Wolfgang Baur's Open Design #3 down to Ghouls vs. City-State

[Glyfair]

Once a donation is made and patrons are granted access to the private section is the entire thing conducted via LJ? or are users taken to a hosted site?

Each time I've only joined at the cheapest level (because that's all I can afford) and that's all through LiveJournal, except for the occasional email from Wolfgang. I believe the higher level patrons have access to a hosted site. I'm sure someone can confirm that.

I ask because my wife is an avid LJ user and is always logged in on our home computer. Will I need to get my own LJ account and be logging in and out of accounts to participate?

It depends on your needs. It's probably best, but you could use your wife's account if she's willing. She'd show up in the friends portion of the Open Design livejournal page, so that might be a concern for her.

The first round I was offered the option to get emails. Even if that's still an option, you lose a lot of the interactivity for the site.

 

[catsclaw227]

Each time I've only joined at the cheapest level (because that's all I can afford) and that's all through LiveJournal, except for the occasional email from Wolfgang. I believe the higher level patrons have access to a hosted site. I'm sure someone can confirm that.

I was a senior patron for Castle Shadowcrag and I am a senior patron for this as well. I don't know anything about a special hosted site, unless I am a total ditz.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

The essays are just freebies that the patrons of each project see as they are completed. They shuffle off into the dustbin fairly quickly. Some find other homes. Every patron sees all the essays from the project they support.

So if I became a Patron of the Arts I wouldn't get access to any of the essays from the previous 2 projects? Or are you also saying that, even if I did, they wouldn't be of any use to me since I wouldn't understand the context?

To me, the essays and similar stuff, is what I would be most interested in signing up for. The adventure/setting at the end of it is just the icing on the cake so I am very interested to know the answer to this.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Athenon]

Question

I'm thinking of signing up, but I'm curious - what's the ETA of the adventure completion and being made available to patrons?

 

[catsclaw227]

So if I became a Patron of the Arts I wouldn't get access to any of the essays from the previous 2 projects? Or are you also saying that, even if I did, they wouldn't be of any use to me since I wouldn't understand the context?

As far as I know there are some essay items available for the previous projects, but Monkey King would have to confirm this. I think that some of the more interesting ones are made available. I can check and see what's up later today -- in the meantime, I am off to go see 300.

 

[catsclaw227]

I'm thinking of signing up, but I'm curious - what's the ETA of the adventure completion and being made available to patrons?

There is still a vote up between The Empire of the Ghouls and City-State of Zobek, but both hope to be about 60K-70K words (128 pages or so) and about 5-6 months away.

This is a public page that tells you about the two projects:

http://customadventure.livejournal.com/78986.html

The project really needs some additional patronage to make these as big as noted above. If you are considering it, then just make the plunge and get on board ASAP, believe me.... the end product is worth it!

 

[Glyfair]

As far as I know there are some essay items available for the previous projects, but Monkey King would have to confirm this.

Searching through his archive I found this exchange

Do new patrons get access to all the gaming essays and advice that you have written to date during the production of the 3 projects that you have made? Or is it only the essays that you write on this project?

Depends. The senior patrons get access to all the essays; standard patrons get the new ones.

 

[Napftor]

Don't know why I waited this long to get involved. Mr. Baur has a c-note from me and I'm eager to see what's in store.

 

[Monkey King]

I'm thinking of signing up, but I'm curious - what's the ETA of the adventure completion and being made available to patrons?

The two projects currently under consideration are both big and complex, so if the design starts in April, they will be written, illustrated, mapped, and edited by .... September or October? That's about right.

Mind you, as a full patron you'd see the manuscript at every step of the way, but yes, these projects are more about the design process than about delivering a manuscript immediately.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Searching through his archive I found this exchange

Yeah, that was me that asked that question. I forgot about that.

Wolfgang gave me a different answer there to what he did on this thread though so now I am a little confused.

Can you clear this up at all Wolfgang?

Olaf the Stout