/cyoa/ - Choose Your Own Adventure

>>14994

>I did shit for brains

That's okay.

>>14971

Is anyone still maintaining this thing?

I'll take that as a no for the continued dev time on this game

>>15937

Also, having no requirement for air (extropy) combined with the ability to pass through solid matter (sublime self) will let me live in completely sealed underground bunkers with no entrances or exits.

This looks like an interesting cyoa, but there are some problems.

1: The entire thing is designed as a build up to a war game, which does not exist. There is no map, no interactions. Because of this the cyoa feels like it is only half there.

2: Too many choices. This can result in decision fatigue before the readers are even halfway through. There are so many choices, linked to each other, and unlike the previous version you receive 500 token instead of only 150.

3: Confusing bonuses. The way the HMSAT bonuses are first presented, they look like a direct bonus(S +1, to S 3 becomes S 4), but later it is explained that these are % bonuses (S +1, to S 3 becomes S 3.3).

4: Confusing abilities. There are many abilities and modifiers in the cyoa that are confusing. If you have 2 modifiers to double the damage do they stack? and if so how? Are there limits to the SAT stats. They all say out of 10, so is that a cap or unrelated because it is easy to exceed it.

5: Restricted choices. The XO you choose effectively determines your race, since they will only do anything if you are of the right race. You do get the choice to not take an XO, but it doesn't make a lot of sense.

6: Balance. The XO that you choose is extremely powerful. Beasts double you number of units, Humans deal double damage, etc. There are some other units that face similar problems. Units are simply over/under powered in strange ways.

Overall I have enjoyed reading it, but any attempt to make a build has fallen victim to the above problems.

Note: I looked around a bit to see if anyone else had made a build for this cyoa but I could only find the previous version. This version did not appear anywhere else. Maybe it was posted elsewhere but I have to ask:

Did you make this CYOA or did you find it somewhere?

>>15832

True, but with the lewdness upgrade I can make anime-style dragon girls

>>15861

Again I can make anime style dragon girls.

>>15831

>>15829

>>15830

Go back to cuckchan and stop advertising, avatarfag cuckime.

>>15829

I see you've moved from steemit to minds. Nice build… it's pretty much identical to what I was going to do, so there's no point in posting mine anymore.

>>15895

Hey now, that oldfag has been with us for years. They may be a faggot, but damn it, they're our faggot.

>>15829

>Adjust form without loss of functionality… umm so dragon girls with smooth skin can still deflect fire?

It's still the same basic unit. That pretty dragon-girl will be the size of a truck.

Yeah, I think that makes it cooler, too.

Goblins

Dragons (Sun)

Lewdness

Hardening

Compliance

Intellect

Command

Supply

Heroism

Burning Brand

Cascading Fractures

Giveaway

Spend a week spawning hundreds of thousands of goblins that immediately set to work excavating outward to establish bases every few miles, then concentrate on creating heroic dragons that will be placed in charge of them. The sheer numbers would be able to take over a major metropolitan area with little trouble or resistance, most human beings wouldn't be a match for even a "tiny, weak" monster armed with a spear.

Then I'd occasionally fuck a dragon, because if my children can be titanic godlike beings that can fire lasers from their mouth and fly in space, I'm really just obligated to make that happen.

>>15904

>the whole Beastial man fetish is almost purely a woman's fetish.

I assumed that those bestial men are just there to be killed on your way to banging the girls. There's literally one mostly-human-looking dude and half a dozen horrible monsters that I can't imagine anybody would want to have sex with, compared to something like three dozen attractive women.

>>15907

Ara~ara~ I forgot, my policy is too destroy or control all enemies, and usurp their kingdoms.

>>15906

The only human male pictures are the Warrior and Hunter class pictures, and yeah the vampire lord is mostly human looking but kinda Mongol.

>>15908

Ah, and I'll also sex change all the human-like Viles I can into vixens with my water powers~

>>15908

>The only human male pictures are the Warrior and Hunter class pictures,

Actually, Kalsur in Urgonda is a (relatively) normal human male character, looking somewhat like Conan in white face paint. He's the only male non-monster/animal NPC, though.

>>15851

I can see that you're trying to style it like a CYOA book where you flip to different pages, but it's not working here. This badly needs a v1.1.

The large empty spaces make this atrociously long for no reason. There's seven pages where almost half the page is empty. Repeating images for the header of each section that's longer than one page isn't doing you any favors either.

The text could use an opaque bubble behind it. The transparent layer between the text and the background makes it hard to view the text and the background, making the text barely legible and the background pointless.

There's probably other gripes, but I'm not reading this mess as is. It would probably be worth checking out once fixed.

>>15865

The benefit of the large repeating images is that they are visible in icon form. You can tell which pages go to which "classes" by matching the image next to the class with the image at the top of the page, the latter of which is big enough in icon form to do so with. I think that as long as the CYOA is going to remain at a large number of pages, the header image is helpful enough to keep in.

There are lots of things besides that that need improvement though graphically. Cutting out the wasted space and reducing the size of the option images, lettering, and line spacing would all improve readability in addition to reducing overall size. Additionally, even beyond pure size the graphic design work is pretty bad, especially in that many of the images are improperly stretched or squished. Always, ALWAYS keep images in their original ratio. Shrinking is fine (avoid enlarging though), but if it's 4:3 originally it has to stay 4:3. To change the dimensions, you can only crop or letterbox.

Anyway, graphics aside I'm not that thrilled with the content either. It's just a huge kitchen sink fantasy where everything is ridiculous and nothing really fits together, which doesn't really leave much room for an actual life. The setup implies that people like you are a common occurrence here, and the worst thing to deal with in an especially overpowered CYOA is other CYOA players, real pvp or implied makes no difference.

First I looked at the number of pages and thought: "Holy crap, this is huge!"

Then I realized most of it is spaces between text that was professionally spanned to take as much space with as little information as possible. I wonder if the author's main source of income is writing term works for less-than-diligent students?…

Reading this on an imageboard (at least) allows for only two browsing modes: "way too tiny", with only barely being able to tell which icon is the one you're looking for (provided you remember the exact look and where to look for it), and "in your face", with being able to fit three options on screen at most. And there's what, fourty pages of this?…

>>15885

There's a third option. Open the image than zoom out (ctrl+scroll down). I recommend doing it in another tab. Turns out that the CYOA is perfectly readable at 25% zoom.

>>10284

So no matter how early I load, I can't save my dick from mutilation.

Depressing.

>>15796

Use the "Moar CYOA" option and pick one that'll let you acquire some kind of regeneration magic or ability, then use "Net Gain" so you can take it back with you.

>>15780

Needs more options or less points. I took all I really wanted and had 3-5 points left.

>>15811

You could restrict yourself to 8 points as in the previous version.

>>15811

Just take more save slots and stop crying.

Or take something actually useful along with "all you really wanted", there's a bunch of things here that are useful regardless of circumstances (unless you plan to reload a couple times then just die of old age).

This… Seems more like a tabletop boardgame/rulebook than a CYOA. Text-to-image ratio is somewhere in that category as well.

It also seems to be based around Chinese fantasy rules/metacanon, but Goguryeo (and other lands mentioned here IIRC) are basically ancient Korea.

>>15863

A good half of the catalog begs to differ.

>>15897

Don't like it go back to halfchan's /tg/

…that being said this cyoa is old and messy so I'm not gonna bother with a build

>>15776

>Only option that allows for exclusive stuff.

Famous Gunslinger has "Wild West", which seems to be the most overpowered weapon on the list, and it's free. That might just be the narrator's fanboyism speaking though. Minx is cute though

>Brigand

>Bomb Collar required

>Implying I'm not going to get it off myself

>Implying I won't kill every single person affiliated with this shithole super-government

My little fiefdom? Perfectly fine. Aint no reason to hurt my own people, aint no reason to do anything but keep them doing their gay little normalfag routines. But that's where it ends. Aint paying no government. If I'm the law, that makes me the king, and if I'm king there aint no emperors.

>lockwood

>not lynchwood

>cuckime

>gay shit

end yourself subhuman

>speshul ultra race locked behind being a futafag

Why am I not surprised?

>>15824

>a

>THE

>>15825

>>15823

>>15824

I must admit though, I really think numbers are unnecessary for a CYOA.

>>15754

Yes they seem most tailored to the traditional Medieval fantasy world don't they?

anyone have the source of mind control?

>>9075

>Free Powers

IMMORTALITY

ASCENDANT EYE

MINDSHIFT

FORMSHIFT

Gotta take all these, because there's literally no reason not to. Ascendant Eye is disgustingly OP, since it not only gives me hyperawareness of threats, it also lets me skip out on a world and start fresh, which basically makes it a get-out-of-jail-free card.

>Modifiers

POWER UNLEASHED (+1 ability)

SCI-FI

I'll be taking these. Unfortunately, I can't pick Lecherous, since then making myself sexier would make myself stronger, which would therefore prevent me from using Formshift to make myself sexier, since Formshift is axiomatically unable to make me stronger. By deliberately avoiding this trap, I can use Formshift to make myself sexier, which will be useful, since making myself healthier will inevitable make me sexier.

>Threat Levels

MEDIUM (+1 ability)

Ascendant Eye combined with my build will make this Difficulty a cakewalk. Plus, "friendly, but loose" alliances are always vulnerable to psyops.

>Physical Abilities

ABSTRACTION

CALCULATION

SUPER IMMUNITY

The holy trifecta. Each of these is a must-have, except for arguably calculation.

>Magical Abilities

ANTIMAGIC FIELD

Fuck outta here with that shit. Telekinesis? Thermokinesis? Electrokinesis can do both, and that's a fact. Even Antimagic Field is a one-trick pony, and a pretty useless one at that, considering I'm in sci-fi land. Ascendant eye will just let me identify threats so that I can get rid of them. I'm only getting it because you KNOW that one fucker will come outta nowhere to jank you with some bullshit otherwise.

>SciTech Abilities

ELECTROKINESIS

ABSORPTION

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This would be a lot better if there were more powers that were actually evocative of a demonic overlord. Most of them now are generic street-level powers. Even the ultimate powers are all pretty neutral.

>>8872

>Immortality, ascendant eye

Mindshift and formshit is retardedly useless for humans, only some kind of leftists tranny neet soyboy would use that.

Modifiers are gay but yours are extra gay. Here's why. First of all the fantasy/scifi is retarded, always been, specially so as the introduction makes it sounds like real life and that teleportation to different planes/planets is inevitable. So you can remove those, if nothing else why don't you list some of the planets and planes we will have to go to get those shards? If fact, make so we start with 2 of them and must go to 3 of those planets (player pic, you make the planets) to recover them.

You could in fact expand this together with the abilities, I could even write it myself, but hopefully you get the idea.

As for the rest, just put them on the start. Really should change this gay shit of "absorving cum/friendship" and shit.

>power unleashed

for 1 physical ability. I don't like those bonuses that set you into a category becuase I'd get a lot less from it than the fat fucks who also play cyoas. In other words I'd make more use from a bonus that multiplies what I have, over flat bonu or "setting" my powerlevel.

>threath level: Medium +1 ability

Picking the harder choice is more rewarding. Good, maybe you are not retarded after all.

<abilities

I'm supposed to pick 5, which will increase in might as I train, right? (1 physical, +1 any)

>calculation

>magic knowledge (to use with ultra tech)

>antimagic field

>ultra tech

>mind control

>absortion: eletric and heat (is knetic an option?)

>concealment

Notes:

>>12798

Well yes, I'll be an old man, but I'll be an old man at the peak of human fitness, attractiveness, and wits thanks to all the infusions. They don't need to be MY orgasms, if I need some magic viagra I have a half-dozen ways to accomplish that, and with transformations I can look like whatever floats anybody's boat. As for the magic/mind control resistance, A: it came with the Darksteel Preparations, B: I'd be an idiot to assume the only one on the mundane side who knows magic, and C: I'd also be an idiot to assume there are no assholes among these magic users.

As for my plan, you overlook a few fundamental points. One, I may become an old man but thanks to Lead Into Gold I will become a very WEALTHY old man. Two, I will be able to bless people with peak physical and mental fitness. I could be a mummy and gold diggers would still be all over my jock looking for some easy cash and a magic liposuction.

>>12799

It's pretty much lore for Troy's Veil to be separating the mundane and magical almost completely and for the "straddlers" to be dying out – pretty much every time you're described as the first one in centuries (if not millennia) to even exist.

And really, there's at least several ways to get eternal youth *plus* several kinds of magic, so this grand plan of yours to eternally die of old age doesn't look exciting in the least.

>>12802

I refer you to A: it was a side-bonus of something I was getting anyway, and must also point out that I will BE THERE in millennia when the next one shows up. Also, if you don't think basically being Papa fucking Emeritus disguised as Hugh Hefner isn't exciting, I must simply disagree.

>>12757

<Talismancy;

<Phylactery:

>Youth

>Immortality

>Additional phylactery (at the cost of being unable to feel shame)

<Demesne:

>Luxurious

>Extradimensional

>Hidden

>Mobility

>Senses

>Utilities

>Guardians

<Familiarship;

<Pet (Raven):

>Intelligence

>Loyal Follower

>Durability

>Stealth

<Empowerment - Spellslinging:

>Blink

>Magic Missile

>Invisibility

>Phase

>Hold Person

>Flight

>Invigorate/Exhaust

>Purify Food

>Unlock

<Empowerment - Talismancy:

<Implement:

>Imbued spell - Summon

>Familiar Spell - Summon

<Familiarship;

<Golem

>Intelligence

>Watchful Master

>Durability

>Stealth

<Empowerment - Alchemy:

>Orichalcum Infusions

>Adamant Preparations

>Darksteel Preparations

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>>15813

>demesne at the bottom of the sea

Wait, I forgot I need to "walk" the perimeter while chanting. But, if it's extradimensional, do I need to? Whatever, I could dig a pit, make an entrance and then bury it or something.

>>15716

>plenty of men go for very extended lengths without ejaculation and they are not impotent, nor is their prostate damaged

You seem to have missed the part about prolonged erection.

Incidentally, it's not exactly possible to literally not ejaculate for a long time if you're a physiologically healthy male (even if we pretend that it's psychologically sound behaviour). If you don't get enough stimulation for a discharge, it'll start happening automatically in your sleep.

>>15744

You are still missing the part about prolonged erections. And don't forget that we're talking about a whole year of uninterruptedly going against your own physiological nature, I highly doubt that wet dreams can do much about that part.

>nowhere does it say you have to be around the elves 24/7. be a hermit.

It says, and I quote: "[…] they will constantly tempt, tease, and try to seduce you. The elves will do anything they can to have sex with you, short of raping you. [followed by concrete examples]" It's pretty explicit that you won't have any luxury such as freedom to be away from all that stimulation, or to get any sufficient distraction to keep yourself sane for that matter.

>>14816

Trial of the Slaver

Intentionally fail. None of these options are good, including this one. Shit deals all around forced on you. At least I'll be qt.

>survivor

>haunted house

I'm from /d/. Go ahead, threaten me with a good time.

I usually hate Metas, but you could just play this one by itself with "true immortality" being a given at the start.

Ideally I'd want Planar Portal and Pocket Dimension with Lavish, Timeless, Stasis, and VR Matrix. Since that's 11 points, I have to either drop Lavish or drop Stasis. I suppose dropping Lavish is the smarter option

>>9819

neat. these are the ones i really want

>Rebirth

because i want to die sometimes but not right now. ship me off somewhere new for my reincarnation

>get out of jail free

because some meme lord could fling me out into space or trap me in solid carbonite

>Pocket dimension full of elves

<Size 1 + 2

<Timeless

Cheaper alternative to buying a ton of companions. how does raising children in here work? will they always be babies?

<lavish

sure i guess.this makes it easier to restock an entire planet for supplies.

<combanionship x100

I may need a party or small army when I leave the pocket dimension.

Picking dynasty is a good way to completly destroy the world with your immortal constantly multiplying offspring

>>15781

Planar Portal

Pocket Dimension

Stasis

Virtual Reality Matrix

Get Out of Jail Free

Ennui-B-Gone

This build allows me to travel the planes and make myself stronger over time. If I feel like taking a break from searching for power ups, I can retreat to my pocket plane and enjoy a virtual world for a while.

As I'm travelling the planes, if I come across people whose lives are horrible, I will invite them to my pocket plane and masquerade as a god that is willing to incarnate them into a world of their choosing. If I receive their permission, I will put their body into stasis and plug their mind into a virtual fantasy world.

In my fantasy worlds, I will populate the least desirable roles with unfeeling NPCs. Actual people who have conscious experience will receive the most favorable roles. People who enter my worlds may be born into wealth, receive cheat abilities, be the hero, be the demon lord, etc…

When players die in my fantasy worlds, I'll give them the option of leaving my cycle of virtual incarnation or incarnating again with powers.

At the end of the day, I'm travelling the planes and getting stronger, doing whatever I want in my pocket plane in my downtime, and blessing countless people who want a better life with an awesome isekai experience.

>>15594

fuck patheon is NOT meant to be free. It should cost 6

Power Level:

Adventurer

With no power comes no responsibilities. To me, "metachampion" implies that people will be expecting me to help them instead of just following my own whimsies.

Plus I enjoy playing on hard mode in CYOAs.

Powers:

Immortality

Freedom

Free shit, and they don't give me points for abandoning them. The effects are solely beneficial. There is no reason to give these up.

Reality Shifting Lv1

Expensive, but being able to merge my favourite worlds together sounds too fun to pass up. Plus it gives me the ability to ask questions like "What if the Pokemon universe was designed by a competent designer?" and merge shit together to see species I would never have been able to come up with on my own.

Pocket Dimension Lv2

My own little universe that I can do whatever I want with. I technically have no reason to ever leave, but it might be fun to go out and explore the "real" worlds once in a while, even if it's only to pique my imagination and come up with new coats of paint for my own worlds.

Nullification Lv0

Invulnerability Lv0

Safety net for myself.

Mind Lv0

Intelligence and willpower are great to have, and this is a mind capable of handling immortality which makes it a no-brainer option.

So yeah. The plan here is to just jump between universes and play around however I want. Would have been nice to have psi powers or peak physical fitness, but those are just nice-to-haves and not absolutely necessary.

>>15594

Actually more fun than the original.

>Alter Power

>Blank

>Immortality & Freedom

Great, I'm probably weaker than most others but people will straight-up never see me coming.

>>15595

I figured it was free because they were NOT loyal. Remember, Wizards helping looks a lot like Wizards hurting.