Beckettville
Scope
The motivation behind building Beckettville
While in school for marketing, I got a bit carried away with a very simple advertising project. Rather than make a billboard ad for a corporate business, I started what would become a much larger worldbuilding project. I created a number of ads for a temp agency for the undead, or as I called them, 'recently revived.' It was a dark humor graphics project that got some laughs at the time, but I quickly shelved it and moved on with my degree. Now that I'm looking to reconnect with my creativity, I've delved back into Beckettville and stared up at the eldritch abomination birthed from that project for what seemed like ages before deciding I needed to free these stories from my mind and let them seep into your's.
The goal of the project
I have a lot of fear and anxiety. I'm working through a ton of it with an amazing therapist, but there are places where she can't follow and things I need to work out on my own. So, I created Beckettville. Expanding on that idea from college, I hope to make a world that can contain many stories in many forms. Some days I can jump in and write a short story about the founders, another day I might post a short audio news bulletin from Good Morning Beckettville, Beckettville's beloved mandated news program, and another day might just be a visitor's guide to the local park. Through all of this, I plan to explore my own fears, belief system, ethics, and more, really pushing my own boundaries in an attempt to discover and understand myself. I welcome all of your opinions, views, thoughts, etc on different articles, please feel free to question things and push back a bit, I'm incredibly curious what others are taking away from this project.
Beckettville's Unique Selling point
Capitalism meets eldritch gods in this comedic cosmic horror universe.
Theme
Genre
The world of Beckettville could be considered a comedic cosmic horror set in a capitalistic dystopia.
Reader Tone
From a distance, Beckettville is a complete utopia. Everything the citizens could need is available for purchase, everyone has a job and a home, and there's plenty of down time to enjoy with their families. A peek below the facade reveals a dark, twisted world of biological reanimation, nationalistic conditioning, and unimaginable sacrifices in the name of power.
Recurring Themes
1. Corporate capitalist positivity thinly veiling a dark underbelly.
2. There is no reasonable escape, only acceptance and unwavering loyalty.
3. Always read the fine print in your contracts.
Images created by Emily Armstrong using Wombo/Leonardo unless otherwise specified. Statement on AI Art.
All other original material in this work is copyright 2024 by Emily Armstrong.
Beckettville runs on the Quests & Quarrels TTRPG system.
All other original material in this work is copyright 2024 by Emily Armstrong.
Beckettville runs on the Quests & Quarrels TTRPG system.