I think a discord would be a good place to start. Other option can always be considered for later.
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Wmvv93, I want you to know I'm not ignoring your suggestion. I just hate Discord. =p I'm trying to give myself time to get over my deep hatred for Discord enough to look into ways that a Discord channel can be run without it being super annoying. The few I've been in have been disorganized and...well...shit. I've been focusing on trying to think of Discord for this game as being the same as mIRC from back in the days when the hubby had a scanlation site with a robust forum, too. mIRC was used just to shoot-the-wind with anyone who was feeling bored and wanted immediate attention while the forum was used for more lasting conversations.
I'm trying to figure out if we need to have "lasting conversations" to have a good community. Or if a drop-in-when-you-wanna chat really is good enough.
I have floated the idea past the hubby about having scheduled Discord with the Developer chats after releases. He wasn't super open to the idea, but also wasn't super closed to it. So I think I might be able to talk him into that, at least.
i will look for some examples . But yeah i can also see possible issues. Like moderating might be necessary. But mostly its important to have split channels. Like one for news anf patch notes. On for bug reports another for people who like the game to chat.
Basic example of anothers game discord: https://discord.gg/dm9Byfv