Dear goldenagers!
The weeks churned by so fast, this is three updates in one.
1. The indices are done.
2. The final map is done and integrated in the book.
3. I've added nav...
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Luka Rejec
29 days ago
From the Project Quarry 7 (27): Indications and Indices
Dear Goldenagers,
Another technical update, which - to be fair - isn't bad. Last week I finished reviewing all the edits. All the way, to the last page, and the 1077th comme...
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Luka Rejec
about 1 month ago
From the Project Quarry 6 (26): House of the Grand Editor
Dear Goldenagers,
This is an update from the weeds. I'm slowly working through the thorough and helpful and exhausting and exasperating editorial comments for Our Golden Age...
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Luka Rejec
about 2 months ago
From the Project Quarry 5 (25): Ill-Nano and Jubilee
Dear Golden Agers,
First: the surgery went well, and I'm cancer-free again, if somewhat altered. However, the run-up to it was predictably stressful, and the aftermath wa...
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Luka Rejec
2 months ago
Quick Health Update
Hi everyone,
On Monday I had the surgery to remove the tumor and it was successful. I'm off to the hospital now to have the stitches removed. Hopefully the new look won't be...
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Luka Rejec
3 months ago
From the Project Quarry 4 (24): Ministry and Nemesis
Good Golden Agers,
The first of the theme card decks for the OGA (which I'm now calling OGA vastlands cards in my filing system, because of course one must variegate one's f...
The weeks churned by so fast, this is three updates in one.
The indices are done.
The final map is done and integrated in the book.
I've added navigation overlays (tabs) to the books.
I've added more spot art.
I've uploaded the latest versions of the book PDFs and the map to the dropbox and added the links in the backer-only section below.
What's left for the books:
Proofreading! We're at the end. Those keen to participate, we've got a channel for the knights grammarian (the grammarchy) on the stratometaship discord server.
The endpapers for the VLG - tables! Some to match the referee screen, some just for the book. Got a table you want to see? This is the time to share your table. Coffee table? Dining table? Card table? All sorts of tables. Even ttrpg tables.
And I'm going to cram in more spot art, but ... that's easy peasy. I'll do it as I get other stuff done.
Then it's just the other side bits. Soon the whole project will head over to the production team to get turned into paper and glue and ink and other bits of physical rawstuff! Exciting! Atlasting!
But now, pictures that may (or may not?) speak for themselves.
Another technical update, which - to be fair - isn't bad. Last week I finished reviewing all the edits. All the way, to the last page, and the 1077th comment. Here is where it was at:
Last page of editorial comments.
At the same time as I was editing the book, I also found quite a few strange concepts, creatures, and places needed to join the Lexicon of the Vastlands. The UVG had a moderately sized glossary, but it has since (and over some books) grown to the extent that it wouldn't fit in the OGA and scattering the glossaries over multiple books feels ... messy. So I've put the whole thing into its own file. I've attached the latest version for the interested.
This last week has been a bit more scattered, with many holidays, so I've focused on some less visible tasks: updating my database of documents and files, clearing up some admin, and reviewing the map of the circle sea. I suppose I have also been putting off tackling the index a little bit. Building indices is never among my favorite tasks, hah hah hah.
Anyway, revised next few steps: 1) the final final FINAL map - and updating it within the book. I need to go through the book and check which locations are already in the map, which need to be added, which don't ... and I'm also reviewing a few of the icons on the map. Oh, and it will need a legend. And a pretty border. 2) make the final proofready PDF - that's going to be a big deal. A 300dpi version, ready for printing. 3) the referee screen - this one will assemble tables from the VLG and OGA, and I need to do the final art. That'll probably be a few days of drawing. 4) reference cards - to match the referee screen! 5) the adventurers' notebook - putting it together for your adventuring delectation 6) final cover art and box art - this will be a big step. 7) layout on the two zines - this will be the last thing.
Sooo ... looks like we're down to less then 10 updates from my end remaining!
I hope you'll miss my dulcet keyboard strokes in your inbocces :P
This is an update from the weeds. I'm slowly working through the thorough and helpful and exhausting and exasperating editorial comments for Our Golden Age. This is one of those things that just takes its time.
It ranges from classics like:
the joy of typos
To interesting clarifications like:
"Single use, or can you fold it back up/shrink it back down?" —it's a magic tent. Now it's clear it's a magic tent.
To mood-boosting comments:
there I was, worried this was unclear ...
To places where strange mechanics, like the toady-accumulation engine, get discussed:
Get your Toddward the Toady today! Free stick-art megahero for the first person to find where in the OGA this is.
I literally have nothing to say. After a few hours of this, I replace my brain, mulch the old one, and resume. I think I'm getting close to the end. 70 pages or so left.
After that, it's:
1) the final final FINAL map - and updating it within the book 2) make the final proofready PDF 3) the referee screen 4) the adventurers' notebook 5) layout on the two zines 6) final cover art and box art
For now, I'll just leave you with the final FINAL version of the card backs:
Also available as a 50MB ridiculous resolution poster-sized file.
First: the surgery went well, and I'm cancer-free again, if somewhat altered. However, the run-up to it was predictably stressful, and the aftermath was also a bit of a physical and emotional roller-coaster. As, I suppose, is normal facing cancer.
Second: the second of the OGA card decks is finished. It's actually a bit more ambitious than initially appeared likely, as I ended up drawing a few new pieces just for the deck.
One is the Astropyramid of the Mythophage
Another is this rare visualgram of Ill-Nano, the Chaos Dwarf, ascending a Biomountain.
A few more saw me adapting landscape pieces to the vertical format of the cards.
Behold, the Givertaker.
And some, some were simply pieces too good to not contextualize.
Ah, so this is what those where!
I'll do a full post on how to play with the cards, but here is a useful d6 table:
Anti-canon on the Ministry and Nemesis (and Ill-Nano and Jubilee) - that’s the text boxes.
Add context to illustrations from the books, for those who want it.
Randomizers for monsters, spells, traps (the numbers on the side).
Spark for plots / locations / stories by using them like a tarot.
Use as its own tarock style game.
(added by KYA) Random colour palettes similar to colour cube (but 50% more yellow).
The remaining steps in the OGA saga: 1) the referee screen 2) the final final FINAL map 3) the adventurers' notebook 4) layout on the two zines 5) final cover art and box art 6) & review the editor's feedback on OGA and make the final proofready PDF
We're in das Heim stretch, good humans! More updates as soon as possible.
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