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smash_ooc2015-03-16 09:34 pm
mansionstaff) wrote in smash_ooc2015-03-16 09:34 pm
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Audi famam illius - IMPORTANT GAME DISCUSSION
Smash Academy has, for about seven years, been known as a school-setting game. The mods have discussed extensively options for the game's future and what directions it can go in to reflect its current state. We would like to introduce that to you and get your feedback. The pathway Smash Academy can take, is ultimately up to the playerbase, so be honest about what you want and what you think would hold your interest.
As Smash Academy ages, it is evident that it is losing focus on the things that defined it a 'school setting' to begin with. Class logs have become less frequently utilized, we're missing social cliques (jocks versus band geeks, for example), and other 'school' elements like the student council and overall feel of an educational institute. Sometimes there is difficulty incorporating certain "character types" easily into a school setting. Consequently, we're proposing moving said focus away from a school atmosphere and onto something new.
Introducing Smash Manor / Chateau / Mansion / etc.
We propose the concept of an excessively large mansion on the floating island. As you might recall, the Isle of the Ancients was introduced late summer 2014 and has been present since. By doing this, we can continue to hold many of the very popular events like dances, festivals, dormitory logs, blind dates, and kissing / memory mistletoe just as they have been. We would be eliminating events such as graduation and prom, but can easily substitute other appropriate celebrations in their place.
This does not mean we would outright eliminate the academy on the ground. We could leave that present and people looking to satisfy the occasional urge for school antics would be able to do so in either an entirely new and additional dressing room, or in the one we are currently using (which might be better in the long run).
Getting to FDC and its various shops, the contest hall, the bars, and so on, could potentially be relocated to a nearby floating island and become convenient for characters to reach, whereas traveling to the academy itself on the ground would be more difficult (in an effort to more effectively shift our focus off of a school setting).
Topics of Discussion
Take some time to think about where you want to see Smash Academy go in the future years. Let us know how you want the game to evolve and change.
As Smash Academy ages, it is evident that it is losing focus on the things that defined it a 'school setting' to begin with. Class logs have become less frequently utilized, we're missing social cliques (jocks versus band geeks, for example), and other 'school' elements like the student council and overall feel of an educational institute. Sometimes there is difficulty incorporating certain "character types" easily into a school setting. Consequently, we're proposing moving said focus away from a school atmosphere and onto something new.
Introducing Smash Manor / Chateau / Mansion / etc.
We propose the concept of an excessively large mansion on the floating island. As you might recall, the Isle of the Ancients was introduced late summer 2014 and has been present since. By doing this, we can continue to hold many of the very popular events like dances, festivals, dormitory logs, blind dates, and kissing / memory mistletoe just as they have been. We would be eliminating events such as graduation and prom, but can easily substitute other appropriate celebrations in their place.
This does not mean we would outright eliminate the academy on the ground. We could leave that present and people looking to satisfy the occasional urge for school antics would be able to do so in either an entirely new and additional dressing room, or in the one we are currently using (which might be better in the long run).
Getting to FDC and its various shops, the contest hall, the bars, and so on, could potentially be relocated to a nearby floating island and become convenient for characters to reach, whereas traveling to the academy itself on the ground would be more difficult (in an effort to more effectively shift our focus off of a school setting).
Topics of Discussion
• Questions: what it says on the tin.
• State of the Mansion: how the mansion and living arrangements could be.
• A Whole New World: how the surrounding area and game environment could be.
• Event & Plot Lotteries: player submitted events (ala the game plotting thread in personals, only better organized).
• Challenge Mode: introducing new ways to spice up your rp, and get rewards and perks for it.
• Game Names: the name of the game is important!
Take some time to think about where you want to see Smash Academy go in the future years. Let us know how you want the game to evolve and change.
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I know the purpose of a revamp is to cut out the school element but... Personally, I'd like the school element to stay, even if it is no longer the primary focus. And I don't think it needs to be! There can be a mansion (maybe the ultimate room mate shuffle occurred and suddenly it's just an entirely different building/part of campus/etc.), and all of the above new concepts can still become the primary focus of the game, such as a floating island and having to figure out how to make things run smoothly and picking up new roles for characters to play. The school just kind of becomes a background element, like it more or less has become now, more as another option for people to toy with for off screen (or on screen if they want!) things.
Maybe having it there can be a draw for characters to willingly come up to the island, because oh hey it floated over and oh hey do you want to come hang out in our floating city and school and stuff? Because I think the way we handle jam-jaring works fine right now, as I wouldn't want to see it go full jam jar.
So basically, a "new" setting but with an old backdrop for people that want to have that, since there are definitely characters who are only here for the schooling. Why not adventures AND schooling, if they want it? Maybe the floating island up there just scoops up the whole school and dumps it on another island, have fun nerds. Maybe they acquire more npc teachers as they go along, or characters can teach things if they want to. Etc. etc.
(Hi I have a lot of characters that are only here because they are going to school/are attached to the school/are here because other people are going to school. Also this post is kind of incoherent, sorry.)
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