(atp preview)
An INQUISITIVE ROLEPLAYER sits at his or her computer. It is Sunday, but not just any normal Sunday here: it is the day of the APP-THIS-PLEASE MEME and this fledgling wordsmith is on a mission of grave importance. For some reason or another, they are in the market for a new GAME and are now wading in a sea of ADVERTISEMENTS, cleverly-worded HOOKS, and shiny eye-catching CODING. They are a wayward sailor drifting in the brackish water that is the MEME, vainly trying to ignore the siren's call of potential CASTMATES and WICKED AWESOME GAME PREMISES. Success in this endeavour varies. Something must eventually call to them, but what?
> Shameless Advertiser: Attempt to make an innovative ad in the style of HOMESTUCK.
You're already doing that, numbnuts!
> Okay then, be the Inquisitive Roleplayer. Let's find out what this is all about before we die of boredom.
You are the INQUISITIVE ROLEPLAYER. You have an interest in the webcomic known as HOMESTUCK, and as previously mentioned, you are in the market for a GAME! At some point you have decided that you want to undertake the dubious task of roleplaying a CHARACTER from said series, but you weren't sure where exactly you'd bring them. Or whether or not you'd even have any AWESOME CASTMATES to canoodle around with! The canoodling is extremely important to you. You don't know how you'd manage without copious amounts of canoodles in your life.
> Inquisitive Roleplayer: Stumble upon an ad for soul_campaign .
What have we here? An advertisement for a COMM-BASED ROLEPLAY based on the popular anime and manga SOUL EATER? Well that could be interesting. There is, after all, a lot of potential for CHARACTER RELATIONS with the WEAPON AND MEISTER partnership system in play. And there is an OVERARCHING PLOT too!
But, you say, you want to run some PLAYER-DRIVEN PLOTS as well. You may be someone that likes to have lots of irons in the fire. If this is the case, you should type "> Be Vriska" right now (just kidding, she smells like musclebeast leavings.) In any case, you are in luck! Despite a game-wide plot that has to do with WITCHES and EVIL PEOPLE and COLLECTIN' SOULS there is plenty of room for WACKY SHENANIGANS.
All of the shenanigans.
> Inquisitive Roleplayer: Demand that the Shameless Advertiser cut the crap and just give a straight run-down of things like a normal person.
Fair enough. This advertisement is becoming entirely too self-indulgent for your tastes.
The SHAMELESS ADVERTISER acquiesces and adopts a less obnoxious format.
soul_campaign
THE BIRTH OF A HOMESTUCK CAST:
A Drama In Three Parts
SEEKING:
JUST ABOUT ANYONE, but especially some of the Four Kids!
WHO DO YOU HAVE SO FAR?:
On reserve, we have ERIDAN, KANAYA,VRISKA, and a possible KARKAT and SOLLUX to come. In short, a recipe for disaster.
DEETS?:
soul_campaign is a mid-sized, mid-paced comm-based game based in the world of Soul Eater. Characters are dragged from their worlds into this world and asked to fight in a war against some hot chicks called Witches who are totally evil and shit. Despite the war -- and the intense drama that it produces -- there is still room to kick back with, say, some rude elixir and get your zone on. Meaning, there is plenty of opportunity to socialise and build CR.
Unique to SC is the WEAPON-MEISTER system. Characters are either granted the power to transform into a kickass Weapon, or the power to wield said Weapon in battle as a Meister. Teaming up with a buddy and forming this bond will grant you the strength to fight the baddies and save the day! (Or, if you are the villainous type, there are less tangible ways to get your nefariousness on...)
Apps open December 17th - 19th so you have plenty of time to think!
Questions, comments, pleads to take down this wall of text? Leave them here and I will do my best to respond to them accordingly!
> Shameless Advertiser: Attempt to make an innovative ad in the style of HOMESTUCK.
You're already doing that, numbnuts!
> Okay then, be the Inquisitive Roleplayer. Let's find out what this is all about before we die of boredom.
You are the INQUISITIVE ROLEPLAYER. You have an interest in the webcomic known as HOMESTUCK, and as previously mentioned, you are in the market for a GAME! At some point you have decided that you want to undertake the dubious task of roleplaying a CHARACTER from said series, but you weren't sure where exactly you'd bring them. Or whether or not you'd even have any AWESOME CASTMATES to canoodle around with! The canoodling is extremely important to you. You don't know how you'd manage without copious amounts of canoodles in your life.
> Inquisitive Roleplayer: Stumble upon an ad for soul_campaign .
What have we here? An advertisement for a COMM-BASED ROLEPLAY based on the popular anime and manga SOUL EATER? Well that could be interesting. There is, after all, a lot of potential for CHARACTER RELATIONS with the WEAPON AND MEISTER partnership system in play. And there is an OVERARCHING PLOT too!
But, you say, you want to run some PLAYER-DRIVEN PLOTS as well. You may be someone that likes to have lots of irons in the fire. If this is the case, you should type "> Be Vriska" right now (just kidding, she smells like musclebeast leavings.) In any case, you are in luck! Despite a game-wide plot that has to do with WITCHES and EVIL PEOPLE and COLLECTIN' SOULS there is plenty of room for WACKY SHENANIGANS.
All of the shenanigans.
> Inquisitive Roleplayer: Demand that the Shameless Advertiser cut the crap and just give a straight run-down of things like a normal person.
Fair enough. This advertisement is becoming entirely too self-indulgent for your tastes.
The SHAMELESS ADVERTISER acquiesces and adopts a less obnoxious format.
soul_campaign
THE BIRTH OF A HOMESTUCK CAST:
A Drama In Three Parts
SEEKING:
JUST ABOUT ANYONE, but especially some of the Four Kids!
WHO DO YOU HAVE SO FAR?:
On reserve, we have ERIDAN, KANAYA,VRISKA, and a possible KARKAT and SOLLUX to come. In short, a recipe for disaster.
DEETS?:
soul_campaign is a mid-sized, mid-paced comm-based game based in the world of Soul Eater. Characters are dragged from their worlds into this world and asked to fight in a war against some hot chicks called Witches who are totally evil and shit. Despite the war -- and the intense drama that it produces -- there is still room to kick back with, say, some rude elixir and get your zone on. Meaning, there is plenty of opportunity to socialise and build CR.
Unique to SC is the WEAPON-MEISTER system. Characters are either granted the power to transform into a kickass Weapon, or the power to wield said Weapon in battle as a Meister. Teaming up with a buddy and forming this bond will grant you the strength to fight the baddies and save the day! (Or, if you are the villainous type, there are less tangible ways to get your nefariousness on...)
Apps open December 17th - 19th so you have plenty of time to think!
Questions, comments, pleads to take down this wall of text? Leave them here and I will do my best to respond to them accordingly!