May 30th, 2010

[info]chaosunmodded in [info]chaosu_ooc

State of the Chaos Address

Hey guys, this is Wei Jiangling on what will become the new mod account. I've finally decided to do some restructuring of this place in the hopes that it will make things run more smoothly. So all the info posts will be moving over to this journal in the near future. I'll be doing that probably in the next couple days. I'll give notification if/when I make any big changes. Most of it will just consist of links from the community profiles and sidebars going to a slightly different place.

In other news, Fey has decided to step down from being a mod since she doesn't have enough time to be really invested in it. She does plan to keep playing Jophiel, though.

Dis has been helping me come up with ideas for ways to make this game better, and has graciously accepted my request to help out in a more official capacity, so please welcome her as your new mod.

Aside from general moving information around to make more sense, we've also talked about some improvements we'd like to make to the content. This includes making trials something that happen more than once in almost a year, throwing in a few more serious-type malfunction days, etc. We'd really appreciate any suggestions you have for overall gameplay and plotting ideas in the future.

Things we'd especially appreciate feedback on:

1. Timing. Do you like the game running at four real days to one in game day? Would you prefer it shorter? Longer? Scrap the system entirely and just label everything with "Before/After [insert event here]"?

2. Specific places in Emptiness. Right now Emptiness is a pretty nebulous place, and we'd like to define a few places within it that characters might decide to go to. If you have any ideas, please let us know.

3. Log challenges. It seems like some characters are having a hard time coming up with ways to interact with other people. If you'd like, we could try to pair characters who don't often talk and make up a reason for them to interact. Would anyone be interested?

Please post with any comments/questions/ideas you might have. Thanks!

P.S. Yes, I really should go put up logs for the second day of the trial. I'll go do that right now.