The season of World Building!
Jan 3, 2019 3:25:34 GMT
via mobile
ndrs, zeldafan30, and 2 more like this
Post by Nubbly on Jan 3, 2019 3:25:34 GMT
Hello Project Flint Members!
Now that we are past the month of December and entering the new year of 2019 we can hopefully get more activity here in the forums and discord to really get the ball rolling for this game!
Last meeting for those of you who did not attend or have forgotten a very important topic was brought up. we have many very talented Artists, Composers and Writers creating assets for the game, but we have nothing to tie these assets to! lots of our work is being created in a void where on thier own they are amazing, but when we try to find a way to tie them together we may end up in a pickle down the road.
So it was discussed that we should use the start of the year to create a foundation that we could all use as a base and help us tie/reference our work to. That led to us calling this the season of world building. It will last from the beginning of January to the end of March "subject to change depending on the circumstances"
To help us with this goal we are creating i think we should temporary change how the Sunday meeting is structured. The current system is built around teams sharing progress on their end and their weekly goal. At the end discussion is usually brought up about certain topics.
The new structure needs to be based around conversations and idea proposals to allow us to use our collective thoughts and perspectives to create as strong of a base we can.
Meeting schedule
-Meeting start
-Proposals
-Ideas
-Main Topics
-End meeting discussion
During the meeting we need to set a ground rule to allow everyone to have a voice. In the past we have had very fast chaotic conversations to really allow ideas fly, but in a large group situation it has not worked in our favour. Therefore we should set up a turn system where speaker has all rights to speak and no other person may speak unless addressed by speaker or an emergency occurs. A strike system should be in place to punish anyone who breaks the rule. 1st strike server muted for rest of meeting unless their turn, 2nd strike server muted for the next 2 meetings "no turns are given", 3rd strike not allowed to participate in world building meetings. The punishment may seem strict, but we should really strive to let everyone share their ideas.
With the only major rule set ill explain the schedule in more detail.
-Proposal: During this time we will go alphabetical order down the list of names "discord displays names in alphabetical order". each person may declare ONE proposal or they may declare they do no have anything to propose this meeting. each person who declares proposal will get (5-10) minutes "depending on how long we decide we should get"". The person chosen to speak is the only one to speak during their time. after they are done someone will post a brief explanation of the proposal and there will be a vote on that discord brief using certain emotes. for example:
✋ would mean "you have something you want to say about this topic".
👍 would mean "you approve of what was said".
👎 would mean "you find this topic to be impossible to discuss at this moment and it should to be brought up again in a future meeting"
*note* when counting votes thumbs up and raised hand both count towards keeping this topic alive.
If there is a majority of thumbs up the topic will be sent straight to the forums for final thoughts/tweaks.
If there is a majority hands raised then this topic will enter the second stage
If there is more thumbs down then both hands raised and thumbs up combined then the topic is dropped this meeting and should be revised.
-Ideas: After everyone has stated their proposal we enter the next stage where each proposal that entered the second stage will now get a short idea/thought to change/improve on the existing proposal.
this will continue in alphabetical order skipping the person who stated the original proposal. each person gets (1-2) min to state an idea. once all the ideas for a proposal is complete there will be a second vote in discord using only 👍👎 to decide if this is worth discussing in more detail on the forum or if we should abandon the idea for now.
-Main Topics: At this point of the meeting anyone who wishes to talk in more detail about the proposals brought up may do so, but it is very important to update the forum of any changes.
With this meeting setup the goal is to generate good ideas and topics on the forums to keep ourselves working at the world building. If someone cannot attend the meeting due to work, timezone, or life they may ask someone to make a proposal for them, but this must be stated to the discord before the meeting to prevent confusion.
The pros of this setup:
-Everyone will get a chance to speak their mind.
-it will directly include more people into the topic due to it not being forgotten on a forum.
The Con: of this setup:
-The meetings may take longer depending on what we decide "from a progress aspect that may be a pro though".
-We could get overwhelmed with having to many topics at once if we do not finalize decisions as fast as we make new ones.
What you are allowed to do:
-you can still post world building ideas in the forum if you think they don't need initial discussion "may still be removed if majority deem it so"
-you can have multiple people proposing one topic it will only take from one persons time slot.
-if the topic was brought up in the meeting before yours you still may say your piece it will help add to the discussion.
Things to consider:
-Making a forum board just for proposals approved in the meeting
-write down ideas and proposals to maximize time usage "posting pictures would really help during the proposal"
-making a discord channel just to hold proposal votes.
-if someone is late to the meeting, but makes it in-time before stage 2 they can propose last.
I am sorry for the super long post and for bad grammar.
if you like the idea please leave a like so we can have a number and if there are any questions and or ideas to change this possible setup please post below.
i feel the best way we get things done is through vote so if this idea is bad please let me know.
also if rolina or zelda think this is posted in the wrong board please move it as i did not know where to post it.
Now that we are past the month of December and entering the new year of 2019 we can hopefully get more activity here in the forums and discord to really get the ball rolling for this game!
Last meeting for those of you who did not attend or have forgotten a very important topic was brought up. we have many very talented Artists, Composers and Writers creating assets for the game, but we have nothing to tie these assets to! lots of our work is being created in a void where on thier own they are amazing, but when we try to find a way to tie them together we may end up in a pickle down the road.
So it was discussed that we should use the start of the year to create a foundation that we could all use as a base and help us tie/reference our work to. That led to us calling this the season of world building. It will last from the beginning of January to the end of March "subject to change depending on the circumstances"
To help us with this goal we are creating i think we should temporary change how the Sunday meeting is structured. The current system is built around teams sharing progress on their end and their weekly goal. At the end discussion is usually brought up about certain topics.
The new structure needs to be based around conversations and idea proposals to allow us to use our collective thoughts and perspectives to create as strong of a base we can.
Meeting schedule
-Meeting start
-Proposals
-Ideas
-Main Topics
-End meeting discussion
During the meeting we need to set a ground rule to allow everyone to have a voice. In the past we have had very fast chaotic conversations to really allow ideas fly, but in a large group situation it has not worked in our favour. Therefore we should set up a turn system where speaker has all rights to speak and no other person may speak unless addressed by speaker or an emergency occurs. A strike system should be in place to punish anyone who breaks the rule. 1st strike server muted for rest of meeting unless their turn, 2nd strike server muted for the next 2 meetings "no turns are given", 3rd strike not allowed to participate in world building meetings. The punishment may seem strict, but we should really strive to let everyone share their ideas.
With the only major rule set ill explain the schedule in more detail.
-Proposal: During this time we will go alphabetical order down the list of names "discord displays names in alphabetical order". each person may declare ONE proposal or they may declare they do no have anything to propose this meeting. each person who declares proposal will get (5-10) minutes "depending on how long we decide we should get"". The person chosen to speak is the only one to speak during their time. after they are done someone will post a brief explanation of the proposal and there will be a vote on that discord brief using certain emotes. for example:
✋ would mean "you have something you want to say about this topic".
👍 would mean "you approve of what was said".
👎 would mean "you find this topic to be impossible to discuss at this moment and it should to be brought up again in a future meeting"
*note* when counting votes thumbs up and raised hand both count towards keeping this topic alive.
If there is a majority of thumbs up the topic will be sent straight to the forums for final thoughts/tweaks.
If there is a majority hands raised then this topic will enter the second stage
If there is more thumbs down then both hands raised and thumbs up combined then the topic is dropped this meeting and should be revised.
-Ideas: After everyone has stated their proposal we enter the next stage where each proposal that entered the second stage will now get a short idea/thought to change/improve on the existing proposal.
this will continue in alphabetical order skipping the person who stated the original proposal. each person gets (1-2) min to state an idea. once all the ideas for a proposal is complete there will be a second vote in discord using only 👍👎 to decide if this is worth discussing in more detail on the forum or if we should abandon the idea for now.
-Main Topics: At this point of the meeting anyone who wishes to talk in more detail about the proposals brought up may do so, but it is very important to update the forum of any changes.
With this meeting setup the goal is to generate good ideas and topics on the forums to keep ourselves working at the world building. If someone cannot attend the meeting due to work, timezone, or life they may ask someone to make a proposal for them, but this must be stated to the discord before the meeting to prevent confusion.
The pros of this setup:
-Everyone will get a chance to speak their mind.
-it will directly include more people into the topic due to it not being forgotten on a forum.
The Con: of this setup:
-The meetings may take longer depending on what we decide "from a progress aspect that may be a pro though".
-We could get overwhelmed with having to many topics at once if we do not finalize decisions as fast as we make new ones.
What you are allowed to do:
-you can still post world building ideas in the forum if you think they don't need initial discussion "may still be removed if majority deem it so"
-you can have multiple people proposing one topic it will only take from one persons time slot.
-if the topic was brought up in the meeting before yours you still may say your piece it will help add to the discussion.
Things to consider:
-Making a forum board just for proposals approved in the meeting
-write down ideas and proposals to maximize time usage "posting pictures would really help during the proposal"
-making a discord channel just to hold proposal votes.
-if someone is late to the meeting, but makes it in-time before stage 2 they can propose last.
I am sorry for the super long post and for bad grammar.
if you like the idea please leave a like so we can have a number and if there are any questions and or ideas to change this possible setup please post below.
i feel the best way we get things done is through vote so if this idea is bad please let me know.
also if rolina or zelda think this is posted in the wrong board please move it as i did not know where to post it.