An Experiment: Turn a Plaza Story into a CYOA via Grok

[PapaPalpatine]

I've been playing  around with Grok recently and decided I'd try creating a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-style game from a Plaza story. For the test case, I chose Abbacor's "The Tomb Explorer." The results were better than I expected. For those who  would like to give it a try, the zipped folder linked to below contains a pdf copy of the story and a text file with the instructions and prompt. You can try it with other AIs, though I don't recommend Chatgpt as its general prudishness is likely to spoil the fun. Give it  a try, have fun, and if you have suggestions for improving the prompt, post them here and I'll be happy to try them out.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nt2VOcnIjswkGWsz-SU6HA23XvXY623K/view?usp=sharing

[Edit: I'm just going to provide a Google Drive link since there was an issue with attaching the zip file to the post.]

[Update March 12, 2026: Expanded the Prompt to include achievements with some special rewards...]

[odgentle]

Very interesting approach! Using AI to transform an existing story into an interactive adventure is a clever way to explore storytelling possibilities.

[PapaPalpatine]

Thanks. Have fun with it.

[PapaPalpatine]

The linked file is a log of a test playthrough I recently did:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MUfAfAfheUnSo0LvNH8pVHXjjZtY4UXamBJomj9IqvM/edit?usp=sharing

Note: The log needed to be redacted in some spots to avoid spoiling certain... surprises.