{"id":2034,"date":"2021-09-24T17:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/on-discord-bots-find-a-foothold-as-mini-indie-success-stories"},"modified":"2021-09-24T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:42:08","slug":"on-discord-bots-find-a-foothold-as-mini-indie-success-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/on-discord-bots-find-a-foothold-as-mini-indie-success-stories","title":{"rendered":"On Discord, bots find a foothold as mini indie success stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>On paper, \u201cEpic RPG\u201d is a fully fleshed-out video game. Intrepid adventurers grind out currency to purchase enchanted armaments from their local outfitters, and delve into dungeons to slay wolves, scorpions and killer robots. You fish, cut down trees, and scavenge for food, and a continuous drizzle of experience points showers your character. Every two hours, you can even engage in some lighthearted PVP with another player in the form of a duel. Each combatant will choose their weapons \u2013 be it a dagger, a shield, or a fork and knife \u2013 and whoever inflicts the most pain will be declared the winner.<\/p>\n<p>These are gameplay mechanics common in hundreds of different MMOs; \u201cEpic RPG\u201d is clearly steeped in the traditions laid out in \u201cEverquest,\u201d \u201cWorld of Warcraft\u201d and \u201cFinal Fantasy XIV.\u201d The only difference is that you don\u2019t need a PS5, Xbox Series X, or a modern graphics card to run it. In fact, \u201cEpic RPG\u201d doesn\u2019t even have its own executable. Instead it can be added to any personal or public Discord and be played by the denizens of that channel. The model has proven fruitful. Since its release last year, \u201cEpic RPG\u201d has already made its way into more than 100,000 servers. One of gaming\u2019s biggest indie success stories lives and breathes in a chat client.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally think [my game caught on] because of how simple it is,\u201d said Manuel Rodr\u00edguez Conde, the sole developer of \u201cEpic RPG.\u201d \u201cYou don\u2019t really need more than a few minutes, or even seconds, to understand the main mechanics. So you don\u2019t get bored trying to learn how to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For developers this is both incredibly freeing \u2013 a chance to make it big without all the encumbrance of a traditional studio \u2013 but also supremely precarious. If your Discord account is banned, all of your hard work might disappear in an instant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEpic RPG\u201d is entirely text based. You play by typing commands into the Discord client like you would on an old DOS operating system: \u201crpg shop,\u201d \u201crpg hunt,\u201d and so on. The only visual feedback a player is likely to see are a series of emoticons that are native to the broader Discord interface \u2013 when you encounter the vaunted Ancient Dragon, for example, a purple chibi dragon head appears in the chat box. Conde designed the game through Discord\u2019s open source bot development tools, which allows enterprising gamers to create mods and add-ons to streamline the social experience on their servers.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, those bots are utilitarian in nature \u2013 the Modern Warfare bot, for instance, allows players to import their \u201cCall of Duty: Warzone\u201d stats directly from the Call of Duty database. But more recently, a generation of developers has appropriated the bot framework to create fully functional games that use Discord as a platform. There is no ingrained monetization model for anyone in the scene. Instead creators rely on sites like the subscription platform Patreon to keep funds rolling in. Design-wise, most of them are similar to \u201cEpic RPG\u201d; simple, stripped-down, almost \u201cZork\u201d-like in their spareness. They\u2019re also incredibly popular. According to Top.gg, which tabulates the most popular bots on Discord, six of the 10 most heavily trafficked add-ons are self-contained video games.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point, Craig, and his business partner Bryan, who requested to keep their last names private due to concerns about keeping their work online \u2013 more on that later \u2013 work on their Discord bot, Karuta, full-time. Unlike \u201cEpic RPG,\u201d Karuta isn\u2019t a numbers-driven stat grind full of beasties and catacombs. Instead, it mirrors gacha games like \u201cGenshin Impact\u201d that are ubiquitous on digital marketplaces and app stores around the world. Players who add Karuta to their Discord server can \u201cdrop\u201d a payload of cards related to a popular anime into the chat. If someone wants to claim them, they can add a reaction to that drop \u2013 in the same way you might add a heart to a cheerful text from a parent or sibling \u2013 which will add it to their personal collection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe game gets much more complex than that, involving a huge trade economy, extensive cosmetic options, clans, and much more,\u201d Craig said. \u201cBut at its core, Karuta just gives Discord users a way to collect and personalize cards that resemble their favorite anime characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The design philosophy brings to mind the Flash games of the early 2000s. Just like \u201cFancy Pants Adventure\u201d or \u201cLine Rider,\u201d Discord bots are entirely browser-based, and therefore, some of the onerous work of programming is lessened by the narrow capacity of the environment. There is no need to learn the Unreal Engine when you\u2019re developing for a Discord channel, and that has welcomed in a brand new generation of creatives who may just be dipping their toes in game design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s only so much you can do with text, images, and reactions. However, these limitations allow factors beyond just gameplay to shine through,\u201d Craig said. \u201cI think it\u2019s great it works out that way because Discord is ultimately about delivering a social experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who work in the bot business consistently allude to a precarity that lingers just below the surface. High-profile Discord games have abruptly vanished from the service in the past. One such example is WaifuBot, which had a similar design to Karuta and disappeared last June when the developer\u2019s Discord account was banned. At the game\u2019s peak, its designer, who goes by ExtraConcentratedJuice on Discord, said he made roughly $2,500 total through Patreon.<\/p>\n<p>The impetus for the ban is unclear, and Discord and ExtraConcentratedJuice offered few details that might explain the account\u2019s suspension. The platform sent ExtraConcentratedJuice a message, reviewed by The Washington Post, saying his account was found to have \u201csent threats to others, participated in targeted harassment, or incited violence against individuals and communities.\u201d The creator said he had \u201cno idea\u201d what Discord was referring to, and suggested that perhaps a bad actor had reported him with the express intention of disrupting WaifuBot.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reasons, the ramifications are clear: WaifuBot is no more. \u201cWe want Discord to be a safe and welcoming space for everyone, and we take the safety of our users incredibly seriously. All users, including bot owners, must adhere to our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines,\u201d a Discord spokesperson told The Post. \u201cWhen we become aware of any activity that violates our Terms and Guidelines, we take immediate action, including banning users, shutting down servers, and when appropriate, reporting to the proper authorities or organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Craig, bot creators have often been targeted for DDOS attacks and even swatting by competitors in the hope of disrupting or removing the more established bot. Incidents like these are why Craig said he and his partner are careful about divulging their personal details. Life in the bot grind can be tenuous. Discord has democratized many of the tools of game development, but it\u2019s still beholden to all the rules and policies that might get a game delisted on Steam or the Epic Games Store. Intentional or accidental terms of service violations, personal negligence, malicious takedown campaigns \u2013 any of these can threaten the life of a game on Discord. And in most cases, a game going down on Discord won\u2019t evoke the same public response as a takedown from a more games-centric platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bot\u2019s growth has reached a level where we\u2019ve even questioned if we should take measures to slow it down,\u201d Craig said. \u201cTo [ensure it doesn\u2019t] become more than we can comfortably manage.\u201d From moderating a community, to pushing out content updates, to staying clear of Discord\u2019s terms of service, who could\u2019ve thought that operating a little mod could be so much work? Truly, there is nothing more thrilling and terrifying than going viral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. On paper, \u201cEpic RPG\u201d is a fully fleshed-out video game. 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