Summer Camp 2024
Note: this year's Summer Camp is very likely to include spoilers for books 2 and 3. I don't want to hide everything during the judging, so I'll go back after the reading challenge and mark the spoilers. You have been warned!
July 27 update:
See, I knew this month might be tough, so I set my goal low. But now that we have another week... Diamond or Die!
July 29 update:
Whew! I have at least a terrible draft in place for each one!
Week 1 theme: Change
Assignment 1
Consider what kind of changes would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.
The world of Aubadeon has several periods of change that happen during the trilogy of books and in the past.
- The Light leaving the Eastern Continent
- The Draska Plague
- War of the Dragon
- The Draska Dispersion
- The Draska's Return
There are lots of opportunities for exploring the world's changes during each of those times.
Assignment 2
Based on this, decide how many prompts you'll go for during Summer Camp. Then, download the pledge document and fill it accordingly!
I'm initially going to set my goal at copper. While I'd love to go for diamond, I want to remember that I have other projects. If working through this summer camp helps me progress with the editing of books 2 and 3, then I want to consider that a win. Right now those books feel a bit thin, needing more world building to fill them out.
Assignment 3
Get your categories and tags organized!
Aubadeon had only the default categories and no tags at all. I've been going through and adding just a few categories and tagging things. My hope is to expand on that after I spend some time thinking about how people will come to the world and interact with it.
Assignment 4
Take a look at your meta, primer, and any other high-level document and update it according to the current state of your world.
I've hesitantly made the meta public, but I may decide to rework that to be less...spoilery.
Week 2 theme: Refuge
Assignment 1
Consider what kinds of refuge would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.
Consider what kinds of refuge would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.
When the Draska flee to the West, Aurora becomes a haven for them. That would be the first refuge.
There are two other areas that they flee to during different times: Pelage, and then I need to work out another period of refuge where I realize that in the story I confused two locations. Need to sort that out. It is either Dayspring or Summer... or perhaps another location?
Assignment 2
Find a community—whether that’s our Discord server, Facebook Group, your RPG or friend group, or something else.
I've connected with a buddy, and I'm making more time in my life for connecting with the community while working.
Assignment 3
Find ways to improve styling and layout in your world!
We'll call this one in process. I'd done some in the past, and I'm mostly content. I need to focus on welcoming people to the world and letting them see something that makes more sense than it does now.
Assignment 4
If you’re a CSS wizard, maybe take the time now to give it a polish!
Hmmm... this assignment tempts me... and now looking at the default look of this homework... must play...
Week 3 theme: Belief
Assignment 1
Consider what kind of beliefs would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.
Belief is core to Aubadeon, but I think that I need to expand on the belief systems because I've only focused on one so far. It would be good to showcase some of the competing views as well.
Assignment 2
Create a bank of inspirations! Quotes, music, description of experiences and shower thoughts, etc.
Fortunately, this is one area I have!
You can read my meta here...
Assignment 3
Find art and pictures that inspire you, and grab a map if you don't have one (and need one).
Done! although a big part of this camp will be correcting a problem from a previous version of the map, I suspect.
Half way through Summer Camp and I've corrected the map, updated the first book files, and now can feel comfortable moving forward!
Assignment 4
Check your inspirations again. Are they still relevant? Can you find any that better represent the current state of your project?
My hope is to use the novels as inspiration for camp at iI work out details. This does mean the articles will contain spoilers for the upcoming books, though. I'm hoping to find a way to warn people about the spoilers while still creating articles that will help me.
Week 4 theme: Decay
Assignment 1
Consider what kind of decay would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.
Cultural decay is a key point of this trilogy. Over time, traditions and beliefs are lost. I look forward to exploring this more during the month.
In addition, if I do any work on the eastern continent, that is an area where much decay has happened.
Assignment 2
If you like special tea when you write, stock up for a month. Tidy your office, make a “do not disturb” sign, and think about any other last-minute strategies to optimize your writing space and time!
Done!
Assignment 3
Review your world homepage to hook potential readers!
This still needs to be done... but I did spend some time organizing my tags and starting the work I need to MAKE this happen.
Assignment 4
Take a look at your author profile and pillar articles on your world and polish them!
While my author profile is not as polished as it could be, I'm okay with it for now.
And now for the actual event!
Progress
Prompts
Copper Change
Prompt 1
Geography/Location
Prompt 2
Natural Law
Prompt 3
Character
Prompt 4
Condition
Prompt 5
Document
Prompt 6
Ethnicity
Prompt 7
Military Conflict
Prompt 8
Vehicle
Wild Card
Prompt 9
Myth/Legend
Wild Card
Prompt 10
Building
Silver Refuge
Prompt 1
Settlement
Prompt 2
Technology
Prompt 3
Geography/Location
Prompt 4
Building
Prompt 5
Formation
Prompt 6
Item
Prompt 7
Tradition/Ritual
Prompt 8
Species
Wild Card
Prompt 9
Ethnicity
Wild Card
Prompt 10
Organization
Gold Belief
Prompt 1
Organization
Prompt 2
Myth/Legend
Prompt 3
Character
Prompt 4
Document
Prompt 5
Item
Prompt 6
Language
Prompt 7
Rank/Title
Prompt 8
Tradition/Ritual
Wild Card
Prompt 9
Settlement
Wild Card
Prompt 10
Species
Diamond Decay
Prompt 1
Myth/Legend
Prompt 2
Material
Prompt 3
Profession
Prompt 4
Organization
Prompt 5
Tradition/Ritual
Prompt 6
Species
Prompt 7
Condition
Prompt 8
Technology
Wild Card
Prompt 9
Character
Wild Card
Prompt 10
Geography/Location
Wild Card
Prompt 11
Item
Wild Card
Prompt 12
Building
Article Staging
Tracking Statblock by Graylion
Because of course that happened...
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