"pokemon as faceclaims" scared me at first, ngl. but as i think about it? the idea really grows on me. it seems like a good way to enforce variety. having a character limit, too, will prevent people from snapping up all the "popular" pokemon.

humans turned to pokemon sounds great. i haven't seen that in a mystery dungeon roleplay before, and i think it would work really well.

my wishlist for a pmd site would be something like:

no npc teams.
team up with other players to complete missions.

ongoing story.
the site doesn't completely rely on member plots.

lighthearted events.
festivals, contests, and fun games to keep a sense of levity.

no gifted canons.
guild masters and key shop owners are npcs. maybe their positions can be earned by active players?
( when folks take a break you don't want orgs and businesses falling apart. )

system-lite.
progression is great. word counting and exp tracking is not.

i might be the odd one out on a number of these, but there you have it!

layout is looking adorable, btw.

Thank you for your reply, it reminded me of a few features I forgot to mention in my first post!

Definitely understand the knee-jerk initial reaction to "pokemon as faceclaims", but the more I think about it the more I think I'm sold on it, because at this point we have over a thousand pokemon. Even if someone gobbles up Pikachu right out the gate, theres going to be something for someone.

Ongoing Story: New islands will appear over the course of the roleplay! Each one with their own mini-plot/boss.

Lighthearted Events: Big fan of these, too!

No Gifted Canons: All important roles like the main guild master of the Explorer's guild will be NPCs. The only role available to players will be explorers & leaders of their own custom teams. Though, I wonder if people would be interested in bandit or civilian roles, too.

System-Lite: This is the big one I forgot to mention! It will be a stat-less roleplay. Missions will be story-based with objectives that need to be met during the the thread (eg. travel 3 floors with 2 posts minimum per floor and encounter a pidgey). There will probably be a word minimum, but no battle mechanics. It'll probably be more like earning x amount of levels per mission or using site currency to buy levels.

And thank you for the compliment!

Please I want an rp where I can play a pokemon SO BAD? I was on one ages ago that was so much fun! I like the pokemon as face claims idea especially with the character limit!

Also the WIP skin is looking super cute ahhhhh!!

it sounds like fun! i'm all for minimum word counts - it's when i need to count how many words are in a post to equate them to gained experience that i start losing my mind a little bit. going statless sounds like it'll make things a lot more easygoing, and simplifying to X levels per mission is a lot less intimidating than counting fractions. great to hear there will be story progression too. i like it!

guess i'd better open up my pokedex. xD

making the biggest of eyes rn

I might be the really weird one, but I’m obsessed with badges and it would be so cute to complete specific achievements to unlock awards/badges that show up on your profile.

For instance, there’s an achievement for joining/creating your first dungeon dive. You’re awarded a rope badge. Or, for joining your first event (conpletion of event mandatory except on special circumstances) and you get a cute cherry pie award/badge. Ugh idk. I’m obsessed.

I agree with everything Mellow said (but we usually share same taste in stuff). Super excited for this.

Thanks for the interest everyone! The heat's been dragging me down so there hasn't been much work on this, but I will be slowly but surely working on it thanks to all of the interest.

Damn, that skins looks really great to me! I've always been more partial to heavier stats, but I can why so many people prefer soft/no stats. Opt-in, in my opinion, never works - but I'm very glad to see levels still be a thing because I feel it is very fitting in relation to the games.

Also, newyork's mention of badges/trophies/achievements is very fun. I'd love to see something like that.

You can count me as very interested!

dang! how did i miss this?! i want this SO bad! making mega huge :eyes: at this! <3

also, a possibility for a discord soon? :eyes:

also, just a suggestion! perhaps instead of locking pokemon face claims to one per player. (mainly to avoid hurt feelings or feelings of missing out). maybe have pokemon face claims have slots? let's use pikachu as an example: instead of one person being able to have pikachu, have it be [0/5]! so, five members can have a Pikachu but only those five unless a slot opens up? also, no members can snatch up more than one of that face claim! it's a relatively low number so it still keeps them rather rare. Or even lower it to [0/3] if five is too much!

but i only state this if the site gets bigger than you expect. if it remains like let's say 20 members. then keep it the way it is. but it's a suggestion in case the site gets rather large.

Not until much closer to launch! I want to have almost everything in order before I start worrying about a discord, just because moderating one will distract from development.



Slots are something I was considering! If the site does get big, it's not something that I'm opposed to doing, but it's much easier to add slots than take them away. We'll see what happens and what kind of turn out there is, but I would also like to encourage making less popular pokemon tbh.

As a more general update, I've done some more work on the skin! Here's a preview of the post row (mini-profile subject to change as I finalize what links/info should go in them).

Beetle

makes sense with the discord! i can wait then! tho it does make me wonder if you have a guesstimate of when the site will open? :o

oh? that's great you had slots in consideration! i wasn't sure if you'd agree! but i also agree with you on more unpopular pokemon being chosen! I'm tempted to choose the less popular ones myself if i can't get what i want! x)

next, I LOVE THE SKIN! it's SO CUTE! and simple. No big hovers either so we can get small pokemon images! which is perfect for me! x) (less work)! xD anyways, keep up the great work! I eagerly await the re;ease of the site! c:

THIS SKIN IS SO CUTE AHHH I am so excited ;o;