Does the Forge allow cRPGs?

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Josh K.:
Hello everyone, I'm a novice RPG designer.  And I just stumbled on and joined this impressive website.
I don't have a consistent group to play table top RPGs with in real life, so I've started making simple RPGs for the PC.
My friends seem to enjoy them more as they can be played on their own time, and I enjoy making them.

I assume the development process between table top and computer RPGs are similar... so can I come to you guys for help and feedback?

Vulpinoid:
I've developed a number of tabletop RPGs and now I'm in the midst of developing a MMO browser-based RPG.

The two aren't entirely separate endeavours.

What sort of questions have you got? The least I can do is point you toward some useful websites or other communities.

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Josh K.:
It's not so much specific questions.  I essentially am wondering if I could use the same process as other RPG designers here.  I believe there's the "Big Three" Questions to answer and other things of the sort...

Vulpinoid:
I just used the Power 19 to get my thoughts straight in the browser-based RPG that I'm developing...so, yes, I definitely think that a lot of thought patterns used in indie-rpgs can be used when developing online games.

Rafu:
Apart from The Forge "allowing" computer games discussion or not, you should consider whether discussing such a topic here can be of any benefit to you as a designer.

I may buy that "the two aren't entirely separate endeavours" (emphasis mine), but my opinion is that the two are fundamentally different, with any similarity (even those which are evolutionary related) being superficial. The Big Model describes a kind of social activity often called an "RPG" which is simply not what a computer game is, even when "RPG" is also a label with a different meaning in the computer games industry.
I believe that studying and analyzing roleplaying games, in the Forge-istic sense, has a potential to help you improve as a computer games designer... but so would an equally deep interest in boardgames, or sports, or other forms of gaming.

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