Commmunity involvement

[Eonwind]

On topic, if there was a public dev blog with daily/weekly updates, I'm sure many people would feel more involved and motivated. I don't mean a Twitter or a Facebook page, but an actual blog page. Something easily accessible that you could reach through planeshift.it and the forums.

A blog in theory is great, but requires time. The frequencies suggested are too frequent for the size of team we have, I would suggest fortnightly/monthly would be more realistic. Also in what may be the most important part is what is the desire for this and how many would actually read it. Again this may be something fulfilled by a PR Dev. role. Sorry to sound negative, but trying to be realistic. If other Devs agree I would be willing to participate in a blog (maybe within the forums).

I had the same wish for a long time (give more informations giving weekly updates) but then again or I give info or I develop stuff, I don't have time enough for both. If you wish to do this Tuathanach, you're more than welcome to do so and you've my support.

[cdmoreland]

Talad is live broadcasting the dev meetings now. Anyone know the website for it?

The last one was http://www.twitch.tv/planeshift_rpg.

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[bilbous]

Live broadcasts do not help too much if they do not get archived for later review. I looked at that site and saw nothing available. I am not about to sign up for an account.

[Tuathanach]

I decided to do an attempt at a blog post it can be found in Development Team Blog, there may be more to follow.

[Sen]

I think the most informative/active I ever saw was https://twitter.com/Venalan
And the development blog also got revived as it seems. I didn't read that post yet thouth  *goes there instead of writing more*

[Rigwyn]

+1

But it's not just posting to twitter which admittedly, I never read, that matters. Its more the time and willingness to listen to people and talk with them nicely. To be open and willing to represent their ideas, or at least entertain some of them. In the past, communication has been nil to one-way at best. ( ie. communication is believed to flow from players to devs, but is never really acknowledged - which is kind of impolite. This screams "You are not worth replying to" whether that is what's intended or not. )

[Tuathanach]

This screams "You are not worth replying to" whether that is what's intended or not. )

Rigwyn, I am not 100% sure what you mean, I hope people feel they can talk/discuss with me their ideas/thoughts. I will listen although I can't guarantee I will agree or what someone says will happen even if I do agree. I am  open to suggestions always even when I disagree initially if someone can justify why their idea is better than mine I am open and capable of changing my mind. If people want to create content for this game I aim to encourage/support best I can.

p.s. apologies if this comes across wrong just trying to be honest.

[Rigwyn]

In the past ( years ago ) I remember it being this way. Discussions on the forums with regard to player feedback were pretty much ignored (not always, but sometimes). It could also be that there were a lot more people in the community at then and nobody really had the time to read and reply to everything.

[verden]

Karyuu used to try, bless her, but became too much for her in the end. Then Neko. RIP

[Volki]

Karyuu used to try, bless her, but became too much for her in the end. Then Neko. RIP

Did they died?

[verden]

No they didn't die IRL. But they died as far as PS is concerned.

[Sen]

Karyuu used to try, bless her, but became too much for her in the end. Then Neko. RIP

<3 They shall come back!

(Except... wasn't Karyuu who went rampage at some point and put unreleased items all about. Or who was that?)

[Rigwyn]

Perhaps you mean UnderTheMoon?

[verden]

No, Kary was too classy for that. I would love if either of them proved me wrong, but they won't come back.

[Candy]

It was UtM. Thread might still be on here...or archived for posterity elsewhere...>>