Dude, what can I say - yes please do this, it sounds awesome.
If you open source it right from the start I will definitely consider contributing. I've just recently started working on a text adventure engine too, and I also have a bit of experience writing bots and such for Steem, so the stars have aligned.
So far it looks like there isn't much interest in the idea, although it could always be that it was bad timing when I posted it and nobody saw it, so maybe I should repost it in a few weeks and try again if it stays that way. Can't work on any more hobby projects right now since I got way too many of those already, so unless there is enough interest to make at least a bit of money with it, I'll have to postpone the idea. I'll do it at some point for sure though because I really want to use it myself :)
I don't think that is the best metric for determining if an idea is good or that a project will be successful. My approach is to do whatever I think is the best idea. No offence but you don't have that far of a reach, and yes I think post timing can matter a lot unfortunately.
I have a lot on my plate too so I know the feeling and that is definitely a good reason to postpone, no point in burning out.
Well I'm very interested, I'll look forward to any beginning on this project.
Yeah my reach is probably close to zero here, I did have a few extremely popular posts but that might have been sheer luck. While 440 followers would usually be more than enough, I think due to the nature of Steem, the vast majority of those followers are actually just spam followers trying to get more followers themselves by following but without any interest in actually reading my posts. Do you know if there is a Steem app that can show you some data about that? Figure out based on voting and commenting habits which of the followers actually engage? Would be interesting to see if my instinct is right on that and how many are actually real followers. Based on my own observation I'd guess something like 20 people :)
Yea not really sure, you could write a little script to take a look. @shaunmza, who once contributed to FOSSbot Voter with me, created Steem Followers, which is focused mainly on the order of events rather than information about followers, but you can check it out here: https://steem.makerwannabe.com
Yea, 440 ain't that much on Steem. I always read your stuff and I think you're under rated. You also don't have much of an investment so that might be a red flag for some people.
Anyway this project rocks, you should do it!
Yeah sadly had to sell off about 230 Steem Power because I needed the money. Although in hindsight it would have been a good decision anyhow because I sold when the Steem price was much, much higher than it is now, so it won't cost as much to get it back when I can afford it again :) And thanks for the nice words, much appreciated!
I guess I could at least work on a very basic version of the site, multiple choice stories only, and see if that gains any traction. I'll think about it :)
Please do. If you want to collaborate on the design of it before investing time then draw up some design / spec docs on a GitHub repo and I will contribute via PRs.