Hi all, I'm starting work on my own text-based rpg. I've got (what i hope) is a good idea, and im sure people will play it. I'd like to hear from some text-based rpg players and site owners, on what makes people join the site, and pay monthly subscriptions. I think i can advertise the site fine onces it made. Im just looking for advice from people really on what you would include if you could make your own rpg from scratch -- to get people playing, keep people playing, and get them to subscribe! Cheers all !
Something that would definitely allow people to play with others. For example, I have a group of about 10 people that I play games with all the time. I rarely play anything that they aren't playing.
I've seen that many casual flash games are including ads for RPGs (both text based, and non text) in their loading screens. There's an ad agency that specializes in that, but I can't recall which one. If I find it again, I'll tell you.