About
This page was created to describe the idea of CYOA-Nation and to show all the future updates and features that are already planned. This section also supposed to warn people about some website rules and general laws that are simply unavoidable.
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What is CYOA Nation?CYOA means "Create Your Own Adventure". The idea is to create a way to let people choose from a wide range of options and create personal unique adventure. But because of the lack of tools all the adventures were created as long images which are not convinient to share, transfer, store or simply read because there is no tools inside of an image, you need to do all the setting yourself in your best image viewer. CYOA Nation is the first website that makes it easy to create CYOAs as well to read them because reader keeps track of used Ether. So far there is only 1 type of adventure that can be created, but in future, there are at least 2 more types planned(ICYOA and CYOA sKrypt) which would make it easy to create completely ANYTHING CYOA related.
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What are story types?So far CYOA Nation lets to create only 1 type of stories which is SCYOA. SCYOA is a simple CYOA that simply makes it easier to keep track of Ether and share with others. But creators would find it as a fantastic instrument to create CYOAs because there is no more need to use image editors and look for storage for this long and heavy images. In future ICYOA will become available which will let users use a more advanced editor with random choices, story endings, story paths, story tree and A LOT more! The last type that is planned for the very far future is CYOA sKript which is a very advanced way to create stories. It would use some scripting to let creators do more than patterned stories but very modern applications and games with almost endless possibilities.
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What is planned for CYOA Nation?Other than CYOA story types there is a lot of stuff planned for CYOA Nation. For example, the wishlist is a priority right now because it lets users communicate in a very convenient way and request features for the website. The blog will let us share news about CYOAs, to promote some really good stories, announce updates and talk about outside CYOA Nation stuff. I also plan to add trending and hot filters for gallery section so that every CYOA had a chance to be noticed and, moreover, popular. I have a lot more ideas that will be added to CYOA Nations, stay tuned!
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How CYOA Nation is going to earn?I don't really plan for this website to produce revenue, but any amount of money above musthave for hosting will go for more time spent on the website since salary is salary :) The other question is HOW? The most obvious way to get money is ADS here but they would ruin user experience completely so I don't want to go that way. I feel like the best way to get funding would be Patreon. People who are loving project would be able to support and make it grow. I feel like that is a win-win.
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So why exactly Patreon?Patreon isn't just a way to get funding or earn money it also is a platform to communicate with people who LOVE your project THAT much that they decided to give you some money for that! Every donation helps A LOT, 25 basic donations would help to completely cover hosting costs. Rewards that are planned for Patreon donations also help to communicate, to look for ways to surprise people to show something new and creative. So Patreon helps not only to sustain the project but grow the community and that is amazing!
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What are the benefits of being the Patron?Oh, I see. You're one of those who prefers value, and I like that! Patrons can vote for some features that would be implemented on the website first or ask for features they want. For example right now the website uses simple serif fonts, but that isn't because I wanted it is because the process of choosing the font is pretty long and painful. Patrons will vote together for which font they would like more and we would add it to the website. Also, the section for people who donated to the project would be added later on and dependidng on how much people donated they would take different ranks. When profiles will be added everyone who donated certain amount of money would get an achievement for that or some rank that will be with them forever displaying how important was their donation. That isn't everything, keep tuned and we will continue to develop!
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Where can I find your Patreon?If you are thinking to donate some money to help out with the project or to simply say "thank you" I would be really happy! Here is the link: Patreon page. Or here is permanent link to become a Patron: Become a Patron!
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What are rules here?We don't really have many rules here. Mostly we follow general rules and laws. For example, CYOA Nation isn't responsible for any uploaded content so if anything gets a copyright claim or something similar it might get removed from the website. Photos of violence, zoophilia, and child porn are also not allowed here. When you create CYOA with mature content in it we would really appreciate tagging it with the corresponding tag, otherwise, it may be removed, banned or hidden.
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What happens if my CYOA gets a copyright claim?I am not responsible for any content uploaded to any CYOAs on CYOA Nation so all the responsibility goes to the user that created it. If CYOA gets a copyright claim it may be permanently banned or hidden from public search.
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I heard you have a Discord server?
Of course! You're welcome to join it!
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Which technology was used to create CYOA Nation?I wanted to use something "nextgen" for this website, even though it might make it uncomfortable to create or use the website with that. Firebase appeared to be pretty straightforward with basic tasks but I faced some issues with server-side stuff like CYOA uploading script and multi-page authorization. Still, Firebase had a very nice Firestore for containing information and convenient restriction management to keep it safe. Storage and authorization are also nice to have as they are in Firebase.
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Who is the author of CYOA Nation?Visit contacts page for that. I needed more content to put in there :D
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Why you decided to create CYOA Nation?I really like the idea of CYOA. "To create your own adventure" - WOW! That's incredible! There is no games in the world that could let you get into some role so deep as CYOA lets you and that is the thing that made me like them. Infinite possibilities that are doubled with features of this website would recreate the whole CYOA meaning which is much higher that standards of a lot of games out there. I think you *pointing at CYOA lovers* and you *pointing at CYOA creators* deserve this website and I am pleased to make it for you.
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What should I do if I found a bug?It would be really nice if you message me about it. Visit contacts and use anything you like more. Thank you for that in advance!
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How it all began?Oh, hello! You're one of the newbies? That's awesome we'd love to welcome you here! The story began in January 2018 with this little simple post on Reddit :)
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Thankction
Get it? Thanks section! GENIUS! Just a section to thank everyone and everything that helped me create this website. Here are some references:
Big thanks to www.flaticon.com for icons, they really helped!
Thanks avatars.adorable.io for such a creative and unique avatars. They even have similar motto: "For People. By People.", we clearly are made for each other!
I had a lot of problems with Firebase but thanks to Google it has a pretty large community and actually a nice thing to have if you're a lone coder so I would like to say thanks to it too.