Hey there Nova. o/

I agree, with your statements. Its important with enough active stories to be able to come back. But oh how i miss the good old days once in a while

Hey! Sem! It's been a while. Yeah the active stories thing is the one that concerns me the most. People need a reason to be around and interacting. But even I get bitten by that nostalgia bug. Nasty little thing.

However, if I am perfectly honest, it's not that hard to create new active stories. The problem is whether or not one can get wide enough player buy-in. I remember suggesting that players come up with their own current events in the past and some players just weren't comfortable with that idea. They only wanted to support ideas that came from the developers. Now that might not still be an issue, but one way or another there will need to be player buy in.

But, even if players decide to start driving more of PS' story, there is one other hitch. I don't know how much experience current players have with driving larger RPs and older players are likely to be blindsided by settings changes. It seems like this would leave more of the burden on newer players unless there is some kind of "Welcome Back" primer on the settings somewhere. If the newer players don't have the same exposure for driving RPs, then that feels like it would be unfair to have all of that burden on them just to try to get back players they've never even met.

Hmm... I wonder, do all players spawn in Hydlaa still or did it finally go back to to each race spawning in their own cities (when available)? Creating an RP foundation in a single city is much easier... Bah! Let me stop, I'm trying to solution the problem and I don't even know the current setting. 

I'm doing well, thanks for asking! Busy with work, grad school, and developing for ps with what time I have left. Should have the next alpha out in a few days if you find yourself wanting to visit some familiar places with a new look.

Good to hear. I wish you well in your grad studies. I may eventually get around to checking out what is new. Who knows.

By the way, I miss these forum smileys.

Quote from: ludwigusdescartium on June 29, 2020, 08:17:18 pm

Quote from: Parallo on June 24, 2020, 10:58:55 am

I grew up in Hydlaa. Half a lifetime ago it feels like. And it nearly is on closer inspection. I logged in the other day for the first time in years and it gave jaded me a sad, bitter feeling of nostalgia. The game itself is great and the new features are neat, but I sorely miss all the old friends. It used to be that every sliver of time I had, if I wasn't in here I was thinking about it. But it just isn't the same now. I miss Rinenud.

Rinenud was a fraud. And a liar. And a corrupter of youths. In all, an abhorrent bounder. Be glad you are free of his influence and move on.

I think Rinenud is what actually killed the game.

Ah, the things that don't change around here... Almost makes me want to drop a wall o' text on everybody for old times sake. 

Hey, look at that... people still rolling around here.  ...Wow! I've missed these emojis. 

Oh hey.. an Indy. o/

Hey Karzela.

So I found myself back here looking for forgotten information and decided to stop and say Hi...

Hi.

So who around even knows who I am now? I figure you're still around Gag.

It's just because they don't know you've been RPing since before I was Izzy.