May
22
It’s that time again, folk!
Well, not exactly since I’m pretty sure this happened at a different time last year, but anyhoo, it’s First Person Fortnight! Get excited.
This is your chance to win an award for your game (or games, if you are so inclined) and go down in Ongoing Worlds’ history as winner. Who doesn’t want that? Read More
May
20
Hey dudes, I’ve been archiving some old games today, so that the list of games only shows current, active games. The game owners of each game have been emailed to let them know. I’m deleting games that haven’t had a post in at least 3 months, but some of them are even older than that like the crossword puzzles, some not having posts for a year or even 2.
This isn’t a permanent delete, these games can be reactivated if you think the game is worth bringing back. Tbh some of them sounded like they had good ideas for worlds to roleplay in, but perhaps didn’t get the attention they deserved when they were first started. To reactivate a game, email the moderators using this form.
May
19
I’ve written so many times before about the benefits of advertising your game. If you want people to join, you have to make yourself known. I’ve ever written a list just like this before, but it’s quite old now. So here’s some other websites & services where you can advertise for new members: Read More
May
19
Yeah. Been a while since you’ve seen one of these, hasn’t it? WELL IT’S BACK
One of the biggest parts of a roleplaying game is the tech you bring into it. Technology is the big part of the story. Now you may think tech just kind of refers to more mechanical/futuristic technology such as computers. Well any kind of technology really is needed to blend a perfect roleplay. With that in mind, I got in touch with my good friend, Anomaly, Anom, or 1An0maly1 as he’s known on OW. Anom is currently studying to be an aerospace engineer and is currently interning in California. With his background knowledge, I decided he’d be the best person to talk to about this. Read More
May
16
Enjoy it or not, grizzly tense drama can be exciting, and you might want to create some exciting drama to put your character through. Here’s some ideas, feel free to add your own ideas in the comments at the bottom. Read More
May
14
This article can be so easily summed up by the title and the comic above that I don’t even need to write anything else. Nope. That’s it.
Send this link to someone you know if you think they need this advice!
May
14
Hey dudes, I mentioned this as an idea in our Facebook group last week & John’s already contributed. So that makes it an official thing! Let’s do this!
What you have to do – Draw/sketch/paint/Photoshop up a typical scene from your game’s world. Then either upload it to the Facebook group, send it to us on Twitter (@ongoingworlds), or upload to Imgur & post the link in the comments below.
May
12
I saw this great article on io9 that had some great points about creating a near-future world. Read More
May
10
I love play-by-post games, they’re great. My favourite game, Blue Dwarf (which has been now running for 15 years!) inspired me last year to create a different type of game though. Read More
May
6
I found an article originally posted on Gnome Stew, but definitely applies to our type of text-based roleplaying. It’s a debate between using canon characters (see the definition here), and original characters you’ve made up. SOmething that applies to a lot of people who set their roleplays in an existing world, like Star Wars, Star Trek etc, or Firefly (pictured here) which has a lot of scope to explore the ‘verse without ever mentioning the show’s characters. But isn’t it cool to have crossovers?
See the original article here.
