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May
2

Thanks to Xexes for the donation

Category: Awards, OngoingWorlds site news Tags: donation, Xexes Leave a Comment

Xexes donated to our running costs, and will be sent a mug!

A few weeks ago I announced that anyone donating over $25 will be sent an OngoingWorlds mug (modelled by Ed below).

Roleplayer Xexes has done just that, so I’ll be sending him one of our special mugs. Xexes is a roleplayer and has written several articles for us which you’ll find here, and you’ll find him on RPG-D here.

Why we need donations

The web hosting needs to be paid for (there’s a cost breakdown here), and usually that’s something I have to do. But it’s really great when someone can donate and get me off the hook for a month! Read More

Apr
30

By David Ball

Way With Worlds: Where The Characters Are – And What

Category: Character Development, Writing tips Tags: Creating a character, Way with worlds, worl Leave a Comment

This was originally posted by Steven Savage on his blog, but has allowed me to republish it here as I think it’s useful for roleplayers! This is part of Steven’s Way With Worlds series of articles. -David

You have built a world. You know it’s origins and its ecology, you know it’s people and their religion, you know technology or sorcery (or both) that they use. You have a world that is a living-breathing creation, all in your head, and your documents, and your stories.

It’s time to populate it with characters. Read More

Apr
30

By Yatalu

2014 SciWorld: starting Thursday!

Category: Events Tags: rpwiki, sciworld Leave a Comment

Yes, YES! You know it as well as I do: 2014 SciWorld is near. Almost every of our slots has at least one of the two chat rooms filled with an event, and my stress is slowly heaping up (yes, it’s my first time!)…

Don’t forget about this event filled with good advice, informational posts, chat role-playing and much more. The following links are your friends:

RPWiki — SciWorld schedule
Detailled schedule with all events
RPWiki — Project:SciWorld
All you need to know to join

Apr
28

By Xexes

Games that can’t ever succeed – and how to fix them

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Writing tips 1 Comment

Roleplay apocalypse

Sometimes sites pop up here and there that can’t ever do very well. They can’t achieve reasonable, realistic growth expectations, and slowly decay over time, unable to grow. Read More

Apr
27

By Steven Savage

Way With Worlds: Character Creation

Category: Writing tips Tags: Creating a character, Way with worlds Leave a Comment

This is a segment of an article written by Steven Savage from his blog. Character creation is obviously important to us roleplayers, but obviously they should fit hand-in-hand with the setting of your game – the world that you’ve built. In this article Steven refers to a “character sheet” which is more of a tabletop roleplay concept, here on OngoingWorlds, you have a character bio. Same thing really, it’s somewhere to store & present important info about your character.

Michaelangelo

Characters are your setting come to visible, relatable life. Or at least should be.

The problem in discussing “how to create” characters is the process itself is also unpredictable, personal, and unique for everyone – just as characters are unique. So I can’t give you a system or even a list of questions that’ll “do it for you.” In fact, I shouldn’t because we all do this differently. Read More

Apr
24

By David Ball

Going Nonlinear: Like Going Green, but with Words

Category: Writing tips Leave a Comment

This article was written for us by Kyle Richardson, an avid gamer and writer who enjoys finding ways to mix those passions with his latest love: mobile tech.

How do we make a leaner, greener, collaborative-friendly environment for creative writers? Let’s see how the text-based adventure does it with nonlinearity. Read More

Apr
23

By David Ball

The new “Game Information” tab

Category: Website Improvements Tags: Game information 1 Comment

long homepage description text Apologies if you’ve had a long wait for the OngoingWorlds site to come back online after our transfer to a new hosting provider. But this new move brings you an update, and one which was requested by several users.

The Game Information tab is for more detail about your game

Apr
21

By Steven Savage

Way With Worlds: Magic And Technology

Category: Inspiration for writing, Writing tips Tags: Way with worlds, world building Leave a Comment

Magitech

We’ve all heard the saying that goes “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” made by the incomparable Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

I would ad a corollary, especially in the worlds of world building (and perhaps in an age of mind hacking and psychological techniques, our own). “Any sufficiently organized magic is indistinguishable from technology.” Read More

Apr
20

By David Ball

The next 3 people to donate $25 will get a mug

Category: OngoingWorlds site news Tags: donation Leave a Comment

Edit – This offer has now ended as we’ve had over 3 people donate. Your donations are still welcome and needed though!

Apr
18

By David Ball

What’s the downside to your character’s superpower?

Category: Character Development, Writing tips Tags: God Modding 4 Comments

Cyanide and happiness comic

I saw this Cyanide & Happiness cartoon and thought it was a great lesson for us roleplayers (and all writers everywhere actually). Characters without limitations are just boring (see our article about God-man and all our articles about god-modding). Read More

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Thanks to Xexes for the donation

Why we need donations

Way With Worlds: Where The Characters Are – And What

2014 SciWorld: starting Thursday!

Games that can’t ever succeed – and how to fix them

Way With Worlds: Character Creation

Going Nonlinear: Like Going Green, but with Words

The new “Game Information” tab

The Game Information tab is for more detail about your game

Way With Worlds: Magic And Technology

The next 3 people to donate $25 will get a mug

What’s the downside to your character’s superpower?

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