I don’t really like discord, but my gaming group have been using it for rpg stuff. Chat channels, video calls and easy to setup bots have all been really useful.
But I get the feeling the enshitification is going to get worse, so I was looking for somewhere else to migrate to. The video stuff isn’t as important, we could switch easily to other services. But before I start a new campaign, and spend time setting up bots with routines for rolling dice and calculating tables, I’d like to do it somewhere that isn’t in talks for an IPO.
I’m not really up on stuff like this, so I don’t know if there’s some obvious similar choices or an alternative medium that I haven’t considered.
First i hear of this one, interesting, how far along is it?
Not even close to being a replacement currently. I’m hoping it gets there though
Matrix. But if you want something that looks and feels exactly like Discord, there is Revolt. It’s FOSS.
If only revolt added federation. Then I’d be behind it 100%
In the FAQ, they state that federation is not in their roadmap, but if someone can do it, then they are willing to merge it. Since Revolt is written in Rust, we can use Lemmy devs’ activitypub federation crate. I might take a look at it someday.
I’ve even thought about it, but I don’t know rust and right now just don’t have the time, but it seems like it’d be fairly simple. Matrix and revolt have a lot in common, it’s just translating between the two
There’s Revolt, if you’re happy being on an empty platform that none of your friends will ever move to.
Never say never, once Discord goes IPO and the enshittification goes bad enough to annoy gamers Discord is fucked, and Revolt is a drop-in replacement, the fact that it can be self-hosted will also be a plus for some people, mass migrations are rare but they DO happen
Hah, that’s fine, because it would be for our group activity they’d be fine with making accounts. I never used discord to chat with people outside my small group of irl friends.
https://revolt.chat/ it is from UK and is GDPR compliant.
Remind me… is that the same UK that currently tries to force apple and google to include governement backdoors into their encryption?
I’ve never felt a desire to move off old-school IRC.
Matrix.
You know, I’m gonna be the oddball suggestion here.
Forums. What forums? I don’t know, the last time I used them was proboards back in 2010 so I’m sure I’m out of the loop on the options, but I do miss forums sometimes. That was where I ran RPGs, back in the day.
We are considering a seperate play by post game using some of the forums and sites set up for that. But having a voice and video chat with friends, with easy options for adding dice and game management bots is appealing.
Yeah, I hear you. And even if you post at lightning speed, there’s something about forums that just feels slower compared to the speed posting in a chatroom can get you.
ZULIP
What’s good about zulip? It’s not one I’m familiar with.
- Open Source.
- IRC Integration
- self-hosted
Internet Relay Chat
a technology handed down to use from the ancients.
Video chats though?
don’t be a creep
OP literally mentions video calls for RPG stuff, and although I haven’t used irc in a hot minute, I’m pretty sure it’s not relevant for them.
