You get 4 completely random words - like: Baguette. Insolvency. Grandpa. University - and have to write a short story about them. Surprise your friends with creativity, chaos, or pure nonsense! If you are feeling creative, you can also let the game assign you a random genre (like crime or romance)...
During the write phase, you can earn a variety of Items by winning typeracer minigames. Use these Items to disrupt other players in creative ways...
- A Revolver to knock someone out for 10 seconds
- A Story switch that forces everyone to continue another Players story
- A Letter lock that blocks 3 random keys for a short amount of time and limits your writing possibilities
- A fish that adds some fish to the story of another Player
- A turn that turns the view upside down for the other Players
When the writing timer ends, its showtime: Each player steps onto the stage and reads their masterpiece aloud! You can either upvote or downvote the story of the other Players. Or if you really do NOT like the story, you can pull out the rocketlauncher and blow each other up!
- Green Buzzer = Cool Story, Bro!
- Red Buzzer = Bad Story, Bro!
- Rocketlauncher = I hate your Story, Bro! (Disqualifies the Story)
It took me only 4 weeks to go from game-idea to shippable game. Cool Story Bro! is my second friendslop game and its just a small and fun game about writing short stories. My previous game Paddle Paddle Paddle was sold over 240,000 times within the first 8 months and showed me that small games with a focus on fun gameplay can have a big impact! Now I want to continue making smaller games with a viral game-mechanic and streamer-friendly gameplay! 2 days after the game announcement, Cool Story Bro! has millions of views on social media and thousands of steam-wishlists.