Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Stories Tips
What are some stories about the achatina? Memorable achatina stories, wild encounters, and fan fiction.
To: Duke, DiploLover, SangToareGirl, RelatingHen
From: Ben, & KM
Duke, read the prologue of ur new story and it seems great so far! We dont have any advice or criticism at the moment since its so early on in the story. Though if you haven’t already, consider why Jasper abandoned his family/kingdom, and consider what exactly Elm wants to do (though you’ve probably also done that. You might wanna consider what you’ll do with worldbuilding (what ARK/map does it take place on? how does Prince Jasper’s old kingdom run in terms of government? culture for wyverns, how they view and treat other dinosaurs/creatures? important locations?) sounds like a lot, but you can gradually review and add more as you go along. For now just focus on developing what the plot will be like and the main goal of Jasper and Elm.
DiploLover, well, I already view CON as a book and you as an author. If you’re talking about becoming a professional one, its not exactly my expertise. Just look into if you wanna get a publisher or self-publish, and what audience you’re looking to push CON toward. As for whether you should continue working on CON or work on ur other ideas, I highly recommend finishing CON before working on anything else, especially if ur first few stories are difficult making it past the first draft. You’ll be a lot more focused and can finish your stories faster than working on multiple stories at once (unless you have the willpower and stamina like some more seasoned authors here have like Moon, Wyvernian, Apex etc.) Also really dont suggest reading the explorer notes in game… just read them on the Ark wiki. If you want a more visual representation, watch NeddyTheNoodle’s Survivor Stories, which basically turns the Explorer notes into movies ingame. If you want a more auditory audio book-like explanation, watch NeddyTheNoodle’s ARK lore explained.
Sang, I’d still read your GenshinXArk fanfic even tho i dont know the lore for Genshin, but if you want to expose that crossover fanfic to people who actually have knowledge, you could explore other more generalized fanfic sites, since DDEX isnt really designed to be for fanfic. Off the top of my head sites like AO3, WattPad, Fanfiction.net. You could also go the Genshin Wiki Community Discussion and ask if theyd be interested, tho its only a matter if THEY know Ark lore. Up to you, dont stress and lose too much sleep about it. And yes, We do indeed have our own wiki. Theres also a discussion forum on there (theres a button for it) so if you wanna talk there too you can make a Fandom account and all that jazz. Mostly art pieces get sent there, and other stuff too.
Relating, Chapter 14 of JTAC was good, lots of intrigue built and the like. Nice seeing Terad again and also good intrigue built on Denine’s shotgun being normal? No criticism or advice for now, just keep building upon it. Also a possible idea to build more upon characters is to have certain parts of the chapter focused around their POV and thoughts. It’s a good idea to have a good amount of perspectives, because it can create moral dilemnas and force the reader to choose sides (which can be difficult to choose sides if multiple POVs are executed correctly). For example, a POV explaining Terad’s overprotectiveness and his thoughts could make the readers more understanding and accepting of his actions. Yeah thats about it.
Guys, I just saw this, and literally knew nothing about it before... WE LITERALLY HAVE OUR OWN WIKIS! I found mine while looking up The Five Talons of Abberation out of curiosity... and BEHOLD! My own wiki!! I dunno why, but this makes me so happy and excited. So yeah. Just saw!!
-SangToareGirl
Diplolover
It is really easy to find out all the lore. First, you gotta start on the island, survive like you would, and find explorer notes. Then, once you are level 20 or more, try going into the caves. Then easiest cave is the Artifact of the Hunter (In my opinion). Then go from there. The hardest one is probably the one in the redwoods because it has poison gas. Once you do all the caves, go to all of the Obliesk and fight the bosses. Then go to the volcano, and fight the overseer. When you defeat him, big stuff will happen (Lore stuff).
I hope this helps!
GitezGood
Hey Ben and KM! Thanks again for reading my stories! Anyways, yes. I definitely intended for there to be that romantic tension- and their romance is going to be much more believable than Aderyn and Kade's. I do just need to have a romance in my stories, as a shipper. As for if it'll work out? We'll just have to see. You can definitely tell that Kiri is more on the wilder side- while Syaoran is more calm and mysterious. I assume with the fast pace of Yi Ling's, any Yi Ling trainer would be wild. But yeah, we'll just have to see where the plot leads! (I'm not quite sure yet myself, but I'm sure it'll be interesting.)
-SangToareGirl, who really appreciates you guys giving your opinions on my stories.
Primal, I actually have a level or 2 on Hatchet? But how would I find you, especially since Dododex on my side has a 3-4 day tip refresh time?
Anyway, I dunno if you have Discord, but if you do, my username is dinoslayer. (Don't forget the . At the end.) If you don't have Discord, we can try to figure something else out. Until I get a Discord request or Dododex refreshes.
Side fact, they are bringing back the sleeping in beds in Single-player.
- DinoSlayer.
Wyverain, that’d be so cool if they made a What if show about our stories!! But yeah….I wouldn’t want them ruining them. 😐. Not that my book would be ever made a movie or series anyway. There’s some stuff in it that’s based on other movies or books so….I don’t want to get accused of copying. Anyways…cya around!
-SunnyFox57
Sunnyfox, I read the last chapter of THoM!!! I enjoyed it very much!!! And Cole’s Back!!!!! I had very mixed feelings about him throughout this chapter. From Yay!! to NOOOO!!! back to Yay!!! It was a great chapter and I can’t wait for the next story!!!!!
Until Next Time!!!
-PrimalApex:)
Moon, Yeah I think you’re right, we might need to slow down in here. I think I’m gonna stop using the story page on the Dododex website. It’s nice, but I think I’d rather use it when I can’t find a new chapters.
I can’t wait to see your animations!! Whether their Pmvs, Animatics or proper animations. I am very excited to see them!!!
SandmasterXD, I’m caught up on Overseer!!! I can’t wait to read chapter 17!!! Fuzzball’s adventure is very interesting and I can’t wait to see more!!!! I am enjoying it very much!!!
Until Next Time!!!
-PrimalApex:) for last time tonight.
Ben, take as much time as you need to finish your story! I can’t wait to read your arcs!! And I’m really sorry about killing the coolest guy ever, Paul. LOL, honestly I didn’t even realize that. And I read chapter twenty seven!! “Man, you think we can eat it?” “We shall not! Do you, by chance, know the tale of the Golden Egg?” LOL. 🤣I feel sorry for Simon and Bobby. Poor guys they don’t know what it is.
-SunnyFox57
*a hand reaches around a corner holding a note addressed to someone called Ben* *it reads this:* Ben, i see you’ve been wondering about Rachelle. Here a little hint, check out my newspaper in Allosaurus. It might….explain a few things. *after delivering the note the hand disappears once again* 🤫
-SunnyFox57
Wyvernian, I didn’t see the last message you sent. Also Yeah, I also agree with you on all that.
Ben, I get what you mean on being behind. I feel like I should be somewhere between chapter 50 and chapter 60, but I have had writers block for Journey and was stuck on 40. I finally broke through, Ultimus actually helped me with that. But don’t worry if you’re behind. Just keep working on it and you’ll be fine!!
Sunnyfox, I’ve been meaning to say this, I think that my favorite series title is The Riddles of the phoenixes series. Definitely sounds the best one to me!! Also Moon said to Rune in Achatina that she would put animations on her future YouTube channel.
Until Next Time!!
-PrimalApex:)
Apex, nvm I just had to scroll down a lot. I see it now.
Sunny, I totally understand not wanting to watch the animated series I’ll be watching it just because I really want to see the Dino stuff.. also it’s really hard to avoid it… I’ll report back to you once I see how much There is. My guess is it’s probably only the first episode and then flashbacks (until season 3 because of mei yin and Diana..) but I’ll see. It really makes me mad that they can’t just put it in as a background thing no they gotta base like half of the show/movie/game off of it and every single character who hears about it is just unrealisticlly ecstatic, like they wouldn’t be making such a big deal about it if it was a man and a woman but since it’s two of the same gender neither of them can die, everyone has to be super excited, they CONSTANTLY talk about it and they have to have a perfect relationship. It just gets redundant and repetitive and takes away from the overall plot. Sometimes they don’t do this like the Jurassic world Netflix show didn’t make a huge deal about it but like dragon prince dedicated basically half a season to it, it got to the point where I just skipped it all because it was completely unimportant they were literally background characters that didn’t really matter at all but they gave their love like three scenes an episode.. anyway I’ll tell you how far wildcard went, but my guess is very far based on their track record..
-Wyvernain