Visual Novels are evolved forms of older Choose Your Own Adventure books. Are there any CYOAs you think would translate well as a VN? pic related (hell, Goosebumps in general is related)

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Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:10:12 2009 No.2161938 [DELETED]

Visual Novels are evolved forms of older Choose Your Own Adventure books.

Are there any CYOAs you think would translate well as a VN?

pic related (hell, Goosebumps in general is related)

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:12:12 2009 No.2161957 The only CYOAs I ever read, short of VNs, are from the goosebumps series. So I'd do one of those.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:12:12 2009 No.2161956 Oh shit I had that one but forgot what happens ;_;

>>	English Muffin !A4oRvQHaNo!!5EMM6+hRLxG Sat Feb 28 21:13:12 2009 No.2161965 >evolved I giggled

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:13:12 2009 No.2161958 File: 248 KB, 310x491, The_Hunt_for_Red_October.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Here..

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:14:12 2009 No.2161966 File: 519 KB, 700x1188, 1234634774693.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2161938 Sure.

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:16:12 2009 No.2161979

>>2161956
You're at your grandma's house, her backyard is shared with a graveyard, the tombstones move closer and only you notice, 2 main branches to the story either A) defend your grandma's house from the ghosts there's even a boss ghost, fuck or B) go home leaving grandma to her fate, but a ghost or two follow you to your house and you have to deal with them there (forgot if there's a ghost loli, but my book's in the garage and laziness is a bitch)

>>	eirei emiya !NERO.ByayA Sat Feb 28 21:18:12 2009 No.2161991 >>2161966 Are you my master?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:19:12 2009 No.2161994 >>2161966 FFFFFFF

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:26:12 2009 No.2162024
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In THE STRONGEST, you will be an ice fairy named CIRNO. As CIRNO, you are five feet tall and weigh 100 pounds. You have short light blue hair, brilliant blue eyes, and have icicle-shaped wings. You normally wear a green ribbon, white blouse and blue skirt and dress. Like all fairies, you have some measure of magical power - in your case, manipulation of cold. Although you aren't the smartest fairy in Gensokyo, your pride and bluntness make up for such shortcomings.

Your journey begins at Misty Lake, near the Scarlet Devil Mansion. The dangers awaiting you will challenge your skills to the limit. Gather your wits about you. Turn the page and take the first step into ADVENTURE!

>>	Emiya Shiro !v9WDZOm6ls Sat Feb 28 21:30:12 2009 No.2162042 File: 5 KB, 135x135, O_O Shiro.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2161991

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:33:12 2009 No.2162065 Some Goosebumps books were fucking bullshit. You could only win if you were left-handed, wearing a blue sweater, if it was Monday and other ridiculous conditions.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:34:12 2009 No.2162069 >>2162024 Five foot tall and 100 pounds sounds kinda chubby.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:34:12 2009 No.2162070 >>2162024 A group of passersby suddenly show up! Who do you fight? >Challenge the miko. Turn to page 2. >Challenge the witch. Turn to page 2. Page 2: You have been utterly defeated and humiliated! Turn back to Page 1.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:37:12 2009 No.2162102 >>2162069 >Five foot tall and 100 pounds sounds kinda chubby. lolwut I used to be 5'3" and 115lbs and that was considered severely underweight.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:40:12 2009 No.2162131 >>2162102 5'3" and ~105 last time I checked. I shit out too many nutrients, it seems...

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:42:12 2009 No.2162149 >>2162065 You could, you know, just turn to that page anyway. >>2162024 I don't know about weight, but five feet's kind of pushing it for a fairy.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:43:12 2009 No.2162165 File: 26 KB, 213x350, cover_16_Ninja.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This would make a good visual novel because Japanese ninja is #1.

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:46:12 2009 No.2162191

>>2162065
>>gamebooks in general were fucking bullshit
FTFY.
Like, the Sherlock Holmes book that were rigged so the best ending was having Holmes go "HAHAHA, YOU'RE A RETARD AND DIDN'T SOLVE THE CASE, ALLOW *ME* TO EXPLAIN WHAT WAS GOING ON IN GREAT DETAIL" no matter which clues you got, or how the Way of the Tiger series often has situations where having chosen a special Ninja ability causes you to automatically die.

Arisa !tLnaMPPfC. Sat Feb 28 21:49:12 2009 No.2162215
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In IDOLMASTER, you are PRODUCER, a young man in his 20s who will produce idols for 765. You are a nondescript young man with a dream and a passion. Rather new at the job, you are given a selection of girls to produce, all with their own charm. Will romance bloom? Will they make it to superstardom or fall into obscurity? Your actions will determine their fate. So turn the page and CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!

...goddamn I really want to write this somehow, and have choices like "High five Yayoi, turn to page 34. Touch Yayoi's chest, turn to page 121."

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:50:12 2009 No.2162228
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BETTER BOOK

You are the new kid in town and as of such have no friends. However, you meet a young boy by the name of Nick who invites you to join the "Horror Club" that meets in Batwing Hall. The first decision is whether you join or not, but regardless of the reader's decision he or she will join. Once inside Batwing Hall your initiation requires you to go on a scavenger hunt to find the "scariest item" you can find. The group is divided into two teams of three and you can join either one. It is at this point where the story is divided into two major plot twists.

If you choose to stay with the Red Team, the main plot involves the three members of the Horror Club being, in truth, monsters and you shall be one as well unless you obtain every item on your list by midnight. This storyline takes place all within one night and is set inside the mansion itself. Although it is a possibility to become a monster if you fail the challenge, this is not the only "negative" ending to your adventure. In one ending it is revealed that the house turns people to stone and you find that this is happening to you. Strangely, it is only in this ending that this effect is a problem.

If you choose to go with the Blue Team, the story takes place both within the grounds of Batwing Hall and the city. Upon deciding to open a door with a warning etched upon it, you find yourself under a curse that not only turns you into a bat when in the dark but also makes you more bat-like when you're a human. I.E. pancakes are too soft and would taste better with beetles on them. Strangely, if this route is taken Nick and the two other members who stayed within the mansion are not mentioned again. This story line holds more "opportunities" to die and is more involved with the other characters. It also grants the possibility to meet the ghost of the owner of Batwing Hall.

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:54:12 2009 No.2162259

>>2162191
I hated when sometimes 3 or 4 supposedly different paths you take end up using the same page that has vague, generic text

>>2162228
>You are the new kid in town and as of such have no friends
>have no friends
LOL JUST LIKE REAL LIFE

I did like that book though, one of the monster girls was tricked into becoming one and doesn't want you to suffer the same fate so she helps you ;_; so moe

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 21:56:12 2009 No.2162287 Shit. I had that one were you got the choice to eat some kind of cake, or fucking peanut butter. One made you giant, and the other like shrunk you or some shit. I remember fighting this fucking mouse when I wondered in its hole. Oh god

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:04:12 2009 No.2162372

>>2162228

I actually got turned on by the bondage and mummification BAD END. I was like 8 and had no idea why reading that part made me all tingly in my belly.

I wish I still had those books. I read them all at least a hundred times, and figuring that I was sick of them, I gave them all away. ;_;

denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 22:08:12 2009 No.2162431
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>>2162287
This? This one made me rage a lot. Asshole guy cousin, bitchy loli cousin, and both paths are pretty much more shittiness happening to you until you found a way to reverse the growing or shrinking

>>	Anonymous of the Confederacy !6WLOYpwYgg Sat Feb 28 22:13:12 2009 No.2162499 File: 71 KB, 396x576, GYG12.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I had a few of these when I was a kid. I think this was the best one. It had such delightfully fucked up bad ends.

>>	denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 22:14:12 2009 No.2162506 File: 47 KB, 324x475, callingall6ln.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Also, not a Goosebumps CYOA just a regular story, but fuck me if this wouldn't make a great VN adaptation.

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:17:12 2009 No.2162528
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>>2162431

Not one of my favorites.

Now this one... creepy as fuck. At one point you get run through some doll-making machinery, but luckily instead of ripping you to shreds, you just get a doll exo-skeleton.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:18:12 2009 No.2162536 The ones I remember the most was the Time Travel one and the Amusement Park one.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:19:12 2009 No.2162546 >>2162499 deboning, hacked to pieces, FFFFFFFFFFFF did this one also have the death where you're in a dark room full of mirrors and when you turn on the light the light reflects and compounds until you burn/melt? Feels bad man ;_;

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:20:12 2009 No.2162556 I read one of the first Goosebumps CYOA books. First choice was whether to climb over a fence into a close amusement park or something or to go home. I chose to go home, so of course I get called a pussy and told to flip to page 32.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:20:12 2009 No.2162557 >>2162528 Was the exo-skeleton like power armor?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:21:12 2009 No.2162563 >>2162506 COMMANDER END kicks ass. I'd imagine an alternate route would be fighting them instead

>>	Anonymous of the Confederacy !6WLOYpwYgg Sat Feb 28 22:23:17 2009 No.2162582 >>2162546 It might've, I dunno. If it did, I never got that ending. I do remember the "deboner" and "hacked to pieces" endings though. Also, there's an ending where you have your face ripped off.

denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 22:24:12 2009 No.2162583

>>2162556
Nostalgia's hitting me like a brick. One of the few ones to literally give me nightmares, because one Bad End involves you sliding down an endless enclosed slide in the dark forever. The concept of endlessness and infinity itself was scary to me, I think.

Anonymous of the Confederacy !6WLOYpwYgg Sat Feb 28 22:28:59 2009 No.2162625 [DELETED]

>>2162546
It might've, I dunno. If it did, I never got that ending.

I do remember the "deboner" and "hacked to pieces" endings though. Also, there's an ending where the main character gets his face ripped off.

Or "your" face ripped off. Whatever. Were these books in first, second, or third person? I don't even remember.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:29:12 2009 No.2162633 >>2162583 You're bad at math, aren't you?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:33:12 2009 No.2162656 >>2162625 Second person, with "you" and "your" and shit like that. The old D&D type books had openings like >>2162024 , but nowadays the introduction is less proper and posits you immediately into the action.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:35:38 2009 No.2162674 File: 55 KB, 500x666, koakuma.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Suddenly... http://www.touhouproject.com/

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:38:12 2009 No.2162692 Nobody ever goes to that failure of an imageboard

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:44:12 2009 No.2162756 >>2162674 ??? wat am I looking for

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:51:12 2009 No.2162785 >>2162756 http://www.touhouproject.com/

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:56:12 2009 No.2162820 Anyone remember the zombie camp one?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 22:59:12 2009 No.2162833 >>2161938 Gloria, motherfucker. Did you play it?

Anonymous of the Confederacy !6WLOYpwYgg Sat Feb 28 22:59:12 2009 No.2162839

>>2162546 hacked to pieces
That ending was the worst.

Well, that, and having your face ripped off.

But seriously, kids being completely dismembered and dissected and having all their body parts strewn across a table while they're alive and totally conscious is a pretty fucked up thing to put in a kids' book.

Also, I had this one gamebook as a kid that I can't remember the name of, but I think it was some dollar store knockoff. It takes place on a tropical island with an evil jungle where everything is trying to kill you, and one ending has you and your friend/sibling/whatever being eaten by giant venus flytraps. But no, that's not all. The venus flytraps eat you, and then two more flytraps grow in, sorta implying that you've been turned INTO a venus flytrap.

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:00:12 2009 No.2162844
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In TSUKIHIME you are SHIKI, a second-year high school student with a somewhat poor constitution. You are 17, male, and a human. You have short black hair, wear glasses and are usually wearing your school uniform. Eight years ago, you were involved in a life-threatening accident, which led to anemic symptoms and left you with a large scar on your chest. Due to these symptoms, you suffer from frequent collapsing and fainting.

In addition, the accident caused your eyes to develop a particular ability, enabling you to see lines superimposed on objects and people. If you trace these lines with a sharp tool, the object immediately falls apart along them regardless of how much force was used.

Your journey begins at your high school, in the morning. Class begins in a few minutes. The dangers awaiting you will challenge your skills to the limit. Gather your wits about you. Turn the page and take the first step into ADVENTURE!

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:02:12 2009 No.2162854 >>2162844 lol do one for Higurashi

denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 23:04:12 2009 No.2162867

>>2162839
Did you ever read the one about the insane lab scientist guy? He fucking splices you so you're part dog and part basketball. The basketball half replaces your fucking head, fuck.

I also had this adventure book I can't recall the name of, but it was all sci-fi stuff. Like, I had a LASER GUN and got to shoot things, the planet had 3 suns and you start out on desert terrain. It had one good ending, and I accidentally found it on page 13 but never did figure out how to reach it

>>	denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 23:05:12 2009 No.2162879 >>2162844 >you are SHIKI wait a second

>>	Anonymous of the Confederacy !6WLOYpwYgg Sat Feb 28 23:07:12 2009 No.2162895 >>2162867 the planet had 3 suns and you start out on desert terrain. lol, Star Wars much?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:08:12 2009 No.2162901 >>2162895 Tattooine only had two suns.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:09:12 2009 No.2162907 /jp/ - Goosebumps/General not that I'm complaining

denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 23:13:12 2009 No.2162927

>>2162895
>>2162901
Yeah I would've known if it were Star Wars... I remember that you could ride an ostrich-type thing or kill it and cook its meat but that's about it. Oh, and like half the friggin' deaths involved the 3 suns because it was so damn hot or the reflecting light blinded you or some other sun-related shit

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:17:12 2009 No.2162953 >>2162867 Are you sure you weren't playing Civilization?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:20:12 2009 No.2162972 Oooh, someone offered me a serie of those CYOA books. I think the main character was called Lone Wolf, it was nice, but I never finished any of them. On the other hand, I was 8 when I tried them, and I swear those things were set on Lunatic mode...

>>	denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 23:20:12 2009 No.2162974 >>2162953 No, it was a book and it wasn't Earth

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:22:12 2009 No.2162987 >>2162972 Oh yeah, those were bullshit. The Kai thing, I think they were called.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:23:12 2009 No.2162991 >>2162972 There was Lone Wolf, and World of the Lone Wolf. I used to play with a d10 for combat, and I'd always cheat and take all the available disciplines.

Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:24:12 2009 No.2162999

CYOA books I read as a kid
(1)Lone Wolf series
(2)Sorcery by Steve Jackson
(3)Graal Quest? the one with Pip and Excalibur Jr.

I think Graal Quest would work best as a visual novel, the other two are too action-oriented. Also everyone that comes near you in the Lone Wolf books fucking dies

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:25:12 2009 No.2163004 >>2162972 Fuck yes, Lone Wolf! One particular bad end had you cut your own leg, with your own sword, and going back to the nearest town, alone and bleeding. Now that's manly.

>>	denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 23:27:12 2009 No.2163011 File: 39 KB, 316x461, image-4-135744..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Posting another book because I can. I also shat bricks at this, it made me afraid to play tag with the friends I used to have ;_;

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 23:31:12 2009 No.2163033 >>2163011 more like your fat ass couldn't run if your life depended on it

>>	denizen of /jp/ Sat Feb 28 23:35:12 2009 No.2163051 >>2163033 how mean D:

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 00:20:12 2009 No.2163305 >>2162499 Was that the one where you get killed by the Executioner because you`re not left-handed, or some bullshitÉ

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 00:24:12 2009 No.2163319 >>2163305 nah, I think it was like the bad guy grabs your right wrist or something, then the book asks if you're left-handed in which case you sock him in the face

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 04:07:12 2009 No.2164243 >>2162024 bump for chubby Cirno and fuckwin Goosebumps VNs

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 04:08:12 2009 No.2164249 >>2161958 [] Defect [] Don't defect.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 04:12:12 2009 No.2164267 >>2164249 Sean Connery end is Good End?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 04:13:45 2009 No.2164273 >>2162228 >The first decision is whether you join or not, but regardless of the reader's decision he or she will join. FUCK YOU ALL I DON'T WANT MY FUCKING CHOICES MADE FOR ME I HATE THIS SHIT

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 04:14:45 2009 No.2164277 >>2164267 So how's the food in the Soviet Union ? - I cannot complain. And how's the lodging in the Soviet Union ? - I cannot complain. Then, why did you come to America ? - I want to complain.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 04:43:45 2009 No.2164436 >>2164273 I take it you don't like Saya no Uta? Yeah, I hate how shit's forced on you. Why can't I just go home and post on /jp/? OP's book was good because the twist had the spooky shit following you home, too

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:00:45 2009 No.2164517 >>2164277 more like Sean GARnnery

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:02:45 2009 No.2164520 >>2164436 What? None of the choices in Saya no Uta did the "LOL NO YOU CAN'T REALLY CHOOSE THAT HERE LET ME PICK THE OTHER ONE FOR YOU" thing.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:05:45 2009 No.2164531 >>2164520 not 2164436, but you did mostly just sit back and watch what happens like an amusement park ride

>>	Man-Pedo !r9.w91chTo Sun Mar 1 05:12:45 2009 No.2164554 /jp/ - Japan / /b/-lite and I like it that way.

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Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:15:45 2009 No.2164568 [DELETED]

>>2164531
That wasn't what I meant with my complaint though. I meant instances where they give you the illusion of having a choice when there really is none. The worst examples of this are games where they give you two choices and the second choice just literally goes, "No, I can't do that." and brings you back to the selection. What the fuck is the point of giving the player a choice if you're just going to force one of them?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:22:45 2009 No.2164594 >>2164568 [] Save Ilya. [] Save Ilya. [] Save Ilya. [] Save Ilya.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:23:45 2009 No.2164600 >>2164568 Aren't most choices in a way, forced, whenever the alternative is a Bad End?

>>	King of Crits !SoAoGU5XjA Sun Mar 1 05:25:45 2009 No.2164606 >>2164594 To be completely fair, each of these sent you to a slightly different scene. And anybody who wouldn't save Ilya should be dragged out so Sakura can feast on him. Dick.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:27:45 2009 No.2164613 >>2164606 They did ? Fuck, I'll have to replay them. What amound of change was there?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:28:45 2009 No.2164616 >>2164600 >>2164568 I think it's called cutting corners.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:32:45 2009 No.2164631 >>2164600 No, because they're still giving you the result of your choice.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:33:45 2009 No.2164635 >>2164616 What's wrong with just not putting a choice option there? Why give a fake choice?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:35:45 2009 No.2164641 Wait, was there ever a CYOA book that was romance-driven?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 05:45:45 2009 No.2164666 >>2164641 there's that whole "don't die" thing that always gets in the way

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 07:57:45 2009 No.2165088 File: 158 KB, 494x652, No_1014.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any of the Fighting Fantasy series. Pic related.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 12:13:45 2009 No.2166006 File: 15 KB, 300x352, evolutionary-disgust.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2165088

>>	Anonymous of Croatia !na1byG1GU. Sun Mar 1 12:15:45 2009 No.2166018 File: 77 KB, 579x1552, FFFFFFFFFFFU.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2165088 WHY DOSENT SHE HAVE A DICK OR TWO!?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 15:31:45 2009 No.2166974 File: 25 KB, 320x499, Sorcery_2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just so you can see the original of >>2165088

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 18:13:45 2009 No.2167744 goosebumps sucks

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