guards but collapse in a darkened room due to blood loss.
The PC doesn’t realise they have gotten into the warehouse and collapsed right next to the embryo. The blood activates it and while you are unconcious it maps itself to your DNA repairing your injury while it does so.
When you awaken you learn that you are the only person capable of flying it and they have no other choice but to recruit you as the ship captain.
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@Nocturnal_Stillness Hmmm, interesting. I’m definitely getting some good ideas to think about.
Does anybody know of any good ways to get around writers block? I haven’t written anything new on my game in days because I can’t seem to come up with anything to continue the story. I still don’t even have a title yet.
Work on another project, thats what I try to do.
@Fantom
You could try reading watching or playing something of a similar subject matter to get you thinking a bit more about your genre again.
@fantom I find it very useful to work from a sort of ‘storyboard’ (minus the graphical element!), to which I constantly add more possibilities as thoughts occur or interesting ideas are suggested by early playtesters. Further to @Ajax’s comment, inspiration from such as movies or books also gets added to my ongoing storyboard.
Every now & then I “redraw” the whole thing to incorporate some of the better ideas, expanding on the routes and options intended to be made available, and decide precisely how earlier decisions will consequence later events or available options.
It’s probably a far more methodical approach than what most ChoiceScript authors use, but it works for me from both a “story” (what the player sees) and “game design” (what goes on behind-the-scenes) point of view. Moreover, it goes a long, long way towards getting around serious writer’s block, as there’s always another section already planned for me to switch to working on if (or rather, when!) I get stuck on precisely how to proceed with one particular bit.
When I go under “my discussions” and click options next to my topic and then select edit, it says I don’t have permission to do that. Is this a moderator only option?
I believe you can only edit your topic for thirty minutes after posting it.
Ok, I finally got something written for my game. It’s not much, just a prologue of sorts and it doesn’t have any choices as the players character isn’t involved yet. I appreciate any feedback on it.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2587272/Game/dfabulich-choicescript-60121fb2/web/mygame/index.html
Also, I was wondering to what extent you can modify Choicescript and still be publishable?
I don’t suppose anyone has had a chance to take a look at what I’ve got? Like I said, it’s not much.
@fantom
I like it so far but there were a few things in this sentence I picked up on:
"D’Kale, with his back turned to you but facing D’Kale, noticed this and automatically stood up as well, then turned around and waved in greeting. "
- First off shouldn’t the “you” be “T’Sheedi” as we as the PC aren’t involved yet (as you said previously)
- Second shouldn’t the second “D’Kale” be “Vr’Shani”
If I’ve got either of those wrong could you explain to me what’s going on in that sentence
@Ajax Ah yes, you would be correct on both counts.
@fantom cool man, happy to help and I look forward to more 
I need help creating alien races for my game. So far I’ve got a flower/plant based species that can bend and twist their leaves and roots to use as limbs like arms and legs.