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#1
Spam / Rewriting Game
Last post by omnicrumb - January 10, 2026, 10:48:36 PMonce again... (Drumroll please: and drumpitch and drumyaw if you are feeling lowkenuieourous [:apology:])...! ive got another Game Idea!
Here's the premise: every post on the topic is someone's notes on the previous post, or a complete rewrite of the previous post in some kind of genre or format (e.g. myth, poem, romance novel, creepypasta, et cetera!)!
And... that's it! Honestly im just kind of throwing things at the wall and seeing if i can make something both interesting and adhesive, like the word "mucilage". This particular instance of aforementioned wallchucking could be chalked up to choking on the literature-shaped shadow i seem to have acquired after reading the (little? well?) known (?) book (?) House of Leaves, which I really liked even though I know I by no means have properly pieced apart lots of it. The structure of footnotes and then toenotes and then toenail notes all the way down, and nested layers of inaccuracy and interpretation is just really cool, especially when disparate parts of the reinterpretations connect back to previous ideas and points in lower levels and vice versa. (Callbacks to previous edits would also be cool but i couldn't figure how to shoehorn that into a probably actually fun premise, so...)
But anyways: the game needs to start somewhere! I'm not really sure what sort of text would be best for the start though. Does anyone know any good poems or very short stories or quotes or excerpts or other pieces of text-containable information and idea that could well fit here? I think starting the game on that could be fun!
Here's the premise: every post on the topic is someone's notes on the previous post, or a complete rewrite of the previous post in some kind of genre or format (e.g. myth, poem, romance novel, creepypasta, et cetera!)!
And... that's it! Honestly im just kind of throwing things at the wall and seeing if i can make something both interesting and adhesive, like the word "mucilage". This particular instance of aforementioned wallchucking could be chalked up to choking on the literature-shaped shadow i seem to have acquired after reading the (little? well?) known (?) book (?) House of Leaves, which I really liked even though I know I by no means have properly pieced apart lots of it. The structure of footnotes and then toenotes and then toenail notes all the way down, and nested layers of inaccuracy and interpretation is just really cool, especially when disparate parts of the reinterpretations connect back to previous ideas and points in lower levels and vice versa. (Callbacks to previous edits would also be cool but i couldn't figure how to shoehorn that into a probably actually fun premise, so...)
But anyways: the game needs to start somewhere! I'm not really sure what sort of text would be best for the start though. Does anyone know any good poems or very short stories or quotes or excerpts or other pieces of text-containable information and idea that could well fit here? I think starting the game on that could be fun!
#2
General Discussion / Re: Timelines of Games
Last post by omnicrumb - September 11, 2025, 04:40:05 PMHehe i read this and thought it would be fun to post one. It's very lackluster though!
Pre-2018:
2020:
2022:
2024:
2025:
you may notice a trend...
Pre-2018:
- Minecraft
- Terraria
2020:
- Minecraft
- Undertale
2022:
- Minecraft
2024:
- Minecraft
- Among us knockoff
- Fall guys knockoff
- corru.observer
2025:
- Minecraft
- corru.observer
- Hylics
you may notice a trend...
#3
General Discussion / Re: The Welcoming Committee
Last post by omnicrumb - September 08, 2025, 07:40:37 PMhello Bo! Welcome!! I'm doing pretty good, and i hope everyone else is doing pretty well as too! 
#4
General Discussion / Re: The Welcoming Committee
Last post by Bo (Fadnesia) - September 08, 2025, 03:26:14 AMHello good people! After some help I've finally come around to making a user here too<3 Hope you are all doing well! 
#5
Spam / Re: A Trove of (Peculiar) Rare...
Last post by omnicrumb - September 05, 2025, 02:48:07 PM(Common) Dentist's tool for putting them back in after they fall out. Can be misused!
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#6
Spam / Re: Last Person to Post Wins
Last post by omnicrumb - August 20, 2025, 10:58:13 PM(this post is clever because I travelled in to the future for a short period of time to post it. so i can win. :} )
#7
Spam / Re: Last Person to Post Wins
Last post by walrus - August 04, 2025, 06:09:23 PMNot for long
#9
General Discussion / Re: The year is 2025. okay!
Last post by omnicrumb - July 31, 2025, 04:15:00 PMHello walrus!!
Thanks for responding! I think i'm pretty much on the same page as you in general in terms of your answer...
Thanks for responding! I think i'm pretty much on the same page as you in general in terms of your answer...
Quote from: walrus on July 30, 2025, 11:16:29 PM1. I don't see why not if it still is online.Cool! I also talked a little bit in the Discord Server since posting this and the CalRef utilities seem all good to use, at least at the current moment.
Quote from: walrus on July 30, 2025, 11:16:29 PM2. Make friends! I'm walrus. since we haven't particularly spoken one-on-one.It's nice to meet you! ^_^ What do you like to do for fun?
Quote from: walrus on July 30, 2025, 11:16:29 PM6. Posting forum topics sounds like a decent first step.:salute: I will be ascheme with prospective topics. [Take c/Bew/Prep]are!!
#10
Spam / Re: A Trove of (Peculiar) Rare...
Last post by omnicrumb - July 31, 2025, 04:06:09 PM(Special) Well-worn brass whistle. Can be used to summon the Enshrouding Myst.
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