Welcome pings
A short hello in #welcome when someone new joins, pointing them at the rules.
Not live yet
Roadmap
Features that are planned or coming soon. Nothing on this page is available in the Discord today.
If you want to follow game progress itself, #roadmap and #announcements in the Discord, and ponderosagaming.com, are the places to watch.
Coming soon on the bot
Welcome, logs, and chat checks
These are already designed into Grok and will turn on shortly:
Join and leave notes
Staff will see joins and leaves in #mod-log, including how old a new account is.
Grok’s link and flood checks
On top of Discord AutoMod, Grok will remove invite and scam messages, time out scam posts for one hour, and time out floods (more than six messages in eight seconds) for five minutes while cleaning those messages up.
Richer message logs
Edited and deleted messages will be recorded in #mod-log with their content, for staff only.
Planned · game-linked
Once Terra Genesis has a backend
These stay off until the game can talk to a shared backend. Discord will not talk to game servers directly.
Server status board
A live look at game server status, meant for a dedicated Discord channel or post that Grok keeps up to date.
Steam account linking
Players will link their Discord account to a Steam login and an internal player ID, using a /link code so the two stay connected on purpose.
Company profiles
In-game companies will have a profile the Discord can show, so crews and their standing are visible in the community.
Economy ticker
A snapshot of the in-game economy, posted or updated where the community can follow it.
Haul board with binding claims
A board of available hauls that companies can claim. Claims will be binding: there will be a time limit to pick up the load, a penalty for dropping a claim, and only one active claim per company at a time.
World map
A Discord-facing view of the Terra Genesis world as it develops.
Planned · while the game is a WIP
Community features that don’t need the game
Screenshot of the week
The community votes on a favorite shot, so good work from #screenshots-and-videos has a regular spotlight.
Build votes
A way for the community to weigh in on builds or design choices the team puts up for a vote.
WIP-era moderation ideas
These are also planned and not live. They are meant to fit a logging and trucking community while the game is still being built:
Weigh station check
New members would pass a short rules quiz before they can chat, to keep bots and raiders out.
License points
Rule breaks would add points to a member’s “license.” Enough points would mean a timeout, and a clean stretch would slowly take points off.
Out-of-service orders
Staff could place someone out of service: still able to read, but not to post, until a staff member signs them off, with the reason logged.
Logbook appeals
A punished member could file an appeal through a form that becomes a private ticket channel, so appeals stay out of DMs.