{"id":1060,"date":"2014-04-28T12:38:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T00:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2014-04-28T12:42:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T00:42:39","slug":"a-kickstarter-we-like-storium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2014\/04\/a-kickstarter-we-like-storium\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kickstarter we like: Storium!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Storium is a platform for online storytelling, and it looks very interesting indeed.<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s open to asynchronous\/play-by-post games, and really the Kickstarter page does a fantastic job of explaining things itself – and other people are writing about it too, such as Helen Barker<\/a>.\u00a0 There are two good videos on that page, one of them under “The Game” heading.<\/p>\n

If that’s not enough for you, look at the worlds which have been unlocked during the Kickstarter.\u00a0 I was hard-pressed to limit my selection of examples to five!<\/p>\n

Shoshana Kessock<\/strong>: THE RISING<\/em> – Being dead can’t hold you down in this urban fantasy game about life after the afterlife.\u00a0 The gates of the underworld are open and it’s time to make a run for your second chance.\u00a0 Find a body, find a purpose, and find your way home.<\/p>\n

Ursula Vernon<\/strong>: WEIRD FRUIT<\/em> – A village of brave rodents face down carnivorous vegetables, explore ruined jungle temples and confront other dangers in this playful world.<\/p>\n

Andrea Phillips<\/strong>: THE DARING ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN LUCY SMOKEHEART<\/em> – A swashbuckling adventure for the young at heart, with daring pirates, carnivorous mermaids, socialist lizard-people, and ruthless anachronism!<\/p>\n

Saladin Ahmed<\/strong>: A THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT<\/em> – The rich cultural history of the Arabian Nights blended with the great pulp traditions of Fairbanks and Harryhausen.\u00a0 Sail the seas, explore teeming cities, and cross ghoul-haunted deserts.<\/p>\n

Richard Dansky<\/strong>: SQUATCHTOWN<\/em> – Walk the mean streets of a city where Bigfoot’s not a legend and private eyes might be nine feet tall.\u00a0 Take a walk on the real wild side where big heat meets big feet, and human and sasquatch worlds collide.<\/p>\n

So that’s a taster.\u00a0 The other big cool element of this is how transparent the entire platform is designed to be: people who buy subscriptions ($25 annually post-Kickstarter, $20 currently) will be able to create their own worlds.\u00a0 And, if they want, attach prices to them – and the majority of profits go back to the creators.<\/p>\n

That’s just glorious.<\/em>\u00a0 We recommend checking it out.<\/p>\n

– Kev.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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