ArkmageddonCat

The Black Undeath

@ArkmageddonCat
Hey, it's been two weeks and I in no means intend to sound or be pushy, but you've got a small update on the state of things?

@Nerdude

tl;dr - I throw out some excuses, give a small update, go on and on about... I don't eve remember what, honestly... aaand I ask you guys for some feedback in the last paragraph.

I'm sensitive to schedule changes, and once my summer classes ended it really messed me up. It was also my first two weeks since the start of the summer that I had nothing to do, and no need to take my medicine. Now, I'm not sure if my medicine helps keep my inspiration flowing, or what, but my brain pretty much went dead. Didn't know what to do, couldn't think of anything. And then there was the sweet and deadly trap of video games - which is entirely my own fault. I knew my creative process was fragile, but I didn't know it was this fragile.

Nonsense aside, I still have the progress I made before my two week break, and now that my fall semester has started I'm back on my adderall and can pace around the campus instead of the confines of my home where everybody gets annoyed by it. Cartelom was getting a lot of updates, I dropped the other regions, and I've had issues trying to develop a less sandbox-y delivery of the story - specifically in the introduction phase.

I suppose the most unfortunate news, aside from... y'know... wasting a whole two weeks, is that most of my work for this RP, period, has been put into making new enemy types. So... probably have prioritization issues as well, though inspiration is pretty come and go, hit or miss, with me.

Hm... maybe I could use a co-GM or something? But I don't want to, like... end up relying on them or something... I don't know, didn't get any sleep last night so I'm struggling a little bit here. Uh...

You know what? Let's just... get some involvement back in here. Since you two are still along for the ride, are there any changes you'd like to see or anything you think could use some expanding on, specifically? I know we talked about adding images, and I am planning on doing that at this point. I was also planning on expanding the earlier monster descriptions that I came up with, as they're not as lengthy/detailed as the ones I've written up since (which are still relatively short, seeing as they're just descriptions), but any time I've tried that I just... can't think of anything to add. Doesn't mean I'll stop trying, though, now that I'm easing back into working on this stuff.

Ban the Person above you

Banned for complaining.

The Black Undeath

@pugbutter Yeah I hope we can get more peeps, but even if we can't we might be able to go through this with just us three in the same location.

@Nerdude I can certainly use some of these, and I've found some as well. Not sure what I'll use for Cartelom, but you've nabbed plenty of useable images.

The Black Undeath

@pugbutter Yes, unless I make any significant changes to the CS of course - but I don't think I'll be doing that. Even if I do make changes to the CS you'll still practically be guaranteed acceptance, anyways.

@Nerdude Alright, cool.

And good grief that's a good chunk of images...

The Black Undeath

@pugbutter Yeah, that's pretty much why I'm deciding just to reboot it. Why bother continuing if nobody comes back and the situation doesn't get any better.

But yes, this next time around I'll be restricting the starting area to one location.

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@Nerdude Yeah, that's what I'll go with. I'll try to remember to throw an NPC sheet together, but if I fail to do that before the reboot goes live just remind me. I am going to focus most of my time on expanding and revitalizing the world, though I can't promise any pictures.

I had tried finding a reference picture for Cartelom to include in my first post, but didn't deem any of them sufficient. I'll give cities another go, but due to the nature of my monsters (mostly regarding those I've yet to reveal) finding reference art for some of them is probably going to be near impossible, if not entirely so - though I do want to find a reference picture to go with the header for the Monster Section. One picture is way easier than scouring the internet for all the enemies I've currently got milling around in my pocket.

And while I think a map would be cool, I just don't have the ability to make one that I feel would be presentable. A reference image for the region itself might not actually be too hard to find, but I haven't tried searching for one of those yet. I'll see how that goes. It might actually be really quick and easy.

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This could take me a while. I'm hoping no more than 2 weeks, as I've got summer classes to worry about and my schedule has changed drastically due to changes in my ride situation that leaves me with a whole lot less of the time I normally spent working on this kinda stuff. But there's a fair amount of stuff I want to cover. I threw the original interest check up when this was just a barebones concept, not expecting much to come of it, and ended up flailing around for a month or two - half of which time was spent without internet - trying to scrape this thing together with all the inspiration I could muster. Part of that's just down to how I work, but I did feel some pressure once people started showing interest.

Now I don't feel that pressure, and I've got a base to start with instead of starting from scratch. I know where I want to go and what I want to do, now, I just need the time to put it together and into words.

The Black Undeath

Oh my god it's already been 8 days?!

Well... I guess it's about time I delivered my verdict, huh? I've seen RPs survive through worse droughts of activity than this, but all of them easily had at least triple the posts we have. The main issue here is lack of active players, and a reboot might help with that.

So... that's what I'll do. First, though, I'm going to give the RP a bit of a facelift, add a few more monsters to the starting list, readdress the rules, etcetera. I've also still got summer classes to deal with, which shouldn't outright stop me - but will certainly slow me down.

Will continue to post updates here for the time being.