Would you like to write an article for the Masterplan blog? We asked this last year and got some pretty good posts from contributors – do you think you could do better? Is there anything you’d like to write about?
We asked this question recently on the Facebook page, but since there wasn’t much response, we’ll repeat it here.
We like to think of Masterplan’s various features as being well-integrated – an NPC can have its own encyclopedia entry, which can be linked into a plot point; a randomly generated art object can be make into a treasure parcel and assigned to a PC – but are there any areas where we could do better at this?
What parts of Masterplan that aren’t linked together, should be?
In the past we’ve written Feature Focus articles, examining specific features of Masterplan and delving into their design and philosophy.
One thing we’d really like to do, now that the Masterplan community has grown so much, is to create a FAQ for new users. We’ll maintain the FAQ on the Masterplan website, and there’ll also be a link to it from within the application itself.
So this is a call to arms. What questions do you think we should include? What stumped you when you first used Masterplan? Are there any features that you aren’t sure how to use?
There’s a bit more. We’d also like to maintain a library of helpful ‘how to’ style articles* on the website. You know the sort of thing: introductions, walkthroughs, guides and suchlike. We think that could be a really useful resource, especially for newcomers.
Do you think you could write one of those articles?
Now, obviously you’d get a great deal of kudos for this - maybe as much as 10 kudos**, if we’re feeling particularly generous. But we wouldn’t want you to expend all that effort without a little reward, so here’s the proposal: to anyone whose article we use, we will award a $20 gift voucher for RPGNow, or Noble Knight, or Amazon.
How does that sound?
Or, indeed, does anyone have any better ideas? We’re always open to suggestions.
Now that people have had a week to play with Version 10, what other additions to the In-Session Reference page would you like to see in the future?
Would you like to write an article for the Masterplan blog?
The lovely folks from Obsidian Portal have been in touch, asking if we’d like to work together to integrate Masterplan with the OP website. This sounds like a fun idea, but there’s a catch.