And I was born in a world that is ending

[she_who_is_soc]

Restless Heavens Public Document @ Google Docs

I've been adding in more information about each kingdom, and I've been starting to define each character 'type' and also starting into the structures of the government and military.   I did give the Youma Hunters a name, Akuniku - basically, they are like the Shusei in that they are kingdom-less

Comments

[ambientfiligree]

I like akuniku. <3

- I've already discussed this with you, and I think it's a good idea. It definitely addresses the issue of needing 24 players for each kingdom to have a king and kirin, which is a huge amount these days but possible.

- Also good. <3 Six is a reasonable number, and perhaps as the game continues the allowance can be expanded. I'm also thinking of a game that we shall not mention, with people having many shiny characters that everyone was supposed to know every little detail about, but never appeared in stories.

My only wee thing is I don't think shusei and akuniku are really on the same level of shiny as kings and kirin. There can't really be a limit to them, yanno? I'm not sure about akuniku (they might need to be seinin?), but shusei are just regular people who can run around all the kingdoms... so, yeh. Freedom of movement = yay?

- I like Pixie's idea of tier quotas, particularly for kings and kirin. Most other characters do not have a limit of how many exist. But with Twelve Kingdoms, it's pretty important for at least... nine of them to have active players. The remaining three can be in decline, etc. And stuff.

[m0usegrrl]

Here's another thing for you guys to think about re: activity requirements: art, and forum posting. River Twine allows you to submit an art piece as your quarterly activity requirement, in lieu of the 1000k word requirement. So that's something you could set as a basic quarterly quota -- 1000K words OR a finished drawing of some kind.

Forum posting might be a general member requirement too, so you can quickly winnow out the dead weight: Post monthly on the forums, or you will be swept out to sea or eaten by a grue youma and your characters killed. XD

Hmm, possible suggestion for the higher requirements for shinies: maybe 2000K per quarter/2 pieces of art? And be more active on the forums and involved in the plotting?

[ambientfiligree]

( I think you mean 1k or 1,000? 1000k would be 1,000,000 words. <3 )

I like the idea of forum post requirements. What do they consider as a finished piece of art?

[m0usegrrl]

(*facepalm* Yes, that is exactly what I mean, 1k/1000 words. I has no branes. XD)

Well, they used to have a points systems for art, awarding n points for sketches, n more for partially-finished, n+ more for "masterpieces". But it got so stupid and cumbersome that they decided ANY piece of art, including a sketch, would count. I personally feel that leaves the door open for people to abuse the option and submit a stick-figure drawing, unless you have an art approval process in place (another level of administrative bureaucracy you may not want to deal with). So for RH, maybe consider anything from a partially-finished piece -- like your sketch of Tanpopo -- on up as acceptable?