I kind of wish that there were more "fun things" to do in the community like fanfiction, roleplays, etc. that still have the Mario fandom flavor with it, you know? It feels like unless I have something that I developed to show (game, sprites, etc.) then there is almost nothing to talk about. The content that is developed is good, but there's not many ways to "hang out", if you know what I mean. How can we get the community members to get to know each other as a family better?

If you want to hang out, talk to MFGGers on a Discord server.

You can post fanfiction in The Arts Board and roleplays probably fit in Forum Games.

I get the impression that few people on MFGG are interested in forum roleplays. When I tried one, it didn't really get a lot of attention. They're usually very slow-paced compared to tabletop RPGs and especially video game RPGs.

If you think you'd have better success than me, by all means give it a shot.