Hello Luministi People!
Hello everyone! This is Jchan, your mod, and I hope you've all had a lovely autumn and winter since we last saw each other. I come today with a few announcements regarding the rapidly approaching second season of Luministi!
» First of all, I have a handful of dates to give you! We are starting the game sooner than we did last year. The following is the general timeline of things planned for the game.
» Also, we're looking at three activity checks, all of which will occur on the 14th of each month, from June to August. Requirements will be the same as before with the option of either A) Making at least one post or log and comment to at least two threads (or logs) in the posts of others. Or B) Commenting to at least five threads (or logs) in the posts of others. (This can be found on the Rules page.) These activity checks will appear in the OOC comm this time around, but you'll be reminded of them beforehand and linked to them in the appropriate mod posts once they do appear. You'll have a week to reply to the activity check posts, and if you're worried about not being able to make AC, please talk to me. I won't bite ♥ Once the week has passed, I'll put a follow-up post about characters who are in danger of being dropped from the game and this time I'll only be giving three additional days instead of a full week to check in. Hopefully with putting the activity checks on a consistent date each month, that will help eliminate the surprise of an activity check post.
» Secondly, I've been updating the mod journal recently with minor changes here and there. Any pages I changed have a little note at the top with a date saying that the page has been updated. Mainly, these changes regard dates for the game, returning characters (which I'll talk about in just a second!), and things around town. I'll have this noted on the Town Features page, but for right now, returning and new residents will only have access to the town itself and not the Luministi Research Lab space-station as a whole. Why that is...well, you'll have to see~ But for right now, all areas except for the Mayoral Residence and the road leading to it will be available. I've added a note about what happens if you try to enter there here under the description for the residence.
» For returning characters! I've added a part specifically to the applications page about this (found here!), but I'll tell you here that you won't have to re-app into the game to return. The only thing I do ask is if you can let us know what's happened to your character since leaving Luministi! That's it~ Heck, even if nothing happened to your character since then, let me know that too! This little blurb thing is basically so I know that you are in for season two. Oh yes, and your characters will have retained their memories from their time in Luministi. However, they won't start to return until characters are back in town, and how fast/slow the memories return is up to you. Also, I'm a dork and didn't mention that you can submit these at any time and don't have to wait for apps to open on the 23rd. Sorry about that, guys.
» This leads me to talking about our beloved NPCs. This time around, they won't have as active a role in game-play, and that's mainly so I have more time to interact with everyone as a player and to plan plot things as the game evolves. There still are the random people about town and in the shops, and yes, they'll still be as oblivious to things as they were before. Our important NPCs will still be around town in the spots they could have been found at last season: Audrey in the pub, Verita hanging about in the town square, Ms. Osculia in the town hall, Sheriff Iussus in the Sheriff's office, Mayor Caligin will still be mysteriously unavailable, and yes...even Dr. Resarci will be back in the clinic. However, one won't be able to request a conversation with, say, Verita or Audrey, for example. In fact, at the start, none of them will be available for direct questions--but for a good reason. Anyone who tries to interact with them will not seem to recognise them or even bat an eyelid at anything mentioned about the previous season's events. (And on a plus side, Dr. Resarci is that friendly sort of doctor that he was at the beginning and not the murderous, greedy bastard he was revealed to be later on.) They'll essentially be like the rest of the townspeople. Whether any of this changes down the line, well... My lips are sealed~
» On the organisational side of things, I've also gone through the comms and tagged the entries with the " #season one" tag. Starting with the opening entry on May 14th, the "#season two" tag will be made available for everyone's use. I figure it'll be easier to sort things and find entries later on.
» And lastly, I wanted to give people another way of contacting me or getting hold of me. I'll still be available through email and PM (and in the plot entries themselves), but I have a public Plurk account set up specifically for the game to add one more avenue of contact with players. I plan on using this one for cross-posting plot updates and notifications with the main and ooc comm, plus it'll be around for questions/concerns and whatnot as well. If you have an account, you are more than welcome to friend/fan it or whatever! There isn't an awful lot there yet, but that'll change as time goes on.
Phew, sorry for the long update, guys. That should be it for now! If you have any questions and stuff, you know what to do~ Oh, and let everyone you know about the game's return and about apps/reserves opening this Saturday!
I'm so excited to get things started again, and I look forward to seeing you all there! ♥
» First of all, I have a handful of dates to give you! We are starting the game sooner than we did last year. The following is the general timeline of things planned for the game.
- Applications and reserves open on April 23rd!
- The game opens on May 14th!
- Applications and reserves close July 16th.
- Second season ends on September 17th.
» Also, we're looking at three activity checks, all of which will occur on the 14th of each month, from June to August. Requirements will be the same as before with the option of either A) Making at least one post or log and comment to at least two threads (or logs) in the posts of others. Or B) Commenting to at least five threads (or logs) in the posts of others. (This can be found on the Rules page.) These activity checks will appear in the OOC comm this time around, but you'll be reminded of them beforehand and linked to them in the appropriate mod posts once they do appear. You'll have a week to reply to the activity check posts, and if you're worried about not being able to make AC, please talk to me. I won't bite ♥ Once the week has passed, I'll put a follow-up post about characters who are in danger of being dropped from the game and this time I'll only be giving three additional days instead of a full week to check in. Hopefully with putting the activity checks on a consistent date each month, that will help eliminate the surprise of an activity check post.
» Secondly, I've been updating the mod journal recently with minor changes here and there. Any pages I changed have a little note at the top with a date saying that the page has been updated. Mainly, these changes regard dates for the game, returning characters (which I'll talk about in just a second!), and things around town. I'll have this noted on the Town Features page, but for right now, returning and new residents will only have access to the town itself and not the Luministi Research Lab space-station as a whole. Why that is...well, you'll have to see~ But for right now, all areas except for the Mayoral Residence and the road leading to it will be available. I've added a note about what happens if you try to enter there here under the description for the residence.
» For returning characters! I've added a part specifically to the applications page about this (found here!), but I'll tell you here that you won't have to re-app into the game to return. The only thing I do ask is if you can let us know what's happened to your character since leaving Luministi! That's it~ Heck, even if nothing happened to your character since then, let me know that too! This little blurb thing is basically so I know that you are in for season two. Oh yes, and your characters will have retained their memories from their time in Luministi. However, they won't start to return until characters are back in town, and how fast/slow the memories return is up to you. Also, I'm a dork and didn't mention that you can submit these at any time and don't have to wait for apps to open on the 23rd. Sorry about that, guys.
» This leads me to talking about our beloved NPCs. This time around, they won't have as active a role in game-play, and that's mainly so I have more time to interact with everyone as a player and to plan plot things as the game evolves. There still are the random people about town and in the shops, and yes, they'll still be as oblivious to things as they were before. Our important NPCs will still be around town in the spots they could have been found at last season: Audrey in the pub, Verita hanging about in the town square, Ms. Osculia in the town hall, Sheriff Iussus in the Sheriff's office, Mayor Caligin will still be mysteriously unavailable, and yes...even Dr. Resarci will be back in the clinic. However, one won't be able to request a conversation with, say, Verita or Audrey, for example. In fact, at the start, none of them will be available for direct questions--but for a good reason. Anyone who tries to interact with them will not seem to recognise them or even bat an eyelid at anything mentioned about the previous season's events. (And on a plus side, Dr. Resarci is that friendly sort of doctor that he was at the beginning and not the murderous, greedy bastard he was revealed to be later on.) They'll essentially be like the rest of the townspeople. Whether any of this changes down the line, well... My lips are sealed~
» On the organisational side of things, I've also gone through the comms and tagged the entries with the " #season one" tag. Starting with the opening entry on May 14th, the "#season two" tag will be made available for everyone's use. I figure it'll be easier to sort things and find entries later on.
» And lastly, I wanted to give people another way of contacting me or getting hold of me. I'll still be available through email and PM (and in the plot entries themselves), but I have a public Plurk account set up specifically for the game to add one more avenue of contact with players. I plan on using this one for cross-posting plot updates and notifications with the main and ooc comm, plus it'll be around for questions/concerns and whatnot as well. If you have an account, you are more than welcome to friend/fan it or whatever! There isn't an awful lot there yet, but that'll change as time goes on.
Phew, sorry for the long update, guys. That should be it for now! If you have any questions and stuff, you know what to do~ Oh, and let everyone you know about the game's return and about apps/reserves opening this Saturday!
I'm so excited to get things started again, and I look forward to seeing you all there! ♥