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Oct-1-2007 22:32

Hello, everyone! I'm me! :)

Ha ha. I noticed, somewhere, that they try to release scripted mysteries once a month. That's only 12 a year! I intend to try and make it two a month. I am currently writing (In my other profile) 3 mysteries. Once I come up with an idea, I get about halfway through, by writing all the big stuff.

The questions and stuff are harder. The point is, they're coming. Now, the point of this thread is to tell you I'm here. :) The second, and more important, I'd like your help. Let's keep writer's-block away, and throw in some ideas for them! I'll choose the good ones, and start writing them!

Okay, I've made this kind of like a speech, so, sorry about that. But, I'll reward you! I'll mention your name, that you gave the idea. Scripted mysteries are better than random, we all probably agree on that. So, let's keep making them!

Just one little request: Keep this thread spam-free. It's easier if I don't have to sift through a whole lot of spam to find the ideas.

Well, there you go! So, start-a-brainstorming!

P.S. I'll be posting in both profiles here, so I'll mention who I am when I do. Thanks!

Oct-2-2007 04:45

The reasons why I'm not quite ready to do this one myself are:
1) I should ask for permission from sleuths to use them and that's a lot of permission (also if Ben doesn't want to be in it....)
2) Since the best version of this probably would be using normal PE and Alibis that can be identified normally, whoever would be lucky enough to have the right 2 contacts would just sail through it. (Not a good solution)

Any feasible solution wherein you couldn't possibly have both contacts would be to use 2 PE contacts with both the PE and the alibi or 2 Witness contacts with a new type of PE and an alibi. So at least 2 normal PEs and two newType PEs preferably lifted from the Shades of Mystery PEs and set with Witness Townies that make sense.
(I've only seen key, gun, handprint, cigar and lipstick so far. None of which immediately lend themselves to the normal townies)

Oh yeah, Twist 3: Ben's not really dead. It was all a set-up merely to amuse the guests. The "Guilty" party was in on it.

All in all, it's a doable and fun mystery but it would be a task to make.

Oct-2-2007 09:27

LOL!!! That's a good one. Also it's an AI mystery. I think I will write it, but I may change that storyline a bit. This will be very complicated, but I'll try. You definatly won't see it soon.

Oct-2-2007 11:51

yeah well, it's a fun idea and all. I have another one I'm working on now which I want to finnish before I take on any others.

This is kind of one of the least likely that's all. If I would write it, it would be kind of bland. The writer needs to capture the speech patterns that go with the sleuths they are using. One way of course would be to send a script with what needs to be said to each sleuth and they themselves can write the lines the way they would have said them.

Another reason I'm giving it away.

Oct-2-2007 13:36

Why don't we send each other scripts? I'll send the one that is almost finished, and you send the one your working on, k?

Oct-3-2007 15:21

Lol! My alter-ego! I'm me too!

(Yes, I did set myself up for that one! :-) )

Oct-11-2007 12:12

You could also start with some simpler ideas:
It's this old lady in the country-side that you know. Actually it's your aunt. And, being such a marvoluos sleuth, you visit her to help her find her cat, that have been gone for a week.
As you visit her, you first get a instant twist which tells about the cat-searching, introducing some people that live in the neighbourhood of your aunt.
The second is also a twist, which was released of the first, and this time, the murer have happened. Or, is it a murder? Well, that's up to the writer to decide. It's one of your aunt's contacts, that was revealed during twist 1. At least, he is gone, and his house is empty but tidy, and they find coffe almost ready made, and a cake in the oven (the people found it right before the cake was totally black, and the coffe disappeared in the kettle). But the guy is gone. And, this is next day and he is still gone, and that is suspicious since he is a very tidy person.
You start searching and asking the people you know, and some more suspects are revealed during your process (but not everyone of course...)
Then after you have asked a specific person (unknown to the sleuth of course), another twist is introduced where the cat comes with .... something.... and that reveals questions that can help release some more suspects....
Well, at least this is a possible start. The idea has to be filled in with more text and information, but it's what it is, just an idea. :-)
If you want the idea, just take it. I don't have time doing the scripted mysteries... (I tried to start one, but realized that if I am to write a game, I will do it in another language and setting)

Oct-11-2007 12:33

Beware of oversimplifying the story to much, it's got to be fun to play in the end!!!

Oct-12-2007 03:23

Also be aware that the mystery demands a name and an age to the murdered/missing person. After the intro, you get deposited in the case tab where that name and age are proudly displayed.

Your two first twists would have to be the intro and crime scene for it to make sense. You could still "visit" people in the intro. But as it is, you are forced to start the mystery as soon as you leave that intro.

The idea itself is interesting and VERY general. One could easily put it up for a challenge and wind up with every contestant having written widely different stories. Which wouldn't be a bad idea actually. The judges would have to be invited to the SMs and a nifty prize could be given out...

I'm thinking a watch would be best!

Oct-12-2007 11:18

Well, all I did was actually some kind of brain-storming. It was not meant to be the total of a mystery, or something I would claim copyright on. It was just to try to open a door or two into something that might give ideas for the one or sevral that found something behind that doors. I don't know all the things that was behind those doors. There will be a need for another creative mind to find out.
My experience though is that when an idea or two is thrown, someone else will find it easier to continue on the idea, and even end up with something totally different.

Oct-14-2007 22:13

To Huglover: Wow! I can visualize that one! You've got yourself a story plot! (Not because you're in my agency, but because that's really good!) I'll send it to you when part of it is finished.

To Stooby: I just wrote an 'almost impossible'. All I have to do is write the questions. And, believe me, it is not simple! :-)

To Dave Von Wave: Okay, what are you talking about??? :-) Guess I lost track there! However, for the first part, the victim is simply the cat, Bobo or something. The crime scene is, the cat was kidnapped (corny, yes, but it gets better :-) ), and detective investigates and concludes that. Then, the neighbors are questioned because it was a kidnapping, then the guy is killed, then the cat comes back with a note stuck in it's collar, threatening something... brainstorming over. My brain stopped, lol. But, great potential.

To Huglover, post 2, paragraph 2: Very true! That's why I made this thread. I mean, I could brainstorm for an hour and come up with 100 different ideas. It's just easier when I can build off somebody else's. It's more fun this way, too. :-)


P.S. I already have about 12 scripts waiting to be written, all but 1 are currently based in New York. I'll figure something out, though to get more to other cities. Heck, I just thought of 2 that I can base in London!