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#PennedPossibilities 630 — Is your MC receptive to warnings and advice given by others?

Hardly. The only time he ever listens is when either Junk or Dante give him any advice. Warnings as well, to be fair. A warning is generally taken as a challenge in his eyes, and advice can and will be either taken into consideration or discarded, one or the other. Sometimes he's an idiot. If the words come from Dante and / or Junk, however, he's liable to actually listen. He has a habit of doing rash, stupid things because of a fiery temper and they've been able to stop him. On occasion, Cosmia has been able to change his mind as well, but it's a rarity.

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Are you a sci-fi author? From moons to supernova, this series offers details, visuals. Write a story - have the science as needed.
Inspiration, then #worldbuilding .
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GlitchyWriter

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Blog: blog.illestpreacha.com/wccctyp

#WCCC #wccchallenge #Livecoding #CreativeCoding #Text #PoeticArt

For this week's Creative Code challenge by @sableraph “ Typewriter Art”, GlitchyWriter uses #Hydravideosynth & #LiveCodeLab to create a glitchy typewriter effect with a poem written in real time

#Poetry

Fly to The Sky
Fly to The Other Side
Make everything that is said
Something that is worth sharing
Something that is worth hearing
Enjoy the process
Enjoy the Progress
The words, The Verbs
As these fly to the sky
beyond the realm of the pixels
as These Texts are soon to swivel

#creativecoding #coding #soundscape #worldbuilding
#scifi #animation #glitchart

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30.03.2025 What do your characters get nostalgic about? What triggers that?

There isn't much general nostalgia going on for most of my characters.
And I don't think remembering the fallen loved ones counts as nostalgia.
On occasion they remark on something from the past but most of them where born into a Utopian society that is fighting a war against an alien species for several decades now. Most of their parents don't remember it differently, that's one reason why soldiers of the Union and the alliance are broadly accepted in the society. They are the ones keeping the others as safe as it gets.

#WordWeavers 30.03.2025 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding

#HexIsland - eine kleines Spiel, um dunkle Zeiten aufzuhellen: Lasst uns #HexIsland-Mikrosettings erschaffen!
Hex für Hex erstellen wir eine Insel. Ab MORGEN stelle ich hier täglich einen Prompt ein und zwar für:
- Eine Hexfeld-Beschreibung
- Einen Eintrag für eine Zufallsbegegnungstabelle
- Einen Abenteuer-Schauplatz
- Etwas Anderes – z.B. ein Monster, eine Hintergrundinformation etc.
Jede Beschreibung sollte idealiter in einen einzelnen Post passen.
#osr #hexcrawl #pnpde #Worldbuilding 1/n

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These things are TRUE for every #HexIsland:
- Each hex spans 6 miles.
- The basic geography of every HexIsland is similar, but climate and other details may vary.
- Every HexIsland is unique - yours could be a tropical lost world teeming with dinosaurs, a low-fantasy Iron Age milieu, or a White Lotus-style resort hiding dark secrets.
- Yet ALL HexIslands are, at least theoretically, connected - whether by hidden (?) portals or other mysterious means. 2/n
#osr #hexcrawl #ttrpg #Worldbuilding