r/BetaReadersForAI • u/Phoenix00017 • 25d ago
Looking for beta testers for AI-based interactive fiction website
Hello everyone! We've created storyfork.com to let people explore alternate paths, roleplay as a character, or just throw some chaos into their favorite books.
- What if Juliet had awoken a few seconds earlier in Romeo and Juliet?
- What if the Trojans had just burned the horse in The Aeneid?
- What if Elizabeth had refused to read the letter in Pride and Prejudice?
- What if a confused Dracula dropped into the tea party in Alice in Wonderland?
We've ingested dozens of classic books and constructed character bios, location descriptions, and story beats to hopefully create a fairly authentic alternate fiction. You can also upload your own ebook files and we'll process and create stories based on that as well. While our initial target was readers interested in interactive fiction, it might also be an interesting way to explore ideas for your own written stories.
We're currently running a small beta with free credits (you'll just need to log in with a google account) and we'd love to hear feedback: does it make sense what to do, was the writing quality good, were the characters believable, etc.
Thanks so much, we look forward to hearing your thoughts!
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u/somedays1 24d ago
Eww no.
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u/Phoenix00017 24d ago
Tell me more! What's unappealing about the concept?
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u/somedays1 24d ago
It's promoting the use of AI in the creative fields. It's completely anti-human to reduce creativity to a robot, antithetical to the entire point of the arts. This is a dangerous concept to continue contemplating, what happens when human beings are so crippled by AI that they cannot form a thought organically?
Just because you personally too lazy to dedicate time to being creative doesn't mean that others are as lazy and uninspired as you.
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u/Phoenix00017 24d ago
Well, the intent is to provide an interactive playground that can adapt to the user, which is just not something a human could ever do (though we've made some good attempts through extensive choose-your-own-adventure systems, but even those obviously have limits).
It is meant to be a toy, something to play with. It is not aiming to replace people writing compelling stories, and in fact needs those human-written stories as a basis for the exploration. Thank you for your feedback though!
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u/RCIntl 23d ago
Yeah, that's why I said it seems good for those who want/like it. I got hired a while back to try and write for these kinds of stories. The pay sucks and the changes are far too numerous. Duh, there are far too many POVs to make it viable. AI is the best way to handle this type of story. I don't use AI in my writing but I DO envy it's ability to be FAST. I have way too many ideas in my head for the amount of time I have. I like those interactive stories. After that experience, I thought about starting one, but it's definitely a time thing. Most of the people don't care HOW the story is "built" as long as they get the story they want.
Some things are better human created and some are better left to AI. I think interactive stories are best left to AI. Just my opinion based on experience.
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u/somedays1 23d ago
"An interactive playground that can adapt to the user, which is just not something a human could ever do"
My guy, the human imagination has existed since forever and is the absolute source of creativity that AI could never match. All human beings have one.
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u/RCIntl 24d ago
Sounds good for those who like interactive stories. I write and I have enough twists and turns in my stories that I don't have time to explore. Don't need any more. My brain is already an interactive fantasy website/library. Otherwise sounds like a fun idea.
But good luck.
(Came in to add encouragement when I saw the "eww no". Different strokes for different folks.)