Out intrepid gaggle of gamesblogging text adventurers have spent the past week honing down the backstory of the WikiGame and, bar any last-minute new additions, popular opinion seems to be swaying towards CunningStunt's Douglas Adams-inspired Reds vs. Blues and Edible Visions' 28-days-later-like Contamination. I'm afraid my Withnail and I-inspired suggestion isn't forthcoming DennisChow; if someone can pass me one of the time turners Hermione Granger uses in the third Harry Potter book, I'd be extremely grateful.
The two front-runners have surprisingly subtle senses of humour, intriguing plots laced with satire and are odd enough to be penned by Spike Jonze. How in the world we're going to split them up into scenes and characters is beyond me, but I'm sure the brains behind the wikigame will devise a way. The detailed story will be decided by close of play Wednesday, therefore, in fierce democratic fashion, another vote has been called! Get yourself over to the wiki and get involved.
Now, it's come to my attention that we need something concrete. I've suggested that the next step is to get a workable playing version of Chapter One done, rather than work out the nitty gritty of the whole story. That means everyone gets to do something towards a playable thing which will give us feedback about the story, the characters, the puzzles and the locations, and will provide feedback on how the process will continue - and will get gamesbloggers watching from the sidelines something to talk about too.
After all, the designers and coders are chomping at the bit to get their fingers dirty after watching the storytellers have all the fun over the past four weeks. And after continuing lively debates in the coders camp about the language best suited for this purpose (the favourite is still Inform6), they're about ready to sink their teeth into the designers' dreams.
So get voting!
