Oh and also! We haven't brainstormed on this too much but what are we wanting our cabin name to be? My brain automatically goes to words like union or society though I'm not sure what to do with those or where to go with it haha. I thought Engineer Society but I don't really like that, just dropping all my brainstorming here anyways haha.

Just adding onto this message because i don't want to spam the forum–

I feel as though the machine they are working on need a project name if that makes sense. Like, they refer to the machine as “Project *insert name.*” What do you think? Sorry I'm spamming you with so much my brain finally decided to brain storm for this so I'm tackling everything xD

The link has to start with “fιgma.com”; copy and paste it into the search bar then edit it there. Alternatively, if you create an account there I can send you an invite to the document.

Nvm go here

Names:
High cog society
Steampunk Society

Random words:
Gadget
Sprocket
Gear
Ratchet
Wrench
Underground
Smoke
Tunnel
Goggles
Scanner
Sewer
Sunlight seekers
Night cogs
Dysfunctional

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Skibidi steampunk
Marvelous machinery
Egregious gears
Bodacious Boilers
Tricky tracks
Luminous lenses

Also, for our instrument I think we should do something like the calliope, bagpipes, an accordion, or an organ.

Sorry I’ve been slow to respond, my activity should pick up this week haha.

Not the skibidi steampunk :skull:

Oooh I love the organ or calliope!

Also for the name, what about The *insert word* Factory? I can’t think of a word though and I’ve been brainstorming for a while :sob: Or we should maybe do something fog/smoke related because of the machine they are building but The Smoke Factory is kind of counter intuitive xD

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gears of glory

Also we need to find some cabin symbols I think

Symbols:

⚙️
❁
✦
✧
✼
✠
♖
¤

I'm so sorry for disappearing I had some life stuff come up. I should be active daily now <3 How do you feel about calling it something like “The Overseer Factory”? Also I love the ⚙️ symbol if you wanna go with that!

Okay I've brainstormed up our cabin invite intro and our cabin story intro. Tell me what you think and be honest! I just whipped this up. Also where I put your description, if you wanna type that up + your reaction or actions I would love that but it's totally up to you.

Cabin invite
As you walk out onto the smog filled streets to open your mailbox, you notice a letter with a wax seal. Embedded in the wax is the shape of a gear. Hurrying into your house away from the foggy skies, you quickly shove aside your tools on your table to open the letter. The seal pops open and a crisply folded letter is found inside. “Hello, fellow Engineer. It has come to our attention that our skies are filled with the city’s smog. We have built up the required funding to solve this problem, and request YOUR help to build the machine necessary. If you wish to join us, report to the Overseer Factory at sunrise tomorrow. –The Overseers”

*insert hello from whoever is sending this, eg: hi *camper* you are in the engineer cabin, links, etc.*

Cabin intro

You look up at the polluted skies of your city before letting out a shaky but excited breath. Your gaze shifts to the large factory in front of you and you take brave steps in through the large doors.

The factory is fairly empty beyond the group of people surrounding you. Their hands dirty and wearing overalls similar to yours. The excited clamor and gossiping whispers echo against the rusted and tall walls of the factory’s interior. Scaffolding reached high up into the rafters and the heavy humming of fans and other machines fills your ears.

“Hello, Engineers!” A voice from above called. You look up to see two figures standing on a balcony. Stepping into the light is a young man, *insert description.* “We are so glad you accepted your invitations,” he explained. Half in the shadows behind him was a young woman, dressed in a vest and matching slacks. She smiled down at the engineers below her. Her curly brown hair was styled half up half down. She stepped forward in front of the man. “We are the Overseers,” she put her arms out grandly. “Welcome to Project Purity!”

I am not in love with this and I definitely think it can be improved, but since we are nearing camp I thought I would do a brain dump to give us a base to work off of. If you have any suggestions or would like to write an intro please let me know!

edit: if we have the time and energy i could also make a project essentially with the lore dump of what is going on/what the project actually is (im not married to the name project purity either its just what i came up with on a whim) and so that can explain what the project actually /is/ without us needing to info dump in the cabin desc.

Plot Outline
⅕ word goal
The first progress report comes out, the project is going well and the machine is about a quarter of the way built. Current most active person gets a shout out. While Allen is actively checking on the Engineers work, Claya is noted to be watching from afar or absent overall.

⅖ word goal
Second progress report. The machine is having some trouble. First lore drop. Claya seems very upset about the set back and is caught arguing with Allen in the office, which is discovered by one of the active members in the cabin. Insert activity where if workers write a certain amount of words in a certain amount of hours, they get another lore drop?

⅗ word goal
Third progress report. The machine is back on schedule. Allen seems more nervous around Claya but reassures the engineers everything is fine. If campers write a certain amount they discover what Allen is nervous about?

⅘ word goal
Allen has disappeared along with some workers (the inactive campers.) Claya takes over the operation and tells the engineers they are “switching gears.” If campers write a certain amount they discover what Claya means by that.

Don’t discover Claya’s intentions:
The campers do not figure out Claya’s intentions and continue working on the machine. Some engineers start to feel sick and forget things. Allen comes back and explains to the remaining engineers Claya’s intentions. (read below)

Do discover Claya’s intentions:
The campers discover Claya is actually having them build a machine that causes people’s memories to get fuzzy and eventually become brainwashed. The campers can decide to revolt or join Claya. The most active player discovers Claya’s journal and is the one that breaks the news to the other campers.

literally just dumping all my ideas here. Let me know how you feel about it. Also how do you feel the plot should end? I was thinking about giving the campers the choice to join me or you, and have our own in cabin war kind of where depending which team writes more words in a certain amount of time “wins” and that can affect the ending. I think it would be fairly simple to facilitate that, but what do you think?

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⚙️ is good.

I feel like the phrase “you quickly shove aside your tools on your table to open the letter” could be improved, not sure how though.

My description: “… a young man, also in overalls, his face partially obscured by a large pair of goggles.”

Basically everything you wrote about the cabin plot I love; there’s not much I’d change. I especially like the part where after they beat the word goal we incentivize them more to write lol.

Also did you check this out?
And I think maybe we could insert more progress reports, of less importance but with small hints as to where the plot is going? It just depends on how fast they progress through the 1/5, 2/5, etc. checkpoints.

I feel like the phrase “you quickly shove aside your tools on your table to open the letter” could be improved, not sure how though

I agree. I’m going to go through it with my sister to add a little more description as well haha.

Also did you check this out?

just did! The page you linked has a bunch of great references. I love the steampunk city picture with the colors under it at the right. Specifically the one with more orange and teal. Do you want to make the thumbnail or would you like me to go ahead and do that? I think we have a good enough concept to go ahead and try to throw something together haha.

As for the cabin plot, I do agree we should have smaller progress reports in between. I’m hopeful that we can spread out the bigger ones about once a week-ish, so then the final incentive to write will be closer to the end of camp and hopefully it will encourage some campers that slowed down. I’m also willing to keep the plot moving even if they don’t necessarily hit those word goals since the progress reports have incentive to write for more plot in them. So we could schedule them more by day instead of by word goal if we wanted.

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Since camp is starting super soon I'm gonna go ahead and name the cabin “The Overseer Factory” if that's alright with you along with adding all the description stuff. What would you like your bio to say in the desc?

Oh! And I just remembered we need to make a word count studio… are you able to tackle that? Also, what should we call it?

Clay_Isles wrote:

Since camp is starting super soon I'm gonna go ahead and name the cabin “The Overseer Factory” if that's alright with you along with adding all the description stuff. What would you like your bio to say in the desc?

My bio:
What’s up? I’m Allen, your dashing coleader—welcome to our cabin! Some of my hobbies (besides writing ofc) include 3D modeling and printing, playing the guitar, and drawing. I love history, engineering, and architecture, which I plan to major in. Hold on to your seats (and pens) for this blast of a session!

Clay_Isles wrote:

Oh! And I just remembered we need to make a word count studio… are you able to tackle that? Also, what should we call it?

I should be able to, but I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to get on over the next few days ^^. For the name, would “The Word Warehouse” work?