Can I convert one of my existing stories into a Story Game?

If you’re a published Literotica author, you might be wondering if you can convert one of your previously published stories into a Story Game. The short answer is yes!

Taking one of your existing Stories or Series and re-working it to create an interactive world for your readers to explore is a great way to get started authoring Story Games, and a great way to introduce your readers to the Story Games concept.

Before starting on converting your Story to a Story Game, please keep the following points in mind.

• You must be the original author of the story OR have the original author’s permission.
  You can’t convert someone else’s story without their permission. If you submit a Story Game based on another author’s work, we will confirm authorization with the other author before publishing the work. (In the future, Lit will support multiple author works, so we’ll be able to credit both contributors once that feature becomes available.)
• You must make the converted Story Game actually interactive with Choices and Branching.
  Please do not just take an existing story and add a few simple “Continue” Choices. When publishing Story Games, you’re required to make them have real interactive elements (like Choices and Branching) that impact the narrative and outcome of the story. See our Story Games Requirements FAQ.
• Use a different Title for the Story and the Story Game (even if you only add “Interactive Version” to the Title).
  You don’t want to have two works with identical Titles in your portfolio.
• Story Games give you the opportunity to create alternative timelines.
  One of the big differences between a classic Story and a Story Game is the potential to create as many possible timelines as your imagination allows. Rashomon aside, classic Stories tend to have a single (often linear) narrative. With Story Games, it’s easy to create parallel narratives where your main character gets married, and doesn’t get married; decides to skip college, and attends Harvard; throws the winning pitch in the big game, and gets abducted by aliens on the way to the stadium. Reader choices decide which storylines they follow, but the number of parallel narratives you can craft is limitless.
• Consider reader feedback when building alternative narrative threads.
  Check your Story comments and private feedback for readers yelling about the Choices that your characters made or asking why they did or didn’t do this or that in the Story. Story Games give you the power to add alternative Choices and outcomes that readers wish were included in the original story. “Why didn’t Alyssa pick up the phone? She could have warned Rick about the tentacle monster!” You can use much of your existing Story narrative and text, but add options like “Pick up the phone.” and “Let the phone ring.” and spin your Story out in many different directions based on the reader’s Choice. (Don’t forget to go back to your original Story comments and let the commenter know that they should try out the converted Story Game.)

If you need help converting your Story to a Story Game, please see our main Story Games FAQ, and also check our Story Games & Interactive Fiction Forum where you can get advice from and ask questions of other Literotica Authors.

If you’re interested in helping test and give feedback on the new Literotica Interactive Story Games, either as an author or a reader, please read this thread in the Literotica Forum: Interactive Adult Story Testers Needed.