A Day At The Beach

After long last, a short update to this CYOA blog; the following was a brief work submitted to the "KLIK HARDER PIRATE KART II", a compilation of deliberately lousy and primitive games -- in enormous quantities! Most of the titles were made using Clickteam's Klik 'n Play engine, but one of the authors found something even more basic -- a brief and vestigial choose-your-own-adventure designed to be manually navigated by the player in a text editor! The author thought it was awesome that I ran with the concept to the point of actually linking it up, and to this day KittyLambda is one of my top referrers to this blog.

A Day at the Beach
Game by PsySal (psysal@gmail.com) - www.kittylambda.com
Made on Feb 28, 2010 for the KLIK HARDER PIRATE KART II
Converted to HTML by A_Gamebook_Fan in July, 2010.

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You play this game in NOTEPAD.EXE or similar text editor. It's like a choose-your-own adventure story.
Sometimes, you'll be told to "[N]" where N is a number. You can get there by hitting CTRL+F (for find) and entering in [N]. Easy! [Please disregard; you can now just click on the links to take you to the narrative thread that interests you.]

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[0] Let's Begin

Please choose up to FIVE things you will take to the beach. Type them in here.

1:
2:
3:
4:
5:

Now, we shall begin:

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[1]

It's a lovely, sunny day. You run downstairs and ask your roommate, Paly, if he wants to go to the beach.

"The beach? What a FABULOUS idea! Let's go." he says.

"I've already got some things."

"Oh, excellent. Did you bring sunblock?"

• If you brought sunblock, [3]
• If not, [2]

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[2]

"I didn't bring any, sorry."

"That's ok, I have some" Paly holds up his sunblock and smiles.

Continue at [4]

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[3]

"I've got it right here!" You show him your sunblock.

"Ah... that sunblock isn't good enough for me. I'm going to bring mine anyhow.

Continue at [4]

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[4]

You head out to the car. Paly brings his surfboard along with his sunscreen, and apackage of cookies.

The drive to the beach is relaxing. You both have Tuesdays off, which isn't the usual day to head to the beach. So there's not too much traffic. You joke in the car and listen to Aaliya.

Finally, you arrive.

• If you need to use the change room, [6]
• If you want to head for the concession stand, [5]

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[5]

"I'm going to concession stand," you tell Paly.

"Sure, no problem, bro. I'll scope us a spot on the beach." Paly put this swimming suit on before he came, so he doesn't need to change.

"Sounds good, just stick your board in the sand so I can see where you're at."

"Yep!" He fistpumps.

You head to the concession stand, and scope out some things.

• If you want to buy chips, [7]
• For a coke, [8]

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[6]

"I'm going to the change room," you tell Paly.

"Yeah, this water looks awesome. I'm going to grab us a spot in the sun." Paly is wearing his bathing suit already so he's ready to get into the water.

"Oh, okay I hope I'll be able to find you."

"I'll put my board in the sand, so you can see it."

You smack your forehead. "Ah yeah, of course!"

The changeroom smells slightly sweaty. You strip naked.

• If you brought your swimsuit, [13]
• If you forgot it, [14]

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[7]

"I'll take these chips, mac."

"Sure, that'll be seven dollars."

• If you brought $7 or more with you, [10]
• Otherwise, [9]

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[8]

"I think I'll just get a coke."

"Sure, that'll be four dollars."

• If you brought $4 or more with you, [11]
• Otherwise, [9]

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[9]

"You don't have enough money! Get outta my concession stand!"

The owner takes it from you and glares. You shoulda brought money to the beach!

Dejected, you decide to go look for Paly.

• Continue at [12]

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[10]

You pay him the $7 and take your chips. What a rip off! You start to snarfle them down and then head to look for Paly.

• Continue at [12]

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[11]

You buy a coke for $4. You decide not to open it yet.

• Continue at [12]

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[12]

You head over to where you can see Paly's surfboard sticking up in the sand.

When you arrive, he's nowhere to be seen. You're about to set your things on the ground when you hear something:

"Help! Help!"

You look out and you can see Paly, waving his hands in the air. It's a shark attack!

You run into the water as fast as your legs will carry you. Soon you can see the shark; and it is a mean one, too!

• If you brought a gun with you, [15]
• If you have something heavy with you like an unopened coke or a rock, [16]
• Otherwise, [17]

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[13]

You put on your swimsuit, and put your clothes in your bag.

Heading out of the changeroom, you decide to go find Paly.

• Continue at [12]

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[14]

You decide today is the day to swim NAKED. You put your clothes in your bag and head out of the changeroom.

Out on the beach, it feels great to be wild and free. You spot Paly's surfboard but decide you want to head for the waves.

Along the way, somebody yells at you:

"Hey buddy, this isn't France you know. It's FLORIDA!"

You don't care, this feels way too good. You just smile at the man and shout "Yeah, well peace out man!"

Soon you're at the water and, dropping your bag of clothes you dive in.

The water envelops you and you feel a primordial longing for the sea. It's amazing.

...

Something has your leg.

THEFUCK?!!

NO!! It's a shark.

You thrash.

You kick at it.

It drags you under, and rolls you like a crocodile would. Wait, maybe it's a crocodile that has you?

You'll never know, because everything goes black.

- THE END. Thanks for playing!

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[15]

You pull the BUSHMASTER assault rifle out of your bag. Always pays to be prepared.

Leveling the sights on the shark, you pull the trigger.

RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT.

The shark is toast.

You set the gun down and head towards the water, to meet Paly who is coming out.

"Thanks, man. He really had me there!"

"Let me look at your leg." You bend down and examine Paly's leg.

"Aww, aint' so bad." He's limping a bit, not wanting to put any weight on it. "It's a bit sore though."

"Yeah, actually somehow he didn't break the skin. Musta just had his gums on ya."

"Whew."

You head over to the first aid station and the life guard looks over Paly's leg.

"Good thing your friend here had a BUSHMASTER with him. That could have been game over for you."

"You're telling me."

You just smile.

"Well, it's been a good day. That shark is out of commission, let's get some waves."

Paly and you head to the ocean, friends again.

- THE END. Thanks for playing!

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[16]

You've got one chance only. You'll have to throw the coke can (or other heavy item that you brought with you) at the shark, and knock him unconcious.

You wind up. Those hours spent in little league will finally pay off.

Whup! The can (or other heavy item) lobs through the air. Whoosh!

SMACK!

You hit the bastard. The shark writhes in annoyance, and swims away.

You cross your arms and wait for Paly to head back.

"Thanks, man. He really had me there!"

"Yeah, I'm a good throw." You smile smugly.

"My leg hurts like a bitch." He's limping a bit, not wanting to put any weight on it.

"Yeah whatever."

"Whew."

You head over to the first aid station and the life guard looks over Paly's leg.

"Good thing your friend here had a coke can or other heavy item with him. That could have been game over for you."

"You're telling me."

You just smile.

"Well, it's been a good day. That shark is out of commission, let's get some waves."

Paly and you head to the ocean, friends again.

- THE END. Thanks for playing!

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[17]

You stand helpless as Paly is devoured by a shark.

...

It's quite a hideous sight, but you can't help but remember the more expensive sunscreen and the fact that his surfboard is right here.

You take his sunscreen and his surfboard, and leave the grisly scene. The water is turning red.

Better not try the waves today, because of that shark. But at least you've got a nice new surfboard and some thirty-some dollar sunscreen.

You load up the car and head back home, excited to go through the things in his room.

- THE END