Well I found this game soon after it came to Newgrounds and I keep coming back to check on my favorite stories. In my book that means this is a success. I love how my decisions can influence an entire story and it seems like the authors might enjoy the challenge of it as well. I also love the originality of it and the diversity of the story selection.
I give you 5 stars because as the game is now, it's pretty perfect. With the small selection of stories it's easy to find the one I'm looking for, but if it grows (and I'm hoping it does) then I think a search bar would come in handy.
Reviews for "StoryShift"
Evil-Dog responds:
yeah favorites would be nice too when there's more stories.
I find this game to be really interesting, and a great platform for reading many different styles from many different artists, with an innovative idea on how to develop them, although some of the only issues i have are that the stories take a little too long to be updated, and there could be a little more variety in the genres of stories, but overall, this is an icredible game and hope to see more of creative ideas such as this one from you.
Evil-Dog responds:
Yeah well nothing to be done about that, I can't force the writers to write faster :)
For variety we'll need more talented writers but that's hard to find, most candidates are obviously gonna drop their story later on, I really need people who obviously love writing and who will continue at their slow pace even when they get busy
Eh, I wouldn't bother following stories like these for so long, and certainly not when my vote doesn't even matter. The story will do what most people want, not what I want, so it's no different from a book. I'd like it a lot better if it were just some short stories with lots of different outcomes in which I could personally decide what happened, and that people could send in these branching stories themselves, too. I don't like this idea at all. Not for me.
Evil-Dog responds:
Yeah that would be more like Choose your own adventure, it's a lot of work before anyone reads it, our format is more for ever evolving stories and your vote do count, what you mean is you want to decide, not vote with the community. It's like saying either you choose the president yourself or your vote don't matter hehe
Nice storytelling platform!
Evil-Dog responds:
Thanks man!
Game's great, and unique; and I would like to look forward to your unique work in the future. And as for the stories, maybe someday I'll contact you; most of my work are unique, but this novel which I'm working on is still W-I-P. And to be honest, I'm not quite sure of the deadline of my work because it's based on this game(Which is also in progress) which I am collaborating with (Well, so partially) so... maybe I could contribute something near the future.
Anywho, the game's great, 5/5 and have a happy day (or evening, depends on which timeline you're on)
Evil-Dog responds:
Seems like you have a lot on your plate already :)
Glad you like the app ;)