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Post by DMC on Sept 9, 2015 15:51:25 GMT
It's been a week or so since the last pod DM-Nastics, but did I hear Mainprize and Joat correctly, or did I imagine it, that they wanted to create a homebrew custom world with all of our collaboration here on the forums?
I think that'd be rad! Did I miss the thread somewhere if it already exists?
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Post by joatmoniac on Sept 9, 2015 17:04:35 GMT
You heard VERY correctly! That is the plan, and you didn't miss the thread. I'm still trying to square away my ideas. I'm likely going to post a thread to work on together, and then have a more fleshed out plan in the very near future! Pretty excited about this idea as well! My MacBook decided to have its hard drive die, so there was a little bit of a set back, haha.
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Post by DMC on Sept 9, 2015 17:21:17 GMT
You heard VERY correctly! That is the plan, and you didn't miss the thread. I'm still trying to square away my ideas. I'm likely going to post a thread to work on together, and then have a more fleshed out plan in the very near future! Pretty excited about this idea as well! My MacBook decided to have its hard drive die, so there was a little bit of a set back, haha.  |
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Post by dmmadmaxi on Sept 9, 2015 20:40:32 GMT
That will be cool! Cant wait to see what the community comes up with!
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Post by frohtastic on Sept 10, 2015 2:55:44 GMT
So what, we split it up into parts?
or do each blockhead come up with different continents etc?
What about different planes?
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Post by joatmoniac on Sept 10, 2015 5:39:54 GMT
So what, we split it up into parts? or do each blockhead come up with different continents etc? What about different planes? Not necessarily. I was planning on taking the slow and steady approach so that it can remain as cohesive as possible with so many potential contributors to the idea. I am leaning towards just doing the building almost exclusively through the DM-Nastics threads, and utilizing the information already in the threads as starting points, jumping off points, and whatever other points. From there figuring out specific pieces that are missing and having those be the next topics for future DM-Nastics. Still very fluid in the idea because it is a daunting task even when there is structure, haha. |
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Post by frohtastic on Sept 10, 2015 7:40:05 GMT
So what, we split it up into parts? or do each blockhead come up with different continents etc? What about different planes? Not necessarily. I was planning on taking the slow and steady approach so that it can remain as cohesive as possible with so many potential contributors to the idea. I am leaning towards just doing the building almost exclusively through the DM-Nastics threads, and utilizing the information already in the threads as starting points, jumping off points, and whatever other points. From there figuring out specific pieces that are missing and having those be the next topics for future DM-Nastics. Still very fluid in the idea because it is a daunting task even when there is structure, haha. so you mean like the paladin order dmnastics? |
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Post by DM Kiado on Sept 10, 2015 16:26:09 GMT
This all sounds really great, but I have a suggestion for you. Myself and friend worked on a mod for Neverwinter Nights 2, and I have also managed a ASOIAF Mod for M&B (many years ago) but we learned a couple of things that might be of value here. You are going to create a nightmare for yourself without any organization, form, or at least something to differentiate information and ideas, from discussion.
I get the idea of what you are trying to do, allowing all the DMs/people here input on the world. That is not a bad approach, and you will probably have to see how it goes and adapt to what you need. If you are seriously wanting something to come of this though, I would start thinking about how to organize it. You are going to spend so much time putting things together and not participating in the action that it could burn you out.
I don't really like making posts like this where I offer no solution or ideas to validate my argument I just think you should consider how you might better organize the information. This is less DMNastics, and more DMFullon6monthworkoutplan.
Maybe at least come up with main topics: Dieties and History of the Heavens, World History, Current Settings and Recent History, People and Places, Organizations and Guilds, Nations, Races and social interaction. You could use main topics like these for even just individual forum posts for each topic.
Anyways, putting it in your brain now to try and figure out an organization before it becomes madness. That or start an official team to head it up and make decisions to keep it moving, with input and discussion from the whole bunch.
Just my thoughts.
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Post by joatmoniac on Sept 10, 2015 23:36:24 GMT
Much appreciated input DM Kaido! I like establishing certain specific topics that need filling. I think that in my head the original idea was to establish a funnel for the DM-Nastics work to go into a world setting rather than just live on the forums. Maybe I'll look back on this and think I'm crazy, but then again maybe not! Haha. Well I will likely think I'm crazy in hindsight, but whether or not it will be about this remains to be seen. Still trying to curate what we already have built out to see where we need to start. Should be good times either way, and if nothing else we will keep doing DM-Nastics like it is going out of style!
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Post by lasersniper on Sept 11, 2015 1:03:11 GMT
You know here is a thought, why don't we use one of the RPG campaign manager/wiki's like Obsidian Portal? That way, instead of having to search through a metric crapton of posts, we can have a single source of approved content for this new world. And so we aren't stepping on anyone's toes, only a couple of people can edit the actual document/wiki and changes would be hashed out on the forums
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Post by frohtastic on Sept 11, 2015 1:36:09 GMT
You know here is a thought, why don't we use one of the RPG campaign manager/wiki's like Obsidian Portal? That way, instead of having to search through a metric crapton of posts, we can have a single source of approved content for this new world. And so we aren't stepping on anyone's toes, only a couple of people can edit the actual document/wiki and changes would be hashed out on the forums Basically fill inn in obsidian portal after the decisions etc? |
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Post by lasersniper on Sept 11, 2015 1:43:49 GMT
You know here is a thought, why don't we use one of the RPG campaign manager/wiki's like Obsidian Portal? That way, instead of having to search through a metric crapton of posts, we can have a single source of approved content for this new world. And so we aren't stepping on anyone's toes, only a couple of people can edit the actual document/wiki and changes would be hashed out on the forums Basically fill inn in obsidian portal after the decisions etc? Yeah, that way we could have a map of what needs to be filled in and an easy way to reference other things we may want to tie in. |
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Post by joatmoniac on Sept 11, 2015 3:30:30 GMT
It's crazy how similar this thread is to my internal dialogue about the idea. It is also very reassuring to see ideas that are similar to mine, or take what I was thinking to the next level. I have thought about Obsidian Portal, and thought about other wikis, but haven't settled on which one. I agree that there would need to be a limited number of people that could edit so that it isn't just a mirror of the forums. It would also be much easier to digest through a wiki, as you mentioned, rather than 30+ threads right now. I know someone of the forum users have used Obsidian Portal, and I would be super down to scope out someone's world/campaign there to get a feel for the site.
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Post by DM Kiado on Sept 11, 2015 19:21:34 GMT
It's crazy how similar this thread is to my internal dialogue about the idea. It is also very reassuring to see ideas that are similar to mine, or take what I was thinking to the next level. I have thought about Obsidian Portal, and thought about other wikis, but haven't settled on which one. I agree that there would need to be a limited number of people that could edit so that it isn't just a mirror of the forums. It would also be much easier to digest through a wiki, as you mentioned, rather than 30+ threads right now. I know someone of the forum users have used Obsidian Portal, and I would be super down to scope out someone's world/campaign there to get a feel for the site. I was think of taking the same approach but on the new CityofBrass site. (Only because I like the look and being able to custom layout pages.) On there, you can have your "World" editable my anyone you let work on it basically. So it could be used for a world building team approach. Is that possible on Obsidian Portal? It's also a fantastic idea for DM-Nastics! Not saying that it isn't. My concern for you is if it gets crazy and goes all over the place, thinking ahead about organizing the information in some way will make it less of a headache. Would love to be a part of it as well. I believe I have my "Warcry" world shared with you on CityofBrass. (It's barely been touched lately, but it's another possibility.) |
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Post by joatmoniac on Sept 11, 2015 20:05:09 GMT
Yeah, I think that Obsidian Portal is more of a Campaign Manager rather than a place for storing a "World" I would love to check out your City of Brass site and see if that makes more sense. The other idea I have thought about is to utilize a wiki page and build things out from there. Wikia is free and is a place tons of people set up pages. I have signed up for it, and will play around with it unless something better comes up!
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