A micro-wiki for keeping track of created canon
Something that would be useful for a longer-term game would be a player-viewable reference to NPCs, locations, etc. documented in the canon, probably something editable by everyone. (Perhaps this already exists, but the game we're playing is too new to use it.)
Ryan Macklin
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Thanks for the suggestion! We are planning to do this! It will probably happen around the time of our Kickstarter campaign, sooner if we can manage. There will be wiki-like pages for both narrators and for players. Pre-built Storium worlds will come with “canon” content for both pages, and then participants will be able to add to them. Sound good?
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Elfwreck
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Whether or not each game gets a wiki--that's a lot of placeholders for what's going to be thousands of games, most of which don't want one--a forum would be a helpful addition to the current very limited chatbox.
Players and narrators should be able to share worldbuilding and background info that's too complex to put in the opening description; the current structure isn't happy with 10k words of worldbuilding or a whole chapter's worth of character history. And it's even worse if you have ongoing development of something in the world. If the Ubiquitous Diner Where Everyone Meets eventually becomes a hub of criminal activity, players might want to keep records of who's been there--and right now, those records will be hosted away from Storium.
We really need a way to put all our game info on-site.
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Jaime Chambers
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I would suggest it go one step further to have a section for created canon...specific words, maps, images, NPCs we've met, etc. that can be quick referenced by the players without having to go back and re-read every scene to ensure they are on topic and using the correct references.
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Robert Friis
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Fantastic, was just about to suggest this, glad to hear it's in the works.