Genesis Updates

Well, boys and girls, we have had a few things start to build up in the Genesis project:

A final invitation has been sent to all the Guild Heads that I could find. If they do not reply within the next week design work will go on without them and they will have to remain out of Genesis. To be honest, this is not what I was hoping for. I was hoping to have a cohesive representation of the Uru community. However, if it does turn out like more of a Riven-like Age (shattered and broken) then that in its own right will tell a story:

In the making of this Age a story is being told. Our story - the story of Uru, what has become of it and where it will go. There is always a way to make a home. Such a gift is not confined to artists or writers. It is given to every living person.
"What makes a man?"
"Iron enough to make a nail..."
"Salt enough to coat a brow..."
"Time enough to raise a child..."
"Strength enough to build a home."

Anyway, this is a copy of the letter I sent to the various Guild heads, and below, a list of the Guilds I have contacted

The Guild of Messengers (with a yes: Thank you Andros)
The Guild of Writers
The Guild of Maintainers
The Guild of Cartographers
The Guild of Archivists
The Guild of Greeters (through the MOUL board)
The Guild of Fine Artists
The Guild of Caterers
The Guild of Imaginists
The Guild of Healers
The Guild of Comedy (with a Yes: thank you semplerfi)
The Music Guild
The Guild of Ideas (register wait)

Some Guild heads would probably not like people to know about their activities, but with Genesis NOTHING will happen in the shadows. There will be no secret meetings or discussions, and everything to do with it will be in the open. If that means that opinions must be voiced and HEARD, then so be it.

In more news I posted the Layout plans scribbled up by Keppit and "modelled" (for want of a better word) by me. I have yet to have any response from it, but we shall see.

LINK IN VIEW - "YOU APPEAR IN A COURTYARD RINGED BY GRASS, PRETTY FLOWERS, AND STONE WALLS.


WHERE WE ARE, THE COURTYARD


THE LAYOUT OF THE AGE: CENTRAL COURTYARD WITH SMALLER AREAS DOTTED AROUND FOR EACH GUILD.


A DIAGRAM OF THE AGE WITH LABELS.


AN EXPLORER OR GROUP OF EXPLORERS CAN ADMIRE THE VIEW OF THE AGE FROM THE TOP OF THE TOWER.


IF A SOLO EXPLORER FINDS HIS WAY THROUGH THE SECRET PUZZLES AND PATHWAYS HE WILL BE REWARDED WITH...A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE (AND A TOKEN OF COMPLETION)


IF A GROUP OF EXPLORERS FINISH THE PUZZLES THEY ARE REWARDED WITH A SECRET LITTLE COVE TO HANG OUT IN.

So those are the updates for now...I have other updates to do for now, but we will get through it sooner or later. Next week I will be posting up a list of the Guilds who will be represented in Genesis.

Shevek