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>QM
Do you think that subconsciously you project your fears and biases in your quest?
>Player
Have you ever cringed at something that your QM or other players wrote?
> QM question
Well, yeah. How you think, feel, believe, and experience affects your b writing. How can it not?
>>46882186
>Do you think that subconsciously you project your fears and biases in your quest?
I am fucking fearless.
Biases, though, oh yeah all the time
>>46882186
>Player, Have you ever cringed at something that your QM or other players wrote?
Oh god yes, Its my job to shitpost not theres. If I need to be the serious one we have major issues. We had that issue with one of the lastest quests I was in.
>>46882186
>Player
A lot actually, typically only when a QM is trying to be dramatic and it falls flat.
The other day inGerman HollowQuest the QM started doing something and it really got me good
>>46882186
>Have you ever cringed at something that your QM or other players wrote?
Yeah but then I got used to it. It is a strange feeling, but after using imageboards for years any emotions attached to comments progressively decline. Unfortunately, this also means my smile is gone for good.
>>46882398
what was it? My only issue was waifuing Alex which is REALLY weird cause I see her as an adopted daughter.
>>46882186
>QM
I usually subvert that by appealing to popular opinion. As far as likes and biases go. I haven't managed to put my fears in yet though.
>>46882186
>Have you ever cringed at something that your QM or other players wrote?
Such defiance!
New Hong Kong - A city-wide planet corrupted to the core with a gang war between Yakuza groups in the underground tunnels, police brutality, fascist and communist organizations running wild, drug cartels and crime lords ruling the streets. You were born and raised on this backwater planet that's more of a festering wound upon the galaxy than anything else. You're a seasoned Merc who has been able to make a name for himself on his home planet, but not much anywhere else. However, with the recent planet-wide martial laws imposed by the Federation, all orbital ships that doesn't have the authority, has been grounded.
There's no way to leave and with a price on your head for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, you need to get off the planet, ASAP.
>>46882525
Just the inner thought process'
*Oh god no*
*Its cant be*
It just had such a disconnect to my idea of the character because it was too cliche
For those interested, an update on the Paladin of Avalon is up.
http://anonkun.com/stories/the-paladin-of-avalon/-JRvxJl3loGBg9Bo64XE/25-seekers/7nJaEpe86aer5Sn74
>tfw no fanart
>>46882186
Have there ever been quests that featured drug use or is /tg/ too sheltered for that?
>>46882565
Fair enough, but it makes sense. Most people react like cliché faggots.
>>46882628
gross
>>46882619
How long have you been running?
Ironically it's usually draw quests that attract most fan art.
>>46882628
Homeless Mutie for some parts.
>>46882628
Maybe a few? It doesn't really come up that often, most people here would call hardcore drug abuse edgey.
>>46882655
Longer than a year.
>>46882628
I wrote drug quests. But they are more like cartoon drugs, you know the kind that power the bad guys up, or make them crazy
>>46882628
Define drug use. Mine's had varying shades of struggling with alcoholism.
>>46882543
I'd play it.
>>46882645
Most people arent a previous nazi soldier
And i cant speak for other people but if something goes wrong my only thought process is "fuck" "shit" or something like that, stringing together any kind of monologue in your head when a fights going on is pretty much impossible
>>46882186
Would putting a old journal inside a brick the players would have to break be too outta the box?
Too gimmicky
>>46882628
Banished; Opium is common. MC has indulged occasionally. Dune Spice. "Religious" Herbs. Mind-Elevating bat guano flavored magic mush, and much more.
Hollow Quest Redux; It's the main characters thing.
Hive Queen Quest; I don't fucking know where to start.
Any quest with recurring tobacco use or alcohol fits your description.
Snakecatcher/Feral Necromancer/Ogre/BFQ/Deniable Assets/and so forth.
>>46882543
If it's not too Shadowrun influenced I'm interested.
>>46882739
well I can do some thoughts when in a fight unless weapons are drawn.
>>46882689
Okay, that's a little weird. You should have gotten something (or faded into obscurity) by now.
>>46882802
But imagine if the enemy themselves was a weapon
Huge claws, can close the distance in a fraction of a second as well as being able to shoot out a motherfucking laser
>>46882628
The real question is - can you write drug effects realistically?
Review anon?
>>46882543
>>46882718
>>46882787
Alright, great!
Anyone else have any interesting thoughts about the quest pitch or constructive criticism?
>>46882628
My character was naughty on that meth for a long time. Got him killed actually, though he died a heroes death.
>>46882823
i'm either dead then or equally prepared as them, therefore once more able to think while moving.
>>46882892
So long as we get to pick the character class and you demand a name from us that fits the home system we came from I'm all in anon.
I've run some quests on a different board, in the medium of comics. I was considering taking a stab at it here. My past quest comics have been kind of chaotic, though; Players make liberal use of their scene edit options, to the point of absurdity. On this board, I thought something where the plots and setting were more structured might be a better fit. /tg/ is probably used to only having direct control over a single character.
In my other stuff, I picked suggestions based on my own flippant whims; Whichever ideas inspired me the most, or even just amused me. Is that appropriate here? I saw someone get accused of railroading for that once....
Also, any tips on dealing with the faster pace of this board combined with my full-time job when working in the slower medium of comics?
>>46882892
Seems like a short quest with a clear cut objective.
Subtly acquire a Fed ship or authentication codes to pass the blockade.
>>46882903
If your in a life or death situation and where a second thought wasted could result in your death
Thinking
"Oh my goodness me what am i going to do?"
"She's going to.......oh no'
Will get you killed, plus its reaally bad writing
>>46882962
Your not thinking of 'what am I gonna do' its 'what is his next move after I block this one or dodge it' but I see your point on the matter.
>>46882935
Was planning to already have a name for the MC since most character creations go to hell from what I've seen and there's no real "class system". You can use learn to use any weapons or tools you can get your hands on in one way or another.
>>46882951
Yeah, figured I'd do a semi-short quest with a very clear cut objective that might have an obvious solution, but it will turn out to be more difficult than anticipated and other opportunities/choices for a means to escape.
>>46882628
>wanting quests to feature drug use after the cringe that was Schteel's LSD baseball concept
>>46882543
>A city-wide planet
Did you mean a planet-wide city or is this just a really fucking tiny planet?
>>46883105
The bewildering hyphens strike again.
>>46883105
>Did you mean a planet-wide city
Yeah. Wrong usage of words on my part.
>>46883105
>>46883147
It would be interesting and refreshing to see a planet the size of let's say, New York City.
>>46883079
>the cringe that was Schteel's LSD baseball concept
Best part was the guy he was telling it to obviously trying his best ot stay polite.
>>46883172
At that point, it'd be more of a hollowed out asteroid than a planet
Which isn't to say that a weird Dyson Sphere-lite inside-out asteroid city wouldn't be cool as fuck. It'd also explain the eternal night Cyberpunk settings all seem to suffer from as well as all the fucking neon
>>46883467
I'm stealing that. Thanks, anon.
>>46883554
You're only allowed to steal what you'll use, anon.
Which means you've just made a promise.
We expect great things from you.
>>46882628
Death Among the Stars has the players growing seagrass marijuana to start selling in a drug empire. No use of it yet
>>46882782
>Hive Queen Quest; I don't fucking know where to start.
I'm trying to think but where did they have drugs? Besides the parasites using calming chemicals to keep their hosts docile
In my quest i plan to use visions to describe superpowers, but what kind of vision would a omnipath see?The other two powers i've worked out are adaptive regeneration - symbolized by a ever growing and ever dying monster, and teleportation, symbolized by a bridge that connects to everywhere and nowhere all at once.
So it's supposed to be kinda surrealistic.
>>46883577
>Which means you've just made a promise.
>We expect great things from you.
>>46883643
Yes, it was the chemical weaponry that I was trying to recall, also Lyle's Infinity Liver.
>>46883651
A hall of mirrors that reveals the fragments of minds that they can see, and then manipulate when they touch the mirrors?
>>46883777
With omnipath i mean the classic telepath+telekenesis combo. Just doing one is fairly simple, but both are pretty hard to mash up.
>>46882186
>Do you think that subconsciously you project your fears and biases in your quest?
Maybe? If something is subconscious, doesn't that mean I'm not aware of it?
>>46883826
STRINGS
>>46883729
I loved how he kept trying to kill the parasite through massive amounts of booze
I'm thinking about making the pantheon of my quest be consisted of 6 gods based on greek deities with a small set of Dark Souls treatment.
So far, elves are a thing that are included within it, and I'm unsure if there should be a chaotic/demonic pantheon of sorts that have either a new branch of elven kind or an entirely different race all together, pherhaps as much taller humanoids with draconic features or just different hue and facial structure. I didn't really want to make them orc kind of any sort, but I'm not entirely sure.
First time around here, sorry if it's vague.
>>46883831I already have a "puppeteer" antagonist prepared that will be represented by strings around people trying to scream.
I think space battles are too hard, because I already have trouble visualizing fully three-dimensional combat, but I also wouldn't mind anyone giving me tips on a possible way to run mech combat on the ground.
Right now I'm thinking of tracking damage with points in each limb for the player character, and just dramatizing the NPCs
>>46883877
Don't make them humanoid at all, doing that basically reduces in to "and the mother of all was REALLY hot", especially if they're supposed to actively join in the quest.
Instead, see Banished Quests take on gods, where the actual gods are more like "lol fuk u" and the smaller spirits are actually comprehensible to the normal man.
>>46883907
well you know that opens up a whole field of min-maxing whatever armor they get right? Then fact in what the different ammo/weapon types have against the different types of armor.
>>46882186
>Have you ever cringed at something that your QM or other players wrote?
So very often.
>>46883877
You have come upon this place only to be destroyed by your own efforts.
Never beg that thou advanced unwarned.
Welcome to Questing! Firstly, conflict within pantheons is essential for creating realistic mythologies. You don't nessarily require an opposing pantheon. The demon/chaotic can just be different or more violent interpretations of the "standard" pantheon or it can be the ones of previous cultures that were acquired along the way, as oft is the case with many historic pantheons. Especially of the Grecian variety, although I estimate you'd want your peoples to be less flippant than them who went through Gods like candied fudge.
>small set of Dark Souls treatment.
Doubly so because of this. If you mean fallen gods they'll need that sort of conflict in their history. If you mean the other interpretation of the DS gods then you already know what you must do.
But remember; the goal is for everyone to have fun!
>>46883992
I was probably going to use weight to limit people from abusing armor, not to mention limiting them from using cool things like jump-jets or shoulder mounts. I've been working on this sheet to decide how I want to lay it out
>>46882826
For some of them, I could. I dunno what's really interesting in writing it though. I never felt ever better than when I first tested MDMA. Literally never, the euphoria (>inb4 tip fedora) was so intense I still get shivers and tears coming up just writing about it. Is it possible to make my players feel that way without having known that effect? I doubt I have the skills, or will ever have them.Literally the best night of my life.
>>46883922
The thing is that non-humanoids was reserved for those who are really just antagonical to the general development of humanoid, though they are majorly underground or incredibly concealed, as the current lore states that all of the gods were basically warriors that embodied different aspects and concepts, and fended off those from the surface.
I would make it so that such chaotic/demonic pantheon is seducing this hypothetical new race instead of already being part of their general customs and culture due to the general behaviour of the other humanoid races being suspicious and paranoid due to their differences, and applying sanctions that halt their general developmen due to their worship of more morally questionable and ancient rituals within the older pantheon. Their faith wavers because of this and the above ensues.. Elves don't suffer this so harshly because their seclusion breeds a set of skills that are more benefitial than the other, and such retain a certain passivity towards mankind.
>>46884043
>But remember; the goal is for everyone to have fun!
That's not what DS is about, u fookin' casul.
>that chargen in Hero/Villain Quest on Akun (Shadow Commander)
>>46884144
wat happen?
>>46884131
Well no but I was talking about quests.
In which, to be honest you're correct, it's not possible for everyone to have fun. But it is a nice goal, if delusional.
>>46884061
what about materials?
>>46884043
well, that conflict already exists a little when I typed this out
>>46884125
>>46884144
The 15 year old futa?
>>46884228
I don't know if I want to get that deep with it. I like to prioritize the writing foremost. As of now I was just going with part types, ammo types, and weapons.
>>46884228
Hey anon thanks. You reminded me of something I had to ask.
Yo WQDT. I have a hypothetical question regarding resource management- not for civ quests.
Say you have three resources only acquirable through felled enemies or explored ruins, or from breaking down equipment. These resources are used for boosting abilities in separate paths and are not directly convertible for reasons of setting consistency.
What could they do with the leftovers they don't need?
So far I'm at a dearth with just "give 'em to companions," and "sell them for what you actually want." I'd wanted to think of something more clever, except it turns out I'm at a bit of wall in this matter.
Should a cyberpunk quest have different alien races alongside humans or deal with androids, robots, and trans-humanism next to regular humans instead?
>>46884157
>>46884251
https://anonkun.com/stories/i-want-to-be-a-hero-or-was-it-a-villain/EFDXFCk4J9f5xqtCf/chapter-one-the-new-villain-in-town/NasC9b4k55w9sMDZu
Players wanted to create supersmart villain manipulator
QM declared open chargen then kept vetoing name ideas, power ideas and supervillain name whilst calling the players idiots.
>>46884288
>"sell them for what you actually want."
This could work. Let's say the players have 50 of a certain resource they don't need. Let them trade 50 of those resources for 25 of the resource they need. It's not a clean cut deal so they can't farm a specific material for super fast and easy upgrades, but it's enough to let them use the leftover resources.
>>46884322
>Dio, A hook-nosed curly-haired man wearing some kind of cap, Woman wearing a suit that was painted on, vampire loli witch, vampire loli witch catgirl, Wall, General Patton, Velociraptor, Bruce Lee, The Wolf, Ram & Hart, A Green Painted Benjamin Franklin.
Well he sure as shit isn't wrong. This is golden for my sides anon, thanks a ton.
>>46884061
>>I was probably going to use weight to limit people from abusing armor, not to mention limiting them from using cool things like jump-jets or shoulder mounts
But part of the fun of a mech quest is going balls to the wall with armor development
>>46884294
Aliens don't feel very cyberpunk
>>46884492
This.
Hell, I expect it to be the main draw of my mech quest. If you truly love mechs then you're probably also obsessed with armor variety and style, which is always fun to toy around with.
Like the awesomeness that MechEngineer Quest was.
Would players be OK with the MC turning into a monstrous form when fighting? And i'm not talking about some cool kinda monster, i'm talking about literal eyes in the back of the head, mouth that extends back towards the neck and twisted arms and fingers with too many joints.
Or is this to off-putting?
>>46884556
They'd better all have crazy names and powersets too
>>46884492
First, it's going to be a quest about trying to escort a group of rebels to a neutral zone, so the actual mechanics will serve the narrative. But you're right, and as things go on I will allow for new parts to be found and bought, allowing for pretty OP stuff by the end
>>46884579
Depends whether you want to play him as a heroic or villainous protagonist
>>46884581
Yep, and played straight. Everyone's got crazy ass names and powersets. Standard.
So, I had a question
I was thinking of cute nicknames people could remember some characters by. What kind of person comes to mind when you think the following nicknames:
Detective
Inspector
Doc
At least one of these will be a woman in her 20s, another a man in his 20s, and a guy in his 50s.
Opinions?
>>46884612
Aw man, a huge part of my interest is naming suits and stuff. I really want to have a /k/ommando dude who gives his rig the edgiest name possible
>>46884617
>>Detective
>Inspector
I wouldn't consider these nicknames
>>46884610
The players can choose themselves. Have some plothooks prepared both ways, and leveling up your monstrous form gives you bonus to intimidation rolls while you become horrifying as fuck.
>>46884660
Okay, sure, they're job titles, but I'm trying to match the name with the face.
>>46884667
It might be quite complicated to think how it actually moves, which could be a challenge to immersion
>>46884579
Sure. If it's used well.
>>46884681
A nickname should really tell you something about an individual. It is either a statement about their personality or appearance, a pun on their name or an in-joke based on a past event. You want the name to give you an idea what kind of person they are. It isn't necessary to relate it to what they do.
>>46884682
I'm thinking the legs are actually more reptile-like, and the rest of the body is monstrous, but for long distance travel the players canbend over and travel on all four legs, breaking open both flesh and bone while their body adapts to the new challenge and promptly regenerates into a new form suitable to the task.
>>46884681
>>46884617
BRUH.
There is a minimum of 632,531 personality/name/character variations you've got with your current variables.
Why?
How about instead of casting a wide net you figure out what you really want the character to be, and then of how that character acts, and then of how that character would be perceived, and then of how their observers would think of nicknaming them. Much easier.
>>46884419
thought you'd like it
>>46882186
>QM
I try not to let my disdain for both sides of the political spectrum show. If anything, I try to make characters who represent both sides fairly nuanced and understandable fellows and not stereotypes of their beliefs.
As for fears, the only thing I've ever projected onto my players is a fear of sharks and drowning.
>Player
Spelling mistakes, grammar errors because I'm an English major. I don't kick up a fuss about it, though, since it isn't worth the time and effort. Other than that, I cringe at waifu arguments that the players get into.
As for QMs...the only time I got really, really irritated was when I had to wait upwards of an hour just for the QM to write a bad end for the sake of 'muh drama' and then reset to the 'checkpoint' where we saved. A colossal waste of time.
>>46884786
>As for QMs...the only time I got really, really irritated was when I had to wait upwards of an hour just for the QM to write a bad end for the sake of 'muh drama' and then reset to the 'checkpoint' where we saved. A colossal waste of time.
I think I might know which one you're talking about. TT?
>>46884786
You know you can also do other things while waiting for an update. You don't have to eat the whole pizza you ordered in one sitting.
>>46884786
>reset to the 'checkpoint'
That sounds like a terrible idea. I'd rather just have a funny ending and close the thread
>>46884834
It was more like he expected things to go differently, realized he planned poorly, players did things differently, and gave a reset.
>>46884763
>and then of how their observers would think of nicknaming them
This is where I'm getting hung up.
>>46884876
What's their personality?
>>46884876
In my personal experience, nicknames are never as clever or thought out as they are in media. Most of them are recalls to early childhood, or singular events. Like this guy I work with we call Yogi. It's literally just what his mom called him as a kid, for no other reason than he liked Yogi Bear.
>>46884762
The challenge with being The Thing is balancing combat. Flamethrowers fuck you up, but can a flesh morphing being actually be hurt by bullets? Does getting cut injure you if the flesh isn't actually sliced from your bones?
>>46884913
That's really cute.
Rolled 9 (1d20)
>>46882669
It does.
Also, hopefully summoning Crusty to see how he's doing.
>>46884492
Nonsense! The best part of a mech quest is a pilot becoming an idol and singing enemies to death in the heat of battle, with a mech tailored for the job!
>>46884946
That's a pitiful roll. This is how it's done.
>>46884991
I was hoping for a 1 or something around that.
9 might be too high.
>>46884991
Fucking shit I forgot my roll. Well, fuckever it. I'm going to bed this has been the worst day ever.
>>46884991
Missing the table counts as a 0.
>>46884816
Aye.
>>46884826
I did. I went to dinner, did my homework and played some vidya while waiting. And then when I came back, bad end. That I would be fine with if I didn't have to wait another long bit for both the players to make a new choice and the QM to spend another forty minutes writing.
>>46884834
I don't mind bad endings or resets. My only gripe was drawing it out unnecessarily. I would have been perfectly fine with "the monster wrecks your face. Everything hurts hurts hurts" fade to black, laugh and then move on.
>>46884932
There's another guy we call Little Anthony, because he's massive but he has the same name as his dad, and was therefore at one point the smaller of the two, and now it's ironic. The point is that nicknames aren't that hard to come up with
>>46884981
I'm stealing that idea, anon.
That's a promise.
>>46884991
THIS is how you do it.
AWAKEN, MY QM.
>>46885107
Yeah, I can really see you doing it. Good job.
>>46885107
>AWAKEN, MY QM.
We will never get second round of QM moesonas, now as a manly men.
>>46885132
Where was you when rolling was kill.
Rolled 20 (1d20)
>>46885158
Doing this.
>>46885193
Anon, I...
Capes of Rain City in about 2 hours!
>Players
All the fucking time.
>>46885193
Thank you.
>>46885237
>>46885264
>>46885193
>>46884926
Here's my solutions.
>fixed forms - PC must invest time (or XP) to develop new forms or techniques
>morphing takes time - the players can shift into whatever they want, but the effects might take a few rounds to kick in
>slow regeneration - regain HP every round of combat, but generally slower than you are damaged
>regeneration requires focus - you can fix your injuries with conscious effort, but you're open to attack
>regeneration requires fuel - you need to eat something to rebuild the meat you've lost, munching on soldiers helps to rebuild your hit points
All of these options should help keep things in check, pick as many as you need. The last one would be fun if the players are trying to maintain their humanity.
What are some tips to writing interesting combat scenes?
I read the useful links pastebin, but couldn't find much.
>>46885314
Honestly just look at quests that have done combat.
>>46885280
>Marcellus Black
He's the hero we need.
>>46885350
What's with the constant trip, attention whore?
>>46885314
What kind of combat do you want family?
>>46885368
Literally forgot to turn it off, shit
>>46884946
Crusty's MIA, Sparks is MIA, QuestDrone is pretty much dead.
Shit kinda sucks
Least Soma and Languid have been active. Banished and Hellborn are at some really cool moments right now.
>>46885419
I read the first thread or two when Hellborn started up, but I haven't checked it out since.
Didn't hate it or anything. Just haven't.
>>46884681
>>46885443
It's a ride.
>>46885459
I imagine so.
>>46885260
I gotta say man, CoRC is probably my favorite new quest. It's real High Quality™.
>>46885419
This spirit war arc has probably been the most fun I've had in Banished for ages.Jungle never.
>>46885336
Any recommendations, dear anon?
>>46885379
I was hoping to do battle scenes for a rule-of-cool setting. Nothing too anime, but I'll take all the knowledge I can get.
>>46885628
Some of the best combat I've ever seen in quest was in... fuck.
Okay, it was the mercenary quest. We got shot out of a space ship in drop pods. We used axes.
>>46885584
<3 thank you anon
>>46885655
Deniable Assets using the Combat Chain System.
>>46885655
I'll check it out. Many thanks.
>>46885670
Yes, that's it. Thanks, Anon.
>>46885670
Can't be bothered to read it. Can you explain it?
>>46885737
Can? Yes.
But I can't be bothered to explain it to you.
>>46885771
Rude af family.
>>46885801
http://pastebin.com/KypPFgFr
This is the combat pastebin, if you want to see examples of it in action just read the quest yah lazy bastard.
>>46885819
>Read an unfinished quest
Yeah as long as you promise to kill this puppy for me
>>46884518
Aliens can fit in a Cyberpunk inspired setting just fine, so long as they're just a different breed of lowlife. Hell, Neuromancer implied the existence of alien AI at the very least at the end of the novel.
Though you are right in that at that point you're straying from the philosophical roots of cyberpunk and more just having yourself some neon space Noir action.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Nar Shadaa in Star Wars is a great locale and Prey 2 looked fucking amazing.
>>46885830
I'm not saying you need to read it in its entirety, but if you're trying to get an idea for how to write combat it would behoove you to read some of the combat sequences.
>>46885819
That's one shitty combat system and way too complicated for the common player. It would only serve to turn players away than bringing them in.
>>46885858
It was literally the main draw of the quest.
>>46885858
Which is funny considering its the players the quest attracted and what they wanted who turned the QM away.
>>46885830
I thought all you wanted was the combat. Why are you making this difficult?
>>46885858
It worked great in Deniable Assets and Extranatural Enforcer. Stop talking out your ass.
>>46885858
The combat was the reason to play the quest and it was fun while it lasted friend.
Also, that's nothing close to too complicated or bulky for the common player.
>>46885875
>>46885880
>>46885886
>QM Defense force in full action
Don't get so mad just cause the combat system of your favorite waifu quest is shit.
>>46885917
>Which is funny considering its the players the quest attracted and what they wanted who turned the QM away.
Just being honest senpai.
Twitter analytics are so strange.
Apparently 23% of my audience is female, and a significant chunk are from Australia.
>>46885949
Capitalize on that and get some nudes.
>Send nudes and I'll give one of your OC characters a cameo or I'll write smut of your favorite ship in my quest.
>>46885983
>wanting nudes from your readerbase
>implying they wouldn't all be hambeasts
>>46886066
>>implying they wouldn't all be hambeasts
>Being this cynical
>>46885949
I've always kinda assumed that /tg/ had a higher population of women than most boards. Well, except for /cgl/ and /soc/.
>>46885983
>implying I wouldn't take nudes for my fav QM
Hell, I'd even shave for them!
>>46886148
I wanna know who your favorite QM's are. For good reasons.
>>46885949
I question the accuracy of that figure, because I just checked my analytics and I am also on 23% female audience.
>>46886093
Seeing is believing. Until then, I'm going to keep on assuming every chick on the internet is a hambeast and/or a dude.
>>46886198
>>46885949
Time for you guys to dual-run a crossover of your quests!
>>46886219
Be sure to include incestuous homo shipping!
>>46882543
>>46883663
When are you running? Tonight? Next week/weekend?
>>46886219
Somehow I think most QMs would be very reluctant to do a crossover with my quest.
>>46886198
>>46885949
23% is an odd percentage. How many readers do you have?
>>46886254
Not going to run tonight since the start of season 6 of GoT is happening. Might run tomorrow, Wednesday, or next Friday.
>>46886174
>>46886279
I have 180 followers, no idea how many of them are actually still reading my quest though.
>>46886279
I have about two hundred twitter followers personally. So about 46 women among them, I suppose.
>>46886320
>>46886327
Huh. That's actually quite a lot. Considering this is the internet, I think you might even have an actual woman in there somewhere!
>>46886302
Isn't MGNQ ded now?
>>46886471
It's been dead for a year, anon. Its corpse keeps moving on memes alone.
Seriously, each thread gets like 3-4 updates at most, and usually the main content of those updates are just memes from Metal Gear or Splatoon or what not.
>>46886508
That's probably for the best. MGNQ might've been a promising quest once, but its mainstream non-chan audience quickly turned it into a meme-ridden mess.
>>46886508
I know that, but I thought Decu finally killed it off for reals.
How sensitively would a Concentration Camp quest have to handle its content?
I'm making animated npc portraits for my players, it's really fun to do.
>>46886633
You're on 4chan. Don't worry about sensitivity. The people that wouldn't like what you're doing wouldn't join the quest anyways.
>>46886672
Looks pretty cool, got any more?
>>46886633
Are we talking Concentration Camp Supervisor Quest here, or more someone in one of those camps?
That reminds me: Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS Quest when?
>>46886672
Looks neat as fuck fampai.
Harry Potter and the Deadly Dungeons will resume at 7pm Central
>>46886672
pupils are going little too far, unless you're trying to do purposefully emphasized eye roll
Alsoanimated swimsuit CAG when?
>>46886266
I'd do a crossover with you Warlord. I just wouldn't let Ur rape my characters.
>>46886733
>Are we talking Concentration Camp Supervisor Quest here, or more someone in one of those camps?
Manager. You'd primarily handle your team of quirky Nazi stereotypes, with a few recurring figures among the prisoners, like representatives. There'd be a few basic logistics exercises, and you'd have to keep up links with high command.
Your camp would be producing war goods, probably V2 rocket parts, and you'd receive money for doing so which could be used to further develop the camp.
The main role of the player is to handle crises that would arise disrupting the day to day running of the camp - stuff like planned insurrections, outbreaks of disease or a serial killer. The further into the war you get, the harder things are until every decision is a no-win situation. Gameplay would be mainly driven around character management, since your staff will have different ideas on how to approach a situation, and they wouldn't all get on. There'd be the potential for waifus, mainly because I think it could be hilariously disruptive to efficient management.
I'd probably run it on Akun.
>>46886852
>You'd primarily handle your team of quirky Nazi stereotypes
So...
>The Mad Scientist
>The Psychopath
>The Actually A Jew
>The Sympathizer
Anyone I'm forgetting?
>>46886793
Same.
>>46886909
The Gay Bishounen
>>46886919
>nazis
>not slaying the gay
No.
>>46886714
Not right now. I'm making a list of animations I'll do though.
>>46886736
Thanks!
>>46886761
Yeah, I was going for a very exasperated eye roll.In the next beach thread, I'll be prepared this time.
>>46886919
Already covered in:
>The Mad Scientist
>>46886909
>The Thug
>The Honorable Warrior
>Super Aryan
>The Monster
>Captain Nepotism
>>46886633
Do it like Prison School
>Comedy
>Making fun of really serious situations
>Making silly situations/reasons seem overly dramatic and final
>>46886944
>I'll be prepared this time.
>>46886953
I feel as if the Monster is covered by the Psychopath, but good point on the others.
>tfw your QM makes new thread never.
>>46887019
>>46887001
>Monster / Psychopath
The way I see it, one is more about impulsive violence and immediate cruelty. The other more about scheming and cold-blooded atrocities for "greater goals".
>>46887029
Hey at least you get threads. I'm lucky to get a thread a month for a couple of quests.
>>46887029
Soma at least has been threading recently.
>>46887001
I guess, although I conceived the Monster more as a torturer than a cold blooded killer. There's also Miss-Led
>>46886672
As a fellow QM preparing stuff for his quest, I would be limiting my animations to genga and not finishing it, for various logistical reasons.
That said how do you do those angled camera interfaces and update them properly? After Effects?
>using Live2d for animated portraits
There's an idea. Or not.
>>46887069
>>46887054
So which of the two would you classify Amon Goth as?
>>46887091
As a historical figure or as portrayed in the movie?
>demoted / reassigned for corruption
>repeatedly
Well, he certainly wasn't much of an idealist.
>>46885260
Hate to do this so early into the series but I'm probably going to have to cancel or run a short,late thread today. Girlfriend is being difficult.
>>46887091
>Amon Goth
The Thug, really.
>>46887196
>Girlfriend is being difficult.
fuck 'er right in the pussi
>>46887196
>Girlfriend is being difficult.
FUCKING NORMIE! REEEEEE!
>>46887196
>>46887236
>>46887196You know what to do.
>>46887086
Yeah, I don't want to do in-betweens. I won't animate every portraits either.
As for the interfaces, they're Smart Objects in Photoshop with a perspective deformation.
Mecha Space Pirate Quest is live!
>>46887543
>Re:QM still not making new thread
I still believe in my heart of hearts that they are alive and working on quests.
>>46888803
Has there ever been a QM that actually died before finishing their quest?
>>46888944
probably!
We would never know.
>>46888944
As in a literal death? Not that I know of, but would we really have any way of knowing?
>>46888944
The QM for Thinking Machine Quest, I heard died in a car crash.
Possibly Crusty Jones, who has an auto immune thing going on.
>>46888944
I assume Damp died in the military.
>>46888944
Tale/a/non has some sort of terminal lung condition.
>>46889047
Christ. I was wondering why I didn't see those terrible anime romance quests popping up.
Though I think I'd rather them be healthy and posting shit than dying slowly and painfully from lung disease.
Harry Potter and the Deadly Dungeons is live.
>>46888804
Enter the dungeon if you dare, where promises of gold and glory glitter
>>46889120
>Enter the dungeon if you dare, where promises of gold and glory glitter
Okay, but what if I just want to fuck Emma Watson?
>>46889161
Give all thy earthly possessions to the superior gender, then pray.
>>46889161
Are you Asian?
The dream still lives.
>>46884617
>Inspector, Detective, Doc
>My quest was going to have two main characters and a side character with these exact titles.
Woh, weird coincidence.
Is it just me or does NERV Bridge Simulator Quest not get many fanart or other drawfags? Is it a consequence of running a drawquest or when the QM is that gud of a drawfag?
>>46882186
>>QM
>Do you think that subconsciously you project your fears and biases in your quest?
Yeah. That's not even a question. Anyone that writes anything ever does that.
donut steel dark souls quest?
Yay/Nay?
>>46889395
Good, cause I'm still waiting.
>>46890042
Only if the MC phases through the enemies and are completely unable to hit them, and vice-versa.
That's my experience with dark souls.
>>46890042
I liked the other one that we had a while back but it lasted one thread and the QM went hollow.
>>46890061
Good, because I'm still planning!
But soon, very soon.
>>46889408
I got lots of fanart, especially considering that it's only been 3 months since we first started. Nevertheless, I have the feeling people are afraid we'll hit image limit if they post their stuff.
>>46890072
i kind of agree.
i already got some basics sorted out but i got a lot of lingering questions, they are mainly about the balance between the actual quest and lots of the game's gimmick....a set of rules comes into mind too
>>46890076
shame.
>>46890189
There's no 'kind of agree'. I'm saying that there's literally a bug that prevents me from playing the game entirely. Monster hitboxes are completely gone, as are mine. From Software refuses to fix it for some reason.
>>46890232
Works for me.
I'll PM you the fix
>Thread locked.
And my 2 (may be 3) players didn't follow me on twitter despite saying so for the second time.
Now how am i supposed to inform my players about future updates? the wqdt is kind of redundant.
>>46890301
That's on them. Sorry mate.
>>46890301
First, take a deep breath. A lot of people don't have a twitter TO follow you, they just favorite the page.
Secondly, if you're this insecure about how many players you got and whether you should keep writing, cut your losses now and stop. If you're not enjoying it and are always going to be stressing out over this stuff, no point in trying to stick it out.
>>46890325
>>46890343
it am not whining or angry. I am simply confused.
I enjoyed the thread, they enjoyed the thread (I think), I linked my twitter account on my last threads and there is still nothing done.
They are good players as well which adds more confusion to this matter.
>>46890413
>i am
Last one for tonight
>>46891197
If you can write and gauge player interest spheres one quarter as well as you can do these you're going to have a very entertaining and fun quest on your hands. Best of luck.
