I know I'm behind in rolling out basic features, but talk is cheap and gives me something interesting to switch between when I'm working on boring things like BBCode and PM deletion. Dev time is expensive. And often developing hard features is what forces me to implement the menial ones.
A common feature request I get is some permutation of custom roleplay tabs (beyond IC and OOC), moderator-like privileges for GMs, and some way to manage larger/more ambitious games. I've been thinking of ways to actually achieve this.
If you go to http://toprpgsites.gotop100.com/ or a directory like http://rpg-directory.com/forums/fantasy-myth-rpgs.30/, you get a peak at the world of decentralized roleplays, each one meticulously created on its own Proboards/Jcink/InvisionFree/etc forum.
This is the kind of case I'd like to support on the Guild. Right now, roleplays on the Guild are constrained to a single thread. And I think a lot of us appreciate that simplicity.
But there's no way to go further, grab a group of like-minded players, and grow your own lore on the Guild unless you want to arduously manage a web of interlinked topics.
The Idea
This idea would live alongside the Guild but I would maintain it separately so it doesn't complicate the current system. For instance, imagine if our homepage is on a "Forum" tab and this worlds system is on a "Worlds" tab. There's probably a better name than "world", but that doesn't matter for now.
- You click "Create World", name it, and you become the GM of a "world". Ex: http://roleplayerguild.com/worlds/42
- Within your world, you can create your own non-roleplay forums and roleplay forums. You can organize them into their own categories like the Guild does. You can appoint local moderators, write your own rules, and sticky your own topics.
- You can also write your own stylesheet (CSS) so that you can change the skin to suit your world.
Example Worlds
Here are some examples of stand-alone roleplays that consist of a smaller group of users that maintain its lore.
- http://second-pass.net/
- http://www.markedrp.com/
- http://deathstown.b1.jcink.com/index.php
I'd like to provide the ability to run projects of this scale on the Guild. At the very least, I know it's something our nation-building players would appreciate.
A common feature request I get is some permutation of custom roleplay tabs (beyond IC and OOC), moderator-like privileges for GMs, and some way to manage larger/more ambitious games. I've been thinking of ways to actually achieve this.
If you go to http://toprpgsites.gotop100.com/ or a directory like http://rpg-directory.com/forums/fantasy-myth-rpgs.30/, you get a peak at the world of decentralized roleplays, each one meticulously created on its own Proboards/Jcink/InvisionFree/etc forum.
This is the kind of case I'd like to support on the Guild. Right now, roleplays on the Guild are constrained to a single thread. And I think a lot of us appreciate that simplicity.
But there's no way to go further, grab a group of like-minded players, and grow your own lore on the Guild unless you want to arduously manage a web of interlinked topics.
The Idea
This idea would live alongside the Guild but I would maintain it separately so it doesn't complicate the current system. For instance, imagine if our homepage is on a "Forum" tab and this worlds system is on a "Worlds" tab. There's probably a better name than "world", but that doesn't matter for now.
- You click "Create World", name it, and you become the GM of a "world". Ex: http://roleplayerguild.com/worlds/42
- Within your world, you can create your own non-roleplay forums and roleplay forums. You can organize them into their own categories like the Guild does. You can appoint local moderators, write your own rules, and sticky your own topics.
- You can also write your own stylesheet (CSS) so that you can change the skin to suit your world.
Example Worlds
Here are some examples of stand-alone roleplays that consist of a smaller group of users that maintain its lore.
- http://second-pass.net/
- http://www.markedrp.com/
- http://deathstown.b1.jcink.com/index.php
I'd like to provide the ability to run projects of this scale on the Guild. At the very least, I know it's something our nation-building players would appreciate.