Monday, November 16, 2009

out of the sky

Joel and I wrote a choose-you-own-adventure story while we were on holidays.  We wrote it as a big flowchart and I've now turned it into a blog.

What do you think?

It just needs some pictures. 

12 comments:

  1. That's fantastic.

    You should try to convince Ben to illustrate.

    Did you see my post today that was essentially a thesis on Choose Your Own Adventure stories?

    Spooky coincidence.

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  2. You should hide the archives so that people like me can't cheat.

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  3. Speaking of spooky co-incidences... I've just read and commented on yours!

    Did you die?

    Joel will probably illustrate it.

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  4. Rats, the piranas got me! Had it not been for the termites, I may have made it.

    I love it. I am all for choose your own adventures, especially ones where you bravely face such gory adversity.

    If possible, I'd like to see the general blog page have a border of cammo design, with Joel's pictures for each stage.

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  5. I LOVE it!! I'm going to show my son - and maybe we'll try something like this on our holidays...

    Nicole

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  6. http://outoftheskyadventure.blogspot.com/2009/11/turning-right.html

    Something strange happens when I try to go through the mist???

    But lots of fun. I used to love these stories...

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  7. I love the concept and it's good to see the old CYOA genre still kicking. Piranhas, termites - good to see there was one happy ending (although I wondered that the enemy soldiers didn't follow for their own R&R).

    Actually, piranhas don't tend to attack anything that accidentally strays into their river / tank, they tend to be scavengers rather than predators. Of course, if they are starving then you get the rapid destruction of a carcass (the myth was due to a "show" by Brazilian farmers put on for Theodore Roosevelt).

    Now if it had been set in north Qld / NT / WA you could have them being eaten by crocodiles. :-)

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  8. Sorry, I've never liked Choose your own adventures. Usually because they are too short! But I do applaud your creativity in interacting with your kids. Yay! We might even try it in the coming holiday months. We've tried telling verbal stories in the car as a group, but they often fall flat. A chart might be just the thing...

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  9. I always tried to read every option when reading CYOA as a child. I will head back later to try some more options in your story. Creating it sounds like a fun family activity.

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  10. Thanks guys. Nicole - if you make your own, draw it up as a big flowchart first.

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