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Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you choose how the story should progress. If you don't see an option that you would like to pursue, click the edit tab on the top of the page and add a new path to the page. Then you get to write in your own adventure for the character.

Please note that this site is specifically for Choose Your Own Adventure stories. If you choose to post stories that have no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate for this site.

We currently have 123,441 articles.

If you're new to this site, please read our Tutorial to learn how to edit stories.

How to Edit

Idea Pitches

Hint: If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some Grammatical Tips.

If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the Sandbox.

Featured Story

Remember
You awake to find yourself caught and placed in a room with no recollection about yourself.

You are stuck in a room with only a walkie-talkie linked to your captor and two people in nearby rooms that you cannot contact. A choice of which person leaves and which two starve to death looming ahead, you have to try to find out about yourself.

Can you? Nominated by Snowball

WARNING: Some pages include coarse language. Some pages are also a bit disgusting.

Featured CYOA Nominations

Previous Featured Stories

How to feature a story

Story Reviews

Look here for reviews of existing stories or to add your own reviews. This is still new though, so don't expect your favourite story to be reviewed just yet. Try to stick to constructive criticism only. Deliberate insults or flaming will be deleted.

If you have any questions concerning this section, or you want a certain story to be reviewed and you can't bothered to do it yourself, don't be afraid and ask Heyoeveryone.

Family-Friendly Stories

FOR ALL AGES: Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG. Please remove any other content that exceeds this.

Story	Status
Abigail's Tale	(28 pages, PLEASE DO NOT EDIT)
Afraid of the Dark (horror)	(44 pages) (Under construction last update 4/7/2012 story now coherent)
An Adventure...	(56+ pages)
Another Story Of Another Random Person	(93+ pages)
Areas 45-51	(Do not edit)
BauBaus! (for critter lovers and trainers alike!)	(20+ pages,under construction)
Bored	(WIP)
Bus Troubles	(23 pages)
Calloway Adventure	(17 pages)
Carnival	(20+ pages)
Chocolate Man	(W.I.P)
Choose Your Own Adventure Adventure	(Don't go loco and keep the pages long.) Special:Longpages
Christmas Time	(21 pages) please don't edit.
The Crimes which FAIL	Public, but no non-crime options except for Kill yourself
DUDE WHERES MY CAR	(14 pages)
the get away	(13 pages)
A Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie	(45+ pages)
The Golden Banana	(17 pages)
Goosebumps in Horrorland	(75+ pages)
Greek Heroes	[WIP] You play the roll of an aspiring Greek hero. Please do not edit.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	(finished for me, expand the pages, Most are vague.)
Harry Potter And the Adventure Chosen by You	(200+ pages)
Hope & Neveah (WIP DO NOT EDIT!!)
horror on the subway	(w.i.p please don't edit)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	(15+ pages)
HUNGER	(0+ pages DO NOT EDIT ENGLISH PROJECT)
Jake vs the Mayor of Dragon Valley	(17 pages)
Kalew	(65+ pages)
The Kitty in the Window (Now with PG, hard to find LOTR expansion!)	(450+ pages)
The Life of a Wolf	(35+ pages W.I.P Please don't edit for now)
Limerick	(Open to public. Use only Limericks)
Madman's Mansion	(50+ pages; open to public, work on it)
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga	(30+ pages)
Mayday	(13 pages)
Mockery	(Do not Edit Unless asked to)
My Crazy Ranch	(18+ pages)
Newspaper Delivery	(23 pages)
Penguins (The Frozen Adventure)	(10+ pages)
Penguins (just click "Three times a day")	(~59 pages) Edit well.
Portal 3: Wheatley Returns Under Construction
Percy Jackson: The adventures of a demigod	(50+ pages)
Point Of View	(Pick up a dead story or just throw it in the pit.
Princess Carkegee	(15+ pages)
A Random Day	(45 pages)
Revisiting the Sneetches	(WIP Feel Free to Edit)
School's only 4 some people!	(W.I.P)
The secrets of SECRETPAGE	(30+ pages)
sewer wars	(11 pages)
Short and Funny.	(11 pages)
Snowboarding at the slope	(19 pages)
Spacewars with GDS	(20 pages)
Stealing Marathon	(20+ pages)
The Time Machine	(15+ page)
Time Vortex	(20+ pages)
Transformers: War Between Two Worlds	(W.I.P PLEASE DO NOT EDIT! As soon as there is enough content, please review!)
Tutorial	(Begun 10/28/09. If you have any wisdom to impart, please add to the story.)
Unicorn Tamer	(5+ pages)
Visiting the Zoo	(130+ pages)
White Rooms	(WIP, no edits please)
You Gotta Read This	(12 pages)

Are you a boy or a girl?

I'm a:

Status
Health	#	Equipment: Equipment
MP	#
Level	#

Quizzes and Challenges

Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):

Digimon Quizo'!	(35+ pages)
Quiz Show	(20+ pages)
A Quizzy Show	(10 pages)
Rock, Paper, Scissors	(25 pages)
Rock, Paper, Scissors 2	(110+ pages)
The Rock Paper Scissors game	(25+ pages)
Trivia Time	(15+ pages)
The video game quiz	(30+ pages)
The video game quiz 2	(65+ pages)
The Ultimate MMA quiz game!	(65+ pages)
Video Game Trivia I	(10+ pages)
Video Games	(Finished, pretty lame, but it's my first.)
Testing out	(WIP)

Mature Stories

Content normally found in R-rated movies, no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:

Story	Status
1943	Open
101st	(Open!)
5,000 B.C.	(Public)
1st Day Of Highschool	(WIP)
Aberrant	(0+ pages)
Adventures of Ty (or Others)	(13+ Pages; Work In Progress; Public; Please Contribute)
Assassins of the CIA	(don't edit!)
An Actual Awesome Adventure	Under Construction, only edittable by User:Jakeinator
Aftermath	(25 pages)(By Falar: Just started- its public. If you're gonna write in it, please do it well =/)
Agent Black	(70 pages)(New Story. Now public)
Amnesia	(50+ pages)
Another Pointless Story (The Ultimate Showdown)	(101+ pages)
Awake	(45 pages)
Badassery	(20+ pages)
The Battle for the Earth	(10+ pages, open for editing)
Battle Royale	(200+ pages) Public Story, Help Work On It!
Beta Experiment: DNA Death Match	(1+ pages)(Under Construction, Do Not Edit)
Black and White Backpack	(0+ pages; please do not edit)
Blood Sunrise	(25+ pages, W.I.P.)
Burning Leaves	(Under construction, don´t edit!!)
The Bulletman	(W.I.P.)
Catacombs	(WIP. you may edit, just stick to the story)
City Life	(12+ pages)
City Life Manhattan	(22+ pages)
Clock Tower: School of Devils	(10+ pages) Work in progress
Complete,Utter Randomness	(12+ pages)
Critical Thoughts	(W.I.P.)
Danse Macabre	(0 pages)(Public)
Darkened Hope	(30+ pages)
Dating Game	(34+ pages)
A Day In The Life Of A Dangerous Hitman	(24+ pages)
Dead Reckoning	(WIP DO NOT EDIT)
Death Comes Quickly	(Under construction. NO PUBLIC EDITS.)
Demon Hunter	(Under construction)
Demon College	(Just started, Public)
Desperate Road Trip	(Under Construction. Do Not Edit!)
Dogfight over Europe	(35+ pages)
Don't Die	(New! 35 pages)
Duel fates	(15+ pages)
Fiddlers Green	(WIP)
Fogwood High: The Game	(30+ pages)
Gears of war time	(Under Construction, please don't edit)
The Deadly Creed	(Please Edit!)
The Giant Building With A Million Rooms	(175+ pages)
The Girl Down the Street	(20 pages)
The Great War of Earth	(New story, under construction)
Harry Potter Fanfiction Adventure	(WIP DO NOT EDIT)
Hetalia:A Sleep Over At America's House	(WIP Please Don't Edit)
Higschool Monsters	(Warning: Gruesome) (Under Construction, Do not edit)
High School Blues	(0+ pages) (WIP Don't edit)
Hoboken Has Gone to Hell	(25+ Pages, Public)
How I Became A Necromancer	(Under Construction)
Identity Crisis	(5 pages) (Do Not Edit)
I like Cookie	(10+ pages)
In The Army	(25+ pages)
InFeRnO	(the under construction epic)
Insert Word Here	(JUST STARTED)
It's Not Hard to Fail, It's Not Easy to Win	(Barely started, feel free to edit and contribute)
Jim's Barbeque	(15+ pages)
A Knights Quest	(20+ pages)
Life of an Abused Emo	(3+ Pages) (Public)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	(Open to pubic add on as you please:) )
Luigi and Mario Stories	(175+ pages)(11 stories)
Mahjor's Box	(JUST STARTED, DO NOT EDIT)
Malinovyĭ - The Red Planet	(Public)
Medieval Life	(WIP)
Megaman: mature edition	(Public)
Mess Effect 2	(WIP)
Nations At War	(15+ pages)
Nature Calls on a Nature Hike	(WIP)
The Never-Ending Quest	(30+ pages)
A New Beginning	(0+ pages-just began)
A New Life	(40+ pages Public)
The Next Day	(Just Started, Do Not Edit)
Nexus Path; The Beginning	(don't edit! Work in progress.)
the night at home	(just started)
OF, Z!!!	(I give up, too difficult/not worth it.)
On a Boat	(Mission/Adventure WIP, Public)
out in the woods	(in construction)
The Outbreak	(No editing please)
Perverticus	(WIP)
Psychodude	(30+ pages Open to Public)
quest to kill tutorial genie	(Its Your Call)
Rebellion	(5+ Pages, Do Not Edit)
A random story	(333+ pages)
A Random Story About Random Stuff	(100+ pages)
Random III	(25+ pages)
Random Four	(25+ pages)
The Random Quota	(Private: Under Construction, only editable by User:Kincaid)
Remember	(Do Not Edit Without Permission) (70+ Pages)(<--Featured!)
Rescue	(36 pages) (Complete, Do not edit.)
Resident evil	(53 pages. Do NOT edit!.)
Resident Evil RPG	(W.I.P. Please don't edit)
Run From The Mob	(10+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
School Life	(WIP) (Please do not edit until I take it out of WIP)
Seek	(W.I.P. 10+ pages. No editing please!)
Serial X	(25+ pages. Work On It, It's Public)
Shit Happens, in Your Town.	(7/15/10 12+ pages ((Do not edit)))
Short And Random Stories	(250+ pages)(25 stories)
The Short But True Story of The Secret Passage	(25+ pages)
Short of Darkness	(W.I.P)
Silent Hill: Distorted Fantasies	(W.I.P. Please refrain from editing)
Slasher	(20+ pages)
Smile	(WIP)
Sniper	(38+ pages, WIP, two story arcs so far, do NOT edit.)
Sonic 1	(Just started I need help so who ever likes sonic please edit)
soul evolution	(0+ pages,public but keep it serious)
Space Ship Excalibur	(First Mission complete, more to come!)
Spirit Warp	(50% finished and is NOT public, please leave it to me. feel free to play though!)
splinter cell	(3+ pages)
Spongebob's Day Off	(90+ pages)
Spongebob VS Patrick	(40+ pages)
Spongebob Squarepants: A Dish Served Cold	(Just started, feel free to add on)
Star Wars: Dawn of the New Republic	(Just started)
Survival	(30+ pages W.I.P.)
Super Survival	(0+ pages WIP)
Team Fortress 2: RED vs BLU	Under Construction, only editable by User:Jakeinator
Team Fortress 2: Spy vs. Sniper	(40+ pages, started 6/24/09)
Tesco Midnight Run	(25+ pages)
Thought Of Me	(200+ pages)
To be named later	(IDK pages)Bentenmike
Triforce	(WIP-please don't edit the story!!!)
UNITY: The fall of humanity	(300+ pages under work do not modify without permission please.)
University Secrets!	(Public but don't add any pages but the ones that are unwritten )
Violence	(+20 Pages, in progress)
war in Europe	(100+ pages)
Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates	(150+ pages, in progress)
The Wasteland	(WIP - Feel free to add new pages)
Week of the Zombies	(25+ pages)
World Undone	(15+ pages)
Yet Another Zombie Story	(Unknown+ pages If you Edit Keep It True)
YOUR CRAZY	(12 People can work on this)
Zach	(15+ pages)
Zombies	(Just started)
Zombie Apocalypse	(WIP Please Don't Edit)
Zombie blood	(35+ pages)
Zombie Judgement Day	(35+ pages wip)
Zombie Overlord (Mmmm...Brains)	(50+ Pages,Work on It, It's Public)
Zombies NOT AGIAN	(Just Started please don't edit)
Zombies: This is getting really old.	(Go ahead and edit. it's one more zombie story.)
Zombehz	(10+ Pages,edit freely)

Adult Stories

Click here to enter the adult section. Do not enter if you are underage . or if you are offended by adult material...lawl jk, we all know you young ones are gonna go on anyways.

Pit of Abandoned Stories

Stories of less than ten pages that haven't been worked on by anyone in some time will be dropped into the Pit. Feel free to retrieve stories from the Pit and put them back here on the Main Page if you get inspired and add to one.

Creating a Story

If you have an idea for a story, you might like to try pitching your idea to other users and seeing how interested people might be in playing your story, what you could do to make playing your story fun, and who might be interested in collaborating with you to write it. Once you have done that, you can create it by entering your desired name for the Story into the search box and clicking Go. If the name has not already been taken, click this exact title to start the story.

There are three general types of story. The first is the branching-plot story (an example of this is the Choose Your Own Adventure series of gamebooks), which require the reader to make choices but are otherwise like a regular novel. The second type is the role-playing game adventure, which combines the branching-plot novel with simple role-playing rules such as attack points and monster battles. The third type is the trivia quiz, where the player must answer questions as if they were on a game show.

Instructions

Starting Template

Copy and paste this for new pages:

Page text here


Do you:
*[[Adventure/Option 1]]
*[[Adventure/Option 2]]
*[[Adventure/Option 3]]
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}
[[Category: name of story you're working on]]

The next to the last line here is the status indicator. The status indicator shown here is the basic status indicator. Different stories use different status indicators, and some use none at all. Look at the edit screen for the page you're starting from and copy that status indicator to the new page you're adding. Modify as necessary.

Every page should have the category at the bottom. This keeps track of all the pages in the story. You can copy the category line from the previous page to the one you're working on. The category, obviously, is never 'name of story you're working on'. You type in the actual name of the story.

For additional help in wiki syntax, click here

To edit a page

Just click the edit tab on the top of the page

To add an option

[[Adventure name/New option name]]

Options that appear red on the page have no content. Click the link, paste in the above template, and then add your own content.

To avoid accidentally crossing with other users' stories, it may be best to create pages with more than just an option name, like Unicorns or Open your eyes. Instead, when you create a new page, call it You have to slay The Dragon/_Page 1 or YOUR CRAZY/Give up. You can have the link name be whatever you want though, like this: [[You have to slay The Dragon|Enter The Dragon's Lair]] will appear as Enter The Dragon's Lair on the page.

This is for fun!

Tips

Don't give too many options when starting a new story and leave half of them redlinked. Focus on a small number of story threads at first.
Outline a general plan for what the intention of your story is when you start it: What genre and themes it belongs to.
As alternative to plain formatting for your story, you may try using Italics to write the Narration, regular Font for character Dialogue and Bold for Character/Item/Location names or important developments. Example: As you walked through the Forest, you heard a young girl calling out for you. "Jack! Wait for me! I have a gift for you!" Kate runs up to you and gives you the MacGuffin. Whatever style you choose, try to keep it consistent throughout the story.
If you are having difficulty spacing out paragraphs, you can use <br>. Example:
This is an example of how to break up paragraphs on a page.<br><br>This is the same example. will show as:

This is an example of how to break up paragraphs on a page.

This is the same example.

Don't inject crude humor into a story that's intended to be played straight.
Please categorize the pages in your story. For example, if your story is called "The Story", then please add [[Category:The Story]] to each new page you create for your story.

Rules

People have a tendency to create branches where the character dies. To prevent the story from being just a tree with all dead ends:

For each page where you kill the player's character, you must create at least 2 pages (with content) where s/he can go on.
Please stick to the theme and setting of the story, and discuss ideas for major changes on the discussion pages. Although creativity is encouraged, radical plot changes and inconsistencies will ruin the flow.
If something is off topic, remove it.
Try to capitalize and spell your words correctly.
ADD OPTIONS AND NOT JUST TEXT! Complete pages include options so the story can continue (unless the page is an ending). Incomplete pages will be edited or deleted.

To Do List

Go through and fix or remove status indicators from pages.
- Some are not needed in stories and were copied and pasted from the template.
- Some are missing the level and MP from the line of code.
Remove off-topic pages.
Correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
Add a basic, or main, timeline of background events during the period that the character is making choices in - those events are usually out of the character's control. This will help add consistency.
Pages with major spelling, grammar or other problems, but not problems that render the page spam and a candidate for deletion, should be categorized in the Pages Requiring Attention Category to get other editors to help fix it up. If a page is not yet complete, add it to Category:Pages Under Construction so people know the editor is still working on it and it does not need to have someone improve it.
Story Endings should be categorized with Category:Endings.

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