How I worked out how to increase replayability in a gamebook

[dominicgaj]

Answer - Add scenes to an already published gamebook.

The story I have performed this unusual bit of "surgery" to, is my newly released gamebook, "The Wounded Falcon".

To explain it a bit further, for you computer gamers, out there, you will be aware that many games include "bonus missions" or "expansion packs" to continue the game once you have completed the original game. These are normally provided via an internet download (or another purchase of a DVD/CD). I have created the same system for my latest gamebook. Once you have completed the story, you will be able to (once I have written the first one) download the first story extension (as a Doc/PDF file).

Without going into the mechanics in detail, the reader will use both the original book and the Add-on adventure together, discovering new areas of the story to explore and (here's the great part) using the add-on Adventure module to alter the outcome of scenes in the ORIGINAL story, without me having to re-write the original story!

The Add-on Adventures will be regularly updated in a manner similar to a downloadable patch to a piece of computer software. The first module - Version 1.0 will be released as soon as it is complete. Over time, I will add extra scenes to the Add-on Adventure and then re-release it as version 1.1 and so forth. Therefore, the adventure will become like a Never-Ending Story (while getting bigger and bigger each time).

 

[dominicgaj]

As a postscript to my original post, I can now state that my first Add-On Adventure is complete! (see below)
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In the same way that add-on missions/expansion packs can be written for computer games, I have just released my first "Add-on" module for my most recently released gamebook, "The Wounded Falcon".

The module is titled, "The Wounded Falcon - Add-on Adventures - Version 1.0". The story contains new scenes, new areas to explore, new hidden choices and new ways to complete the story successfully. This update is written as a PDF file and is FREE to download.

As implied by the number "1.0", I will continue to release further upgrades/add-on adventures as time goes by.

Please note that the original adventure gamebook, "The Wounded Falcon" is required in order to play the add-on module.

I am hoping that this venture can create prolonged interest in the Choices series, as I release regular updates to the original story (and other future stories that I plan to write for the Choices series).