After a few weeks as a noob.

[vamking12]

I have gotten bored of all my characters except one, who's trying to become a swamp king.

Any advice?

[bnlphan]

Cantr can be really slow paced at times. Especially early on when you are working trying to earn a few things. And can be even worse depending on what town your character is in. If you are working for someone make sure you are getting paid. Whether intentional or not it happens from time to time that you wont get paid for work. If this happens you may have to suck it up and start walking to a new town.

Be active. I'm horrible at this but I can tell you if you are more active. Even just talking and trying to participate in what's going on in town, it will work out better for you, even if for no other reason it helps you pass the time until the next click.

More than anything I get interested in the game by putting my characters on a good goal. Either building a vehicle or starting a business. You'll find other players are more helpful to those that no what they want to do.

Early on I spent a lot of time reading the wiki and the forum trying to get an idea of what sort of things I would like to do with my characters.

Hopefully this helps a bit. Good luck to you.

[Swingerzetta]

I think one interesting char after two weeks is not bad. It takes a while, sometimes. I think having interesting, active characters helps, gets them noticed faster. I've found that, especially when playing town leaders or other 'important' people, sometimes the newspawns blend together in my mind. If, for example, three spawn at once, I won't be able to remember which one was talkative, which one was polite, and which one only said their name and then slept. If the characters are really unique, or have strong (meaning, easily identified) personalities, I'll notice them and remember them, and go out of my way to interact with them more.

When I started, I was pretty shy, as a player, which made things difficult. I didn't want my chars to speak unless spoken to, and their personalities reflected my own, somewhat. My later chars are outgoing, loud, and in one case even rather rude in his willingness to get involved in other people's business. He's also one of the most quickly-accepted characters I've had. So, my advice, be loud, be talkative, get into other people's business. Everyone else is here to play the game, too, so they'll enjoy the extra layer of interaction.

And enjoy becoming the swamp king. Sounds like that char is one that others will easily remember!

[Miedein]

The most important thing is, if your character isn't happy. Speak up. Get noticed. If the place refused to acknowledge you. Then look for a place that will notice you.

[Elson]

Travel, travel, travel.
Makes your characters meet new people, find active spots.

[hyrle]

Yep - if you're not happy with some place, take your character and travel. Travelling can really lead to some interesting stuff. I love my dedicated travelers and wanderers.

[JsWill]

Make friends, build a bond. Form a type of 'group' with people your character likes and knows will be active. Then the game is far less dull. That's what I do, I follow people around that are on my time frame of awake and get a small group together and just stick with them. That really does help and makes it even more sad when one of them ... *Takes his thumb and slides it across his throat* You know, die.

[cutecuddlydirewolf]

Just try and interact with the people and the environment around you. I've found that my characters develop their personalities over time, and are mostly affected by their surroundings. For instance, a character I had was meant to be a sweet, cute little thing, but after a bad breakup, she developed a dark side to her. If you're really bored, just make a psycho character- someone who talks to potatoes or something and tries to marry the sheep. Limitless possibilities!

[Genie]

I'd like to meet a char who talks with potatoes. Once I had a char with imaginary gf .

[cutecuddlydirewolf]

I have one that talks to papayas. And toucans. And fish.... XD

[Faith]

[...] and tries to marry the sheep. Limitless possibilities!

Oh god...I want to see this!

[cutecuddlydirewolf]

There actually was a man in Amsterdam who wanted to marry a bear, but sadly, he passed away. You don't see too many Cantrians like that nowadays.

[Faith]

There actually was a man in Amsterdam who wanted to marry a bear, but sadly, he passed away. You don't see too many Cantrians like that nowadays.

And now, with the domestication there are plenty of possibilities.

I have gotten bored of all my characters except one, who's trying to become a swamp king.

Any advice?

I think my advice is somewhat opposite of the rest.

Roleplay alone.
No matter that there is no one around to see you. Roleplay the movements of your character, try to feel what he/she feels, write some diary, question the world around you...
Imho, roleplay alone is the best way to get to know your character. That you have "created" your character and knew the goals he/she had at their spawn, doesn't mean you still continue knowing your character after a couple of weeks, because, as in the real world, they evolve in multiple ways, even when they don't interact with other characters.
So, if you build a real personality for your characters, and get to know them, no matter how many people you have around or what they do, you will enjoy the game more, and every of your characters will be unique (also, with the time, it will demand a lot more energy to roleplay them).

[Rebma]

...Roleplay alone.
No matter that there is no one around to see you. Roleplay the movements of your character, try to feel what he/she feels, write some diary, question the world around you...

I agree, I do this a lot. At the very least it gives me something to read back on when I get in the mood to re-read logs. It makes me smile when I see some large monologue with RP that my char did alone in a room while sewing, to see where they were just then. At the most, the more you do it, the more natural it is to RP when people are around, too, and get RP flowing.

[Doug R.]

I could never do that. I know what my characters did, in my head, but I can't sit there and type it out for only myself.