Request for a Projects subforum
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:43 amI believe that there are some benefits to be had from a clearer view of project states. As such, I'm suggesting that a subforum be created as a point of contact between developers, commissioners and interested players. A bullet point list of pending updates, issues and ideas could be maintained in the original post.
Threads in the topic should probably be able to change states between at least the following the following states:
Proposed (by a willing commissioner, money already paid in)
Accepted (by a developer)
Resolved
The topic could be opened by Nuku or a board administrator with just a header title that everyone could then add to. A commitment to regular updates on open projects would also help encourage trust and maintain interest.
This would also allow the commissioner to give some clarity as to what they will and won't be expanding on. For example, if Mary Sue the Commissioner won't commission watersports, no matter how much Joe Bloggs the Player suggests it, Joe can see he'll need to commission it. This will help move him from player to commissioner, instead of waiting on and hoping for something he doesn't realize will never come. It'd be a different project, even if for the same character Mary Sue is commissioning work on.
I believe that only projects that already have money in them should go into this subforum, as looking to kickstart funding for a project will only distract from incoming work with threads that might never resolve. People looking to sponge off other commissioners can always open threads in 'General Chat' to do so.
I'd be amenable in having my projects in this subforum, especially as it would provide a place for feedback between players and commissioners. I've had a few ideas inspired by stuff for my own projects that I've read in other threads and this would (hopefully) help centralize these ideas somewhat.
Threads in the topic should probably be able to change states between at least the following the following states:
Proposed (by a willing commissioner, money already paid in)
Accepted (by a developer)
Resolved
The topic could be opened by Nuku or a board administrator with just a header title that everyone could then add to. A commitment to regular updates on open projects would also help encourage trust and maintain interest.
This would also allow the commissioner to give some clarity as to what they will and won't be expanding on. For example, if Mary Sue the Commissioner won't commission watersports, no matter how much Joe Bloggs the Player suggests it, Joe can see he'll need to commission it. This will help move him from player to commissioner, instead of waiting on and hoping for something he doesn't realize will never come. It'd be a different project, even if for the same character Mary Sue is commissioning work on.
I believe that only projects that already have money in them should go into this subforum, as looking to kickstart funding for a project will only distract from incoming work with threads that might never resolve. People looking to sponge off other commissioners can always open threads in 'General Chat' to do so.
I'd be amenable in having my projects in this subforum, especially as it would provide a place for feedback between players and commissioners. I've had a few ideas inspired by stuff for my own projects that I've read in other threads and this would (hopefully) help centralize these ideas somewhat.