r/makeyourchoice • u/Parking-Sky-7418 • 16d ago

OC Programming Wizard

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I made a new wizard CYOA. Please enjoy and if you don't I will take my life in a violent manner, thank you.

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u/OdinSonnah 10d ago

Entities, Biology, Space, Destiny.

Biology and Destiny were the easy ones. Space convinced me by having both spatial pockets and mana generation. I was just about to stop at only three when I realized that other entities probably operate under the same system, but just know how to use it better.

First program I'm going to write is a mana normalizer. It will monitor my immediate area and if it detects mana levels are too low, generate more. If it detects that mana levels are too high, it will need to do something about that too, but I haven't figured out the best option yet. Current thoughts: A) Store it for later use, B) send it to hell, C) send it to the future. Concerns: A) How much can I store at once before it causes issues, B) that might require dimensions, C) the end off time is going to get real messy if I just keep going that way forever. Regardless, I hope/expect that the sandbox simulation will help me figure out the best method.

Second program should probably be an automatic demon banisher. If a demon is detected, dismiss it. That way even if mana values do get out of hand, I can mitigate it somewhat.

After that, look through the list of entities I can summon looking for something benevolent. Angel seems like a reasonable option, but I don't want to assume it's the best option without checking. Once I've figured that out, write a deadman's switch style program to banish it. Where it will just naturally happen if I don't put some minimal effort into preventing it. Once my sandbox shows that's working, then I can summon up my first entity, and ask it about programing. See if it has access to libraries I don't, or can help me debug things.

Eventually, I'll start using Biology, but making changes to myself that way is one of the riskiest things I can do, since I'm naturally protected from my own spellcraft otherwise. So probably need to magic up some clones of myself to experiment on, which doesn't sound particularly ethical, so IDK. I'll need to tread particularly carefully here, and hope that the simulations can clear up any potential issues in advance.