Roleplay Formation Question(s)

[DocRock]

Hey folks, DocRock here, I'm here with a bit of a thing that I've been thinking about.

For the past month or so, I've been considering as a down the line type game of fantasy adventure, or taking from one of my personal works to set up a sandbox tale. With the release news on the recent Nintendo Direct, I've felt more encouraged to seriously consider the former.

With that said, the reason I wanted to do this a few months down the line was due to a belief that I didn't have the readiness on the forum to make the game, and I wanted time to plan. I'm still going to do it a bit down the line, but I may push the time table up due to the breath of fresh air in my sails with the news regarding Rune Factory 4 Special Edition and Rune Factory 5's title being shown. That said, I'm just putting this feeler out, to see if anyone might be interested in helping me GM this, as while I've got the needed writings down that just need slight adaption(as I've researched Rune Factory extensively), I don't have the GM confidence yet. I'm also looking for anyone who might be a Rune Factory fan(or just likes high fantasy) who might be interested in submitting a character.

My current plans are not as crazy as the original plan was(which was up to three different threads based in free, casual, and advanced, to give all three types of skill levels different plotlines tailored to their preferences), but I'm still debating if I want to do a "slice of life" Rune Factory tale set within either the capital of Norad(main location of the games) or a random village/city, or what. Timing I'm looking at either during the war that the main games cover, or later, after the war ends. I know this may sound a bit all over the place, but I'm a tad distracted, and due to how my head is at the moment, its a bit hard to focus, but I'm trying.

Anyways, I guess there's a tl;dr now
1. Looking for folks interested in helping co-GM a Rune Factory based high fantasy game.
2. Also looking for folks interested in joining the game, don't need to know a lick of RF stuff, I'll help there
3. I'm still trying to decide the specific overarching narrative, such as where the game would be set, and what might be going on, but feedback is welcome.
4. There is no fourth thing.

Have a good one, I didn't put this in interest checks for casual since I'm doing long term planning. I hope folks like reading this, since I really do feel like I did a bad job explaining this.

[Jerkchicken]

I might be able to help. Wanna slide into my DMs?

[DocRock]

Sure, do you mind shooting me one? Working on a CS for a personal project atm.

[Jerkchicken]

Done

[Mangrale]

Haven't dabbled in RF since the early games that have all but faded from my memory by now. I actually might be interested in joining should you reach that point. Either way, good luck.

[DocRock]

Haven't dabbled in RF since the early games that have all but faded from my memory by now. I actually might be interested in joining should you reach that point. Either way, good luck.

@Mangrale

Thanks! Me and @Jerkchicken have been busy discussing stuff in PMs, so its not impossible something might happen sooner rather than later. And well, if you have a Nintendo Switch, hold out for RF4's new version, since they have...cutscene portrait animation. At least we've seen it for talking with Forte and another character, so its likely more characters will get it too. RF5 is also a factor.

Tbh, I haven't touched RF4 for awhile, I mostly just roleplay it, ahaha.

[Mangrale]

@DocRock I have given thought to getting back on in some way, though nowadays it takes more effort to make the time. I just wanted to show my interest, in case you guys should refer back to this thread months and months down the line and call back on anyone that showed such interest. Course, that's assuming you don't update this thread with your progress, though I surely wouldn't ask such a course of action from you. I at least have a fair idea of how hard the follow through of a project can be.

Honestly though, I played the first few RF titles when I was still experimenting to find the sort of games that most appealed to me. It seems that I do not have the knack or patience for farm simulators as I could have, but the approachable fantasy backdrop appealed to me, and the RPG action element didn't hurt either.

[Jerkchicken]

If you want, one of us can invite you to DM for this discussion or I dunno like a discord chat or something.

[DocRock]

@DocRock I have given thought to getting back on in some way, though nowadays it takes more effort to make the time. I just wanted to show my interest, in case you guys should refer back to this thread months and months down the line and call back on anyone that showed such interest. Course, that's assuming you don't update this thread with your progress, though I surely wouldn't ask such a course of action from you. I at least have a fair idea of how hard the follow through of a project can be.

Honestly though, I played the first few RF titles when I was still experimenting to find the sort of games that most appealed to me. It seems that I do not have the knack or patience for farm simulators as I could have, but the approachable fantasy backdrop appealed to me, and the RPG action element didn't hurt either.

@Mangrale

Appreciate the interest, really. And yeah, the farming isn't for all, but the rpg side meant you could avoid the farm for a long time if you wanted, and only work in there for quests. Though it was also a good idea to invest in farming, at least in RF4, to have more materials for stuff.
And yeah, I think we can invite you to the group message, or Discord, your choice man.

[Mangrale]

@DocRock@Jerkchicken That sounds like quite the generous offer, you two. The only reservation I have stem from myself not knowing enough about the majority of the RF franchise to offer much help in development, and I wouldn't want to distract the two of you when it comes to your DM discussion. Perhaps the discord link would be preferable, if only because I imagine one of you would have ended up creating one eventually. I could use more experience with the platform anyway. Thank you.

Maybe I'll start giving thought to the character I'll play, at least as far as general stuff (no need for a CS template so soon). It's not as though I'm counting my eggs before they hatch. I'd just like the diversion and I reckon I'd wind up making a character for an RF roleplay anyway.

[DocRock]

Yeah, I gotcha.

Main goal I had was to make it an rp anyone could join, regardless of if they were in the fandom or not. If you do need any help, drop me a line, since I may work on the CS template later, then refine over the next week or two. Since short of a miracle, stuff I have to do this weekend for next week will have me a bit busy.

[Mangrale]

Thank you for the offer. I've just been thinking up of concepts in my spare time, one that I've fallen in love with, though they're on the younger side, young enough that they'll probably count as a dependent to another villager. From there, I thought about making that villager as well, I suppose as a backup if you would allow multiple characters and no other player is willing to facilitate. I hope that makes sense.

By now I just have names and character portraits. I'm unsure if I'll proceed further than that, and I'm of course content to wait until the work is further along to the point that I'd have more to work with towards a full CS. There is no hurry after all, certainly not if you have other matters to attend to.

[DocRock]

Sure, that's fine to have more than one character, I mean like in RF4 you have a small child like bug girl living with the elder elf.

The only real delay is some paperwork for school I have to do, coupled with wrapping up the current draft, haven't touched it in a day or so so that's fun. If you do want to see the draft, shoot me a DM, and I'll give you a preview of the interest check.

[Mangrale]

If you're sure it wouldn't be too much trouble then I guess I could send you one, if not today then definitely tomorrow. Thanks again.

[DocRock]

Sure that's fine, no rush, take your time comrade.