wildsweetone
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Well, here we are at the next step. Alex is fiddling with some changes to Map 4; the Ambience of Snippettsville has been discussed; the Character Database is up and running.
Now it's time to talk about how we'd like the Setting Database to run.
There is Weird Harold's idea about having an index and homesteading property. Here's a quote from the Mapping Discussion thread:
As an ultimate vision, I can see each author describing a setting that they have chosen first rights to. The descriptions will be entered into the Setting Database in the SDC under each author's name - in the same manner as the Character Database works.
Do we wish to go so far as to have an index that needs one person controlling and categorising each setting that authors pass on to him/her? It seems to me like a whole lot of extra work being given to one person.
Let's hear everyone's thoughts
Now it's time to talk about how we'd like the Setting Database to run.
There is Weird Harold's idea about having an index and homesteading property. Here's a quote from the Mapping Discussion thread:
For a "shared universe" like Snippetsville, each setting and character should have more background detail for other authors to build on than can be plausibly included in a 600 word vignette. Anything that can help other authors remain true to the creators vision should be allowed inthe character and settings database -- pictures, Maps, floor-plans, measurements, furnishings, brand names of appliances (Is the Juke-box in Hannah's Diner a Wurlitzer or Jukebox (tm) or one of the other competing brands?) upholstery colors, and every other little detail of the authors' original visions of the settings they create.
As an ultimate vision, I can see each author describing a setting that they have chosen first rights to. The descriptions will be entered into the Setting Database in the SDC under each author's name - in the same manner as the Character Database works.
Do we wish to go so far as to have an index that needs one person controlling and categorising each setting that authors pass on to him/her? It seems to me like a whole lot of extra work being given to one person.
Let's hear everyone's thoughts