Upcoming project!

HamelinHamelin
edited November 2008 in Jeff's Typewriter Emporium
Alright peeps, here's the skinny. It's been quite a few months since last year's NaNoWriMo where I worked on that choose your own adventure story. While doing it I figured out a bunch of things to streamline the process, along with the limitations of doing the project in html.

So, a few days ago I was playing BRAD: the game again on my cell phone and thinking about my project and about how daunting it would be to finish it, just because of the sheer scope of the thing.

I was thinking how I could streamline what I had and fix it up so I could work on it better, the wiki format came to mind, formatting is easy, you can easily link to and create new pages, add categories for organization, have one overall layout that everything is placed into, and best of all it's all put in a database instead of hundreds and hundreds of individual html pages.

Then, I was like "Hell, if it's in a wiki, why don't I just make it a community thing? That's what wikis are for, right?"

I was going to start looking into how customizable mediawiki is and setting it up, starting out with the mods until some content is in there, then opening it up to the forums, then to everyone.

What do you guys think? Interested? Stupid idea doomed to fail?

I was thinking of calling it "Wiki Your Own Adventure"

Comments

  • hlavcohlavco
    edited July 2008
    Sounds like fun.
  • mariomario
    edited July 2008
    I concur! I shall indeed wiki up some adventurin'.
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited July 2008
    This should end up very, very, badly. Also, expect to be roll'd, many times.

    I'm going to enjoy this...
  • Professor MacJakeProfessor MacJake
    edited July 2008
    This is awesome and I love you
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited July 2008
    If I die I'm gonna cheat and change the ending.
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited July 2008
    Professor MacJake wrote: »
    This is awesome and I love you

    It need not be said, really.
  • NoLongerNoLonger
    edited July 2008
    Quite cool. I'm pretty bad at checking non-general chat/Witch's Brew forums, so I missed this thread for a while, but this sounds AWESOME!!! And I think we'd all [d]rink to that!
  • ReallyCleanSocksReallyCleanSocks
    edited July 2008
    I started a CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE game on The Slackerz, so I am pumped for some adventuring!
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited July 2008
    ReallyCleanSocks wrote: »
    I started a CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE game on The Slackerz, so I am pumped for some adventuring!

    Link?
  • stefstef
    edited August 2008
    Hey Jeff, what's been going on with this since your initial post?
  • mariomario
    edited August 2008
    He's been waiting for me to set up the wiki, but I think we should hold off until we can get the various websites transferred to the new hosting.
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited October 2008
    So, any progress?
  • mariomario
    edited October 2008
    The project needs a name. When this has been chosen, it can be up rather lickety-split.
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited October 2008
    Having a hard time deciding?
  • mariomario
    edited October 2008
    Apparently! Jeff never got back to me when I asked him. Suggestions?
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited November 2008
    "Wiki Whose name is 4 1/2 Months in the Making?"
  • mariomario
    edited November 2008
    You're not trying very hard, are you?
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited November 2008
    "Choose Your Own Wiki."
    "Choose Anything (Except Chickens.)"
    "Choose to Wiki, Because Really, Who Does Work at Their Jobs Now a-Days."
    "Wiki Your Own Adventure."
    "Wiki'n Out With Red Mage."
    "Choose Your Own Adventure: Pirate Zombies Vs. Ninja Robots."
    "Wiki & Dragons."
    "Damn it Hamlin, if You Don't Pick a name, I will $#&%ING Cleave Your Head in the Night. I'll do it Too."
  • HamelinHamelin
    edited November 2008
    Don't boss me!
  • Blob-Of-EvilBlob-Of-Evil
    edited November 2008
    I'm only joking!

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