Summer Camp Pledge 2024

Week 1: Change

Assignment 1

THIS WEEK'S THEME: CHANGE
Consider what kind of changes would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.

• Battle of the Divas
• Cabinet of Curiosities
• The Accord of Unity
• The Queenshaven-Makari Steam Engine Train
• Council of Ten
• Spooky Shenanigans Badge
• some missing articles for Bridgeport, including pins on the map.
• plant articles for Archetype: Druid
• creature articles for Archetype: Ranger
• Regions, Locations
• Excavation Site 24b
• Floxville Grotto
• Hoppsala
• Kraak
• Pollinator T3000 Wrecksite
• other interesting POIs

Assignment 2

PREPARE YOURSELF: SET YOUR GOAL
Decide how many prompts you'll go for during Summer Camp. Then, download the pledge document and fill it accordingly!

• I want to get at least copper, possibly silver.

Assignment 3

Get your categories and tags organized!
PREPARE YOUR WORLD: CATEGORIES & TAGS

• Categories are all cleaned up (including shiny icons and a flatter structure) and tags have been consolidated.

Assignment 4

FOR THE OLDER WORLDS: UPDATE THE META
Take a look at your meta, primer, and any other high-level document and update it according to the current state of your world.

• The meta has a bit more flesh to it now, and some previously empty sections got some content.

Week 2: Refuge

Assignment 1

THIS WEEK'S THEME: REFUGE
Consider what kinds of refuge would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.

• Lili's Orphanage, Bridgeport
• Wardens of the Written Word, Bridgeport
• Oakridge, a small woodcutting community
• Downhill Soup Night
• The Garden of Refuge
• Emberfell
• Right Hand of God, religious island refuge
• Shroomeria, the hidden mushroom queendom
• The Silent Keep: A fortress in a hidden valley, serving as a safe house for those escaping political persecution and tyranny.
• The Grotto of Echoes: A secret cave network beneath Bridgeport, where rebels and outcasts hide from the authorities and plot their next moves.

Assignment 2

PREPARE YOURSELF: FIND AN ACCOUNTABILITY BUDDY
Find a community—whether that’s our Discord server, Facebook Group, your RPG or friend group, or something else.

• WA Community = Best Community -> Discord

Assignment 3

PREPARE YOUR WORLD: STYLING
Find ways to improve styling and layout in your world!

• Adjusted the fonts, line spacing, letter spacing, adjusted some magins and paddings, adjusted the style of GM notes, adjusted image credits.

Assignment 4

FOR THE OLDER WORLDS: ANY CSS UPGRADES?
If you’re a CSS wizard, maybe take the time now to give it a polish!

• Removed unused fonts from css, consolidated many blocks to use less css code overall.

Week 3: Belief

Assignment 1

THIS WEEK'S THEME: BELIEF
Consider what kind of beliefs would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.

• Wyld Witches
• The Obsidian Eye
• Arch Witch
• Worship of Ademnis
• The Ky'rennei
• Magic of Alana
• Religion of Alana
• Citadel of Shartol
• Right Hand of God
• The Five Gods: Central deities worshipped across Alana, each representing a fundamental aspect of life and the universe.
• Worship of Ademnis
• Worship of Phex
• Spirits of the Ancestors: Many cultures honor their ancestors through rituals and festivals, believing they provide guidance and protection.
• The Fae's Blessing: A belief that good fortune and prosperity come from the favor of the fae, who are said to watch over certain families or regions.
• Arcane Reverence: Magic users hold that arcane forces are gifts from the cosmos, meant to be respected and used responsibly.
• The Eternal Flame: A belief in an everlasting fire that represents purity, renewal, and the spirit of life, worshipped in remote mountainous regions.

Assignment 2

PREPARE YOURSELF: FIND YOUR INSPIRATIONS IRL
Create a bank of inspirations! Quotes, music, description of experiences and shower thoughts, etc.

• see updated Meta

Assignment 3

PREPARE YOUR WORLD: IMAGES GALLERY AND MAPS
Find art and pictures that inspire you, and grab a map if you don't have one (and need one).

• World Map updated
• Image Board on Pinterest

Assignment 4

FOR THE OLDER WORLDS: REVIEW YOUR INSPIRATIONS
Check your inspirations again. Are they still relevant? Can you find any that better represent the current state of your project?

• Meta: Inspirations updated.

Week 4: Decay

Assignment 1

THIS WEEK'S THEME: DECAY
Consider what kind of changes would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.

• The Shadow Masquerade
• Chucklitis
• Skye's Stew
• The Withered Grove: Once a lush and vibrant forest, now the trees stand barren and lifeless due to an unknown blight spreading through the land.
• The Lost Archives: An ancient library filled with priceless tomes and scrolls now decays, with knowledge lost to mold, dust, and neglect.
• The Forgotten Temple: This ancient place of worship has fallen into ruin as its once-devoted followers have abandoned their faith, leaving it overgrown and crumbling. (Shrine of Restless Souls, Bridgeport County)
• The Broken Gates: The teleportation gates that once linked distant lands are now mostly inactive, their once bright runes faded and their mechanisms corroded and malfunctioning.
• The Sundered Alliance: Originally founded by the king to hold the provinces together as one strong Empire, this alliance has crumbled under Queen Eleanor's reign, with provincial leaders redirecting money and power away from the capital, forgetting their allegiance to the crown. (Farenian Empire)
• The Decaying Dynasty: A royal family once powerful and revered, now fractured and weakened by internal strife and external threats. (Han)
• The Ghost Town: A thriving village turned into a ghost town, with decaying buildings and silent streets as its inhabitants mysteriously vanished.

Assignment 2

PREPARE YOURSELF: OPTIMIZE YOUR ENVIRONMENT
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!

• buy tea
• buy summer-proof cookies and chips
• make backups (local and WA backup)
• tidy workspace

Assignment 3

PREPARE YOUR WORLD: REVIEW YOUR HOMEPAGE
Review your world homepage to hook potential readers!

• Lots of hooks there!

Assignment 4

FOR THE OLDER WORLDS: UPDATE YOUR INTRO & AUTHOR PAGE
Take a look at your author profile and pillar articles on your world and polish them!

• updated

Camp Chill (ID 4574878) by Rin Garnett

Copper-Badge [img:5650241] by Blue Fairy 74