soddersays | Mod Announcement Per Chapter 2

Hello Deerlings!

We come offering a proposal. We understand that with the uncertainty about Chapter 2's details, there has been an increase in general player anxiety about what's going to be happening with the future of our game and what players may expect. We originally planned to release a good chunk of information about what to expect when the door was fully voted on, but we realize waiting until June might be more difficult than not. We'd rather our players be able to get excited about the change rather than worry about what it might mean so we offer a suggestion!

We won't be able to tell you what the full setting or power situation will be until after the door is officially voted on. Voting starts May 7th and ends June 5th.

However, what we can tell you is...plenty of other stuff! I've worked on enough of the base structure of the game to understand its overall mechanics and how it will function, what people can generally expect, etc. Obviously, some minor things will be subject to change between now and the time the game opens, as is the case with all new games, but I feel confident in saying I know that the base will remain the same. There will also be game mechanics, such as the form of the animal guides and how they will work alongside the Sleepers, that will vary in functionality when the door is chosen (ie; the Flesh Door leading to animal companions known as Omens, Folk Door leading to Familiars, Child door leading to Guardians. All serving a similar role, but functioning differently in accordance with their respective world's rules).

We do ask that our players understand more fleshed out and comprehensive information will be available with the full publication of the game. But we are willing to put together a post of several of the core elements you can anticipate from Chapter 2 and post it within this month rather than wait until June. June would still have the door reveal post with further information about the setting and powers.

At this time we would also like to remind our player base that all of the core mechanics, core plots, setting, themes, social dynamics, and elements of our game will always be mod-run only. The only significant changes you can anticipate in our game are changes that will be decided on by our mod team. Some of those changes may include mass player participation and agreement such as the Door Voting situation.

We encourage our players to have ambitious and complex plots and we encourage everyone to have fun with it! We ask our players to trust us as a mod team to continually moderate all player plots and understand that we would not let any player plot influence anything significant such as the literal mechanics of the actual game. Player plots are meant to be fun and exciting for everyone willing and interested.

We have an extremely distinct vision for our game's future and an extremely distinct system set in mind. There is nothing that will change that vision, now or later. We plan to have a flexible-as-ever setting to give our players as much freedom to have the unique and personalized plots that they want to have.

So, let us know in a comment below or on our plurk/discord post about this if you would like more information about Chapter 2 now rather than in June. If you can wait, then by all means, say so! If we get the feeling a good chunk of you would rather have the information sooner rather than later, then we will get a post generated for that ASAP.

Thank you everyone!

AS A GENERAL REMINDER OF IMPORTANT DATES WHILE WE'RE HERE:

LAST AC COLLECTIONS: May 1-5th
LAST RESERVE CYCLE: May 1-5th
LAST APPLICATION CYCLE: May 5-10th