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Revision as of 00:57, 11 February 2011

2/09/11 :: I've fleshed out the elevator thread, there is one fatal ending, one return to the start room, and one successful descent. The elevator is destroyed and should not be used to ascend, the shaft however may be used if someone wishes to in the future.

The room at the bottom has three exits, one Labyrinth, one Laboratory, and one dark staircase descent. I have no definite intentions for the Labyrinth or Laboratory (the torch on the wall next to the labyrinth entrance is meant to be taken if you contribute to the labyrinth story, as it is very dark down there) I invite all to contribute to those.

I only have a rough intention for the dark staircase descent as a true dungeon of sorts. Nothing more definite than that, feel free to contribute.

I have also added a couple of unique return to start room pages for staircase and elevator.

-Zitkovich

Awesome contribution! Hopefully we can get more participation. Feel free to spread the news on Reddit!

-Admin

2/10/11 :: I've edited the "Try and get the box open" page to "Try to get the box open" I just copy and pasted a new page, didn't see the move function. I will be using that one next if needed.

Also minor formatting, changed the response descriptions in "Try to get the box open" and changed the lake to tang of ocean air in "The door" to comply with what you see from the top of the lighthouse if you took that route first. There can be a lake up in the forest somewhere or beyond the meadow I'm sure with better results.

-Zitkovich

The 'move' function copies the history of the old page to the new one, and creates a redirect. It does NOT update links that point to the old page. Because of this, it does not free up the original title for another page unless you manually change all links that point to the redirect. Use with caution, or you might be better off just copy/pasting to new pages if you need the title changed.
Also, you can make the choice state something other than the actual title of the new page.

    Example:
    
     [[Link title|What you want it to say]]
     [[open_steel_door_2|Pull the door open cautiously]]
     

-Admin

2/10/11 :: Minor edits to the laboratory, expanded options with descriptions instead of simply "strait, left, right"

Changed the name of "Take a little more time and try to repair the box" to "Take a little more time and try to repair the control panel" to avoid confusion with the box on the floor in the elevator.

There is an issue with the wooden box in the elevator, both the thread where you fix the elevator and the thread where you go strait for the box end up at the same "open the box" page. The "turn your attention back to the box" should probably not be there after you fix the elevator, unless someone wants to work out two identical "open the box" threads; one where you had fixed the elevator and one where you need to still fix it.

-Zitkovich

2/10/11 :: I added a page for the Swirl your finger around in the liquid link found in the Try to get the box open page. The reader swirls his finger in the liquid and a trollface flies out, and his antennae start to throb.

I added options for Reach up and feel your antennae, you decide it was your imagination so you Switch your focus back to getting the elevator working (which is also linked in the elevator), and Exit the elevator and seek out the flying trollface. I hope this all works out!

-abw1987

Labyrinth

I've started doing some of The Labyrinth. The idea is a long, boring maze with a big pay-off if you can navigate it correctly. (i.e. Only one exit!) I need to go back and add some improvements (such as the ability to take a torch with you.) If other people want to edit it in this direction that would be just splendid. :)

JiFish 00:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Great idea, you beat me to it! Maybe you could even map out a grid of rooms (say, 30x30?) while you are working to keep it all consistent. Good luck!

--Admin 00:53, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Warning: some self-promotion here. I had a similar idea to this CYOA, but with a twist. I called it Choose Your Own HyperAdventure. The twist is that you are exploring the web while you explore the story, because each link not only takes you down the story path, but it takes you to the blog (or whatever site) of the person that wrote the choice. Instead of the story being contained in the zoo, it is a wild animal roaming across the web. I won't link to my attempt at this--which failed due to lack of critical mass--but it's the top result on google if you're curious. Apologies if this was not the appropriate place to discuss this.

-Schissel

In the future, those sorts of discussions should probably be contained in the Reddit Thread. Which brings another fair point; I should start a subreddit. Also, new additions to the Talk page go at the bottom.