In September 2023, a group of like minded folk got together and expressed a desire for a place where RP stories can be more immersive, can be explored more fully, and be enhanced by the server they play on. Every effort had been tried and tested in the past, but nothing quite hit the mark perfectly.
A place was wanted that can be challenging to survive, where the economy was not hyperinflated, where the players could eventually run the economy.
Since then, from the early days where horses would raise their hoofs and get robbed, to posters were spammed on every telegraph pole of some random coyote cartoon pictures, there has been immeasurable progress!
The Alpha testing phase with all its multitudes of areas to explore, understand and being the hard work of establishing what fits right, and what simply can and cannot function.
The Christmas murder mystery event was a fun get together of folk and we got to experiment with a few features along the way also which was very fun to run and I would hope to do some more of these in the future.
Vast progress made in the new year to bring the server into Beta just over a month ago! Memories of running into certain alleyways and crashing repeatedly until we found a source of a bug will be forever lasting with me.
In Beta, there have been many fixes and tweaks, and we have been pleasantly surprised that our code isn't choc full of error messages and the server has ran with a significant level of smoothness.
Throughout this process there has been significant evolution and changes within our teams of testers, admin and moderators. Evolution of our ticket system, evolution of how our tester team operate, and a lot of learning to be had as well.
Bringing us to the present, where we can confidently announce the Launch of Coyote Creek which will be taking place on the 18th July (see Discord for the time as it'll more easily convert to your time zone rather than me list them all here)!
Now to the more juicy details...
Beta players - Your possessions of every kind will be reset completely. You keep you characters, telegrams and you have a small cash bonus as both thanks as well as the means to get you on your feet to a manageable position as not to interrupt your stories.
Beta Business Owners - There is a standard protocol for business applications that go to a Governor. We will look towards your application with view to have your as a first consideration given that you will have experience running your respective stores and this will help establish player economy.
Until a Governor is elected there will be other officials you can go to until there is.
Law/Medical - keep an eye on your respective areas in Discords, updates will have come already as to what you can expect to start out. New Investigative tools are underway towards being implemented.
All players - The first month will be a time for growth. You will be scrambling to make money, beat your competitors but it is also a FINE opportunity to begin your election campaign! In August, we would hope to see some election campaigners start up for a vote to take place in September, and anyone can run. The Governor has hold of the tax purse strings, can invest in law, medical, lower taxes, clean water, as well as have responsibility in responding to world events taking place in the state of Coyote Creek. The limit of what you want to do in this role, comes down to your creativity in the position (and what finances you may have). High ranking advisors from central government will be there to give guidance if needed, but it is the elected Governor who will have the final say on most matters.
In the early days a number of NPC stores will exist, but we aim to phase these out over time. They are intentionally more expensive than we would expect players to charge, and buy things at a price lower than we would expect players to pay, all in the name of encouraging player to player trade.
As ever, if any bugs occur, we would ask for as much evidence to be collected and provided in a general ticket for staff to look at. We welcome applications for Law, Medical, Shaman, as well as OOC, there are a few vacancies within our Tester Team.
So, other than that, What stories and adventures await? Where will you go? Who will you mingle with, help or hinder?
We are now, at long last, reaching the point where launch will arrive, and we can find out together!
A huge thank you to all who have helped on this journey. We hope you enjoy Coyote Creek as much as we have enjoyed throwing it all together.
~ Coyote Creek Admin Team
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