don't think that we are quite that for yet but i imagine that when we get there we'll be needing all the help that we can get.

so stick around, put in your 2 cents wherever and when we get to the dialog part i'm sure that your help will be greately appreciated.

I'm more into the script-writing side than the RPing, but I'll shoot him an email and see what he needs done.

-Zach

I do believe so.

Would make sense...

Role-playing out the script was one of my genius ideas that I think is probably not so genius after all. I was actually planning on ditching the RP for a while, but we haven't been focusing on the script hardly at all, so it was a non-issue (until Zach brought it up--and good for him!).

The idea was that free-form role-playing out the script with "actors" generating the scenes in a chat room somewhere would be efficient and a more accurate portrayal of our characters. It's quite difficult, however, to get all the actors online at the same time so they role-play, and even then you're left with dialog that may or may not be what you want; you might have to go back and spend even more time editing it, or even doing the scene again.

So, in short, the tried-and-true script writing methods will probably work best for us. I already had a pass at the first half of Chapter One, and I think what I turned out was far more succinct than a role-playing session would be.

Zach, I certainly encourage you to try your writing skills on this task, and I actually think we may be closer to the scriptwriting process than Squall lets on. ;D

Yeah, writing the script in a traditional way is more convenient, but we would lose some of the character depth advantages of RP'ing.

How about we write it in a traditional way, but offer people an option to sign up for the task of "Character Expert", or something like that, for each major character. If Kydran is my favorite character (I'm just saying this as an example), I may get to be an "Expert" on him. This would mean I'd ponder about this character in depth, develop an understanding for that character, and advise the script writers on how s\he should talk or behave in a given situation.

A "Character Expert" would be like a consultant into a character's background, motivations, appearance, style of speech, etc. (Like Andy Serkis for Gollum in LOTR:TTT, only in our case more script-oriented than performance-oriented.)

The communication can then take place on the forum, not necessarily in chat. The Story Advisors and especially Dev would, of course, have the last word on all creative decisions.

This would be the best of both worlds: the script-writers would be ready to begin their work, and character depth will be applied where there's interest in applying it.

I like the idea actually. Maybe there is hope for me =). Dev?

Dev, how close to writing the script are we? I was just taking a guess with the current pase of the forum's at the time, but it sould pick back up after the holidays, and according to the status of 100% complete characters and the amount of NPC's that could be in each town.