Here is the summary for the 196th All Guilds Meeting, moderated by PodHopper, along with the chatlog!
Contents
Mysterium
☛ Cyan posted a recap of their presentation for Mysterium. The main topic was a slideshow of cancelled projects and ideas, most notably Anglerfish. They also showed a teaser for their current project, Mudfish. For more details, check our dedicated Mysterium post!
☛ Another interesting project shown during the presentation was a model of the whole Cavern being done in Unreal. While it’s not meant for release, it may come handy as reference for future projects in the D’niverse.
☛ During Cyan’s panel the location for next year’s Mysterium was announced: Spokane, WA. It will be Cyan’s 40th birthday and Riven’s 30th birthday!
☛ Many panels were streamed on the convention’s official Twitch channel and will later be exported to their YouTube channel.
☛ The Creativity Prompt for August is “Friendship”. Entries for the “Haven” prompt for July were from Vanta and from Talashar.
OpenUru
☛ Calum Traveler and Murry also hosted the Descent Restoration panel, in which Calum gave a demo of the latest development build of the location, fruit of the collaboration with Tweek, Ametist, Ehren, TikiBear, Semjay and Maurus.
☛ Korman 0.18 is almost ready for release, and Calum has been testing the Descent build file to ensure it’s compatible.
☛ Some people are experiencing issues with the Ae’gura Messengers Pub, due to unexpected troubles with low VRAM and texture sizes. A hotfix should go live very soon to fix the issue.
☛ Ages still in the pipeline, with no set deadline yet: – phases 3 and beyond of Descent; – Pod 12, needs some more work and retexturing; – Reischu Apt is waiting for the final background music; – Overflow Station is on hold while Calum Traveler is completing other projects; – Mahrn Gestoy needs more testing and updating.
Events in the Cavern
☛ IwonK is back and will host a Wonky Talk (on her Twitch channel) on Friday 14 at 15:00 KIT in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood by the heek table. This month’s topic will be “Non-human characters in games”. Feel free to suggest interesting games she could talk (and draw) about. As always, there will be cookies!
Besides streaming, IwonK is making some games of her own as a year-long gamedev challenge, using Bitsy; you can find them at her itch.io page.
She is also working with Kefrith on an idea originating from the Mysterium Discord: a Mysterium-like online event. The work title is “Rivenium”, they are looking for ideas, events and presentations or panels. If you are interested, you can find IwonK or Kefrith on the Mysterium Discord, at the dedicated forum.
☛ Every Saturday, Ereshkigal is hosting an Ancient Stories event at 15:00 KIT in Chiso Preniv, reading folktales, translated ancient texts, historical fiction from all over the ancient world, as well as the occasional historical-inspired fan fiction.
☛ Babbel’s classical music program will be on Monday 17 at 12:00 KIT, in the Hall of Kings in Ae’gura. The theme will be “Cool Classics”.
☛ Brooketh presented the Competitive Myst Online Group, hosting an Ahyoheek game every Saturday at 21:00 KIT in the Competitive Myst Online Hood. All players are welcome, regardless of skill level. If you don’t know how to play, they will teach you. Or you can just hang out and observe. Voice chat is encouraged, but not required; both are used.
On the Open Cave shard, Ayohiker holds an analogous event every Monday at 14:00 KIT in the Ayohikers’ hood. There are also new games in the City of Dimensions: Tic-Tac-TOC and Connect Four.
☛ The Age Expeditions are hosted by Korov’ev every Sunday at 11:00 KIT. There’s also an (uncommented) Twitch stream.
In Deep Island, this month they will visit quite a few Ages: the works of Jamey (Tsoidahl Sheegahtee, Writers’ Niche, Crater Concept, Vogokh Oglahn); a few Ahra Pahts shells they missed (#336, #126, #111), along with Pakin and Spiro; and will conclude the month in Hayal & Ria.
In the Open Cave, they will visit the two missing pods, Payiferen and Tetsonot, along with the recently released Pod 56; then they will look for kivas in Minkata, the Fourth Journey.
☛ PodHopper is planning to hold the Summerfest on August 24–30. Currently they have four events pinned down: an explorer memorial, a music quiz, a Wall competition and a cone race. A few other events needs to be confirmed. Participants are asked to sign up early for competitions, to help planning and make sure there are enough people to actually hold them.
☞ For a more complete list of upcoming events, check the calendar. Times and events may change at the last minute; you can find the latest updates at:
- MOULa : Anniversary – Holidays – Events Facebook group;
- Facebook page Myst Online: Uru Live (again);
- Discord server MOULa Events,
##announcementschannel; or - Discord server Official Cyan Chat,
##cavern-eventschannel.
D’ni Language Classes
Shokhootahn Rehn had two updates, one for the D’ni Language Classes and one for the Story Nights. Two student are taking the classes.
Visitors are asked to not post pellet points into the hood imager: one of his former students and a close friend, Yutiel Yoshi, who passed away in 2018, is listed there. He has refrained from posting pellets to maintain her name at the top, as a form of memorial.
D’ni Language Classes schedule (click to expand)
- Those who would like to attend the lessons should contact Rehn, preferably on Discord (r’Tayrtahn#1317), or via KImail (#80428). Be sure to include your KI number, so that Rehn can send you a reply!
- The Guild of Instructors’ Hood will be open and public unless a class is in session. Classes are individual.
- Daytime openings are on Monday to Friday, at 10:00, 11:00 or 12:00 KIT, depending on the student’s schedule.
- Evening openings are on Tuesday to Thursday, at 20:00, 21:00 or 22:00 KIT, depending on the student’s schedule.
- Daytime availability is subject to change with little or no notice. Last-minute changes to class times will be announced via Magic Bot (#27527) or Mimi Bot (#71459); to be notified, add both as buddies, then PM them “advert”.
R’Tayrtahn’s Story Nights
Story Night Europe and Original Story Night are currently retelling the first two human restorations of the Cavern. Eventually they will cover all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at the restoration of D’ni.
R’Tayrtahn records videos of the sessions (via an avatar named “I’m a bot, do not message”), that he will eventually upload to his YouTube channel. Be careful if you PM r’Tay or the bot during the events, as messages will be visible in the videos 😉
Videos now also come with auto translated captions in French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. Automatic translation often has trouble with words like “D’ni” or “linking books”, so your mileage may vary 😉
Story Nights schedule (click to expand)
- Story Nights are held every Saturday in Tsahno’s Hood, gathering at the fountain at around 23:00 KIT, with the story starting at about 23:30 KIT.
- For Story Nights – Europe, the gatherings are on Saturday starting at 13:30 KIT, with the story starting at about 14:00 KIT.
- On All Guilds Meeting days, the event will begin at 14:30 KIT or 30 minutes after the meeting, whichever is later.
- The stories are told using voice chat, so you will need to have your speakers, headphones or KI devices on. If you would like a reminder, please send r’Tayrtahn (#58324) a KImail with your KI number included in the text, so that he can add you to his buddies list.
Miscellanea
☛ August 1 was the anniversary of The Open Cave, 16 years for the PotS version and 15 for the MOUL one. The occasion was celebrated with an over 9 hours, non-stop music and fireworks event in the City of Dimensions.
That was it for this month. Please consider donating to keep the Cavern open!
June ended with the CavFunding at 45% (CavCon 2.5) and the reserve at 591%.
The next All Guilds Meeting is planned for Saturday, September 5 (Leetahr 23) at 13:00 KIT.
Until then!
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