Scenario 07:



Frog jumps when approached.
Hungry frog swallows anything nearby.

You call this a story?

Who's the protagonist? Who's the antagonist? What's the protagonist's desire? What's the antagonist's motivation for opposing the protagonist in the pursuit of his desire? What's the protagonist's true need (very different from his desire)?

re:



Once upon a time, a girl found a chest in the woods.
However, the chest was on the other side of a wall.

The girl walks into the unknown and finds a way around
the wall.

The girl opened the chest and learns that sometimes
one must explore the unknown to reap the reward.

Interlude:



Once upon a time, Santa Girl fell into the woods.

The reindeers had run away. Santa Girl cried,

"Without the reindeers I can never deliver the presents.
All the children will be unhappy!"

Quote: Original post by Wai
Interlude:



Once upon a time, Santa Girl fell into the woods.

The reindeers had run away. Santa Girl cried,

"Without the reindeers I can never deliver the presents.
All the children will be unhappy!"

that's adorable ^_^ <3

Quote: Original post by Wai
Once upon a time, Santa Girl fell into the woods.

"Into" the woods? You mean she fell out of her sleigh which was flying above the woods?

Quote: The reindeers had run away.

"Reindeer." The plural of deer is "deer."

Quote: Santa Girl cried,
"Without the reindeers I can never deliver the presents.
All the children will be unhappy!"

OK, now we have a protagonist and the protagonist's desire. Perhaps in this case the desire is the same as the need.
Still need other characters, unless it's Santa Girl against ... what? Fate? Circumstances?
BTW, why did the deer run away? What caused Santa Girl to fall out of the sleigh? Is someone behind these events, or did they just happen?

Scenario 9:



Merchant looking for something.


Scenario 10:



Baby chest.

[Edited by - Wai on December 26, 2007 6:09:43 PM]

Okay, fine, ignore me. It's not my intent to highjack your thread. I was only addressing the topic of "story building." You have some kind of agenda and whatever it is, that's fine. I'll go away now.

Scenario 10 game rules:

o Mature chests spawn baby chests.
o Baby chests grow naturally into mature chests.
o Mature chests can be open with a key.
o When a chest is open, it drops its loot and disappears.
o Mature chests eat people without a key.

Prelude:



"It is great being in the nature, isn't it?
Hey! Look what I've found! It's a treasure chest!"

"What is a chest doing here in the woods?"

"Let's op... AHHH! HELP!"

"I've got the ke..."