Are there already "choose your own adventure" stories floating around here somewhere? I have done a poor job of checking out all of the different accessible games, muds, and sites so as far as I know they are right under my nose.
I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels this forum has a dozen or so very talented writers. Sometimes I find myself excited, saying "Yes! So and so wrote a response" before I've even started reading it. I have always been a fan of people who post long, and well written posts since they tend to be very entertaining to read. The reason I bring that up is because I'd very much like to read whatever stories have been generated by the people on this forum. If, however, there isn't already a story game/program then I should probably explain it before you all think I'm crazy.
Basically on a few different sites I've seen over the years, a web page will start out with some type of story plot. At the end of reading, you are given a few choices about how you want the story to progress and you click on that option. The story continues where events turn in the direction you've picked. The interesting part of the process is that the community writes the story. If you don't particularly care for any of the listed choices, you can write in your own. You type up a section of the story going in your own direction and it is submitted for everyone else to see. Future readers might pick your branch of the tale and then decide to expand upon it with their own writings. Over time the story grows out in all directions, like the branches of a tree. As long as the initial "trunk" story is pretty neutral, different branches could become entirely different genres. The first time through the reader could experience a sci-fi thriller and the next time it could end up as a medieval love story lol.
I've actually made one of these in the past, although no one ever wrote on it ROFL! I made the mistake of setting it up and attempting to build a community around it instead of the other way around. I nice feature I had added to mine was a voting system so you could see which choices were the most popular. That usually meant they were of higher quality or were more interesting.