Should we set up a place for those who want to design computer games? After all, we get such requests quite a bit. It only needs to be a book and maybe an extra option in the drop down menus for sorting entires.
I understand that we can't program. However, we seem to be turning away a goodly number of potentially creative people who want to share something with the community.
There isn't that much difference between computer and table top RPGs in the design stage. A story and script must be established, a setting must be written up. Decisions made about what the characters are, what kinds of threats they will face, and how they will advance in their quest.
The biggest difference comes when one group decides which dice must be rolled, and the others decide which algorithms should run to simulate dice being rolled. And that comes mostly after the creative elements have gone through.
Perhaps the PnP authors don't worry about graphics much. Then again, perhaps we should. When you create a character in BESM or Exalted do you envision them as a real person, or an anime drawing? Do we describe our cinematic characters with the sharper color contrast of film or as we normally are?
I certainly hope for a day when table top values can make a bigger impact on the AI of a video game. Rejecting those who bring something to the table isn't one of them.
Maybe we could get profiles
Maybe we could get profiles with our interests,
then the site would act as a meeting center.
For instance, i draw a little and code a little.
but it would really nice if there was some kind of collab between us.
I think there is no problem to accept c-rpg people here, after all, the "one time n00bs" are found everywhere.
well, just my opinion.
Cheers!
- Shiruba -