Home › Blogs › pastelfaun's blog

Newbie, Please Help- characters, rps

LethalAesthetics's picture
October 18, 2015 - 8:11pm — LethalAesthetics
So I'm quite new to forums and the community, as I never really go onto forums and such. And I just need some help getting informed. I'm seeing these things like bios for characters, role-plays, and things like: http://endlessforest.org/community/node/96639 and I really need someone to explain to me what all of this is. (Of course, I know what role-plays and such are, but I just need some information of what is happening and this deer families and herds. I'm very confused). All help appreciated <3
October 18, 2015 - 8:22pm — FishBiscuit

Hello! I'd be happy to answer

Hello! I'd be happy to answer your questions, but if you'd like to ask specific questions, I think that would be easier because as the questions stand, you could get an essay as a response xP
October 18, 2015 - 9:21pm — LethalAesthetics
LethalAesthetics's picture

Ok, so I've seen things like:

Ok, so I've seen things like: http://endlessforest.org/community/node/96639 and I'd like to know what that is? Also I've seen bios of characters, but I don't know what that's for? (I'm alright with a long response C: )
October 18, 2015 - 9:48pm — FishBiscuit

Haha, ok! I didn't want to

Haha, ok! I didn't want to overwhelm you, so that's good to know.

A biography is kind of an "about me" page about a character that is used for roleplaying purposes. As you can see looking at the one you linked, it lets you know about the character, what they look like, how they act, and so forth. It also allows the people who play characters in the Forest get in contact with the person who is playing this other character. For example, when you're in the Forest your deer might meet another one that they get along with, and you might want to say hello to the player and talk about what fun they had! You can do exactly that on biographies.

I hope that makes sense.. If I need to clarify anything, please don't be afraid to say so! Same goes for if you have any more questions.
October 18, 2015 - 9:51pm — LethalAesthetics
LethalAesthetics's picture

Thank you so much! Ahh I

Thank you so much! Ahh I totally want to do this now
October 18, 2015 - 10:06pm — LethalAesthetics
LethalAesthetics's picture

My only other question is:

My only other question is: How do you make those awesome bios? I'd love to start doing some, but I'm not sure how to make one.
October 18, 2015 - 10:18pm — FishBiscuit

You should! It is pretty fun

You should! It is pretty fun c:

There is no one way to create a biography for your character, but you can always look through the biography category (on the lefthand side in the blue section/bar) to look for ideas.
If you want to make a biography with coding to make it really spiffy looking, there are a LOT of tutorials and even free biographies that can be used if you go here.
October 18, 2015 - 10:40pm — LethalAesthetics
LethalAesthetics's picture

Thank you so so much ;u; you

Thank you so so much ;u; you really helped me a lot
October 18, 2015 - 11:03pm — UnusedPictogram

Many people will place a

Many people will place a temporary bio for a new character till they can get the art and coding they want for said character.

Here's an example of an "experimental" character of mine. I haven't really played her just yet, but I'm getting there. Just some basic starter information about her, see if she captures anyone's interest for playing. If she does well and I connect with her well, I will go ahead and make a full detailed bio for her. If not, I'll delete it and use the picto for something else or save it for a different future character.

http://endlessforest.org/community/node/103819
October 18, 2015 - 11:14pm — LethalAesthetics
LethalAesthetics's picture

Thank you so much! How do you

Thank you so much! How do you get your picture with a transparent backround and in the middle of your bio like that?
October 18, 2015 - 11:28pm — Mozdog
Mozdog's picture

To have a picture transparent

To have a picture transparent it needs to be set to have a transparent background, this can be done on the image editing software that the picture was made on, or if you want to get an existing picture transparent you need to edit the picture. Most of the time large pictures will appear near the middle of the page but sometimes we use the [center][/center] tags to center text or images on a page. Sometimes you can use the developer tools on Chrome to see the code of a bio page to see how people code the bios, or look at how to's on the community site. Another thing, some images can be big and will display poorly on the site so you need to change the dimensions in the code, which is kind of hard since you don't want the image stretched.

You can click on my little dragon, as this is also an example of transparent images and you can see the whole character bio and how that is set up and coded! Smiling

Acacia has more detailed explanation below>
October 18, 2015 - 11:28pm — UnusedPictogram

Digital art. You have to

Digital art. You have to create it with a transparent background, or a removable background layer during creation. Then you use a center code on the bio, host the picture on a picture site, and use the direct link between the img codes.

[img] Url between the closing and opening brackets [/img]


And for left, right, or center positioning, you place any of those 3 words in brackets just like the IMG. Then do a closing with a /(word). Put what you want that code for between the opener and closer.

Edit: Ninja'ed
October 18, 2015 - 11:31pm — LethalAesthetics
LethalAesthetics's picture

Thank you!

Thank you!
October 18, 2015 - 11:31pm — LethalAesthetics
LethalAesthetics's picture

Thank you!

Thank you!