Difference between revisions of "Age Projects - David's Journey"

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David's Journey is a fan based multi Age expansion into Uru. David's Journey is an ambitious project to combine the talents of the Uru community to make Cyan quality Ages tied together with an engaging storyline and background.

Information

(Note, most of this is still in the planning stage. Changes in plot structure, characters, and Age design may occur without notice. Also, there is a lot more developed that would simply ruin the surprise - especially in a nonspoilerized wiki page - and so is not put here.)

Basic Plot In David's Journey (working title), explorers will have to join together to discover the secrets in the Ages monitored by the engineer David Ingram. This will include: - five mysterious Ages, such as the burial Age for an eccentric poet's wife and the post-Fall fortress of a band of D'ni refugees - a band of expressive and realistic characters both friendly and suspicious - several minigames to build important Age exploring skills - fantastic and dynamic environments with interactive creatures and puzzles - an intricate plot involving lots of explorer participation - and, of course, some rewards

Development Few people are good at everything. In the David's Journey project, people can focus on what they enjoy most and what they are best at. Those who are skilled at making textures can focus on making textures, while those who record sounds can focus on recording sounds (there is nothing against someone who wants to focus on both making textures and recording sounds, though, if that is what they specialize in). Generally, we are looking for: - Age Builders: those who can model and/or texture Ages in Blender - Programmers - Plot/character developers - Actors (to play the characters) - Writers (D'ni and English [and translations]) - Concept Artists and artistic design

To Join

We need many more talented people in many different fields of experience. Currently, we especially need concept artists, experienced Age builders, and coordinators.

If you want to join a friendly and creative team to build Uru Ages, then David's Journey will be happy to bring you into the team. We're working with the Mi'Zhika project in deviantArt, another Uru Age building group. To join, go there or PM one of us (PM Gehn, lord of ages) here in the OpenUru forums and ask to join.

Other ways to help

If you have a specific way you want to help, but do not want to join the team, comment on our forum, or send a PM to someone on the team with suggestions or advice.

There's a Suggestion topic if you want to suggest a certain idea to us.

Links

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-David's Journey is a fan based multi Age expansion into the D'niverse, specifically into Open Source Uru Live.  David's Journey is an ambitious project that will use the talents of many in the Myst fan community to make a Cyan quality expansion for URU.
+David's Journey is a fan based multi Age expansion into Uru.  David's Journey is an ambitious project to combine the talents of the Uru community to make Cyan quality Ages tied together with an engaging storyline and background.
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 == Information ==
-'''Backstory'''
+(Note, most of this is still in the planning stage.  Changes in plot structure, characters, and Age design may occur without notice.  Also, there is a lot more developed that would simply ruin the surprise - especially in a nonspoilerized wiki page - and so is not put here.)
-A college intern named David, alledgedly connected to the DRC, writes several journals.  He speculates about another, neither the DRC nor Yeesha.  He also provides transcriptions of journals and writings with commentary from both Pre- and Post-Fall D'ni.
-'''Ages'''
+'''Basic Plot'''
-David's Journey will comprise of 5 Ages with an overarching storyline.  The larger Ages include a burial Age for the wife of a D'ni poet and an illicit post-Fall D'ni fortress torn by strife.
+In David's Journey (working title), explorers will have to join together to discover the secrets in the Ages monitored by the engineer David Ingram.  This will include:
+- five mysterious Ages, such as the burial Age for an eccentric poet's wife and the post-Fall fortress of a band of D'ni refugees
+- a band of expressive and realistic characters both friendly and suspicious
+- several minigames to build important Age exploring skills
+- fantastic and dynamic environments with interactive creatures and puzzles
+- an intricate plot involving lots of explorer participation
+- and, of course, some rewards
-'''Structure'''
+'''Development'''
-To prevent spoilers from ruining the freshness and fun of the Ages for explorers, all people working on David's Journey must sign with their forum name a small non-disclosure agreement agreeing not to spoil plot and age details to the community.
+Few people are good at everything.  In the David's Journey project, people can focus on what they enjoy most and what they are best at.  Those who are skilled at making textures can focus on making textures, while those who record sounds can focus on recording sounds (there is nothing against someone who wants to focus on both making textures and recording sounds, though, if that is what they specialize in).  Generally, we are looking for:
+- Age Builders: those who can model and/or texture Ages in Blender
+- Programmers
+- Plot/character developers
+- Actors (to play the characters)
+- Writers (D'ni and English [and translations])
+- Concept Artists and artistic design
-The project will be headed by a five person Council to organize and direct the project.
-Master of the Council - currently vacant - advises on overall organization, as well as settling any problems between departments
-Master of Age Creation - ZapperJet - advises on the artistic style of the Ages, as well as organizing the Age Department
+== To Join ==
+We need many more talented people in many different fields of experience.  Currently, we especially need concept artists, experienced Age builders, and coordinators.
-Master of Relations - currently vacant - manages public relations, releases of information, and legal
+If you want to join a friendly and creative team to build Uru Ages, then David's Journey will be happy to bring you into the team.  We're working with the [http://mizhika.deviantart.com/ Mi'Zhika project] in deviantArt, another Uru Age building group.  To join, go there or PM one of us (PM Gehn, lord of ages) here in the OpenUru forums and ask to join.
-Master of Programming - ZangieF - organizes the technical department
+====Other ways to help====
+If you have a specific way you want to help, but do not want to join the team, comment on our forum, or send a PM to someone on the team with suggestions or advice.
-Master of Plot - currently vacant - advises on the plot and storyline issues, as well as organizing the plot, writing, and (with the help of the Master of Age Creation) puzzle departments
+There's a [http://forums.openuru.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=174 Suggestion topic] if you want to suggest a certain idea to us.
-The project will also include a team with various skills to work more in detail on journals, plot, modeling, programming, and other areas.  These will be loosely organized into departments according to their skills (although people can work in multiple departments, or work on stuff for other departments, or so on).
-== To Apply ==
-David's Journey will be happy to bring you into the team.  Currently, only Council positions and a limited number of conceptual positions (concept artists, music, etc.) are being filled.  We have a need for leadership and some experienced Age creators (to help us decide what is practical).
-Just PM '''Gehn, lord of ages''' with a filled out non-disclosure agreement and an explanation of what job you would fill.  If you are applying for a Council position, please send or tell me of an example of your skill in the area you will supervise.
-==== non-disclosure agreements ====
-''Council Non Disclosure Agreement''
-This is a non-disclosure agreement between the David's Journey Team, headed by Gehn, lord of ages, and the signer below.  The signer understands that these measures are to keep spoilers and surprises from the general public and agrees to abide by these terms.
--The signer will not give any information about the plot, storyline, Ages, or puzzles in the Ages to anyone who has not signed an NDA and been approved by Gehn or the Council.
--The signer will not attempt to avoid this rule by showing, hinting, omitting, or in any other way giving away knowledge about the development.
--The signer may disclose information to a known Cyan employee on specifically stated Cyan business.
--This NDA does not cover; who is working on the project or general knowledge unless specifically noted as secret by the Council.  These may be discussed freely.
--This NDA does not cover information on technical issues.  David's Journey does not wish to hoard information on technical issues.  The signer should be discreet and not mention specifics in puzzle, game, or Age design when discussing technical matters.
--If a need to break the NDA occurs, the signer must notify the Council or Gehn immediately.
-NOTE - THESE LINES APPLY ONLY TO THE MoC AND MoR
--If nondisclosure of information will create a serious misunderstanding in the community, then the signer may give generic information about the purpose, progress, or position of the team.
-THESE LINES APPLY ONLY TO THE MoR
--This NDA does not cover promotional materials.
-Forum Name-
-Current Date -
-''Non-Council NDA''
-This is a non-disclosure agreement between the David's Journey Team, headed by Gehn, lord of ages, and the signer below.  The signer understands that these measures are to keep spoilers and surprises from the general public and agrees to abide by these terms.  The signer understands that this NDA covers all inside information  acquired regardless of whether the signer is retained for the project or not.
--The signer may not give any information on knowledge inferred from the project, nor on Council matters.
--The signer will not give any information about the plot, storyline, Ages, or puzzles in the Ages to anyone who has not signed an NDA and been approved by Gehn or the Council.
--The signer will not attempt to avoid this rule by showing, hinting, omitting, or in any other way giving away knowledge about the development.
--The signer may disclose information to a known Cyan employee on specifically stated Cyan business.
--This NDA does not cover; who is working on the project or general knowledge unless specifically noted as secret by the Council.  These may be discussed freely.
--This NDA does not cover information on technical issues.  David's Journey does not wish to hoard information on technical issues.  The signer should be discreet and not mention specifics in puzzle, game, or Age design when discussing technical matters.
--If a need to break the NDA occurs, the signer must notify the Council or Gehn immediately.
-Forum Name-
-Current Date-
 ==Links==
-David's Journey Public Forums[http://forums.openuru.org/viewforum.php?f=18]
+* [http://forums.openuru.org/viewforum.php?f=18 David's Journey Public Forums]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Question and Answer]
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