This is just a quick update to say that we're extending the submission window for getting your NPCs into the roleplaying game. That means you have a few more days to submit your characters. We hear you. This isn't a hard cut off, don't worry.
Quick advice: don't overthink your submission! We'll be helping you build your NPC character out and make them fit the setting. There's no need to do your research into the setting in this submission timeframe. We're just trying to make sure we can lock in this fan NPC cast so nothing gets held up on the production end. Plus, we need that time to sketch your characters.
A huge thank you to all of you who have submitted your characters to either myself or Brandon Berryhill. It's great to see such a range of old-established characters and new ones made specifically for this game. It's going to be fun finding roles for them in the scenarios.
Above: just a few of the participants from the previous 2 Delve events, permanently engrained in RUIN lore.
New Delve Event Starts Soon
In other news, RUIN's author Brandon Berryhill is setting up to start a new Delve event on the RUIN Discord server. It's completely free to join. We do it because it was fun the first two times, and it bridges that gap between us as creators and you guys as fans. Who says creation has to be lonely?
For those of you joining us through this campaign, Delve events are fun in-world RPG-lite events where players participate in the story being written on the go by Brandon (the author), vote on party actions and roleplay with us and other fans. Brandon writes the excerpt, presents the story and the choice to the group (sometimes there are specialised votes based on character classes), and a 12 hour voting period starts where the story's direction is decided.
As always there's absolutely ZERO AI involved in these Delves. Just good ol' fashioned creation, with occasional spelling mistakes. Being live, we tend to miss stuff in our editing passes. That never seems to bother anyone though!
Above: excerpts from the RUIN DELVE events - in-world RPG-lite games we run to have fun with fans.
We've done two Delve events so far, one of which (The Hunt for the Clockwork Bastion) has now been adapted into the campaign book for the Roleplaying Game. So these are real in-lore events that players can help shape. And we have an absolute blast running them. It helps us stretch our storytelling muscles whilst just creating some awesome memories with some good people.
Above: excerpts from the Hunt for the Clockwork Bastion Delve story as the fans dictated it. We're having a ball adapting a lot of this story into the RPG.
So, if you would like to take part, then that's super easy. It's just a matter of joining the Discord, and simply casting your vote on story choices. You don't have to interact if you don't want to. You can just watch and enjoy other players' characters interacting with eachother and sometimes being given very creative deaths.
Sidenote: if you're participating in the Delve and you REALLY don't want your character to be killed off, just tell us. We're not evil. Well... I'm not. Brandon does have a history of killing of player characters, but we've had serious talks about that kind of behaviour.
Lastly, RUIN REBORN ends in just one week! How that time has flown. So if you're still thinking about joining us, you're very welcome indeed, and let me know if you have any questions at all!
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