event hmd!

[ironwood]

As before, and for anyone who may have missed it, at the end of every mod-run event in Tu Shanshu, we try to toss up an open dialogue post so that the events can be discussed. This is mostly to see if everybody's as happy as possible with the direction the game is going, whether or not the events could be considered a hit or a miss, that sort of thing.

This particular HMD covers the Satellite Crash event (OOC planning post) and Tu Vishan's Dreaming, (IC post)

Did you like what happened? Did the event run too fast, or too slow? Were you able to feel like your character contributed or made a impact on the event? Would you like to make more of a difference? Has there been too much 'downtime' for the characters, do you have any suggestions to make about future events, etc etc? Did the Satellite event run long enough for you? Would you like to see more NPC-driven events, or less? Did you feel that there was enough for combatants and non-combatants alike to participate in?

OBVIOUSLY if you have more comments, questions or concerns than those listed above you can add those as well! This is pretty much just a general list.

Please remember, ANON IS ON for this and IP LOGGING IS OFF so if you have anything you'd like to say but maybe you're more comfortable putting it forth anon that is a-okay! You can also feel free to PM us at this journal, or to toss a private plurk at either of the mod accounts (those being vonnerdyce or reignsdown) if that suits your fancy. Any and all comments are welcome, and though participation in this meme isn't required it's definitely encouraged if you're up for it.

Thanks again, guys, and happy turtling!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I felt the event was a kind of non sequitur as far as the setting of Tu Shanshu goes. It was fun to play out the aftermath, but the event itself was like going to a Medieval Restaurant, and then having cowboys suddenly appear to do battle on horseback with the knights. In the back of your mind you realize that you're seeing a very limited view of the world (Medieval Restaurant), but it's still jarring to suddenly have another genre suddenly appear in it. Specifically in this case, sci fi meeting eastern fantasy.

As far as complaints go this is a minor one, I still enjoyed the plot and I enjoy the game very much, but my hope is that this event isn't setting a standard of sci fi events to come in the game.

[ironwood]

Hey anon, I hope this clears things up a bit! And thank you for your comments, they're always greatly appreciated.


Tu Shanshu has always been presented as a 'science fiction/fantasy' game, which has been in our header and descriptive write-up since the game's inception. The satellites first came up in-game in November as a minor detail during the Landfall event of the time, and have been on the back-burner ever since. Keeliai is, as you said, a small portion of a larger overall world that is very much not eastern fantasy in nature, which has been explored so far in the two Landfall events the game has had, and in other details of the plot that are starting to come to light with recent events.

The technology level in-game is also increasing, with things like console upgrades and there being numerous tech-savvy characters who are amassing the resources to build things of a more technological nature than what naturally exists in Keeliai. The resource scarcity in Keeliai itself and the nature of the kedan hasn't lent itself to significant advancement, but Konryu was once upon a time a world more advanced than modern Earth, and there are numerous remnants available in-world that reflect that. It should also be noted that the 'culture' of Keeliai is transplanted from the world the kedan come from, as they are not native to the game-setting of Tu Shanshu.

For the sake of the metaplot we probably aren't going to alter our planned trajectory at this time, ie: limiting it to strictly eastern fantasy. The game combines theoretical sciences (ie: the cloning) and magic to provide the basis for its overall structure.

I hope this explains our reasons and rational a little better, but if you have any more questions or comments feel free to ask.


edited to add:

That being said, if you have any ideas or suggestions for a smoother marriage of the two concepts I'd also love to hear those!