Thanks Andy.

I would actually prefer if there was an «online only» version. This would prevent cheating as I would be curious to see who can finish it first.

I hope we can cooperate on the online version and reach some kind of agreement as to how to do things.

Either way, I`m 30% done so it could still be a while.

As for the single reference, it`s mostly descriptions as opposed to choices being made without the player consent.

Q.

Question
Tue Jun 26 23:32:23 2007
The Diamond Key

About 150 references done (147 to be exact)...

Joshi
Wed Jun 27 15:30:00 2007
General Chat

This website is really good !!!!!!: i love all the books!

Phil Sadler
Wed Jun 27 15:47:30 2007
The Diamond Key

Off topic I know but I have just completed my last exam for college and will never have to go back to that God-forsaken place gain except to gain my results: yey!

Question
Wed Jun 27 22:24:58 2007
The Diamond Key

Good on you Phil! :0)

By the way, I would like to use some pictures for my book.

I've found the following website which affirms that their images are free:

http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/fantasy-pictures.html

As my book is non-commercial I figured it would be ok to use some of them.

Are you aware of other free fantasy art out there? Some that don't require any permission from the authors.

Age of Fable
Sat Jun 30 07:13:58 2007
The Diamond Key

> http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/fantasy-pictures.html

actually I doubt that the person who owns this site has rights to all those pictures - one of them is by Brom, who's a pretty famous fantasy artist.

Age of Fable
Sat Jun 30 11:53:33 2007
The Diamond Key

www.harvestfields.ca has a fair bit of usable clip art (and a lot of completely unrelated stuff).

Question
Sat Jun 30 12:29:57 2007
The Diamond Key

Thank you, Age of Fable.

I too doubted those images were free, which is why I asked.

I checked your link. Couldn't find anything useful but then again I didn't really check all the links you provided.

Thank you anyway.

Question
Wed Jul 4 18:15:58 2007
The Diamond Key

Roughly 190 paragraphs done.

Wow.. a 1000 references is really mind blowing for the Diamond Key.

Still I'm about halfway through now.

I understand why you stopped after two books, Phil, it does require a huge amount of time.

Age of Fable Sat Jul 7 03:41:59 2007 The Diamond Key	> I've realized there's a few references which are a page long or more. How do you feel about that? I'd try and break them up into paragraphs. Your job isn't to tell a story or have a great overarching plot. Remember that the most popular official Fighting Fantasy book is Deathtrap Dungeon, whose plot is "this guy's built a dungeon and you're trying to get through it."
	It's a matter of opinion. Personally, I do think that the story and plot are important - though of course complicated plots can still be conveyed using an economical style of writing. You might also be interested to know that according to Amylase, Deathtrap Dungeon is second in popularity to the much more complex Creature Of Havoc.

Question
Sat Jul 7 11:32:24 2007
The Diamond Key

Yes, thank you, something I'll definitely keep in mind.

James Mon Jul 9 21:48:38 2007 Wrong Way Go Back	How do you beat Wrong way go back now? SPOILER I can't seem to get into gary fishborne's room and without his manual I can't do anything after I unscrew the parent bot. Also, if you try to take the torch from the locker an error message appears in the browser, saying that it cannot open the file. END SPOILER
	I have fixed the torch / locker bug now.

iomo.
Mon Jul 16 13:08:04 2007
General Chat

THIS IS THE BEST WEBSITE EVER!!!!!!!!111111one.

we are currently playing stealer of souls in old school format.

steve jackson and ian livingston are our heroes.

Review at Independent Gaming
Tue Jul 17 06:22:53 2007
General Chat

We've put a review of this project up at www.indygamer.blogspot.com. Please check it out and me know if you have any concerns/requests!

By the way, I was wondering what name should we credit this software to?

You can contact me directly at james@jademedia.net!

Best Regards.

Brian
Tue Jul 17 16:19:10 2007
General Chat

As a child, Fighting Fantasy gamebooks took the best parts of "Choose Your Own Adventure" and "Dungeons and Dragons" with just a sprinkling of Tolkien in it's (mostly) fantasy setting and combined to make a riviting read and game experience. Having collected most of the early books, about 20 so far, I would LOVE to collect the surprising number of titles that are out now. When are they going to be available in the U.S??????. Lucky Brits.
I just got Night Dragon from quite a persitent and pricey internet hunt. Has anyone ever BEAT that book? -Just askin.

Jack Swift Tue Jul 17 16:31:59 2007 The Trial Of Allibor's Tomb	Great site you have here. I tried "The Trial Of Allibor's Tomb," and the player's stats won't update when a fight is in progress. Is that going to change?
	Thanks. Regarding the stats failing to update, I just checked and it seems to be OK. If you or anyone else see this happening again, could you email me the URL?

Drusilla
Tue Jul 17 18:58:53 2007
I'm Writing A Gamebook

Great site, love the books!

I'm currently attempting to do one myself.
I'm trying to make it classic style but with enough innovation in plot to make it something different.
Can anyone suggest what the optimum length should be?
I've done 100 references so far and I'm planning on 400.
I see some make them longer and shorter though.
Any opinion on how long it should be?
I'm using a basic Village-Forest-Town-Hills-Fortress structure.

Thanks in advance.

I don't think there is an optimum length. There are examples of gamebooks ranging from 50 to 1000 references on this site alone.

Question Wed Jul 18 15:35:25 2007 The Diamond Key	Halfway through my gamebook, I got 700 viruses off a Chinese Website. Had to format my hard drive. Don't know what I'll do about the gamebook. I will keep you guys updated.
	I believe that it is possible to recover data from a hard drive even after it has been formatted, and that there is free software available to do this. So there is a chance that your gamebook may not be irretrievably lost.

Phil Sadler
Thu Jul 19 12:14:37 2007
The Diamond Key

Question: please tell us that you had a back up of the book?

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