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The Interactives "The Book of Masks"  : A high school student discovers a grimoire that can make magical disguises."The Wandering Stars" : Sequel to "The Book of Masks.""Student Bodies" : A high school student is turned into a blue goo that can possess people."Student Bodies: Transfer Students" : Reboot of "Student Bodies."For non-WdC Members "The Book of Masks: Archives" : Dodges the "Servers Busy" barrier!"The Book of Masks (Abridged)" : Introductory storylines for new readers.Community "BoM/TWS Message Forum" : Community for readers of the interactives."BoM/TWS/SB Wiki" : Notes and documentation for authors. Spoilers!Current Polls/Contests None The Latest 6/30: Interactive: "Golems Three-ish" 6/30: Public: "Golems Three-ish"
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| I'm surprised/impressed with you guys. I thought for sure you were going to steer things down the "Teacher" route, which is where we went the last time we had a Plot Plinko. But the vote went pretty decisively for "Grab the girl in the tutorial office." I guess I'll have to figure out who she is. |
| Okay, I'm beginning to see a pattern. Today's Plinko Poll: [Poll completed and deleted.] |
| It wasn't a landslide, but "Use the mask on a friend" won pretty handily. So here's the next poll: [Poll completed and deleted.] Poll closes Friday at noon EDT. |
| Whoa, that was a tight race right up until the end. But "Keep the book a secret" pulled it out by one vote, so here's the poll for Round 3: [Poll completed and deleted.] Poll closes on Thursday, May 6, at 12:00 PM EDT |
| The choice "Keep investigating the book" ("Making a Mask" ) won pretty decisively, as I would have bet. I don't have such a strong intuition about where you guys will want to take it next, though. Vote here: [Poll completed and deleted.] Remember, you can also vote by sending me GPs through the form at the bottom of the chapter you prefer. If your choice wins, the GPs go GP-voters whose choice lost. If your choice still loses, you get your GPs back, and maybe a dividend. Poll closes on Wednesday, May 5, at 12:00 PM EDT. |
| You know what we haven't had around here in a long time? A poll! [Poll completed and deleted.] I have a couple of commission ideas to consider, but while I'm noodling around with them, how about we play a round of Plot Plinko? If you don't remember Plot Plinko, or if you weren't here the last time we played it, here's how it works. The above link goes to a poll which in turn links to the first two chapters of The Book of Masks. At that poll, any logged-in WdC member can vote for which of the five paths to take. Tomorrow I will post another poll, linking to the chapter that got the most votes in today's poll, where you can vote on which of the next set of choices to take. For instance, if "Keep investigating the book" wins, then tomorrow I'll post a poll linking to "Making a Mask," and you will get to vote on whether to "Keep the book a secret", "Show it to Caleb", or "Show it to someone else." And so on and so forth until we reach a choice whose chapter has not been written yet. That will be the choice which gets a continuation. Well, maybe. I can only promise to do my best. This could take quite a while to play out, which is why it's best to play Plot Plinko either during a dead time or while I'm busy with other projects. Like now. These polls will come with a wrinkle. As explained in the poll itself, you can also lend more weight to your vote by sending me GPs through the chapter that you prefer to see continued. So if you want to see the first choice (Keep investigating the book; "Making a Mask") continued, go to that chapter and send me GPs through the form at the bottom of the chapter. The full mechanics are explained in the poll. |
| Okay, I'm caught up on things around here, but I haven't figured out where I'm going to start adding to BoM again—I need to do some more reading back through my various notes. I wouldn't look for new chapters from me until the middle of the week, at least, and maybe not until next weekend. I've not given upon Civilization VI yet, though, but I'm giving myself a schedule that will strictly limit the amount of playtime I get. Playing that game is like eating potato chips. It's hard to stop, and you feel awful when you finally do. |
| It's the start of a new month, which is a good time to get back to work. Besides, I sickened myself with Civilization VI. Which is fine, which is good. I needed the break anyway, but I'm glad I got into the game. I loved Civilization IV, but no matter how much I played the V iteration, I could never get into it. I just found it tedious and boring. Civilization as a game is famous for "just one more turn" quality of fascination, and for me V had lost it. But once I dug into VI and got a good feel for the new mechanics, I found myself hooked and muttering "just one more turn," like in the old days. But you all probably don't want to hear about that. I don't have anything else to share, though. I haven't been writing or even thinking about writing, but I'm ready to do some more, and once I get caught up with what's been going on around here (because except for one or two short visits, I haven't even checked in to WdC) I plan to start working on something. It might be a few days, though, before anything starts turning up story-wise. |
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