that sounds awesome mouse, thank you so much!!

completely forgot about this but we need to send a message to our ghosts! how does this look? i added something to limit how much they learn

hi everyone! our first in cabin activity involving all of you starts today! here’s what our campers will be doing:

as a haunting has set over the whole school, we need a way to speak with the ghosts. the spirits are less dangerous alone than in hoards, but conversations can still be risky. luckily, we’ve found a way to mediate the danger, by contacting the ghosts indirectly in code. now we just need your help writing the messages.
the code uses initials, with messages read out by stringing together the first letter of each word. for example, “when hemlock arrives to dawn orchard, yellow orchids usurp wilted apple nectar trees.” encodes the message “what do you want?”
in the comments below, post a short message (around 200 letters) you want to send the ghosts, then choose another student’s message to encode as a (somewhat) sensical piece of text. post your completed message in a reply to the activity’s thread, and at the end of the day (date) you might receive a response from the ghosts!

on the other end, your task will be replying to these encoded messages on your ghost accounts! messages will be sent and replied to in the observatory: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1043608193/

you don’t have to encode the answers (feel free to just write them or roleplay and add descriptions and stuff), but do try to be a bit vague and unstable—you’re no longer used to being part of the mortal realm, and, of course, this is just the first day of our storyline so we don’t want campers to know too much xD

ghosts can reply to a limited number of messages, please count how many answers have been posted before you. once five or more answers are posted, the ghosts start getting a little tired, maybe fading in and out between the mortal and supernatural realm. once the seventh answer is posted, the ghosts fade away completely for the day. silly questions or character-specific questions (anything where the answer wouldn’t reveal important storyline things) do NOT count towards this total, and the total resets at midnight utc tomorrow, where the same activity will be happening again. no one person should get too many replies to ensure all the campers feel useful, and a variety of ghosts should post replies so that campers can get to know all of you!

we’ll try to post guidelines on how to respond to any tricky/storyline-specific questions in this thread as they come in on the observatories project, so please check here before doing any responses!



other leaders - let me know if this sounds good or if anything should be edited! if at least two people reply it would be great if someone else could post the message in the thread since i'm going to be out until noon. if it hasn't been posted by the time i get back i can do it then ^^


also lio have you had any time to work on badges yet? <3

that looks amazing!!

I can post the message (after veni and lio see it ofc <3)

lio the spreadsheet is being a bit weird–it's probably user error on my part lol but when I put something in the “activities (3hb)” column it adds 5 and not 3? I'm pretty sure it's supposed to add only 3? Either that or I just have no idea how it works skjlfdkjl

that message looks good! i was also thinking one of us could post an announcement in the cabin studio when the activity starts (and each time a new one starts) just to briefly let campers know about what’s happening

my ipad was dead all weekend due to a missing charger (skull emoji) so i haven’t had the chance to work on any

the heartbeat calculator should be correct now, 3hb is right

oops sorry i messed that up :’) going to post now if no one has yet, sorry i wasn’t on at noon like planned i was talking to someone from my class and then had to go do math

announcement sounds great!

quick check in hi :0 message looks good!
ive just shared the gallery so that the information’s out there, its empty for now though haha

little qotd list i wrote in the notes app, if you guys want to use it? feel free to skip day one ^^!

july 1st: happy first day of camp, and a very warm welcome to gothic! <3 what are you looking forward to most this session?
2/3: what color is math ;)
4/5: what time of day would be best for exploring the forests around our academy? :0
6/7: what’s your least favorite type of flooring :D
8/9: what kind of sleeping position do you prefer? :)))
10/11: let’s say, hypothetically, a ghost were to appear in your room? what would you say or do?
12/13: do you have a favorite movie adaptation of a book?
14/15: imagine you’re in charge of designing a tie: what kind of silly pattern would you want to put on it?
16/17: what’s the best type of cloud?
18/19: which is your favorite way to prepare a mango? sliced, diced, frozen, dried, sorbet, smoothie, or other?
20/21: if you could move to any planet in the solar system, disregarding survival stuff and all that, which would you choose?
22/23: what’s something you wish grew on trees? anything at all, besides money ;D
24/25: what foods do you know how to cook/bake, if any? if many, which is your favorite to make :0
twenty six twenty seven: what’s your favorite pretty word? additionally, what’s a word you use a lot?
28/29: favorite kind of pasta? <3
30/31: another july has flown by, and we find ourselves towards the end :( what was your favorite daily or weekly this session?

you all are welcome to make any changes to this list :D
regarding my gargoyle, ill get back to you on a name aha

ooh i love those!! i'll update the day 2 one at midnight utc ^^

first three badges, for the intro daily (specifically 1k intros lolsies), letter daily, and waking up your gargoyle https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1043979180/

opheliio wrote:

first three badges, for the intro daily (specifically 1k intros lolsies), letter daily, and waking up your gargoyle https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1043979180/

omg I love them :000

veni hii for the gallery project i noticed you didn't have a requirement for the forum signature written out - i believe we made that level 0 (so they can claim it now!)

THE BADGES ARE SO GOOD AAAH <3 jsyk ill probably add them in in twoish days when i have my computer!

alr i’ll throw that in, thanks moss! does anyone want to make the forum signatures? if not then i could

i could!! i can work on that tomorrow

https://u.cubeupload.com/Sandy_Dunes/IMG2429.png moonlit gargoyle!
edit - if it fits could we add (slightly edited) level up rewards to rooftop gardens?

mossflower29 wrote:

i could!! i can work on that tomorrow

https://u.cubeupload.com/Sandy_Dunes/IMG2429.png moonlit gargoyle!
edit - if it fits could we add (slightly edited) level up rewards to rooftop gardens?

oo yess will do!!

https://u.cubeupload.com/Sandy_Dunes/IMG2447.png mossy’s gargoyle!

hii i was going to post this last night but scratch went down </3

we need to talk about sundown! here's the list of activities lio posted:

mini activities — individual
these could be worth 1 heartbeat and we need a certain number completed total (including repeats of the same task) before dragon summoning

puzzles:
complete a riddle
uncode a cipher
find a hidden comment somewhere (old studios, old projects, old profiles)
identify books from quotes, plots, character descriptions

writing/interaction:
write 100 words of __ genre
make an acrostic of gothic
attempt a fifty headed hydra
tell someone a pun
introduce yourself to the most recent commenter in the main cabin (or another cabin)

i don't think we have enough time to set up puzzles unfortunately (i can check in a few times but i'm pretty much going to be out until 3:30 today) but all the ones in the bottom list should work!!

also since we decided to do magic goo from gargoyle scavenging i think we should limit these activities in some way so that people don't end up doing a bunch of easy ones and getting 20+ heartbeats in a really short time. maybe 5 max, and try not to do any single one twice in one sundown?

anything else we need to discuss?

I can try to set up the top two puzzles if you want :> (riddle and cypher)

yep that sounds smart–we could also say you can only do each activity once??

for limits, releasing only a few at a time (like four to five tomorrow, and four to five more with each new sundown day) then limiting each to only once per participant would work i think!

i worked on the slide a little, is there anything else needed in the explanation?

that all sounds good! will check the canva with activities shortly <3

hey guys!! I have a random question–if I did the activity yesterday in two parts (I posted a message to be encoded on the first day and an encoded message on the second–I ran out of time lol) would that count for 6 heartbeats or just three? if it would be six, does that mean day/night activities can be completed once on each day of the day/night? idk sdkfljjkdf

-BookDragon- wrote:

hey guys!! I have a random question–if I did the activity yesterday in two parts (I posted a message to be encoded on the first day and an encoded message on the second–I ran out of time lol) would that count for 6 heartbeats or just three? if it would be six, does that mean day/night activities can be completed once on each day of the day/night? idk sdkfljjkdf

just three! it’s like a bidaily, so each completion counts as once whether it took two days or just one. and they can be completed more than once per two-day period but for fewer points

hi all im back!! its 1am almost so hopefully i’ll be able to catch up at a more veni friendly hour today or tomorrow aha <3