Hi, good people of Evil Apples!
This is a web version of the game where you would classically pass a sheet of paper around, with everybody adding a sentence to a story, but everybody only ever reads what the previous person wrote.

This web-app takes care of all the organization of it (or at least aims to, this was hastily cobbled together last year or so, and I never did anything exceeding basic functionality.

I'm working on it, though, and if you have any requests or questions in general, feel free to write me :)

Current rules:

  • The first player (game master) starts the game by writing the beginning of the story, setting an amount of turns the story should take, and inviting other players.
  • As soon as there are at least 4 players, the game begins.
  • The next player reads the beginning and continues the story.
  • The story gets passed around and every player adds something to it.
  • Everybody only ever sees what the previous person wrote. Everybody else can't see what you're doing.
  • Under "History", you can see what happened in the game and when.
    You can keep track of what you have written so far.
  • The story advances as the players in the queue play, but the game owner or the site admin (me) can skip a player, should the need arise.
  • The game finishes when the predetermined amount of turns has been played. Everybody gets to see the finished story then.

"The Platypus's Big Overseas Adventure"

Length: 20 rounds.

Players writing on this story:

Admin
Admin
Khavets
Khavets
Cthulhu
Cthulhu
CONgirl
CONgirl
👑Kweeny👑
👑Kweeny👑

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Status:

Played: 17 of 20 rounds.

History:

2019-03-20 02:05:29: Admin wrote something.
2019-03-20 02:40:00: Khavets has joined the story.
2019-03-20 02:45:16: Khavets wrote something.
2019-03-21 21:55:25: Cthulhu has joined the story.
2019-03-21 22:41:35: Cthulhu wrote something.
2019-03-21 22:53:05: Admin wrote something.
2019-03-21 23:38:15: CONgirl has joined the story.
2019-03-22 01:45:04: Khavets wrote something.
2019-03-22 05:24:49: Cthulhu wrote something.
2019-03-24 19:11:05: 👑Kweeny👑 has joined the story.
2019-03-24 19:20:56: CONgirl wrote something.
2019-03-24 19:47:22: 👑Kweeny👑 wrote something.
2019-03-24 20:04:34: Admin wrote something.
2019-03-26 17:36:05: Khavets wrote something.
2019-04-12 03:52:51: Cthulhu wrote something.
2019-04-16 00:42:33: CONgirl wrote something.
2019-04-16 04:23:13: 👑Kweeny👑 wrote something.
2019-04-16 04:39:36: Admin wrote something.
2019-06-12 09:45:24: Player Admin has skipped player Khavets.
2019-07-29 22:35:12: Cthulhu wrote something.
2021-08-01 03:11:20: CONgirl wrote something.
2022-01-14 03:12:42: Player Admin has skipped player 👑Kweeny👑.
2022-01-14 03:29:15: Admin wrote something.

Invitation link

To invite players to this game, simply send them this link:

https://benjamin-philipp.com/stories/20?intro=1&title=The_Platypus-s_Big_Overseas_Adventure

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Current Stories:

"Alt und neu"

Started: 2018-10-14 15:53:53 by Admin; Players: Admin, Anadirol, Cthulhu

"The Platypus's Big Overseas Adventure"

Started: 2019-03-20 02:05:29 by Admin; Players: Admin, Khavets, Cthulhu , CONgirl, 👑Kweeny👑

"Cult of the Eeeeeevil Apples..."

Started: 2019-03-24 04:31:32 by Cthulhu ; Players: Cthulhu , Admin, CONgirl, 👑Kweeny👑, Jack, Khavets, CosmicTaco

"The Day Things Did The Thing"

Started: 2021-10-13 11:28:21 by CosmicTaco; Players: CosmicTaco, Admin

Finished Stories:

"Die Auferstehung der Hohenmarkler"

Started: 2017-09-11 03:29:48 by Admin; Players: Admin, ChinChin*, Fightforffm, Ewaldi 75

"Test"

Started: 2020-01-05 02:39:24 by Admin; Players: Admin, Sucts1946@teleworm.us, Tester

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ToDo:

I honestly have lost track of what I implemented so far. Here are some points I wrote down originally:

  • E-Mail notification when it's your turn and you're not logged in on the site (will be configurable, don't worry) ;) )
  • Sign up with Google (I think that's where I left off back then because it was misbehaving)
  • Closed games: can only be accessed by already registered and invited users
  • Giving the game master (or even all players) the option to advance the game/skip players
  • Ease of use/UX (cleaner design, more functionality at the press of a button, ...)
  • Ability to leave a running game
  • Some features to get rid of maybe unwanted ambiguity (specifically some German pronouns)

Furthermore, a mobile app for easier use is... at least somewhat in the works. In theory.
I mean, I have started looking into a native implementation for Android, and cross-platform frameworks, but it's probably going to be android only