Hello! + A different idea?

[ThrillhoBaggins]

Hello! I am a new member, just want to say thank you for welcoming me to the community and was hoping to run an idea by you all before I really get started.

I am a member of many forums and I like to do on topic games/stories that involve the entire community. Is there anyway, or any interest, in me being able to do something like that here?

 

[TheCrystallineEntity]

What kind of games/stories do you have in mind? Like roleplays, or something else?

 

[ThrillhoBaggins]

Essentially roleplay, but I call it a world building exercise, I have also heard it referred to as interactive fiction. Think something similar to the TellTale games.

 

[ThinkerX]

We have a subforum dedicated to writing challenges. In the past, it has been used for short story contests. You might be able to build on something like that: Describe a city or other location and invite members to write short stories set there.

 

[ThrillhoBaggins]

It definitely does not qualify as a short story.

 

[ThinkerX]

It definitely does not qualify as a short story.

You use short stories to build the world.

You don't say that the City of Ty was attacked by barbarians; instead, the authors show what people went through during that event, with each tale from a diferent characters perspective. The barbarian warrior is going to see things very differently than the guardsman or artisan.

 

[ThrillhoBaggins]

It could work, but it might be a bit confusing. Many of these worlds are going to have a multiverse, the first one has 12 main Earths.