Choose your own adventures? Do they do well here?

[tobascoasako]

Was thinking of making a spicy one... but is there any hope?

 

[Tyranomaster]

Was thinking of making a spicy one... but is there any hope?

Probably should try the website chyoa

 

[Anonjohn20]

I've never seen one in scribblehub. What I did see once was a choose your own adventure from CHYOA.com where the most popular chapter would be chosen as the official chapter and ported to other sites like AO3 and here.

 

[Jerynboe]

I wrote my first big story on CHYOA chapter by chapter with the intent that anyone could write branches if they felt like it. No one ever did, though they did write their own stories based on the basic premise which is kinda similar.

I polled people at the end of most chapters about what the MC should do and went with that. I eventually ported that story here, but only after it was 90% done so most of the choices were already made.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Was thinking of making a spicy one... but is there any hope?

It would probably be better in the forums here than as a novel - and might do best at some place forum based like SpaceBattles (or, apparently, there is a dedicated Choose Your Own Adventures site others have been listing already)

 

[tobascoasako]

Was thinking of making it a tester for a spicy vn novel and get the community involved.

 

[Dieter]

Is that where reader's vote/comments decides what happens next? Usually the author gets burnt out and drop their story.

 

[Anonjohn20]

It would probably be better in the forums here than as a novel - and might do best at some place forum based like SpaceBattles (or, apparently, there is a dedicated Choose Your Own Adventures site others have been listing already)

They have their pros and cons, for example the one I mentioned earlier, CHYOA, is only for smut stories. Other CYOA sites like writing.com will only show the stories to people who have an account so randos won't be able to enjoy your work.

Is that where reader's vote/comments decides what happens next? Usually the author gets burnt out and drop their story.

Kind of. CYOAs are stories where, once you read a chapter, there are multiple options you can choose from as to what happens next. You might see a small story that is closed, and like you describe, only the author can do the multiple inputs, but sometimes the story is public, so anyone can write their own chapters, allowing for distinct branching paths that can shape a story in multiple ways. Look at the example below, after chapter 10, chapter 11 has 6 different possible scenes (in this public story each one was made by a different participant).

 

[tobascoasako]

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They have their pros and cons, for example the one I mentioned earlier, CHYOA, is only for smut stories. Other CYOA sites like writing.com will only show the stories to people who have an account so randos won't be able to enjoy your work.


Kind of. CYOAs are stories where, once you read a chapter, there are multiple options you can choose from as to what happens next. You might see a small story that is closed, and like you describe, only the author can do the multiple inputs, but sometimes the story is public, so anyone can write their own chapters, allowing for distinct branching paths that can shape a story in multiple ways. Look at the example below, after chapter 10, chapter 11 has 6 different possible scenes (in this public story each one was made by a different participant).
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Wow, thanks. did not even know about CHYOA until today. Is it an easy to use system?

Is that where reader's vote/comments decides what happens next? Usually the author gets burnt out and drop their story.

No i am thinking I set the choices and the reader can follow along like A VN

 

[Anonjohn20]

Is it an easy to use system?

Kind of. It's very writer-friendly (easy to post in), but I don't think it's reader-friendly (you can only search 1 tag at a time, you can't filter stories by closed or public, etc.).

I've seen 4 sites that do interactive stories like it, but they are all sites for smut/erotica so if your story isn't smut, then maybe a different site than CHYOA would be better.

No i am thinking I set the choices and the reader can follow along like A VN

That's a closed story then. Be careful not to get burnt out/tired. I wish you the best.

 

[Rhaps]

I saw a chyoa story on SH once, it wasn't finished. The problem being SH's system, you kinda need to post your story at a steady pace and not the full thing, or you'll get flagged by the system as a bot.

 

[Ai-chan]

Was thinking of making a spicy one... but is there any hope?

Hope? Sure, if you can finish it. Lots of people love that shit.

The problem is you can write 100,000 words but in the end people will likely only read a quarter of it. So you feel like your hard work is not fully appreciated. It's a problem that plague all gamebook authors. That's why a lot of people write gamebooks but only very few stick to it enough to write a second book. The most successful to date is probably Joe Dever (may he rest in peace) and his Lone Wolf series.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

The problem, by the way, is not finding readers, but finding readers who will pick an option here. Most will either just try to read everything as it gets released, regardless (and complain that it makes no sense) or just read without responding to anything, so if you leave it to them to choose the direction your story goes in, you may be waiting weeks or months on a chapter (or you'll have to write every path out and put clear links in each one and it gets to be a bit of a gordian knot).

 

[tobascoasako]

Hope? Sure, if you can finish it. Lots of people love that shit.

The problem is you can write 100,000 words but in the end people will likely only read a quarter of it. So you feel like your hard work is not fully appreciated. It's a problem that plague all gamebook authors. That's why a lot of people write gamebooks but only very few stick to it enough to write a second book. The most successful to date is probably Joe Dever (may he rest in peace) and his Lone Wolf series.

He niece actually went to my school and he gave the school library copies of his books, hehe.
By the way, what are the rules for making a new account and username? I am being commercially published for both of my series this year and next year, and don't want there to be branding issues with me writing smut works.