A couple weeks ago Discord announced their plans to go down the IPO route. This means that there is now a ticking clock until the platform goes full-on enshittified like so many others before them....
I recently started my own Matrix home server. It seems fine for chatting. "Communities" has been replaced by Spaces can act like Discords servers, Inside of that space you can nest other spaces or rooms which would be like channels in discord. Element recently added video channels as an experimental feature. and it looks like you can disable webcam and only allow mic when you connect to one so it could act as a "voice channel". Overall it is pretty basic in features but usable. It doesn't help that the available features are different depending on the client used. Bridging is great, I have discord, signal, and sms coming to element on my computer so I only have one application for all of my messaging. I'm looking forward to the further development of Matrix. Voice rooms, custom emoji, and adding gifs to chat would make it basically perfect for me
Originally I was looking into Revolt but couldn't get a self hosted instance running. My experience with system admin is pretty limited so this was likely an error on my part. I don't like that accounts can't be federated so users would have to make a separate account for each revolt server which would be a pain. The developers have stated that as a case against self hosting and prefer users join their centralized server to grow the platform. Last time I checked they aren't looking into a way to add it since it sounds like it would have to heavily overhaul the protocol. This is one of the main reasons I went with matrix. Issue #25 on their github has a lot of troubleshooting and discussion of people trying to self-host I recommence reading through it if you are planning on setting it up, although If I remember correctly voice chat is not functional on a third-party servers. If self hosing isn't an goal then most of this is irrelevant.
Spacebar chat was also mentioned in another comment. I'm gonna have to look into it and see how it compares to matrix
Deprecated old engine, it won't be updated anymore. All main branches are now on the new engine. The old engine is only available on a private beta branch accessible using the password PhaserVersion. It will not be updated anymore....
Whether it be due to scheduling, lack of interested players, or some other reason, what's an RPG system you're just hoping to get to the table one of these days but haven't been able to yet?
I'm most excited to play Worlds Without Numbers. I ran a short Stars Without Numbers and really liked it. Running a similar system in the Latter Earth setting is really exciting.
Also... Lancer, Mausritter, knave second edition, Cities, Without Number, and Call of Cthulhu. The list keeps growing
you're making it more difficult to decide if the next game I run will be Worlds Without number or Cities Without Number haha. I haven't sat down and read through any of the kickstarter materials for CWN yet but, I'll have to make time for it. Maybe I could get away with combining them somehow. At least it sounds like the series of "without numbers" should be mostly cross compatible
Two years ago, I decided to make a list of all the public domain, English-language folk tale collections I could find, and deposited them at Wikisource. If you need to research the folklore of any given region, then I hope that this list has you covered!...
Current situation on FOSS Discord replacements?
A couple weeks ago Discord announced their plans to go down the IPO route. This means that there is now a ticking clock until the platform goes full-on enshittified like so many others before them....
Vampire Survivors adds local co-op and fully switches to new engine (store.steampowered.com)
Deprecated old engine, it won't be updated anymore. All main branches are now on the new engine. The old engine is only available on a private beta branch accessible using the password PhaserVersion. It will not be updated anymore....
Helldivers 2 - Co-op and Combat Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Which system(s) are you itching to play but haven't yet?
Whether it be due to scheduling, lack of interested players, or some other reason, what's an RPG system you're just hoping to get to the table one of these days but haven't been able to yet?
Folk Tales for Gaming! (en.wikisource.org)
Two years ago, I decided to make a list of all the public domain, English-language folk tale collections I could find, and deposited them at Wikisource. If you need to research the folklore of any given region, then I hope that this list has you covered!...