Summer Camp 2024
Overview
Thoughts
Last year was my first Summer Camp participation. I had relatively modest goals (Copper), but still was not able to achieve that, partly because of life but also because I didn't have a good process set up. This year, I'm going to revise my process and see how it goes.
Preparation/Homework
Week 1: Organization
This week's theme is change.
Assignment 1: Consider the Theme
What kind of changes would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points?
Assignment 3: Organize Your World
Get your categories and tags organized! Consider using a special tag (e.g., sc24) for summer camp articles so they are more easily found afterwords for revision, categorization, etc.
Assignment 4: Update Your 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.
Assignment 2: Set Your Goal
Decide how many prompts you'll go for during Summer Camp. Then, download the pledge document and fill it accordingly!
Week 2: Support and Infrastructure
This week's theme is refuge.
Assignment 1: Consider the Theme
Consider what kinds of refuge would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.
Assignment 2: Choose Your Support Network
Find a community—whether that’s our Discord server, Facebook Group, your RPG or friend group, or something else.
Assignment 3: Improve Your Styling
Find ways to improve styling and layout in your world!
Assignment 4: Revise Your CSS
If you’re a CSS wizard, maybe take the time now to give it a polish!
Week 3: Inspiration
This week's theme is belief.
Assignment 1: Consider the Theme
Consider what kind of beliefs would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.
Assignment 2: Find Your Inspirations
Create a bank of inspirations! Quotes, music, description of experiences and shower thoughts, etc.
Assignment 3: Think About Your Images and a Map
Find art and pictures that inspire you, and grab a map if you don't have one (and need one).
Assignment 4: Review Your Inspirations
Check your inspirations again. Are they still relevant? Can you find any that better represent the current state of your project?
Here are some of the science fiction worlds (mostly focused on stellar systems) that I follow.
- 2d20-A Galaxy Far Far Away
- Astra Planeta
- Astraesto
- Celestial Grove
- Ethnis
- Humans are Space Orcs
- Interstellar Echoes
- Luridity
- Nebula Burning
- P'Ache
- Pearl Directive
- Solaris
- Special Agent
- Stellar Journey
- Stormfarers
- Tales of the void
- Tequila Starrise
- The Delta Space
- The Mirror Plane
- The Outer Systems
- The Rosepetal
- The Sealed Kingdoms
- THF Universe
- Vazdimet
- Wow That's a Lot of Stars
- Yonderverse
Week 4: Writing Environment & World Site
This week's theme is decay.
Assignment 1: Consider the Theme
Consider what kind of decay would fit in with your world's themes, genre, and other foundational points.
Assignment 2: Optimize Your Environment
Think about strategies to optimize your writing space and time!
Assignment 3: Review Your Homepage
Review your world homepage to hook potential readers!
Assignment 4: Update Your Intro & Author Page
Take a look at your author profile and pillar articles on your world and polish them!
Progress
I decided to start a new world, Mirielle for this.
Change
A tumultuous region prone to natural disasters
An environmental or other large-scale natural disaster
A character who goes through a great change or metamorphosis
Submitted
A sickness that caused societal upheaval
A document that changed the course of history
A conflict that involved a changing environment
A vehicle that, when introduced, caused social upheaval
Airships
Refuge
A settlement considered a refuge
A technology used for defense or protection
A naturally sheltered place
Submitted
A building considered a refuge against the world
A personal item that keeps you safe
A tradition that gives comfort
A species with protective anatomy
Submitted
Belief
A faction of an organization built around belief
A myth, urban legend, or conspiracy theory believed by many to be true
An evil spirit or divine antagonist
A document of spurious or controversial attribution
A relic or symbol of belief
Slang or a language associated with a religion or belief
A leader or high-ranking person in an organization
The practices and ceremonies of worship
Decay
A myth or prophecy about the end of the world
A material that is resistant to decay
Submitted
A profession that is considered dirty
An organization fighting corruption
A tradition that represents moral decay
An animal or plant that feeds on decay
Submitted
A degenerative disease
A piece of tech that prevents decay
Wildcards
A myth about food
A building associated with joy and fun
A sub-culture considered larger-than-life by some
A charity or other organization focused on doing good
A settlement that's known as a party town or pleasure city
A hybrid species intentionally bred
A storyteller, author, or bard
Submitted
A geographical region that is expanding
Submitted
Extra
A food often eaten by travelers
A building that was meant to be temporary
All images used with permission.
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