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| 2 | >> Links << | |
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| 4 | AllSync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3 | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | Our Discord: https://discord.gg/72QNY4Y | |
| 7 | Our /other/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Cwm8nCM | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | /tg/ Thread Archives: | |
| 10 | http://archive.4plebs.org/ | |
| 11 | https://warosu.org/tg/ | |
| 12 | CYOA Archives: | |
| 13 | https://cyoaarchive.com/main | |
| 14 | CYOA Booru: | |
| 15 | https://choose.booru.org/ | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | Here's a dropbox with a LOT of CYOAs: | |
| 18 | https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qs4ymgxa5zcj4kt/AABrLbkqxfdUMje3D2ibklh-a?dl=0 | |
| 19 | OC by month: | |
| 20 | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B03PxmupuDVLN1lNdjFxdlN3SVE | |
| 21 | Yet another CYOA archive: | |
| 22 | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bwl-aJm3wG4nN2w1TGJCSVlQZ2M&usp=sharing | |
| 23 | The "SFW (Safe-for-Wife)" Archive: | |
| 24 | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7BuylZWKxemS2dJNElOYkpjSHc&usp=sharing | |
| 25 | A CYOA-making program for those who are graphically challenged (untested): | |
| 26 | https://quantencomputer.github.io/cyoastudio/ | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | From Dropbox Anon: | |
| 29 | 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 "Dropboxanon@yahoo.com' with the CYOA. Adding a name either in the subject or body attached to the email would be helpful. | |
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| 32 | >> Author Folders & Resources << | |
| 33 | -------------------------------- | |
| 34 | -- acheld -- | |
| 35 | Google Drive: | |
| 36 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7BuylZWKxemMVFHODRFQjJ0MFE | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | -- Amridell -- | |
| 39 | Amridell's "CYOA Maker" program: | |
| 40 | https://github.com/Amridell/Amridell-s-CYOA-Maker | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | -- Beri -- | |
| 43 | Google Drive: | |
| 44 | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxbrh3Q2CTiyfjM3SjU2TWNJQ3VpZ2pWYk0xRUJ4LVZYRkgyTTlwUTQwZjZhN0FNTTJ3LUE | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | -- Divine Trials Anon -- | |
| 47 | Google Drive: | |
| 48 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zaeOP-Z5_gvM-KxwlWMsLpGJc2i86qGE | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | -- Eternal Anon -- | |
| 51 | Google Drive: | |
| 52 | https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ovLnUxIiZizbu8FlPBZXNSdaPWlUR2_X | |
| 53 | ||
| 54 | -- Highlander -- | |
| 55 | Traveller Blog: | |
| 56 | http://travellercyoa.livejournal.com/ | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | -- Italics -- | |
| 59 | Pokemon Personified: | |
| 60 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5vYX1bZd1SBUU05dGYtNzFydFk | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | -- kit -- | |
| 63 | Google Drive: | |
| 64 | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0h6Ycwh1mNzS2dfbnYzN2FtNXc | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | -- Liminal Phrenic -- | |
| 67 | Blog: | |
| 68 | theouterworlds.blogspot.com | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | -- SandN*r -- | |
| 71 | Google Drive: | |
| 72 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cw5df_F79mnTEJgotIJRwElxET6mwZS1?usp=sharing | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | -- SDA -- | |
| 75 | Google Drive: | |
| 76 | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B01t_JeqhEkuUFNhazdoT1c3Qzg | |
| 77 | ||
| 78 | -- Sl*t Life Anon -- | |
| 79 | Mega Cloud: | |
| 80 | https://mega.nz/#F!AYwlHJBK!xVrJUD4PSAJACtDY3g_Lgw!IAxFHCTT | |
| 81 | ||
| 82 | -- Spacefuture -- | |
| 83 | Google Drive: | |
| 84 | https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B8zll64VUyohdFVnUU8wRWVSc28 | |
| 85 | ||
| 86 | -- Spadesy -- | |
| 87 | Blog: | |
| 88 | feathersnake.wordpress.com | |
| 89 | ||
| 90 | -- Strife -- | |
| 91 | Gallery: | |
| 92 | http://imgur.com/user/Strifejohnson | |
| 93 | ||
| 94 | -- TokHaar Gol -- | |
| 95 | Google Drive: | |
| 96 | - | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1CwO4KqTgloRXVUV19DR19hdEk?resourcekey=0-W3KdK_IBXOUF5gWTJR3NRA |
| 96 | + | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1CwO4KqTgloRXVUV19DR19hdEk |
| 97 | ||
| 98 | -- ZBG -- | |
| 99 | Blog: | |
| 100 | https://notanactualdoctorgabe.tumblr.com/ | |
| 101 | Drive: | |
| 102 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-TEGKUrwW1tWWJNOWd4NGpiMjQ | |
| 103 | ||
| 104 | -------------------------- | |
| 105 | >> Some Image Resources << | |
| 106 | -------------------------- | |
| 107 | http://game-icons.net | |
| 108 | http://www.pixiv.net | |
| 109 | http://drawcrowd.com | |
| 110 | http://digital-art-gallery.com | |
| 111 | https://www.artstation.com | |
| 112 | http://coolvibe.com | |
| 113 | http://www.zerochan.net | |
| 114 | http://danbooru.donmai.us | |
| 115 | http://gelbooru.com | |
| 116 | http://www.deviantart.com | |
| 117 | http://fantasygallery.net | |
| 118 | http://grognard.booru.org | |
| 119 | http://fantasy-art-engine.tumblr.com | |
| 120 | https://www.pinterest.com | |
| 121 | https://www.google.com/imghp | |
| 122 | ||
| 123 | -------------- | |
| 124 | >> CYOA FAQ << | |
| 125 | -------------- | |
| 126 | Q: What's a CYOA? | |
| 127 | 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". | |
| 128 | ||
| 129 | Q: What are they for? | |
| 130 | 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. | |
| 131 | ||
| 132 | Q: Who makes them? | |
| 133 | A: Anyone can. You can try to make one yourself, it's not that difficult. | |
| 134 | ||
| 135 | Q: Where can I find more CYOAs? | |
| 136 | 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). | |
| 137 | A partial archive can be found here: http://grognard.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=cyoa | |
| 138 | You can request a particular CYOA in the thread, and if you're lucky, someone will give it to you. | |
| 139 | If you must, you can try /r/makeyourchoice. | |
| 140 | Here's an archive of CYOA threads: http://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/cyoa/text/cyoa/ | |
| 141 | ||
| 142 | Q: I want to make a CYOA. How? | |
| 143 | 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. | |
| 144 | ||
| 145 | Q: What do I need? | |
| 146 | A: You're going to need an image editor or DTP program. Paint or Word will suffice, but better looking CYOAs require better software. | |
| 147 | ||
| 148 | 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. | |
| 149 | ||
| 150 | 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. | |
| 151 | ||
| 152 | 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. | |
| 153 | ||
| 154 | Check out SDA's cloud drive for some tutorials on basic Photoshop skills for CYOAs. | |
| 155 | ||
| 156 | Q: I need images. Where? | |
| 157 | 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/. | |
| 158 | ||
| 159 | Q: Any tips? | |
| 160 | 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. | |
| 161 | ||
| 162 | 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. | |
| 163 | ||
| 164 | /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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| 166 | 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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| 169 | >> Misc << | |
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| 171 | Some Musings & Advice by a CYOA Author (read the FAQ first): | |
| 172 | http://pastebin.com/qaL8nDD8 | |
| 173 | ||
| 174 | Here are some polls that were conducted about CYOAs in the threads: | |
| 175 | http://strawpoll.me/2729937/r | |
| 176 | http://strawpoll.me/2729372/r | |
| 177 | http://strawpoll.me/2740198/r | |
| 178 | http://strawpoll.me/2770406/r | |
| 179 | ||
| 180 | Remember this: Good design will draw people to your CYOA. Good writing, thoughtful choices, and originality will keep them reading. | |
| 181 | ||
| 182 | Post your builds. Criticize. Praise. Make good OC. Be excellent to one another. |
