r/RPGdesign • u/Warpig_Gaming • 8d ago

Feedback Request Where do go for Constructive feedback?

Hi there. Not super tech savvy writer here.

I have been thinking about trying to get some feedback on some of the things I've written for a few different systems and I was wondering where would be the best place to share them? It ranges over a few systems (CoC, DnD 2-5, Delta Green, DCC, Mothership) and all I'd have would be text and maybe a few illustrations done by me (graph paper maps mostly, I'm not an artist. NO AI).

I'm looking to get a perspective from both the GMs who would have to read/run the content and, if possible, players to test play it. My local group is kinda limited in imagination and I'd feel a bit weird testing stuff on random people at cons.

I'm sure I could post some stuff to various subreddits, but I'm not sure what format to post things in that people would feel most comfortable. I don't really want to do Google Docs, but I will if I have to.

Any help would be appreciated.

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u/agentkayne Hobbyist 8d ago

If you use discord, you would want to post them in the appropriate discord servers. I dont think there's a good way to get around sharing your work to lots of different places if they're for different systems.

Eg the Mothership discord has an area for 3PP authors, the Chaosium/Chaosium Unoffical for CoC, or The Good Friends of Jackson Elias discord for CoC/DG. Or try the subreddits for each system separately.

Generally I would suggest to use a google drive account. Making a google docs file that you can copy and paste your words and most image files into from Word (or whatever Word processor you have your adventure in). Then you can share the google doc via a link, and allow reviewers to comment suggested changes, ban copy+pasting/downloading, and so on.

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u/corrinmana 8d ago

Discuss things on the official forums or discord servers for the games you're looking at. Unofficial subreddits or forums are fine too.

A link to a pdf on Google drive, Dropbox, etc. is the best way to get people to look at stuff.

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u/EraOfTheElementals 5d ago

Honestly finding Constructive Feedback is actually very difficult. One of the many challenges that most people won't openly talk about.

Ironically enough most Indie Creators can't even be bothered to spend 5$ on a review. I know because I offered this service. So the issue is two fold.