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Post by philsadler on Sept 28, 2015 18:46:18 GMT
Hey all I released this gamebook on Fighting Fantasy Project but it seems to have flown beneath the radar completely. In view of that I thought I'd put it here too because us amateur writers live for a bit of feedback and a few comments. Currently, it is only available in normal Word format, but in the future it may be made into an interactive title if the FF Project owner gets round to it. Tell me what you think about the book... Edit: the book has been updated to fix the anagram puzzle and the encounter with the Lord's son. Both encounters were winnable before, but the first was too easy and the second had a few errors in the text.
Attachments:House of Pain.doc (908 KB)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2015 20:59:21 GMT
Earl of Drumer? You complete me.
Yeah.
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Post by deadshadowrunner on Oct 1, 2015 13:01:30 GMT
Is it possible for you to convert it to pdf?I have no idea how
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Post by offm on Oct 2, 2015 10:43:03 GMT
Is it possible for you to convert it to pdf?I have no idea how I think that you should find something if you look google under convert doc to pdf online Sent from my SUNSET2 using proboards
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Post by deadshadowrunner on Oct 2, 2015 11:34:24 GMT
Okay,thanks! It's just that last time I downloaded many zip to pdf converters and they all didn't work.Not very good with computers.
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Post by offm on Oct 6, 2015 16:05:12 GMT
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Post by deadshadowrunner on Oct 7, 2015 3:35:23 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by offm on Oct 7, 2015 9:58:11 GMT
from what i saw of the adventure the rules from special items and the fight with the demonspawn may be a little hard to implement to play online , a big challenge indeed, never converted an adventure this big (tryed with from the shadows without much success, and is being kind of difficult to regain motivation to do pick up where i left it)
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Post by philsadler on Oct 13, 2015 6:41:34 GMT
If Andy comes across something tough to implement he usually changes it or, if absolutely necessary, he gets rid of it altogether.
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Post by offm on Oct 13, 2015 13:33:13 GMT
to be really honest with you, the project should be 100% faithful to the owner´s view of the adventure, if it is not i think it shouldn´t be online.
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Post by philsadler on Oct 13, 2015 18:45:08 GMT
The trouble is that people seem far less inclined to play the normal 'book' version than the automated one. In any case I'm just glad that it can get a bit more exposure some where ... anywhere!
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Post by offm on Jan 28, 2016 17:56:37 GMT
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Post by philsadler on Feb 29, 2016 10:42:04 GMT
That sounds very good to me! By the way, here is a slightly updated version with changes to the anagram puzzle and the encounter with the Lord's son (the first post has been updated to reflect these updates): House of Pain.doc (907.5 KB)
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Post by philsadler on Apr 5, 2016 9:17:49 GMT
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Post by offm on Apr 5, 2016 12:59:47 GMT
Meanwhile , here is the pdf of the new version, that is available for download on this thread : link
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Post by vagsancho on Apr 22, 2016 16:15:00 GMT
Meanwhile , here is the pdf of the new version, that is available for download on this thread : link 499 paragraphs? Are you serious? No. No way. That does not result to me.
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Post by philsadler on Apr 22, 2016 18:39:21 GMT
Why? A few FF books had more than that. It's strange to dismiss it simply because of its paragraph count. You might like it!
PS Or you might hate it.
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Post by vagsancho on Apr 24, 2016 14:10:42 GMT
Why? A few FF books had more than that. It's strange to dismiss it simply because of its paragraph count. You might like it! PS Or you might hate it. Not 499. No way. 500! In some aspects, i have a close mind.
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Post by offm on Apr 25, 2016 22:07:54 GMT
,phil sandler did a great job on this adventure, if you begin to play i am sure you will like it Vagsancho , it is not easy to make such a big adventure with this quality.
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Post by philsadler on Apr 27, 2016 19:02:40 GMT
Thanks for you nice comments offm.
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Post by divination on May 11, 2016 2:17:48 GMT
Like your interactive book.. but how do you get past the first page!
Sorry, I must be really stupid or something but I can't get into the game no matter what I click/press.
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Post by philsadler on May 11, 2016 7:59:54 GMT
I'm not sure what you mean. The version here is just a Doc. You just scroll down to the next number you want.
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Post by offm on May 11, 2016 9:24:21 GMT
Divination you just have to read and go to the paragraphs noted like other fighting fantasy books, or are you talking of the PC desktops version made on the simple ff fan engine?!
Sent from my SUNSET2 using proboards
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Post by philsadler on Sept 8, 2016 10:46:01 GMT
Well, Andy at FFproject is half way (or so) done with the interactive version of this book, so it may be a while before it's available in that form
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Post by offm on Sept 8, 2016 16:05:08 GMT
Like your interactive book.. but how do you get past the first page! Sorry, I must be really stupid or something but I can't get into the game no matter what I click/press. Any one else that have downloaded the sourceforge project had the same issue, because it should be straight forward once it loads... (being trying to answer the question seriourly and not to be tacking for mockery , afterall technology have this sort of things not always works as we would expect it ).
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Post by deadshadowrunner on Sept 9, 2016 12:53:00 GMT
Like your interactive book.. but how do you get past the first page! Sorry, I must be really stupid or something but I can't get into the game no matter what I click/press. Try this to read it online, just start on section 0 for the intro , then 1 the follow the sections mentioned on the book. Edit:Any one else that have downloaded the sourceforge project had the same issue, because it should be straight forward once it loads... (being trying to answer the question seriourly and not to be tacking for mockery , afterall technology have this sort of things not always works as we would expect it ). Well, it's a bit laggy on my phone when you scroll down, so it makes it really annoying to read, but I appreciate your effort offm.
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Post by offm on Sept 9, 2016 14:37:45 GMT
I am aware of that ,should not be the best solution for mobile entertainment despite my efforts to make it a responsive design and adapted to phones.
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Post by offm on Sept 9, 2016 23:17:20 GMT
On my first attempt it didn't load, it did load on my second attempt , I can see it better in portrait view , but still very painful to the eyes , I wanted to give this adventure a chance to rightfully shine with a full conversion but I am so uninspired lately that it hurts.
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Post by philsadler on Sept 12, 2016 7:24:35 GMT
On my first attempt it didn't load, it did load on my second attempt , I can see it better in portrait view , but still very painful to the eyes , I wanted to give this adventure a chance to rightfully shine with a full conversion but I am so uninspired lately that it hurts. Don't give up. I also suffer from the same thing so that in the end it just feels like I'm writing for myself. Then I realised that it wasn't such a bad thing. After all, if I write for myself then I can write what I like and if someone else likes it then that's a bonus. On a positive note Andrew Wright has just told me that he's already a quarter of the way through his sequel to Beyond the Pit and I am very much looking forward to getting it.
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Post by paltogue on Sept 12, 2016 12:24:38 GMT
On a positive note Andrew Wright has just told me that he's already a quarter of the way through his sequel to Beyond the Pit and I am very much looking forward to getting it. Ooh! Do tell more Andy if you're reading.
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