august annoucements.

[falsitates]

AUGUST ANNOUCEMENTS Welcome to Vertiati's third month! Thank you for your continued interest in the game! Here are this month's announcements: DROPPED CHARACTERS ⬥ 2B (apatheia), Deuce Spade (pursuit), Jacob "Styx" Graves (tothemetal), Kainé (prevail), Power (meowy), Rei (flowerclips), and Zeke Jaeger (ape) have been dropped from the game and have been converted into NPCs. They will remember general interactions with PCs, but nothing in regards to the app. EVENT + GAME FEEDBACK ⬥ Now that we are three months into the game, it's time for feedback! What do you think is working or not working in Veritati? How is the structure of the events? Is there anything you'd like to see or no longer see? ⬥ Please comment to the appropriate top-level for your feedback. Thank you! AUGUST 3 - EVENT LOG #1 ⬥ This month's first event log will go up on August 3. ⬥ With the defeat of Nier's Shadow, Vitae has mostly returned back to normal. Mostly. The following day, NPCs slowly begin to repopulate the city and get it back up and running. When questioned about the gap between their disappearance and reappearance, they'll just comment on how time sure flies, huh? They don't suspect anything out of the ordinary, but there definitely seems to be... less of them. ⬥ The NPC population has been cut down by 20%. Missing posters cover various bulletin boards in the city and search parties are organized on a near-daily basis. ⬥ During this time, the weather will be cloudy until mid-month. The news forecasts that they won't be seeing any proper sun for a week or two. It's depressing, but it keeps the summer temperatures down. ⬥ All characters, including new arrivals, will have a bracelet attached to their left wrist. It will now act as a second access point to the network, so if you have a habit of blowing up your phones, don't worry. You got a permanent watch now. AUGUST 16 - EVENT LOG #2 [SHADOW AKIRA] ⬥ This month's second event log will go up on August 16. ⬥ It will be hosted by Ghost, our Akira player! They will be posting details about the event within the next few days, so please look forward to it and enjoy. AND THAT'S ALL, FOLKS If you have any questions, please comment below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks! c:

Comments

[morient]

tailored missions
I tried to do this in SF myself, and I found that to keep it manageable, the playerbase cannot be too big, but I don't think it's an issue for Veri so far. Maybe giving several anomalies in the event post, then having players comment to you saying what they like to investigate, then you reply to them with what they'll find? The amount of threading needed to get to the 'reveal' shouldn't be too much (like less than 20 comments per player) cause I feel like dwrp as a whole is slowing down a lot due to the pandemic.

positive setting effects
Maybe the shadow events could also give clues or explanations for the state of the world? It has been 3 months, so I'm sure the PCs are getting kinda antsy/anxious about it as well

[falsitates]

Thanks for all these suggestions, Sept! I will definitely be incorporating the one for the tailored missions and I will be working to get the positive settings effects working as soon as possible. At the very latest, they'll be happening next month, so thank you again!