SWC Illu-Fi March 2025 - Cabin Planning Forum!

HippotheHippo

I know Cat wants to do the Dragon one and I'd like to do Phase–Ave, I'm assuming you want yourself and Amber I think I saw something about you wanting Kangarooze? if you guys could confirm that would be great and then I can try to work on the pirate's activity and we can refine it together <33
hopefully we can get these done by the first!

yep, I'm doing Kangarooze <33 do you have any ideas for a platform to make the maze on? I tried to just do a grid but that's really difficult to show </3

also, cabin assignments came out! should we start notifying? I can handle them all if need be, I just wanted to get permission first.

Last edited by HippotheHippo (Feb. 25, 2025 11:52:33)

-BookDragon-

finish the wcg description and smack a spreadsheet into submission
create the matching pfp project and start to set up the minor villain one
finish the first comic if possible
set up an in-cabin currency if we're planning on having it!
write the invites, pick when we're inviting campers, and also who is inviting who ✨

I will add onto this list if I remember anything <3

Last edited by -BookDragon- (Feb. 25, 2025 18:45:36)

CatMeowLove7

cabin desc looks amazing <3

finish the wcg description and smack a spreadsheet into submission
create the matching pfp project and start to set up the minor villain one
finish the first comic if possible
set up an in-cabin currency if we're planning on having it!
write the invites, pick when we're inviting campers, and also who is inviting who ✨

okay! where do we want the spreadsheet?
for the minor villain project, I decided on a bust drawing with lots of design freedom for the campers!
ah yes, do we have anything started on that?
in-cabin currency sounds good, we could do something like shards, fragments, particles, crystals, orbs, etc. ?

draft:

complete a daily - 5
complete a weekly - 15
win a word war - 5
lose a word war - 3
critique or submit writing in the critiquitaire - 2
participate in a major villain challenge - 5
reach word goal (1 time) - 25
sleep before 11pm (your timezone) - 2
participate in cabin wars - 3 per war
enter writing competition - 25
something about reaching minor villain goal for the week?

Last edited by CatMeowLove7 (Feb. 26, 2025 03:05:10)

smalltoe

what would we use the in-cabin currency for?
i’m not sure if there’s much point to having one unless there’s a specific purpose to it—like, using it to help in storyline challenges (eg. pay x amount of currency to take a shot in battleships) or to “pay” for things such as pfps or minor villain art :thinking: what were yall thinking we’d use it for?
otherwise, cat’s draft looks perfect! perhaps we can add losing a word war (worth 3, maybe?) to encourage people to try word warring even if they aren’t confident they’ll win?

CatMeowLove7

I was thinking that as well..
I think the spidersonas should be free but we could have campers design their minor villains but pay a bit for the art? since it would have already been a few days, but idk <3
I was also thinking to help in challenges, like you said <3

what does everyone else think? <3

smalltoe

also mouse, did you end up deciding which spreadsheet template to use?

by the way, i've started making a draft wcg thumbnail (on the illu-fi thumbnails canva)! it needs a fair bit of work ahaha (especially the text, we need to change that), but its an idea ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i won't have time to finish it (school assessments are killing me oh my god) so it'd be great if yall could work on that <33
and apologies if mouse was planning to draw it in the same style as the cabin thumbnail, i just figured camp starts in two days and something is better than nothing ahaha! we don't need to use it, it's just some messing around i did :>

HippotheHippo

this all sounds great, I wish I had something to add besides the fact that cabin desc looks AMAZING and I've started to refine the sewer kangaroo maze game <33 I think that we're going to put it on a grid and make campers pay words/cabin currency to move a square, it'll be about 20 squares total so it doesn't take forever.

finish the wcg description and smack a spreadsheet into submission
create the matching pfp project and start to set up the minor villain one
finish the first comic if possible
set up an in-cabin currency if we're planning on having it!
write the invites, pick when we're inviting campers, and also who is inviting who ✨

ahh spreadsheets! Mouse, did you pick a template yet?

I will be very little help for pfps/villains, I can help keep villains organized if needed?

I will also be very little help with the comic :skull: I wish I was a better artist lol

I think in-cabin currency could be used for major villains, at the very least it'd be helpful for pfp's. I saw the list and we don't have a small amount of campers, so they might go through words too quickly without. also we don't want to be swamped in pfp requests unless we're really efficient with them lol

I can invite everyone if we want- it's quite fun imo lol. ofc if anyone else wants to help invite by all means do, but I can take on as much of that as needed.

Last edited by HippotheHippo (Feb. 26, 2025 11:53:01)

-BookDragon-

alright guys the spreadsheet is done, I will send it to each of you :thumbsup: it's made from a template by robin we love robin <333 it should be pretty self explanatory but let me know if you have any questions!! I've inputted all of our campers and everything so it should be good to go <3

I think the currency will indeed be used for the villain battles! I edited the amounts a little bit, added a few, and sorted a little bit–thoughts?

complete a daily - 5
complete a weekly - 15
critique or submit writing in the critiquitaire - 3
win a word war - 5
lose a word war - 3
sleep before 11pm (your timezone) - 3
reach word goal (1 time) - 20
enter writing competition - 15
participate in cabin wars - 3 per war (we will add this up for you <3)
complete a minor villain goal - 10
participate in a major villain challenge - 7

the last two will be added in after day 5 because we're kind of springing the villains on them as a surprise >;D as for the symbol, I'm thinking our currency can be like either pieces of the collider or energy or crystals or something, or some sort of thing that keeps them stable in the imension? please debate this dfkljdslk–these are the symbols that stood out to me, feel free to suggest your own! <3
ও ₪ ஐ ⌘ △ ✦ ✧ ✰ ★⭐

I'm working on the comic rn and hopefully we'll be able to invite everybody tomorrow at the latest!!

Last edited by -BookDragon- (Feb. 27, 2025 18:22:27)

HippotheHippo

-BookDragon- wrote:
alright guys the spreadsheet is done, I will send it to each of you :thumbsup: it's made from a template by robin we love robin <333 it should be pretty self explanatory but let me know if you have any questions!! I've inputted all of our campers and everything so it should be good to go <3

yup, I got it <33

I think the currency will indeed be used for the villain battles! I edited the amounts a little bit, added a few, and sorted a little bit–thoughts?

complete a daily - 5
complete a weekly - 15
critique or submit writing in the critiquitaire - 3
win a word war - 5
lose a word war - 3
sleep before 11pm (your timezone) - 3
reach word goal (1 time) - 20
enter writing competition - 15
participate in cabin wars - 3 per war (we will add this up for you <3)
complete a minor villain goal - 10
participate in a major villain challenge - 7

I think participating in the critiquitaire should be worth more because some people write something specifically for it, but not a ton more. idk it doesn't seen right to have the same value as sleeping

the last two will be added in after day 5 because we're kind of springing the villains on them as a surprise >;D as for the symbol, I'm thinking our currency can be like either pieces of the collider or energy or crystals or something, or some sort of thing that keeps them stable in the imension? please debate this dfkljdslk–these are the symbols that stood out to me, feel free to suggest your own! <3
ও ₪ ஐ ⌘ △ ✦ ✧ ✰ ★⭐

I like ⌘, △, or ₪. any of them work for me but I don't particularly like ★ or ⭐.

Last edited by HippotheHippo (Feb. 27, 2025 19:29:14)

-BookDragon-

I think participating in the critiquitaire should be worth more because some people write something specifically for it, but not a ton more. idk it doesn't seen right to have the same value as sleeping

oooo yes I agree actually!! bumping that up to five <3

CatMeowLove7

alright guys the spreadsheet is done, I will send it to each of you :thumbsup: it's made from a template by robin we love robin <333 it should be pretty self explanatory but let me know if you have any questions!! I've inputted all of our campers and everything so it should be good to go <3

yayy! working on getting in <3

complete a daily - 5
complete a weekly - 15
critique or submit writing in the critiquitaire - 3
win a word war - 5
lose a word war - 3
sleep before 11pm (your timezone) - 3
reach word goal (1 time) - 20
enter writing competition - 15
participate in cabin wars - 3 per war (we will add this up for you <3)
complete a minor villain goal - 10
participate in a major villain challenge - 7

perfect <3

the last two will be added in after day 5 because we're kind of springing the villains on them as a surprise >;D as for the symbol, I'm thinking our currency can be like either pieces of the collider or energy or crystals or something, or some sort of thing that keeps them stable in the imension? please debate this dfkljdslk–these are the symbols that stood out to me, feel free to suggest your own! <3
ও ₪ ஐ ⌘ △ ✦ ✧ ✰ ★⭐
I like ⌘, △, or ₪. any of them work for me but I don't particularly like ★ or ⭐.

me too! I like those <3

smalltoe

complete a daily - 5
complete a weekly - 15
critique or submit writing in the critiquitaire - 3
win a word war - 5
lose a word war - 3
sleep before 11pm (your timezone) - 3
reach word goal (1 time) - 20
enter writing competition - 15
participate in cabin wars - 3 per war (we will add this up for you <3)
complete a minor villain goal - 10
participate in a major villain challenge - 7

can we bump entering the writing comp up to 20? since from a host and judge standpoint we really want to be encouraging more people to enter!! and from a coleader standpoint the more illu-fi campers that enter, the greater chance of winning points :yum:

as for symbols, i'm fine with any, but i do like ✧ the most!

also, here's my intro:

hi <33 i'm ave, and i can't wait to be one of your coleaders this session! i'm a writer, reader, theatre kid, horsegirl, and dog person ;D please say hello, i'm so excited to get to know you all <3333 let's have an epic session >: D

(the “>: D” shouldn't have a space in it but i had to add it since the forums turned it into an emoji otherwise </33 the space isn't meant to be there, it'd be great if you could delete the space before adding it to the desc <33)

hopefully we'll be able to invite everybody tomorrow at the latest!!

also if we leave it until tomorrow that's march in new zealand and australia ajfnka and i think campers deserve to be invited before march begins! i think we should invite campers within the next 12 hours and worse case scenario we add the wcg thumbnail later and release the comic on day one of camp (which isn't a big deal at all imo) <33

HippotheHippo

me when I can barely make my intro different than Ave's bc I was going to write the exact same thing-

three things! one, here's my intro. It's a bit long but I think it's worth it?

hi! I'm Amber, and I'm so excited to be one of your coleaders this session! Currently, I reside in the Excellently Stupendous Timezone (EST) and I love cooking, reading, and obviously writing ;D I do stage crew and set design for school theater, which I really enjoy. Besides that, I love horseback riding and use a service dog named Mara, you can ask about her if you want <3 let's have an awesome session!

two, the session starts tomorrow. I think we really need to get invites out before that. should I start? by the way, here's the blurb I wrote at 3am last night lol. it's probably not amazing but it's something : P

- four spiderpeople stand in front of you. you look at them in confusion as each introduces themselves. “I'm Ave,” offers one with blonde hair and a red-striped spidersuit. “My name's Amber,” says another with neon-blue wings. “Cat,” introduces the one with a maroon suit and long red hair. “And I'm Mouse,” finishes the last one, who sticks out her hand to you. “We need your help. Will you join us?” -
Welcome to Illu-Fi, your cabin for the March 2025 SWC session! I'm Amber, one of your co-leaders! Accept the curator invites to the illu-fi cabin https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36189892/ and the wordcount group https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36349343/ . Also, here's the megathread https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/808229/ and the main cabin https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36366092/ . Let's have a great session!

three, we have to decide what our memory book board game is. I'm thinking Connect 4 or Monopoly, but other ideas appreciated <3

CatMeowLove7

I like that!
I have about 20 minutes right now if I can get permission to start inviting people. It’s already march in some timezones so we need to as soon as possible-

If you guys are okay with the invite message, I’d like to start now or soon?

-BookDragon-

I'm editing the message a little bit and then we'll be ready to go–please confirm if you're online and able to invite now <333

-BookDragon-

yes okay hi good morning let's do this!!! Ave I am assuming that you are asleep so I'm only splitting everything up by three–I'm so sorry if you wanted to invite campers skdjffjkdl </3 (if you are awake and you do want some lmk and we can give you campers to nvite <333)

Amber thank you SO MUCH for writing up that blurb–I edited it a little but I would fs have not been able to make it on time without it skjlfd <333 there are two messages, remember to fill in their name and edit teh last part so it says “looking forward to getting to know you” if you don't nkow the person and “getting to know you better” if you do <3

Amber's message:

You had merely been minding your own business when the portal had opened, sucking you in and hurdling you across the multiverse. You hadn't had time to grab much–just your spidersuit and a notebook or two. Now, you have to figure out how to get home before the dimension tears you apart… but will it really be that easy?

Hey (name)–Welcome to Illu-Fi, your cabin for March 2025! I'm Amber, one of your co-leaders, along with our leader Mouse and my fellow cos Cat and Ave!! You can find the SWC main cabin here: the main cabin https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36366092/, our cabin here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36189892/ our word count group here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36349343/ , and our sibling studio here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36337706 ! We're looking forward to getting to know you (better) this session! <3

Cat's message:

You had merely been minding your own business when the portal had opened, sucking you in and hurdling you across the multiverse. You hadn't had time to grab much–just your spidersuit and a notebook or two. Now, you have to figure out how to get home before the dimension tears you apart… but will it really be that easy?

Hey (name)-Welcome to Illu-Fi, your cabin for March 2025! I'm Cat, one of your co-leaders, along with our leader Mouse and my fellow cos Amber and Ave!! You can find the SWC main cabin here: the main cabin https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36366092/, our cabin here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36189892/ our word count group here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36349343/ , and our sibling studio here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36337706 ! We're looking forward to getting to know you (better) this session! <3

My message:

You had merely been minding your own business when the portal had opened, sucking you in and hurdling you across the multiverse. You hadn't had time to grab much–just your spidersuit and a notebook or two. Now, you have to figure out how to get home before the dimension tears you apart… but will it really be that easy?

Hey (name)–Welcome to Illu-Fi, your cabin for March 2025! I'm Mouse, your leader, along with my incredible cos Cat, Amber, and Ave!! You can find the SWC main cabin here: the main cabin https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36366092/, our cabin here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36189892/ our word count group here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36349343/ , and our sibling studio here: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/36337706 ! We're looking forward to getting to know you (better) this session! <3

as for inviting, I split everyone up:

My group:
mossflower29 | 20000
-alternity | 30000
littlelonebird | 20000
Rey_venclaw | 7000
purpleSkyFlyer* | 2000
inky-paper* | 6000

Amber's group:
dreamysolitude | 10000
emililies | 15000
pages-of-ink | 6000
HeIlo-World* | 1000
ziqing11 | 10000
reallybigwords | 40000

Cat's group:
-vanillamochabear- | 12000
slyscribblingfox039* | 10000
XuMingHaoNath* | 7500
Reyskywalker13 | 8000
notphilosophy | 7000

please invite your campers as soon as you get the chance!! if they aren't invited by 10:00 pm UTC Ave or I will invite them for you <33
if you have a new camper, I like to add something like “and feel free to ask if you have any questions!” or something similar :>

oh and what about ₪ for our in cabin currency? I'm putting it in for now, we can always change it later <3

Last edited by -BookDragon- (Feb. 28, 2025 17:10:43)

HippotheHippo

I accidentally invited @mossflower29 so uh skip them </3
also are we sending curator invites to campers? has that already been done? just unsure lol

Last edited by HippotheHippo (Feb. 28, 2025 19:22:58)

-BookDragon-

HippotheHippo wrote:
I accidentally invited @mossflower29 so uh skip them </3

I’ve already invited all of mine asdfghjkl

smalltoe

yes okay hi good morning let's do this!!! Ave I am assuming that you are asleep so I'm only splitting everything up by three–I'm so sorry if you wanted to invite campers skdjffjkdl </3 (if you are awake and you do want some lmk and we can give you campers to nvite <333)

yes i was asleep ahaha, but i’m awake now! splitting it by three is perfect <33 i’m going to go around and introduce myself to campers ehehe

smalltoe

also, Amber have you invited @Hello-World ? i can’t see their invite—scratch sometimes makes new profile comments disappear temporarily, so it might just be that scratch is glitching and i can’t see it, but could you double-check from your end? <33

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