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inthenightmods) wrote2018-05-09 11:11 pm
inthenightmods) wrote2018-05-09 11:11 pm
player projects
PLAYER PROJECTS
Has your character started a club or a cult? Are they working on a compendium of the forest spirits? Or maybe you're just looking for something for your character to get involved in. Well, you've come to the right place!
This is where we keep track of the various character-led businesses, groups, services, and other such endeavors. Unlike a player plot, this is a long-standing IC project that other characters can choose to engage with, rather than a one-time occurrence.
A WALL FOR THE REMEMBERED • ELDEN
Elden like everyone is definitely not happy he's dead. Moreover the fact of the people he left behind. So, to at least help cope and move past the grieving stage, he's going to go in the town hall and start setting up a wall for people to put the names and pictures of those they loved and miss on it. The names/pictures of the people don't have to be dead, it's literally for those we miss, living or dead.
Something like this in terms of idea. Specifically it'll look like a big painted tree that people can pin their pictures and names to and underneath the branches.
LOG BOOKS • ELDEN & WANDA
Elden has suggested and plans to leave a log book in the inn and town hall. This way everyone in game can collect information and put it into a communal book so they have everything on hand. Elden and Wanda will be working on this together. The log book doc can be found here!
BOAT BUILDING • ROSINANTE
After inheriting this project from the original islanders who started it, Rosinante has decided to indefinitely postpone any further efforts toward this construction project. One raft and two dories remain as remnants of earlier progress.
LUTECE LABS • ROSALIND
A one-story enormous room, filled with lab tables, beakers, and other such scientific equipment. Experiments ranging from the worrying to the bizarre to the beautiful crowd the tables as the sounds of gears and hissing acids fill the air. There's an enormous machine placed farther back, although it's half-hidden by all the other things.
EXPLORER'S APP • WANDA
Wanda is working with Will and others to create an app for the tablets that would help keep track of exploration efforts. This app would functionally look like another map, but with markers displayed on explored locations, last known locations of current exploration teams, and projects related to exploration. Touching these markers will display when the exploration was done, who was present, and what they discovered, if anything. Touching unexplored areas would display a list of those planning to explore there and what supplies they believe will be needed.
STAR MAP • ROSINANTE
In case of lost compasses plus just for added navigation utility, Rosinante has been (and will continue to be) photographing the sky periodically when it's clear, and trying to keep track of individual stars' movements across the sky. He's no astronomer and this is nothing fancy but he's hoping that over the coming months he'll be able to identify at least a star or two that seems more or less stable in some particular compass direction, as well as a few key stars or star clusters or maybe even some simple constellations that can be used to track the passage of time. Eventually he'll be looking for someone who actually knows astronomy (and might rope in Will once he has enough to go on, we'll see) to figure out what it all means but for now he's really just documenting it all as best he can in photos as well as paper and ink.
NEWCOMER MESSAGE • RIKU
Riku is working with Will on an app that launches when a new username is registered on a tablet. This is a living document of sorts, constantly updated with contributions from others around Beacon. This message includes visuals (the first version has sketches and photographs, later iterations will include improvements like paintings), English subtitles, and a voice over by Aziraphale.
The first edition has been completed in time for the next round of arrivals and can be seen here.
COMMUNITY GARDEN(S) • MISTY
In the name of being a little less cripplingly dependent on the ferry (and improving morale - nature and a productive hobby are good for the brain!), Misty'd like to get a couple plots cleared and sowed with little batches of staple crops, herbs, flowers, as you do. Additionally, there's a stretch goal of a tiny greenhouse or three because Winter Is Coming.
It would be within known and populated areas on the map (around town, Misty will probably shoehorn as much on her block/behind her house as she can manage), although I wouldn't rule out Misty meeting discovery of other places - given unique soil or lighting conditions and especially if anyone takes up residence there - with 'slap a garden on it'. Maintained by volunteers, with a few presumed regulars.
COMBAT TRAINING & FIRST AID • JAVERT
In an effort to prevent further casualities, and to make everyone better prepared, Javert has begun to offer combat training and first aid lessons. Unless it interfers with an in-character event, combat training will meet every Wednesday and Friday at the village gymnasium, and run from seven o'clock to nine o'clock in the evening. The focus will be on armed and unarmed combat, no magic. First aid lessons will follow immediately after.
In addition to learning how to treat injuries, students will also put together first aid kits, which will be distributed around town and handed out to anyone going out on an expedition. Javert will ask that people save any unwanted or torn clothing so that it can be broken down and used for bandages.
APPLIED LINGUISTICS ON FOREST SPIRITS' LANGUAGE • DAYLIGHT
Since December 04 2019, Daylight has decided he'll undertake the task of seriously tackling and studying the forest spirits' language. The end goal is to create a more comprehensive guide on the forest spirits' language and to also translate their melodies to several more musical instruments to offer more variety on how one speaks to the spirits.
He'll be doing this by using the lessons he learned from his grandmother, who was a famous professor in the fields of linguistics and communications and cryptology + his own talent in music. Along with actual practical application by practicing on poor spirits willing to hear him stumble over his words, ranging from the Greatest Crooners to Fluffy Flower Friend and to Postmaster General when they have the time. He'll also be roping others into helping him from time to time for certain tasks. It'll take a couple of months before Day makes significant enough progress to share with others but he's determined to push through with this project and bridge the communication gap he and the others have with their fellow residents.
SORA AND MISTY'S B&B & EMT • MISTY, SORA, BUCKY, HANA
Sora has decided that the cabin next to the bonfire needs a fresh start after its inhabitants slowly vanished over the course of January. Since he lives at the Landmark, he's wrangled Misty into spearheading a hostel meant for newcomers and persons needing temporary housing alike! It's a five bedroom cabin at the moment, but future plans include making at least two of the rooms into two bed accommodations and constructing an onsite kitchenette so they can stay in at least for breakfast (thus the B&B). Residency is free, but those who are able are welcome to volunteer themselves to do laundry, cooking, cleaning, and other day to day chores to keep the hostel running until they leave. If no one needs temporary housing, they'll clean up and close up shop until the next ferry comes in. People are welcome to contact either Sora or Misty directly to ask if there's housing available!
The B&B's purpose is to make sure ferry arrivals don't feel completely lost or homeless when they get off the ferry! In addition, should an arrival need medical care, Sora and Bucky are capable and strong enough to handle first aid and triage to the B&B and Misty can provide more thorough healing once they arrive.
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Project Title: A Wall for the Remembered
Project Description: Elden like everyone is definitely not happy he's dead. Moreover the fact of the people he left behind. So, to at least help cope and move past the grieving stage, he's going to go in the town hall and start setting up a wall for people to put the names and pictures of those they loved and miss on it. The names/pictures of the people don't have to be dead, it's literally for those we miss, living or dead.
Image: Something like this in terms of idea. Specifically it'll look like a big painted tree that people can pin their pictures and names to and underneath the branches.
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Project Title: Log books
Project Description: Elden has suggested and plans to leave a log book in the inn and town hall. This way everyone in game can collect information and put it into a communal book so they have everything on hand. Elden and Wanda will be working on this together.
Image: Here is what the books would look like
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Project Title: Boat building
Project Description: A group of islanders suggest exploring territory they know best- the water. After building a raft of their own and successfully checking out the nearby shores, Sora reached out on the network to see if anyone else in Beacon was familiar with building, carpentry, or just watched too much DIY tv. They're short term goal has been to build a single boat, probably a dory, and eventually to have about five, so that other characters can take them out as they wish. These boats will suit 2-3 people and first time sailors will need to be taught how to get comfortable with the movement of the boat, because the design means they tip very easily at first. New sailors should definitely avoid taking it out during storms!
Image: https://imgur.com/KoJliXt
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Project Title: Exploration Guide
Project Description: After the multiple numbers of projects and explorations that have come up, some of which discuss wanting to explore the same areas (others popping up saying hey, already did it, almost died, here's what I found), Wanda wants to create what is basically an IC version of an Exploration Guidebook / Tally to hopefully help everyone keep track of who's doing what, when, and where — a) in the hopes of not duplicating too much work, b) not losing people in the wild, c) gathering all the best intel and resources. OOCly it would probably be a Google Doc that everyone could contribute to. I'd open it, create the fields (area, people in crew, dates of journey/project build, info found after journey/build) and people can just jot down their short info in there. This would be an easy way for characters to ICly figure out if they're doing something someone else is also doing and might want to team up.
Image: nothing so far until approved — mechanically it would be an app she makes connected to all tablets, if that would be permissible? If not, she can create a physical notebook, just lmk!
ETA: as an addendum, if app creation is an IC thread that can only be futzed over with will i'd be in love with that tbh. "like no you can't just create apps willy nilly but i might help you if you bring me a french press and the best brazilian coffee beans rastus can crawk."
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The answer: characters don't necessarily have to go through Will to create apps, assuming they have the programming knowledge to do so on their own. If Wanda doesn't know how to make apps, however, she is welcome to drop him a line!
And now the question: Another player project has already been submitted here with a similar premise, and with Wanda's name attached. Is this one a separate project, or is this an addition to the previous one?
Thanks!
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Wanda's guidebook is for info gathered on explorations outside the immediate area only (e.g. the river, the woods, the lake, the lighthouse, and beyond) and projects that might contribute to said explorations (bridge and boat building) — so that characters partaking in these projects can ICly have a reason to see 'oh hey we're doing similar things we should chat' or 'oh hey that project sounds cool maybe i should ask if i can help' or 'oh my god these people have been missing for a week let's look for them' — does that make sense as to the difference? Separate project, but any shorthand notes found from these explorations can absolutely be added to the physical log books Elden has. Separate but easily collaborative.
As to Wanda knowing how to build apps, she's learned a few things from hacker sis Natasha, but I might like her to have a 2nd thread with him about it just for kicks bc he's a hoot (unless your plate is too full!)
Let me know if all of this is kosher or if you still have q's! c:
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Project Title: Lutece Labs
Project Description: A one-story enormous room, filled with lab tables, beakers, and other such scientific equipment. Experiments ranging from the worrying to the bizarre to the beautiful crowd the tables as the sounds of gears and hissing acids fill the air. There's an enormous machine placed farther back, although it's half-hidden by all the other things.
Image: The first one, obviously.
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WAIT JK we'll add your project to the list, yes, but do you want to choose an image for it or would you like us to pick one?
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When she gets into trying to arrange for it, she'll find teammates to who might want to help with different aspects as a whole group, like someone who is excellent at map charting and reading (LOOKS AT THE UNCHARTEDS) to pin where each exploration is headed on known areas vs. mystery areas as displayed here, that then hyperlinks back to a chart of crew present/needed, supplies needed, date of travel, findings. And then it really would just be a co-oped project from there (on gdocs).
No maps actually required, but I just realized, if super talented artists in the group wanted to collab with mods and their updates on explorations on actual maps as things unfold?? That'd be bad af.
ANYWAY all this to say this is what it probably would ICly look like and would make a nice picture up top, cropped however you see fit.
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Project Title: Star map
Project Description: In case of lost compasses plus just for added navigation utility, Rosinante has been (and will continue to be) photographing the sky periodically when it's clear, and trying to keep track of individual stars' movements across the sky. He's no astronomer and this is nothing fancy but he's hoping that over the coming months he'll be able to identify at least a star or two that seems more or less stable in some particular compass direction, as well as a few key stars or star clusters or maybe even some simple constellations that can be used to track the passage of time.
Ideally, this will help determine if the planet's rotation does actually match up to the 24-hour cycle indicated by the tablets, and if there are any distinct seasonal differences in star patterns over the coming months and onward. Eventually he'll be looking for someone who actually knows astronomy (and might rope in Will once he has enough to go on, we'll see) to figure out what it all means but for now he's really just documenting it all as best he can in photos as well as paper and ink.
Also, please let me know if this should also count as an exploration, though I'm thinking that might be better suited to posting once he's found someone who can do the math behind all his documenting to make sense of it.
Image: https://i.imgur.com/zwiMN7C.png
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Also let us know when the project has progressed far enough for the google doc, so that we can add the link!
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Project Title: Newcomer Message
Project Description: Riku is working with Will on an app that launches when a new username is registered on a tablet. This is a living document of sorts, constantly updated with contributions from others around Beacon. This message includes visuals (the first version has sketches and photographs, later iterations will include improvements like paintings), English subtitles, and a voice over by Aziraphale.
The first edition has been completed in time for the next round of arrivals and can be seen here.
Image: https://equinoctials.dreamwidth.org/file/2489.png
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Project Title: Community Garden(s)
Project Description: In the name of being a little less cripplingly dependent on the ferry (and improving morale - nature and a productive hobby are good for the brain!), Misty'd like to get a couple plots cleared and sowed with little batches of staple crops, herbs, flowers, as you do. Additionally, there's a stretch goal of a tiny greenhouse or three because Winter Is Coming.
It would be within known and populated areas on the map (around town, Misty will probably shoehorn as much on her block/behind her house as she can manage), although I wouldn't rule out Misty meeting discovery of other places - given unique soil or lighting conditions and especially if anyone takes up residence there - with 'slap a garden on it'. Maintained by volunteers, with a few presumed regulars.
Image: I trust your image game much more than my own!
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Project Title: Combat Training & First Aid
Project Description: In an effort to prevent further casualities, and to make everyone better prepared, Javert has begun to offer combat training and first aid lessons. Unless it interfers with an in-character event, combat training will meet every Wednesday and Friday at the village gymnasium, and run from seven o'clock to nine o'clock in the evening. The focus will be on armed and unarmed combat, no magic. First aid lessons will follow immediately after.
In addition to learning how to treat injuries, students will also put together first aid kits, which will be distributed around town and handed out to anyone going out on an expedition. Javert will ask that people save any unwanted or torn clothing so that it can be broken down and used for bandages.
Image: pick something pretty for me idk
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Project Title: Applied linguistics on Forest Spirits' langauge
Project Description: Since December 04 2019, Daylight has decided he'll undertake the task of seriously tackling and studying the forest spirits' language. The end goal is to create a more comprehensive guide on the forest spirits' language and to also translate their melodies to several more musical instruments to offer more variety on how one speaks to the spirits.
He'll be doing this by using the lessons he learned from his grandmother, who was a famous professor in the fields of linguistics and communications and cryptology + his own talent in music. Along with actual practical application by practicing on poor spirits willing to hear him stumble over his words, ranging from the Greatest Crooners to Fluffy Flower Friend and to Postmaster General when they have the time. He'll also be roping others into helping him from time to time for certain tasks. It'll take a couple of months before Day makes significant enough progress to share with others but he's determined to push through with this project and bridge the communication gap he and the others have with their fellow residents.
Image: Image Link! Credit to
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Project Title: IDK Robin made the app... beaconify? ibeacon? i am not clever
Project Description: robin made matt a music app, he just wants to share it!
Image: no preference.. . . im not even sure i am doing this right but it does say additional apps go here??
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Thank you!
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Project Title:
Sora And Misty's Needlessly Intense B&BSora and Misty's B&B & EMTProject Description: Details here, hidden in the screaming.
Sora has decided that the cabin next to the bonfire needs a fresh start after its inhabitants slowly vanished over the course of January. Since he lives at the Landmark, he's wrangled Misty into spearheading a hostel meant for newcomers and persons needing temporary housing alike! It's a five bedroom cabin at the moment, but future plans include making at least two of the rooms into two bed accommodations and constructing an onsite kitchenette so they can stay in at least for breakfast (thus the B&B). Residency is free, but those who are ablebodied are welcome to volunteer themselves to do laundry, cooking, cleaning, and other day to day chores to keep the hostel running until they leave. If no one needs temporary housing, they'll clean up and close up shop until the next ferry comes in. People are welcome to contact either Sora or Misty directly to ask if there's housing available!
The B&B's purpose is to make sure ferry arrivals don't feel completely lost or homeless when they get off the ferry! In addition, should an arrival need medical care, Sora and Bucky are capable and strong enough to handle first aid and triage to the B&B and Misty can provide more thorough healing once they arrive.
(also if I needed to do this in the setting update section i am SO sorry and will scuttle off to do that posthaste screeches)
Image: I might make a logo later depending if we can ICly bug Jason or Naminé for one. Y'all choose for now!
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(and psst i looked at the wording on the blurb and have decided that "able" is a better term than "able-bodied"? may I ask for you to change it? sorry to be a hassle it's for my own peace of mind 8u8)
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