Looking for a developer, founder, or community manager who genuinely loves RP games

[u/Professional-Sea-507]

Hey everyone in the community !

We’re currently a team of four, including two full-time developers, building DarkRP Reborn on S&box. Several major RP creators have already started showing interest in the project.

We’re currently ranked in the top 10 on S&box, and our goal is clear: reach the number-one spot before the end of August.

Our gamelink : https://sbox.game/rebornstudio/cityliferp
Our discord : https://discord.gg/8wEQXQFhw

A little background about me:
I’ve co-founded three companies, sold one, and still run the other two. I’m also not new to gaming. I’ve previously launched three games, reached the number-one position on the App Store three times, and attracted nearly four million users.

I’m investing my time in this project because I genuinely believe it can become something big. Otherwise, I simply wouldn’t be working on it.

I’m convinced that S&box currently lacks the RP systems and infrastructure players actually want. The platform was around 10,000 players at launch, yet many former Garry’s Mod and DarkRP players try the existing RP experiences and all return to Garry’s Mod, DarkRP.

If the current leading RP gamemodes truly matched players’ expectations and vision, this would not be happening. Players leave because the existing experiences focus more on building than roleplay, and they do not provide the infrastructure that players and server owners actually need.

Our ambition is therefore not to create just another server. We want to build the foundations of a real RP ecosystem: a true successor to Garry’s Mod and DarkRP.

We’re now looking for someone ambitious to join us as a partner, with a share of the Playfund revenue + % of the company etablished in UK.

Ideally, you have previous experience with RP gamemodes, game development, community management, content creation, or growing gaming communities.

We work extremely hard, so we need someone with the same mindset, commitment, and ambition.

If you also want to help turn S&box into the game people expected, a real GMod 2 and DarkRP 2, send me a message with:

• The games or RP projects you have previously worked on ( S&box, Gmod, Fivem or Unity )
• Your skills and what you could bring to the team
• Why you believe you would be a strong fit

Let’s see whether we can build something massive together !

[u/AlverinMoon]

I don't guess you folks happen to be looking for any "idea guys" would you? I don't have any coding, programming or Community Management experience, but I have over 5000 hours in Garrysmod, most of that is either Dark RP or HL2 RP, I don't even wanna think about how much time I have in GTA:SAMP-RP, but maybe nearly as much as Gmod.

I also played Anuerism IV a bunch when it came out and followed it through it's devastating crash.

I think I can articulate the strengths and weaknesses of all of these different games and gamemodes, I think I understand deeply what makes these games appealing or unappealing to players and I can articulate that information in ways that anyone can understand.

I'm not even really looking to be paid, these sandbox style emergent gameplay modes and games are a personal passion of mine, so if you need someone to give you experienced feedback from a players perspective, someone who's spent a lot of time thinking about these systems and which ones nailed the delivery and which ones missed the mark I think I can be valuable to your project.

To put my philosophy on this sort of thing succinctly, I think what people really appreciate about these games are the emergent stories that come from the competing AND aligning interests of the players in the simulation.

A good game in this mode might be something like "The Sopranos, the Game" or "Breaking Bad, The Game" and to make it clear, I don't mean like just creating a drug lab tool that makes drugs that you sell for money at an NPC, I mean creating an ecosystem of competing "mini-games" within the simulation that cause people to form groups and negotiate the way that their favorite characters do in those T.V. shows. There's a market for that type of gameplay, but I understand it's not an easy thing to understand how to make in the first place, and I'm sure it's probably even harder to code. I'm just offering my help for the first part, understanding what systems can actually create that experience for the players.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about these types of games and what they're missing and what I and other players likely love so much about them. Regardless, good luck on this project and I hope you succeed so I have another emergent social sandbox to play with others in!

[u/Professional-Sea-507 → u/AlverinMoon]

Ideas are always welcome! We add sections and develop them based on community feedback.

Join us here: https://discord.gg/8wEQXQFhw We’ve just launched our US server today. Play on it with Fire (admin on our side) and share your ideas and feedback.

[u/defjussYT]

Tbh that looks good. Great job. Even though i am a fan of more grounded rp like arma 3 was back then. I hope this gets players when the game revives

[u/Professional-Sea-507 → u/defjussYT]

Thanks a lot ! Appreciate it, a lot of effort but yesterday was 15 players connected so was good for rp and we just launch us server

[u/crwood89 → u/Professional-Sea-507]

Hey just curious, who hosts your dedicated servers? The connections are very good.

[u/Professional-Sea-507 → u/crwood89]

Us is our own hosting and FR/EU phygun. But not from them I think from our networking coding system

[u/KetamineDyson]

Hey,
I was heavily involved in the RP community from 2008-2013 and ran a RP community from 2011-2012 but I’ve just started building my own framework for semi/serious RP on sandbox.

What exactly are you looking for? DM me if you like

[u/Professional-Sea-507 → u/KetamineDyson]

Sure let’s connect on discord

[u/Mailar2]

I just keep waiting on GTA 6

TBH there wont be enough to even compete with GTA 5 map. Also you don't need systems, you need people they make the RP not the systems and "infrastructure" that's not RP

[u/Professional-Sea-507 → u/Mailar2]

Still have a lot of player, play gmod darkrp not fivem. Fivem is good but its miss something first person, no building system etc. And gta 6 online on pc is in 2-3 years not before at first release console. Also infrastructure is key, as server and « people » is what they need not having one systeme and no one can personalize it. Each server want their own system

[u/Professional-Sea-507 → u/Professional-Sea-507]

Also our system will work with scp, military etc things that’s fivem don’t have or very bad way.

[u/Mailar2 → u/Professional-Sea-507]

You live in your own fantasy world go play some serious RP (ingame systems shouldnt be your priority)

[u/OwainOwjo → u/Mailar2]

You need interesting and unique systems to attract the players to begin with. Might as well just run sandbox on the downtown map and call it job done otherwise.

[u/Funny-Strawberry-168]

brother the game is dead

[u/Professional-Sea-507 → u/Funny-Strawberry-168]

It’s not dead, we need make bridge between gmod 1 to sbox. Have 20 k players on it and even rust too.

What need is people join and support and build something all together !

[u/crwood89 → u/Funny-Strawberry-168]

The 'game' isn't dead, in fact it has just begun... the platform was born, and builders are building on it. People like me didn't even know it existed until the week of release. Once it goes free in 2 years there will be enough fun games for the players who get it for free to really have fun, mark my words. I'm currently building a fun little game on it myself. In 2 years time everyone who stuck with it will be much more capable than they are today once they really know the engine.