Provide EVEN MORE help for first-time narrators
So you guys have done a fine job helping new narrators get started. But I'm needy and want even more help for my first game.
Sample description. I won't go so far as to say you need to give me a title, but even the short description had me freezing up with writer's block. Stephen told me that there's a pre-written first scene -- awesome! But I hit the description first and that was a hurdle.
Checklist? Or something like it. The "% Configured" bar is fine, but let me know the steps I'm missing! You have them color coded but that's pretty subtle. Checklist? Links? Something ...
This last one is more vague. I found I was tempted to try and play without playing ... invite myself using another email address and so forth. Madness! But maybe there's some other way of "peeking ahead" ...
Anyway. Love it so far. And my game is gonna start soon.
James Reffell
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Thanks for the great feedback! Responding your points in turn:
1. Totally hear you about the game description being a “blank page” of sorts. We here at hate blank pages! We’ll come up with a way to help you out with this step.
2. There actually is already a checklist of remaining items, just to the left of the progress bar. We might need to make it more visible…
3. You can find a couple of example games at the following URLs:
http://storium.com/game/columbus-hope
http://storium.com/game/beyond-the-imperium/chapter-1/scene-1