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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Such a cool idea! Brilliantly thought out too. Well done Alexander. 🤩

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Thanks, Jenny. Here's to many more nodes!

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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

I’m definitely in….

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Wonderful, Brian! There are three unlinked choices at the moment, more to come!

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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Count me in! It sounds like a story connected like Zettelkasten notes. I would love to see the 3D graph of the story nodes after we add to the StoryVerse for a while.

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Great to hear, David and nice analogy. Zettelkastenverse! Yep, not sure Substack will give us a graph on that, but this is something we can do in... The Node Register!

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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Yes, that would be awesome. Let me know what I can do to help.

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Yes! Thank you, I shall. I thought we might want to map it all out somewhere.

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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Obsidian might be a good place to do that.

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Could be! Never used it. Was thinking of doing a version in Twine. Have to see if this can be done as a team.

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Mar 13Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

This is very clever and fun, Alexander. I think I explored all the nodes here and found the (currently unlinked) ones that point to me. Be great to see this grow and sprawl.

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Glad you enjoyed it thus far! I tried to circle back to the beginning more or less, and gave a bit of a "demo run" in the other loop. Let me know if you need anything to set up your node. Happy to help!

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Mar 13Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

I imagine I will need help 😂

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No problem! 😉

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Oct 26Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

i definitely need help. but it sounds ACE. anyone remember warlock of firetop mountain?

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Hey Nick! Awesome! Happy to have you join us. And of course I remember Steve Jackson's work. Also, Sorcery! (from inkle studios) is on my phone right now. Let's chat.

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Oct 27Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Hi Alexander - I was just trying to understand how to access the nodes and all that and join in as it looks great fun.

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Great! I’ll send you a DM and we can discuss. Welcome aboard!

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May 21·edited May 21Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

This is such a cool project. Great idea Alexander!

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Thanks, Ika!

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Mar 20Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Just realised that using the Likes is a good way for me to tag my trail of where I've been previously ;)

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Hah! Already there are tips and tricks on how to navigate the StoryVerse maze! Love it.

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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Wow, Alexander! You have put so much work into this project! I really enjoyed clicking on all the possibilities - though I was dead in the first move, having chosen coffee. .. I will look forward to seeing what comes of this and will play along. But I won't be adding to it. Too complicated for a brain as old as mine, but great fun.

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Thanks, Sharron, for playing! If you want to add some words at some point, I will be happy to help with drafting. Either way, the StoryVerse needs players, too! Happy to hear you had fun!

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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

I will play

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Excellent! A new player joins the fray! You have some time to prepare. More nodes will spawn.

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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Where are these nodes? Will they appear in my notifications? My mind? Am i imagining this conversation?

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If you click through the current story (node by node) you see choices, such as 〔drink coffee〕〔look at photo〕and some nodes have open choices (unlinked), e.g. 〔do absolutely nothing〕and other nodes have 〔choice a〕〔choice b〕followed by a writer's name who has been challenged to continue from that node. Unlinked choices are fair game and anyone who feels they want to continue from there send a DM to the node owner and create a node as detailed in the Instructions/FAQ. Joining the TFTD Discord is another option for Node creators to facilitate collaboration.

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Mar 14Liked by Alexander Ipfelkofer

Ok thank you

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Another great project. How do you juggle? Saved for my desktop to explore…

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Thanks, Kate. There's a node waiting for you. How to juggle? (Use Juggle-Maton) (Queue Project). I haven't been able to record much due to renovations above us, hopefully, the drilling and hammering (4th week now) will soon be over. Looking forward to your thoughts on this experiment!

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Well, first time I died immediately from the coffee 😂

It's a sign I should have less of it!

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😂 at least it was quick! Ah, but it is not the end! Maybe someone will open that door and link that unlinked choice... create a shadownode 👻

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