Taengrid

The Convoluted Plane: A sandboxy Nationy kind of thing

@Bones Johnson This is interesting. I would like to jump into a roleplay somewhere and this was at the top of the list so why not?

You've got an attention grabbing intro, vague but suggesting some sort of sci-fi or sci-fi fantasy mix. The machine gods...algorithms. This is a matrix like reality? I would suggest maybe refining the concept or, as you suggest working it out with some other folks...I'll try and riff a little on what you got...

Machine Gods Created by...the CREATORS! I guess they probably were destroyed by the machines. Some time must have passed since then because the narrative suggests these 'machines' are viewed as gods by whatever survived, and something to be feared. Fair enough, something powerful enough to create a new reality and destroy what created them should be feared. Not to mention they have control over day and night. Seems like they are in full control except for these "places habitable to life are those the Gods have long since abandoned".

Why were they abandoned by the machines? Or were they forcibly removed? Someone must have figured out how to thwart these machines at some point, so much to the point that a new civilization has emerged. So...points of light of civilization in a scary machine-ruled reality. That's cool. Plenty of opportunity for adventure.

What else have you got?

"Either coming from the cosmic scrap itself, or vagrants shambling away from the Gods workshops, life ..."

Both interesting ideas, suggesting there is some sort of universal force at work divergent from the machine gods reality. Also, the vagrants shambling is very evocative. Rogue sentient robots? Maybe some refuge remnant of the creators themselves? Cool. That's two possible player races.

I'm thinking that this world is some sort of Magi-tech plane. Or maybe it's just technology sufficiently removed from knowledge that it seems like sorcery...

Anyways, I'll be around.

This Dark Age of Ours

Hi! Going to give this a shot as it seems the most simple game to get started with. I can post a writing sample if you want? I tried to keep it pretty basic as you requested in the OP. Not sure if this is a fantasy type game or more historical so I tried to make a mixture of both, leaning towards the historical.

Nation App

Name: The Kingdom of Ektria
"From shepherds to conquerors..."

Location:

Description:
The people of Ektria owe their heritage to peoples of the ancient 'great' civilizations. Where once they were but a small province of a much larger empire, the ethnic Ektrians have abandoned the pastoral and nomadic ways of their ancestors. The 'Fall' was both disastrous and a catalyst for new kingdoms to emerge in the many provinces of old.

They are a militant kingdom, eager to expand their territory and wealth under the leadership of a new aristocracy. The 'nobility' of the Ektrians are historically the strongest, eager for battle and glory, and willing to die in the name of their polytheistic faith.

Religion, distilled and adapted accordingly from ancient sources has transformed the timid shepherd and nomad into a willing warrior of the faith-eager to please their cruel gods and reap the rewards of mortal glory even if the cost is death.

Magic is mistrusted, forsaken even among the Ektrian nobility; a thing for the unlearned or those that cling to the old ways. Mystics and shamans still stalk the Ektrian highlands, proclaiming and prophesying to those who will listen, but they are outcasts among the learned nobility.

Ektrians trade with stronger kingdoms and simply invade and take what they want with the weak. Iron weapons, ale and wine, salted fish and pelts and furs are some of the Ektrian exports as well as a healthy dose of their warlike pantheon. Imports are mostly precious metals, gold and so forth. Along with slaves and certain textiles they are not capable of making themselves.