I know, I know, everyone's already saying "*Groan* another wolfaboo!" or "*Groan* another wolf game!" Whoah there, hold your horses! So I've heard the general opinions lots of times around the web before, about there being too many wolf roleplays out there and sometimes not enough unique animal roleplays. But likewise, because wolves, felines, horses, etc. are such familiar commonground animals, it can be difficult to get people to branch out to more unique animals, such as bears, deer, rats, etc. Unfortunately I've been part of a few of those failed attempts But I'm not ready to give up yet! My goal for a while has been to create a fresh idea for a wolf roleplay, and execute it successfully, and have it be a place where everyone can get together and enjoy it. So I have an idea. What I've come up with is not a single species roleplay, but one that takes place in an era of the Ice Age, when most species were larger or developing into their modern counterparts. This game, Taukhano, would feature primarily the American Lion, the Dire Wolf, and the Gray Wolf, as a general struggle between top predators, with other species such as the Cave Bear available via purchase with in-game money, called Moths. There would be random events sparked by the underlying presence of the Neanderthal, such as a forest fire, however humans would not actually be present in gameplay. I was wondering, how does this sound? Would it be enough of a spin to generate interest?
Sounds cool to me! I don't know if it is enough to generate a lot of interest but for me, I love 'realistic' animal role-plays so I'm curious to see how this goes. There's way too many fantasy/post-apocalyptic ones and I love seeing humans as a constant threat to their safety.
I think this would be really fantastic! Animal RPs are not something I usually reach for, but this has a really different spin on the genre that would be interesting to a lot of people. Though, not gonna lie, I'd love it if Mammoths or Sabertooths were playable.
Thanks for the feedback! I've been playing around with different options and systems to make it as realistic, but still have that level of freeform fun, as possible. And sabretooths are definitely bound to be added to the mix as well ^-^
Sounds like a lot of fun! The first board I ever joined was a realistic wolf site, and it was the only animal-based one I'd ever been on. This would definately be interesting! Love the ice-age/prehistoric thing. Never seen that one before!
I have seen the prehistoric animal site done 1 time before.. bt when I got around to looking at it. It was long dead and all the information was gone. So why so many different animal types. I mean it does give versatility, but how do you keep people playing together?
My aim here was to hit two birds with one stone, in that I've heard people complain that single-species roleplays are not creative enough, but 5+ species roleplays lack focus. I decided to make the animals of focus here the Dire Wolf (which, during the time period of the roleplay is dying out and becoming rare) the American Lion, and Gray Wolf. The period of the Ice Age era I chose features a world changing in many ways, and I decided to play off of how that would create conflict between the predatorial species. The rise of humans, the changing climate, the deterioration of the Bering Land bridge, etc.
I like the conflict that's provided, but you have two wolves. Why not bring back the sabertooth in the game?
I haven't ruled it out yet There's a fair chance I'll switch the Lion with the Sabretoothe or such, and then I'm also deciding on some species that players need their experience points (Moths) to acquire.
Thank you all for your feedback I've been developing the game, and have it nearly finished. If anyone would like the details, I can PM them to you.
I used to love the wolf genre of RP personally, and even though I'm not interested in it anymore I do like this idea. It seems really interesting. Different. Might you PM me the details? I'd really love to hear them. To be honest. I might give this RP a shot. It seems creative, and I'm excited for it now! Can't wait to see the finished product!
It sounds like people are interested in prehistoric and realistic. Double check your timeline to make sure all the species are historically compatible, not to mention geographically compatible - habitats. I doubt that the lion was around when dire wolves were.
The American Lion wasn't even a species that I know of during that time period to be completely honest, so realistically standing, you might want to switch that out with the Sabertooth. In all honesty, I think you have a really great idea going for you here for the main reason that this genre isn't played into a lot. I think in all honesty, you should stick with the feline and canine parts considering those are two of the ones that are most well known, well liked and in all honesty - well played. Are you think of a hosted site such as jcink or self hosted site?
I have been looking into the historic compatability of the species, and I've settled on the Pleistocene time period. The sabretoothe has been switched in also. And I built the site on Jcink, it's actually opening up today, so the button'll be going as my signature. Some species that I call "ambient" because they can't be played (such as the Woolly Rhino and Cave Hyena) but are generally existing in the background won't be around seeing as Taukhano is set in America, in a region just apart from the Bering Land Bridge. However, I may expand the regions over to Asia once the game gets going and current lands are used.
