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At a whopping 100,000+ words, the unedited playable draft of Do is complete and can be found on Google Docs at here and here.
In other words, the setting chapter, character creation chapter, how-to-play chapter, and a healthy chunk of the play advice chapter are complete, with tips, tools, and examples of play throughout. The examples of play account for at least 45,000 words alone, written since the beginning of November in a caffeine bender.
The stuff I'm writing this month, before sending the whole shebang to the editor, isn't essential for play, but it's nice to have. This includes a chapter devoted to a transcript of actual character creation, a chapter for a transcript of a three-session pilgrimage, and finishing the rest of the chapter titled the Subtle Art of Gonzometry.
A lot more time has been spent discussing gonzometry than I anticipated at first, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It inspired a setting detail that actually explains the whole business with pilgrim names being their source of superhuman powers (if any.) See section titled "Naming" for more info.
In short, the elders kinda sorta know they're characters in fiction. This enlightenment allows them a subtle power over that fiction in the form of metaphor and allegory. Thus, by naming a pilgrim "Rushing Spring," that pilgrim's abilities and how they get in trouble reflects that name. Or is it that the elders recognize those attributes first, then bestow a name that fits those attributes? Chicken and the egg.
This was inspired in part by Heinlein's world-as-myth stuff, which half-tempted me to make the Gonzometer an actual in-game artifact that the pilgrims carry with them, but decided against it. :P Tags: do, gonzometer, writing
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Here's a little activity to tide you over until the next big update. A stripped down version of character creation.
Step 1: Pick a name from the list below.
Pilgrim Darri, the Classic Soup
Pilgrim Mee, the Favored Beat
Pilgrim Avani, the Divine Mill
Pilgrim Padma, the Elite Charge
Pilgrim Alani, the Pure Dog
Pilgrim Pathama, the Right Cat
Pilgrim Palila, the Cryptic Ribbon
Pilgrim Barina, the Deliberate Perch
Pilgrim Apari, the Light Roof
Pilgrim Kanan, the Fifth Plateau
Pilgrim Diya, the Charming Burst
Pilgrim Oroiti, the Worldly Scale
Pilgrim Haukea, the Fair Marble
Pilgrim Pasang, the Tense Grove
Pilgrim Turi, the Able Bench
Pilgrim Ihorangi, the Willowy Layer
Pilgrim Lani, the Sublime Pew
Pilgrim Jubiang, the Courtly Plug
Pilgrim Mahuru, the Keen Hay
Pilgrim Daivya, the Ghastly Lock
Pilgrim Rata, the Forceful Chant
Pilgrim Nila, the Poetic Roll
Pilgrim Kanan, the Watchful Robe
Pilgrim Barwon, the Versed Roar
Pilgrim Vijak, the Known Hiss
Step 2: Where did she grow up?
Step 3: How did she find the Flying Temple?
Step 4: How does her name reflect how she get into trouble?
Step 5: How does her name reflect how she helps people? Tags: crowdsource, do
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