[caliaca]

I don't think deciding on parents and combining their traits is particularly required for creating a character.

I think Korvara is doing fine. And yes, there is more complex things than just telling people to 'just RP'.

There is something to be said for it though. I joined Korvara as a completely new player to byond several months after it started with only knowing a single person who played the game.

I saw some of the same stuff with having it difficult to RP or find people, but... I did just sort of 'just RP'. To give reasoning for why I think this worked for myself and why it may be difficult for others is that only a specific bit of character archetypes really work for when you're just getting into things. Characters that are broody or edgy will often get some chafing and push back at first, as well as not really giving you a reason to engage with others. Outgoing characters can cement yourself within the setting and help you make friends so that you can make other characters as well and have them more readily embraced.

The hard example I'll give here is that the first character I ever made was a simple bird girl who walked around and gave people flowers. She had more going on than that in her backstory, but this proved an effective way to get to know people because she was always seeking out conversation with others. Focusing on them, asking questions about their characters as well helps out a great deal because everyone likes talking about themselves. This kind of character archetype is really strong in breaking into a new RP environment because it allows others to shine, something they'll always enjoy and lets you talk to as many people as possible since you have a motivation to. She missed a lot of details about the world because she came from a secluded place in the woods as well, so I was able to discover the lore in an organic way, something that's also quite helpful and stops ya from getting overwhelmed.

From there, I made friends, made more niche characters and those friends helped me play them and it's been fantastic!

I wanted to chime in here specifically cause I did deal with what you had to do, and now one of my characters leads one of the nations. I also didn't know about the discord at first, also didn't know about any of the lore docs. There's a lot we can do better there and I've been considering different ways to get around it, things like signs at the entrance to the major nations with a link to the lore doc and a quick primer, or better, more consolidated lore but the most immediate advice I can give is to be careful with what kind of character archetype you go with. It makes a huge difference at the beginning for getting used to the experience.

Trex is right about this too, of course, I don't mean my post to contradict anything they said, but merely add to it and offer potential help.

On that note, I'm the acting lead of Geladyne at the moment. If you want or need RP or want to get inducted in the military, feel free to hit me up. I'm available to RP pretty much every day.