Shifting Gears For #dungeon23

Yes, that’s me above. However, I want to work towards using this (@Reistache) account for these #dungeon23 updates on the blue-bird services.

That being said. Although the idea of a single room a day for every day of 2023 is a phenomenal effort and will be quite the accomplishment, I would like to devote some of that time to the actual building of the dungeon as well as the adventure that may happen in it. I’d also like to go into more detail about my approach to this project.

In general, I plan to create my rooms as 10×10 grid “geomorph” tiles to be used in any number of ways, including those not even related to the #dungeon23 project. With these geomorphs, I also plan to provide a means to connect them without necessarily lining them up side-by-side — this leads to the “hallway” rooms I will be focusing on next.

Another underlying concept that I will be toying with is a means to generate the dungeon using a randomized selection of geomorphs and hallways… and potentially other layout “themes” to be worked towards as the project progresses.

With any luck, the quality will also improve over time. Wish me well and follow along on this adventure.

A Social Experiment

Well, it’s nothing all that elaborate. This is more just a test case of a post to see who or how many accounts will post this to the blue-bird stream. Ideally, it will be two: this site’s primary and another. Feel free to read other posts and pages on this site to know who else to expect.

If this works as I hope, both accounts should realize a fair split of the potential traffic from and to the blue-bird streams. If it doesn’t work, goodbye plugin(s) — and the search for another automated approach will continue.

Social experiment aside, the choices are still open regarding what sort of content I should consider for the site. There is the #dungeon23 content, an excellent means to generate consistent posts or story hints about the adventures of Alex, Aerilon, Old Jeb, and Elenia.

There is also the option to use both resources and draw from each to improve the other. A good fantasy-based story can always use a dungeon as a setting.

The adventure continues with six rooms drafted for #dungeon23 in my analog journal.