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2 | >> Links << | |
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4 | - | AllSync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3 |
4 | + | Our Discord: https://discord.gg/Cwm8nCM |
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6 | - | Our Discord: https://discord.gg/72QNY4Y |
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7 | - | Our /other/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Cwm8nCM |
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8 | https://warosu.org/tg/ | |
9 | A really well organized MEGA archive of CYOAs: | |
10 | https://mega.nz/#F!rZImQQbI!q0_MBu6MEWP8Hn3jd4Nvag | |
11 | Here's a dropbox with a LOT of CYOAs: | |
12 | - | CYOA Archives: |
12 | + | |
13 | - | https://cyoaarchive.com/main |
13 | + | |
14 | - | CYOA Booru: |
14 | + | |
15 | - | https://choose.booru.org/ |
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16 | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bwl-aJm3wG4nN2w1TGJCSVlQZ2M&usp=sharing | |
17 | The "SFW (Safe-for-Wife)" Archive: | |
18 | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7BuylZWKxemS2dJNElOYkpjSHc&usp=sharing | |
19 | A CYOA-making program for those who are graphically challenged (untested): | |
20 | https://quantencomputer.github.io/cyoastudio/ | |
21 | ||
22 | From Dropbox Anon: | |
23 | Hello friends, I am the guy who owns the Dropbox linked up top. I added a notepad to the dropbox. If you are a CYOA author and wish to see your CYOA in the dropbox, the most expedient way would be emailing my new Yahoo! account "[email protected]' with the CYOA. Adding a name either in the subject or body attached to the email would be helpful. | |
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26 | >> Author Folders & Resources << | |
27 | -------------------------------- | |
28 | -- acheld -- | |
29 | Google Drive: | |
30 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7BuylZWKxemMVFHODRFQjJ0MFE | |
31 | ||
32 | -- Amridell -- | |
33 | Amridell's "CYOA Maker" program: | |
34 | https://github.com/Amridell/Amridell-s-CYOA-Maker | |
35 | ||
36 | -- Beri -- | |
37 | Google Drive: | |
38 | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxbrh3Q2CTiyfjM3SjU2TWNJQ3VpZ2pWYk0xRUJ4LVZYRkgyTTlwUTQwZjZhN0FNTTJ3LUE | |
39 | ||
40 | -- Divine Trials Anon -- | |
41 | Google Drive: | |
42 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zaeOP-Z5_gvM-KxwlWMsLpGJc2i86qGE | |
43 | ||
44 | -- Highlander -- | |
45 | Traveller Blog: | |
46 | http://travellercyoa.livejournal.com/ | |
47 | ||
48 | -- Italics -- | |
49 | Pokemon Personified: | |
50 | - | -- Eternal Anon -- |
50 | + | |
51 | ||
52 | - | https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ovLnUxIiZizbu8FlPBZXNSdaPWlUR2_X |
52 | + | |
53 | Google Drive: | |
54 | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0h6Ycwh1mNzS2dfbnYzN2FtNXc | |
55 | ||
56 | -- Liminal Phrenic -- | |
57 | Blog: | |
58 | theouterworlds.blogspot.com | |
59 | ||
60 | -- SDA -- | |
61 | Mega Cloud: | |
62 | https://mega.nz/#F!9YMmVC5Y!CyuwmUx-K4ggK60LRVme3A | |
63 | ||
64 | -- Slut Life Anon -- | |
65 | Mega Cloud: | |
66 | https://mega.nz/#F!AYwlHJBK!xVrJUD4PSAJACtDY3g_Lgw!IAxFHCTT | |
67 | ||
68 | -- Spacefuture -- | |
69 | Google Drive: | |
70 | - | -- SandN*r -- |
70 | + | |
71 | ||
72 | - | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cw5df_F79mnTEJgotIJRwElxET6mwZS1?usp=sharing |
72 | + | |
73 | Blog: | |
74 | feathersnake.wordpress.com | |
75 | ||
76 | - | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B01t_JeqhEkuUFNhazdoT1c3Qzg |
76 | + | |
77 | Gallery: | |
78 | - | -- Sl*t Life Anon -- |
78 | + | |
79 | ||
80 | -- TokHaar Gol -- | |
81 | Google Drive: | |
82 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1CwO4KqTgloRXVUV19DR19hdEk?usp=sharing | |
83 | ||
84 | -- ZBG -- | |
85 | Blog: | |
86 | https://notanactualdoctorgabe.tumblr.com/ | |
87 | Drive: | |
88 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-TEGKUrwW1tWWJNOWd4NGpiMjQ | |
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90 | -------------------------- | |
91 | >> Some Image Resources << | |
92 | -------------------------- | |
93 | http://game-icons.net | |
94 | http://www.pixiv.net | |
95 | http://drawcrowd.com | |
96 | - | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1CwO4KqTgloRXVUV19DR19hdEk?resourcekey=0-W3KdK_IBXOUF5gWTJR3NRA |
96 | + | |
97 | https://www.artstation.com | |
98 | http://coolvibe.com | |
99 | http://www.zerochan.net | |
100 | http://danbooru.donmai.us | |
101 | http://gelbooru.com | |
102 | http://www.deviantart.com | |
103 | http://fantasygallery.net | |
104 | http://grognard.booru.org | |
105 | http://fantasy-art-engine.tumblr.com | |
106 | https://www.pinterest.com | |
107 | https://www.google.com/imghp | |
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109 | -------------- | |
110 | >> CYOA FAQ << | |
111 | -------------- | |
112 | Q: What's a CYOA? | |
113 | A: It's like a cross between an RPG's character creation system and game of "would you rather". A more accurate name would be "Choice Games". | |
114 | ||
115 | Q: What are they for? | |
116 | A: CYOAs are there to spark your imagination, provide escapism, and occasionally act as writing prompts. You'll get ones as simple as picking a special magical soda to drink which gives you a neat perk to live with in life, or complex ones to create your own fantasy domains with a slew of customization options. Some of the more complex CYOAs could be used to generate characters for an RPG. | |
117 | ||
118 | Q: Who makes them? | |
119 | A: Anyone can. You can try to make one yourself, it's not that difficult. | |
120 | ||
121 | Q: Where can I find more CYOAs? | |
122 | A: There are hundreds of them. Start with the archive links at the top; if you know who the author is of the CYOA you're looking for, try their cloud drive first (if they have one). | |
123 | A partial archive can be found here: http://grognard.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=cyoa | |
124 | You can request a particular CYOA in the thread, and if you're lucky, someone will give it to you. | |
125 | If you must, you can try /r/makeyourchoice. | |
126 | Here's an archive of CYOA threads: http://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/cyoa/text/cyoa/ | |
127 | ||
128 | Q: I want to make a CYOA. How? | |
129 | A: You start with an idea, or crib a setting from your favorite book/game/chinese cartoon. It's usually best to start out small. Keep your big ideas in reserve until you have the skill to actualize them properly. | |
130 | ||
131 | Q: What do I need? | |
132 | A: You're going to need an image editor or DTP program. Paint or Word will suffice, but better looking CYOAs require better software. | |
133 | ||
134 | Paint.net (www.getpaint.net) is excellent for novices. GIMP (www.gimp.org) is more powerful, but has a steep learning curve. Beware, as Paint.net has particularly dreadful text editing. | |
135 | ||
136 | Scribus (www.scribus.net) is an open-source desktop-publishing software. It has solid text editing and layout functionality, but you'll need an image editor for any fancy graphics. | |
137 | ||
138 | Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator are perhaps the ultimate tools for CYOA creation. They're fairly hard to learn, but they're powerhouses for a reason. The downside is that they're very expensive, although Photoshop CS2 (a very old version of Photoshop) is offered for free (https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html). Photoshop Elements is also offered at a much more generous price, but it's essentially a stripped down version of the CS/CC series. | |
139 | ||
140 | Check out SDA's cloud drive for some tutorials on basic Photoshop skills for CYOAs. | |
141 | ||
142 | Q: I need images. Where? | |
143 | A: See the links at the top of this paste for some neat recommendations. There's plenty of image sources out there short of using Google Images. The /tg/ booru (grognard.booru.org) is stuffed with character and setting art of all descriptions, all neatly tagged and sorted. Other popular resources for images are DeviantArt or Pinterest. There's usually a character art thread running on /tg/. You can request stuff there. You can also try /hr/ and /wg/. | |
144 | ||
145 | Q: Any tips? | |
146 | A: Generally speaking, a standard CYOA should be about 1200px wide. Remember, most screen resolutions don't exceed 1366*768, and many readers browse using mobile devices. Try to aim for a resolution where most users will only have to scroll vertically. | |
147 | ||
148 | PNG is the preferred format for image CYOAs due to it being a "lossless" format (the compression isn't apparent in the image quality). However, for larger and more colourful images, you might want to use the JPG format in order to fit /tg/'s 8mb file limit. Be wary that while JPG files are usually smaller than their PNG counterparts, the compression is much more noticeable in the image itself. | |
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150 | /tg/ supports PDFs. You can export PDFs from some programs, or use (http://smallpdf.com/jpg-to-pdf) to convert your images to PDF. Some people dislike PDFs. They have advantages: they're easy to upload, and don't take up a lot of space in the thread. However, they're awkward to scroll through when saved, take a while to load and process, and can cause difficulties for those on mobile devices. Typically, they downgrade the quality of your CYOA by a large amount when used to compress larger CYOAs. I would only recommend using PDFs for lengthly text-based CYOAs, as they aren't meant for fancy imagery. | |
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152 | If you want some thematically-appropriate fonts, try (www.dafont.com) and (www.google.com/fonts). Try not to go overboard; only pick really stylized fonts for titles and headers. The number one thing you must maintain in a CYOA is legibility; a basic, clean, and readable font is the best choice for body text. | |
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155 | >> Misc << | |
156 | ---------- | |
157 | Some Musings & Advice by a CYOA Author (read the FAQ first): | |
158 | http://pastebin.com/qaL8nDD8 | |
159 | ||
160 | Here are some polls that were conducted about CYOAs in the threads: | |
161 | http://strawpoll.me/2729937/r | |
162 | http://strawpoll.me/2729372/r | |
163 | http://strawpoll.me/2740198/r | |
164 | http://strawpoll.me/2770406/r | |
165 | ||
166 | Remember this: Good design will draw people to your CYOA. Good writing, thoughtful choices, and originality will keep them reading. | |
167 | ||
168 | Post your builds. Criticize. Praise. Make good OC. Be excellent to one another. | |
169 | If you want to hang with the cool kids, swing by the IRC. #cyoa on Rizon. Just use a number if you don't want to namefag. A bunch of veteran creators can be found on the IRC, and we're happy to give advice and critique. | |
170 | If you don't know what that is, just follow this link to our chat: http://mibbit.com/?channel=%23CYOA&server=irc.rizon.net | |
171 | ||
172 | Daniel Fox lives at 5343 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO |