Junier
Fake Friends Forever (´･ω･`)
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I've been brainstorming ideas based off this old concept from a past forum that never got off the ground. Hopefully I'll be able to run a more-successful RP in that one's stead. Unfortunately, though, I've seemed to have hit a wall at the moment. Since I'm having trouble expanding said concept, I've decided to seek some feedback.
The concept itself is relatively simple: players will design a character, as usual, based on the described universe. Submitted applications will be accompanied by a brief writing sample--an in-character response to a prompt with a minimum of only 7 sentences--and randomly assigned to players once the roleplay attracts enough applicants before the game officially begins. The character a player receives in the random drawing is the character they'll be using over the course of Changeover. There would be no "re-rolls" on characters, since the drawing would include every member of the RP at one time. There would also be the possibility of a player receiving the character they originally designed, though the main drawback I have with this current plan of doing things is that members would be allowed to sign up after the drawing. That, I think, isn't awfully problematic, but of course I'm still open to different ideas on how to randomize the applications.
The roleplay's plot thus far, to match this concept of randomly-chosen characters, is that the player's original character has woken up with a completely foreign mind and utterly alien body. They will not remember any original details about themselves, only being able to recognize that they do not belong in their current form and must retrieve their original body somehow, someway. All characters will inhabit a common island surrounded in choking fog that, despite the persistent weather condition, is a modern, everyday city or town.
And that's where my ideas end, unfortunately. The biggest question that I'm stumped on is how will the characters achieve this goal of regaining their original selves? Of course, many other aspects are in need of some development, like the setting, for example. I haven't yet decided the island's connection to mainland or the area of the world where it resides. I'd also like to identify any potential holes in the basic concept, any ways to elaborate the actual plot, objectives and gameplay and accept any other criticism, suggestions, etc. And of course judge enthusiasm. Would you all be interested in a roleplay of this sort? What direction do you think I should take with Changeover?
Here's what I believe the layout for the OP will resemble, too, since I have it it:
The concept itself is relatively simple: players will design a character, as usual, based on the described universe. Submitted applications will be accompanied by a brief writing sample--an in-character response to a prompt with a minimum of only 7 sentences--and randomly assigned to players once the roleplay attracts enough applicants before the game officially begins. The character a player receives in the random drawing is the character they'll be using over the course of Changeover. There would be no "re-rolls" on characters, since the drawing would include every member of the RP at one time. There would also be the possibility of a player receiving the character they originally designed, though the main drawback I have with this current plan of doing things is that members would be allowed to sign up after the drawing. That, I think, isn't awfully problematic, but of course I'm still open to different ideas on how to randomize the applications.
The roleplay's plot thus far, to match this concept of randomly-chosen characters, is that the player's original character has woken up with a completely foreign mind and utterly alien body. They will not remember any original details about themselves, only being able to recognize that they do not belong in their current form and must retrieve their original body somehow, someway. All characters will inhabit a common island surrounded in choking fog that, despite the persistent weather condition, is a modern, everyday city or town.
And that's where my ideas end, unfortunately. The biggest question that I'm stumped on is how will the characters achieve this goal of regaining their original selves? Of course, many other aspects are in need of some development, like the setting, for example. I haven't yet decided the island's connection to mainland or the area of the world where it resides. I'd also like to identify any potential holes in the basic concept, any ways to elaborate the actual plot, objectives and gameplay and accept any other criticism, suggestions, etc. And of course judge enthusiasm. Would you all be interested in a roleplay of this sort? What direction do you think I should take with Changeover?
Here's what I believe the layout for the OP will resemble, too, since I have it it:
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