Timeline Guidelines
This post contains information on how the time flow is handled in Jardin du Ciel. Please, refer to it all times. Because the mods have no time or information needed to do everything for you, all posts that don't use the proper format will be given one day before deletion.
TIME FLOW
In order to provide a more loose time limitation for Jardin du Ciel members, we don't have the game run in real-time. Instead, the time flow within the game is calculated by following means.
1 day within the setting of the game equals 3-4 days in real life. Every time a day begins in the game, a post will be made by moderators on the main community that will contain the current date within Jardin du Ciel. From that moment, members can run the events of that day.
All posts relevant to the day must be posted within the limit of those 3 days. Comments to them, however, can continue at the schedule agreed upon by players involved in the thread. When the new day begins, all posts done during it will be treated as happening in that time frame.
STORY CHAPTERS
Every chapter within the storyline of Jardin du Ciel lasts one in-game month, which equals 90-93 days in real-time.
On the 1st day of every in-game month, a post will be made which will contain information for players to interact with. This information will include story points scattered around locations, NPC characters who will contain important information if encountered and places where characters can go to recover their memories or precious objects.
All story events planted within the current chapter, must be cleared for it to end. While characters don't have to interact with the main story, ignoring it will lead to long-term negative consequences for the entire cast. Even more, participation is the only way to unlock memories and weapon upgrades. As such, investigating the events within Jardin du Ciel is the only way to have the character develop.
Sometimes, time will be skipped toward events that rely on a specific date if there is nothing more to do within the remaining time gap.
Once all story events within the chapter are cleared, the chapter and its month will automatically end.
SUMMARY WEEK
When a chapter in Jardin du Ciel ends, the Summary Week begins.
During the summary week, moderators browse the events that happened during the month and calculate the score of every character in the game. The score is gathered through interaction, participation within the duelist game, interaction with story events and other means. Depending on the final score and the means of achieving it, the character will receive special bonuses in the next chapter. They involve anything, beginning with memory recoveries and ending with weapon upgrades.
The summary week also serves as the activity check. By this time, every player must collect a certain amount of activity points. If their activity score is too low, they will be ejected from the game. The activity score is linked to players, not characters, so there's no need to worry about keeping all your characters active.
Finally, the summary week serves as a chance for players to submit their individual ideas for character and setting-focused stories. The moderators will analyze their submissions and add them to story sequences planted into the next chapter.
What about the game? During the summary week, players are free to post their characters' reactions to the past events of the chapter, and log the aftermath of the events. ICly, these activities can be listed anytime during the remaining days of the month. These posts are also important for the activity check, and they contribute to the characterization, so feel free to go all out with them.
Once the summary week is over, the next chapter begins.
TIME FLOW
In order to provide a more loose time limitation for Jardin du Ciel members, we don't have the game run in real-time. Instead, the time flow within the game is calculated by following means.
1 day within the setting of the game equals 3-4 days in real life. Every time a day begins in the game, a post will be made by moderators on the main community that will contain the current date within Jardin du Ciel. From that moment, members can run the events of that day.
All posts relevant to the day must be posted within the limit of those 3 days. Comments to them, however, can continue at the schedule agreed upon by players involved in the thread. When the new day begins, all posts done during it will be treated as happening in that time frame.
STORY CHAPTERS
Every chapter within the storyline of Jardin du Ciel lasts one in-game month, which equals 90-93 days in real-time.
On the 1st day of every in-game month, a post will be made which will contain information for players to interact with. This information will include story points scattered around locations, NPC characters who will contain important information if encountered and places where characters can go to recover their memories or precious objects.
All story events planted within the current chapter, must be cleared for it to end. While characters don't have to interact with the main story, ignoring it will lead to long-term negative consequences for the entire cast. Even more, participation is the only way to unlock memories and weapon upgrades. As such, investigating the events within Jardin du Ciel is the only way to have the character develop.
Sometimes, time will be skipped toward events that rely on a specific date if there is nothing more to do within the remaining time gap.
Once all story events within the chapter are cleared, the chapter and its month will automatically end.
SUMMARY WEEK
When a chapter in Jardin du Ciel ends, the Summary Week begins.
During the summary week, moderators browse the events that happened during the month and calculate the score of every character in the game. The score is gathered through interaction, participation within the duelist game, interaction with story events and other means. Depending on the final score and the means of achieving it, the character will receive special bonuses in the next chapter. They involve anything, beginning with memory recoveries and ending with weapon upgrades.
The summary week also serves as the activity check. By this time, every player must collect a certain amount of activity points. If their activity score is too low, they will be ejected from the game. The activity score is linked to players, not characters, so there's no need to worry about keeping all your characters active.
Finally, the summary week serves as a chance for players to submit their individual ideas for character and setting-focused stories. The moderators will analyze their submissions and add them to story sequences planted into the next chapter.
What about the game? During the summary week, players are free to post their characters' reactions to the past events of the chapter, and log the aftermath of the events. ICly, these activities can be listed anytime during the remaining days of the month. These posts are also important for the activity check, and they contribute to the characterization, so feel free to go all out with them.
Once the summary week is over, the next chapter begins.