Choose your destiny, Champion.

O.K.

So, you may know I want to create an interactive show where the audience will choose the character's destiny.

The audience would be presented with scenarios and options to choose from to advance the story.

The story will change with each choice. Yet it will be linear.

It's looks a little bit like this:

1)

So, from left to right.
The story is happening going along a linear path...
Oh no! An event of decision occurred!
The audience must choose between A or B...

2)

The audience chose option A.
The narrative branches out to acknowledge the choice made - different to that of option B - before resolving into a linear narrative before the next event.

3)

Another choice!
This time the audience choose B, and the story branches in the opposite direction to A this time...

4)

Another choice! The audience chose A this time.

All the choices have been made, time to count them.

5)

Because the audience chose A twice, and B once, ending A will occur.
The audience get ending A!

This is a simplistic structure I have tested a few times now. In Algora, and Shadows of Algora (both 2014), the audience had 3 options to choose from.

In order for a conclusive ending, the amount of choices at the very least must be one greater than the number of options within a choice.

To elaborate.

2 options = 3 choices  or  2 options = 5 choices  or  2 options = 7 choices
3 options = 4 choices  or  3 options = 6 choices  or  3 options = 8 choices
4 options = 5 choices  or  4 options = 7 choices  or  4 options = 9 choices

Thank you for reading,
If you have any thoughts, do the thing!

Happy long weekend,
Kenneth :)

2015 - A short update.

Hello,

I am the Actor that has all the questions, I will have the questions for all eternity.

I'm not going to apologise for my absence, because I have nothing to apologise for (that was a little bit cathartic :P).

I have graduated from Drama School, and I struggled a bit, I still am.
My growth is moment by moment, experience after another.

I wish to share three things.

1. I have someone who is mentoring me and helping me focus my pursuits with their talent, skills, and experience. This is instilling me with much confidence (in the last 2 years, that has been severely lacking within myself).
2. I will be Writing and Directing a show this year. It will be based around Video Games, and will focus on the the beauty of teamwork, and inner hero within all of us.
3. Yes... After My mentions of my research into the choice based shows (pick a path - if I dare...) I will create a tour-able version of this -more refined - idea. The genre, and style of storytelling is to be decided. However, this game will be a fun game to play. :)

I hope this message finds you all well, it is good to be yarning about ideas again at 4am.

:)

Gaffosaurus Rex.