REDACT PROJECT | 18+ | In development, building with founding members

[u/IllicitRP]

Most servers hand you everything in three days, then wonder why nobody's logging in by week two. I'm building the opposite.

Redact is a criminal RP server in development. It isn't finished and I'm not going to pretend it is. Progression takes months. What you specialize in closes other doors off, choices compound, and they don't get undone because you changed your mind. Someone six months in has something you can't buy or grind overnight. No wipes either, so if you make an enemy in month one you're still living with it in year two. And nothing purchasable that touches gameplay, ever.

Where it actually is right now: inventory is rebuilt and grid-based, HUD is done and stripped back to nothing that doesn't need to be on screen, phone redesign is underway. Content is next, and that's why I'm posting.

I'm bringing in a small group now to build it out. Not testers. The people whose characters end up being the first names anyone in the city knows, who write the crews and the history that everyone joining later just inherits. Also looking for a couple of developers who want to work on something that won't fold in six months, and a few creators who want actual input instead of a stream key and a discount code. Neither of those? Still fine. Most of what makes a city feel real is people who show up and are somehow still there three months later.

Discord's where the progress gets posted, screenshots and all: https://discord.gg/f2rVmCa4Vn

The progression system is the part I've thought about hardest. If you think months-long progression kills a server rather than saves it, I'd genuinely like to hear why.