mod post: mini state of the game poll

[riverviewmod]

mini state of the game: a poll

Hi everyone! This is just a quick poll!

I just wanted to reach out to everyone and ask which aspects of the game players are most interested in. Considering Riverview's playerbase has gotten smaller over the past couple of months, I've been debating on lowering the gamewide cap and shifting the game focus going forward. This would mean more mod-directed plot related to the aspects of the game that players are actually interested in rather than low-maintenance broad sweeps that cover more bases. This would allow me to more directly focus my attention on the things that players would really like to dig into in the setting and allow me to cut down on detail for things that are enjoyable but not high-priority for players.

In the comments, there are a couple of comment threads with major "themes" of the game that I am interested in delving into with more depth. Please respond to the headers with your vote, or hit up the suggestions thread with other ideas or thoughts.

Thank you for any feedback, and I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

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[riverviewmod]

It doesn't sound like a dumb question at all!

What I'm thinking of is less changing the game's focus as much as putting more effort into one theme while allowing the other to go on rails a bit more, as it were. At the moment, I'm not able to both curate game plot and build elaborate exploration logs as well as adding both variety and depth to the SOL aspects, so I would rather pour more effort into detailing and deepening one or the other, while leaving the other more open-ended. It would also allow me to make more major changes to the setting without having to maintain complete equilibrium at all times so as not to mess up one or the other aspect.

Essentially the only major changes would be that if exploration/expansion is chosen, major aspects of the city (size, attitude of NPCs, availability of supplies, etc.) may change with less opportunity to opt out; if SOL were to be chosen, the SOL events would be less frivolous and happy and be more focused on in-depth character and relationship development, and also with less opportunity to opt out.

I hope this helps. I know I'm super wordy sometimes. The long and short of it is: setting aspects will change more no matter which option is chosen, but choosing one option won't erase the other, just make it less guided.

[winscenario]

Alright, good! I figured that was it, for a moment I just worried it'd be a more drastic setting change, but I'm glad it's not. :D Thank you for taking the time to answer and explain all that!!