Tag: Fan Ages

  • September 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    September 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    Here is the summary for the 185th All Guilds Meeting, moderated by Claidi Song, along with the raw and cleansed chatlogs!

    Claidi announced that for various reasons she will need to step down from moderation after December. If you are interested in moderating the meetings after December, please get in contact via the Cyan Chat or MOULa Events Discord servers.

    Contents

    1. OpenUru
    2. Mysterium
    3. Events in the Cavern
    4. D’ni Language Classes
    5. R’Tayrtahn’s Story Nights
    6. Miscellanea

    OpenUru

    ☛ Calum Traveler announced that Ami‘s crew work of surveying everything in Descent from 2024 again has been progressing nicely. Elevator work will be taken on by Ametist. Once the elevators are all working, they are hoping to have Tweek go through and handle any lighting that need fixing or recalibration. Assuming everything goes according to plan, hopefully the first leg of Descent will be open sometime in 2026.

    ☛ A few assorted fixes and updates are planned for a release in the last quarter of this year, including a maintenance pass of Kalamee.

    Mysterium

    ☛ Calum Traveler shared some highlights from the survey:

    • The staff apologizes for canceling the Unconference, but factors related to the Georgia Aquarium excursion led to the decision. They do plan to include it, or a similar event, in future years.
    • Panels or presentations may not always be available every year, but they aim to balance activity and presentation content.
    • They plan to showcase local attractions or unique and interactive activities again in upcoming years; a Myst-inspired outdoor excursion will hopefully be included next year.

    ☛ All the streamed presentations have been uploaded to YouTube.

    ☛ For 2026, the Con Chairs will be M13 and Rayne. Next year, the convention will be held in Portland, OR, indicatively in July or August.

    ☛ The Creativity Prompt for September is “Round”. Entries for the “Bubbles” prompt for August were from Kh’reestrefah, IwonK, Kefrith, Talashar, and Nina.

    Events in the Cavern

    ☛ IwonK will host a Wonky Talk (on her Twitch channel) on Friday 19 at 15:00 KIT in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood by the heek table. This month’s topic will be “Space 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 will host her next classical music program in the Hall of Kings in Ae’gura, on Monday 15 at 12:00 KIT. The theme for this month will be “Latin American Music, Part 2“.

    ☛ Augur’s Speculative Fiction Book Club will discuss their current book, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, in Nezetahn(1)’s Hood’s Eder Delin. Due to traveling, the discussion is postponed to November 15 at 12:30 KIT. Everyone is welcome to discuss their opinions on the book, using either voice or text chat.

    ☛ Isa and Cid, along with a few others, recently started the “MOULa Community Music, Movies, & Games” Discord server, a place where anyone can stream a movie they want to share. Anyone is welcome to host and plan single or recurring events. In addition to movies and shows, they will have other kinds of stream like music, video games, or live feed of hobbies like painting or building Lego. They are also hosting Augur’s Book Club’s meetings.

    ☛ Brooketh briefly 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.

    ☛ Due to traveling, Skyisblu’s Cooking Session for September will be skipped. In October, she will showcase a chocolate cake recipe.

    ☞ For a more complete list of upcoming events, check our calendar. Times and events may change at the last minute; you can find the latest updates at:

    D’ni Language Classes

    Shokhootahn Rehn had two updates, one for the D’ni Language Classes and one for the Story Nights. 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 Monday 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 will continue this month with the story of young Atrus as told in the novel, Myst: The Book of Atrus. Eventually they will cover all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at the restoration of D’ni. Due to family obligations, there will be no story on Saturday 27.

    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 in Tsahno’s Hood every Saturday, 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 14:00 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

    ☛ Cid announced the release of Neyyah, by Defy Reality Entertainment (Aaron Gwynaire), a game styled after Riven, with pre-rendered static nodes. While officially only released for Windows (for now), it is reported to work well under MacOS with CrossOver, and under Linux with Proton.

    ☛ This month, the Age Expeditions in Deep Island will visit Janga by Itep Edor, then Jo’nae and Jo’nae Hood by Jonnee, including a restored version by SereneTiki. In the Open Cave, having completed the First Journey, there will be a Fissure Party! Since they already completed the Second Journey (Tsogahl and Delin), they will then tackle the Third, i.e. the Pod Ages.

    ☛ The Cavern Today podcast just turned 20! They have plans to commemorate the big anniversary; in the meantime, you can listen their debut episode here.

    That was it for this month. Please consider donating to keep the Cavern open!

    July ended with the CavFunding at 110% (CavCon 4.1) and the reserve at 629%.

    The next All Guilds Meeting is planned for Saturday, October 4 (Leevot 17, 9681) at 13:00 KIT.

    Until then!

  • Guild of Writers Releases Korman 0.17

    Guild of Writers Releases Korman 0.17

    The Guild of Writers released a new version of the age exporting tool Korman. This update represents 59 commits with approximately 1,950 lines of code changed since Korman 0.16.

    If you never used Korman, or need a refresher, there are tutorials available on the Guild of Writers wiki. If you need more help, or have comments, the discussion thread is here.

    Changelog:

    • Actually added the entry camera feature promised in the Korman 0.16 release notes (whoopsie daisy).
    • [1] Added the ability for colliders to block clickables.
    • Added the ability for Python File Nodes to “satisfy” a Python Activator Attribute.
    • Added the ability for Python File Nodes to serve as GUI Dialog handlers. (Thanks to dpogue for authoring this patch)
    • Added the ability to set the text color in the Localized Text Modifier. (Thanks to Doobes for authoring this patch)
    • Added the SDL Show/Hide Modifier.
    • [2] Added the Sound Reverb Region modifier. (Thanks to Sirius for authoring this patch)
    • Fixed a crash in the exporter when using a sitting camera.
    • Fixed a crash in the game client caused by exporting collision objects with no vertices.
    • Fixed a technical issue preventing the smallest two mip levels of DXT compressed textures from being exported. (Thanks to dgelessus for authoring this libHSPlasma patch)
    • Fixed Exclude Regions not working correctly with Python File Nodes.
    • [3] Fixed overzealous vertex sharing, allowing the same vertex to have different normals for different polygons. (Thanks to Sirius for authoring this patch)
    • Fixed some potential client crashes related to orphaned camera objects being left in the game files.
    • Fixed the description of the “Wind Object” in the Basic Water modifier to indicate that the Z axis sets the water height.
    • Fixed the “disabled texture” generated for dynamic planar environment maps used when the player has turned off planar reflections in the game client.
    • Fixed the Swivel Modifier not being available for empty objects. (Thanks to Doobes for authoring this patch)
    • Improved logging around layer animation and animation messages for better debugging of the “No controllable animations” error.
    • Removed the dependency on the xSitCam.py script from the “sitting camera” feature of the Sitting Behavior Modifier.
    • Removed the redundant “wind speed” setting from the Basic Water Modifier. A reference object should be used to set the wind speed. (Thanks to Sirius for authoring this patch)
    • [4] Reorganized the way bounds properties are stored, especially in logic nodes.

    Clickables

    [1] Previously, clickables could be clicked on through any object (such as walls) as long as the avatar was inside the clickable’s region and (optionally) facing the clickable. Now, all colliders will default to blocking clickables. In other words, you cannot click on a clickable through a wall. To revert to the previous behavior, uncheck the “Blocks Clickables” option in the Collision Modifier.

    Sound Reverb Regions

    [2] At this time, only TPotS supports sound reverb regions. Even if playing an Age on TPotS, these regions only function on Windows XP or lower. These regions exist primarily to ensure this information doesn’t get lost as Cyan Ages are converted to blend files. In the future, the H’uru client will support sound reverb regions – see pull request #1000. Adding these regions to new Ages will largely be ineffective at this time.

    Geometry Changes

    [3] This change will make the exported geometry reflect what is seen in Blender’s viewport more accurately and will improve the results of RT lighting, specular lights, and environment mapping. This is at a cost of potentially increasing the number of exported vertices, which may cause large meshes to exceed the vertex limit.

    Bounds Properties

    [4] All bounds properties are now stored under the hood on the Collision Modifier. Previously, it was possible for a single object to have multiple settings for its bounds. One node could say triangle mesh, and another could say convex hull, resulting in the exporter generating whatever it saw first. Now, there is only one source of truth. This may cause in-game behavior to change if Korman’s migration logic sees the bounds in a different order than the exporter does.

  • MOULa update OpenUru#218b (client #217)

    MOULa update OpenUru#218b (client #217)

    On May 6 MOULa got another update, with a few fixes, improvements, and the new Age of Sameehn! A full changelog is available at the bottom of this post.

    The update also includes a new Relto page. The book to Sameehn is available in the basement of the Explorers’ Emporium.

    A note on bugs (click to expand)

    When an update hits MOULa it is almost inevitable that unexpected bugs will show up. For all the testing that can be done, Minkata never sees as many concurrent players as the official server, and not all issues can be catched.

    When the servers have just been restarted, most of the early linking slowness and problems are from the database buffers refilling – and by an overload of concurrent logins 😉

    No additions from Cyan are to be expected for the foreseeable future, apart from server updates, so all improvements and additions will come from fan developers, who dedicate their limited free time to at least try to let MOULa be the best it could potentially be.

    So the best way to deal with bugs is to have patience and report them, mentioning where you were and what you were doing, be it on Cyan’s Discord or OpenUru’s Discord.

    If you fancy contributing your work and/or helping with bug fixing, those places are also excellent starting points to be part of the Fourth Restoration 🙂

    OpenUru Build #218b (client #217) – Q1, 2025
    • [new] New age Sameehn {1}
    • [new] New Relto Page {7}
    • [fix] Fix to Chiso Preniv’s door sound {5}
    • [fix] Fix to Cleft Riven scope camera {3}
    • [fix] Fix to creature timing in Negilahn and Payiferen {4}
    • [fix] Fix to Nick’s journal note in city {9}
    • [fix] Fix to Relto firemarble appearance {4}
    • [update] Adjustments to Credits & Buffer values for Cleft Radio Music {5}
    • [update] Explorers’ Emporium updates {6}
    • [update] Highgarden age updates {8}
    • [update] Veelay Journal additions {2}

    Attributions:

    1: ametist
    2: dpogue, Harley
    3: Harley
    4: Hazado
    5: Maurus
    6: Semjay
    7: TheScar(.fr)
    8: Tweek
    9: Zaroth

  • May 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    May 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    Here is the summary for the 181st All Guilds Meeting, moderated by Claidi Song, along with the raw and cleansed chatlogs!

    Contents

    1. OpenUru
    2. Mysterium
    3. Events in the Cavern
    4. D’ni Language Classes
    5. R’Tayrtahn’s Story Nights
    6. Miscellanea

    OpenUru

    ☛ On Tuesday 6, at around 9:00 KIT, a new content update will be released! It will include the Age of Sameehn, available on release … but not in Chiso, or the Nexus!

    Mysterium

    ☛ Registration for Mysterium 2025 is now open: early standard registration is $25, while premium registration (admission plus a shirt) is $40. Additional swag is also available with your registration through July 1st, including Direbo bubble coasters and a Golden Tablet lanyard charm, both by Kelly “Rayne” Coston.

    ☛ After July 1st, swag will no longer be available to pre-order and standard registration will increase to $30.

    ☛ You can find more info on Mysterium on BluSky, Facebook, Discord, and their website.

    ☛ The Creativity Prompt for May is “Chicken“, the deadline is May 31. Entries for the “Thawing” prompt for March–April were from Redwoodrroad, Calum Traveler, Belle, Talashar … and a bonus one from Cyan!

    Events in the Cavern

    ☛ On Monday 5, Skyisblu will make a sugar cookie, a quick, fully customizable recipe with only three ingredients; it makes a great addition to a dessert platter or afternoon tea tray for Mother’s Day – which is coming up soon.
    The Cooking Sessions are on the first Monday of the month at 12:00 KIT, via Twitch, in the Guild of Caterers’ Hood. You can find past recipes and recordings at Skyisblu’s blog and YouTube channel.

    ☛ PodHopper will host a Celtic Night event (with celtic and mystic music) on Friday 9 at 13:00 KIT in the Eder Delin of the Guild of Healers hood.

    ☛ IwonK will host a Wonky Talk (on her Twitch channel) on Friday 16 at 15:00 KIT in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood by the heek table. This month’s topic will be “Male protagonists 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.

    ☛ Babbel will host her next classical music program in the Hall of Kings in Ae’gura, on Monday 19 at 12:00 KIT. The theme this month is “Vive la France!”.

    ☛ The revived Cavern Choir at the time of writing has 6 male singers and 4 female singers; they need more female singers, so if you are interested please contact Babbeltje40 (aka Vrouwdinges)  or Prad (#08406189).
    They still have some undecided candidates among their singers for the first song. There are plans for a concert consisting of three songs in August at the MOULa Summer Party.

    ☛ Augur’s Speculative Fiction Book Club will discuss their current book, This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, in Nezetahn(1)’s Hood’s Eder Delin, on May 31 at 12:30 KIT. Everyone is welcome to discuss their opinions on the book, using either voice or text chat.

    ☛ Every Tuesday, Ereshkigal is hosting an Ancient Stories event at 11:30 KIT in Mir-o-Bot’s Eder Gira (PM “link” to Mir-o-Bot #32319 or MinBot #9292763 to get there), reading folktales, translated ancient texts, historical fiction from all over the ancient world, as well as the occasional historical-inspired fan fiction.

    ☞ For a more complete list of upcoming events, check our calendar. Times and events may change at the last minute; you can find the latest updates at:

    D’ni Language Classes

    Shokhootahn Rehn had two updates, one for the D’ni Language Classes and one for the Story Nights.

    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 Monday to Friday, 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 will continue this month with the story of the Fall, which will last for the next 6 weeks. 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 in Tsahno’s Hood every Saturday, 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 14:00 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

    ☛ This month, the Fan Age Expeditions in Deep Island will complete the Secret of the Rainbow Journey, by exploring Edereden by J.J. Jaguar. Then, they will visit Kohdalahn and Tyldalahn by Itep Edor, Corvus and others. The month will close either in Alabaster’s Depths by Dulcamara (if possible), or in the Maintainers’ Gateway by Melvin.

    And that was it for this month. Please consider donating to keep the Cavern open!

    March ended with the CavFunding at 69% (CavCon 2.7) and the reserve at 682%.

    The next All Guilds Meeting is planned for Saturday, June 7 (Leebro 9, 9681) at 13:00 KIT.

    Until then!

  • April 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    April 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    Here is the summary for the 180th All Guilds Meeting, moderated by Claidi Song, along with the raw and cleansed chatlogs!

    Contents

    1. OpenUru
    2. Mysterium
    3. Events in the Cavern
    4. D’ni Language Classes
    5. R’Tayrtahn’s Story Nights
    6. Neyyah
    7. Miscellanea

    OpenUru

    ☛ The winner of the fourth Rapid Age Development contest was the Sahnkep Pod by Jrius. Special mention goes to Philip’s Pod 5, as it was his first Age. Congratulations!
    If you’d like to visit the Pods yourself on the Destiny shard, the files are available on the Guild of Writers’ forum thread.
    Reportedly, at least two participants are planning to polish their creations to bring them to MOULa, but it may be a while before they show up on a Minkata shard.

    ☛ The Chiso and Kirel audio podia are under inspection to fix a low volume issue. The Age of Sameehn is being tested for release.

    Mysterium

    ☛ Shirt and pin designs have been picked. The front design is by Kelly Coston, while the back is by Curator. The three pins are: “Explorer” By Laughing Pineapple, “Pirbird on a Beach” by Kelly and “Todelmer” by m13.

    ☛ Submissions are still open: events through April 30, writing and artwork through July 15.

    ☛ You can find more info on Mysterium on BluSky, Facebook, Discord, and their website.

    ☛ The Creativity Prompt for March–April is “Thawing“, the deadline is April 30. Entries for the “Rime” prompt for January–February were from Kefrith, Durin, Calum Traveler, TeaL, and Talashar.

    Events in the Cavern

    ☛ Eternal Seeker’s Country Evening will move one hour earlier, starting on April 10; it will now start at 12:00 KIT and run until 14:00 KIT.

    ☛ This month Skyisblu had to skip her Cooking Session, due to health issues. She might attempt an impromptu cooking session later in the month.
    The Cooking Sessions are on the first Monday of the month at 12:00 KIT, via Twitch, in the Guild of Caterers’ Hood. You can find past recipes and recordings at Skyisblu’s blog and YouTube channel.

    ☛ Babbel and Prad are planning to revive the Cavern Choir, which has been missing for too many years. For that, they need singers;  people interested in participating are invited to join the Server van VrouwDinges Discord server, #moula-choir channel (note that the invitation link will expire on April 11).
    The songs will mostly be simple, so you will not need choir experience; the first will be the canon Dona Nobis Pacem. The backing and demo will be found in the Discord channel, or a link ingame via KImail.
    The result will be presented to the Cavern either on a MOULa event (e.g. the Summer Festival) or even as its own separate event.

    ☛ IwonK will host a Wonky Talk (on her Twitch channel) on Friday 18 at 15:00 KIT in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood by the heek table. This month’s topic will be “Women 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.

    ☛ Every Tuesday, Ereshkigal is hosting an Ancient Stories event at 11:30 KIT in Mir-o-Bot’s Eder Gira (PM “link” to Mir-o-Bot #32319 or MinBot #9292763 to get there), reading folktales, translated ancient texts, historical fiction from all over the ancient world, as well as the occasional historical-inspired fan fiction. They are currently reading a story about Khaemwaset, an Egyptian prince and sorcerer who is also the son of a pharaoh.

    ☛ Babbel will host her next classical music program in the Hall of Kings in Ae’gura, on Monday 21 at 12:00 KIT. The theme this month is “Koninklijk”, meaning “royal” in Dutch.

    ☛ Augur’s Speculative Fiction Book Club will discuss their current book, This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, in Nezetahn(1)’s Hood’s Eder Delin, on May 31 at 12:30 KIT. Everyone is welcome to discuss their opinions on the book, using either voice or text chat.

    ☞ For a more complete list of upcoming events, check our calendar. Times and events may change at the last minute; you can find the latest updates at:

    D’ni Language Classes

    Shokhootahn Rehn had two updates, one for the D’ni Language Classes and one for the Story Nights.

    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 Monday to Friday, 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 will continue this month with the story of the Fall, which will last for 15 weeks.

    Eventually they will cover all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at the restoration of D’ni. As this year the holidays fall mid-week, there will be stories for the entire month of December.

    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 in Tsahno’s Hood every Saturday, 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 14:00 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.

    Neyyah

    Cid, on behalf of Aaron Gwynaire of Defy Reality Entertainment, presented the upcoming Myst/Riven inspired game Neyyah. The game is finally getting close to its release, tentatively planned for the mid of the year. A demo was released a month ago for Steam’s Next Fest.

    You can wishlist Neyyah on Steam; the Patreon page offers various additional perks, such as a physical big box copy of the game. You can also follow Defy Entertainment on most social media, such as YouTube and Discord. At the time of writing, only the Windows platform is listed, and the game does not seem to be available on GOG.

    Miscellanea

    ☛ This month, the Fan Age Expeditions in Deep Island will visit two Ages by Semjay, Tovaht Bay and Ahreesen Melin. Then they will visit the Great Tree Excavation by TikiBear, a ‘special’ version of the Great Tree Pub, and Greenwood Cottage, originally by Kierra and completed by Melvin. The month will close with the quest for Quilla’s piano, starting in Elonin by Dulcamara.

    And that was it for this month. Please consider donating to keep the Cavern open!

    CavCon for March is not available at the time of writing. February ended with the CavFunding at 99% (CavCon 3) and the reserve at 713%, with no extra expenses.

    The next All Guilds Meeting is planned for Saturday, May 3, 2025 (Leefo 11, 9681) at 13:00 KIT.

    Until then!

  • 2025 Rapid Age Development Contest Results

    2025 Rapid Age Development Contest Results

    The 2025 Guild of Writers Rapid Age Development (RAD) contest concluded March 8, 2025, which challenged participants to design a Pod Age before the deadline. Five Ages were submitted for consideration – Pod 5 by Philip, Pod 56 by Semjay, Rigilahs by Ametist, Sahnkep by Jrius, and Fahets Shallows by Tweek.

    Pod 5 (Philip)


    Pod 5, created by Philip, shows scenic views of a sea, a beach with palm trees and plants, and a cliff. In the distance, we can see a cottage and rowboats – is it possible someone lived here?

    Pod 56 (Semjay)


    Pod 56, created by Semjay, was originally installed in an empty desert, but over time, caught the attention of an indigenous population. The pod became an object of devotion and worship, and a large temple was built around it.

    Rigilahs (Ametist)


    Created by Ametist, the Rigilahs Pod (or Pod #9) is situated on a small island out in a bay near the main Rigilahs landmass in the Pod Age. This Pod was used by scientists, scholars and apprentices to study the animal life in and around the bay and in the greater ocean.

    Sahnkep (Jrius)


    Created by Jrius, the Sahnkep Age Pod sits on the edge of a cliff overlooking a verdant basin littered with enormous bones. It seems the sea level of this Age lowered long ago, resulting in the unique features that can be seen here.

    Fahets Shallows (Tweek)


    The Fahets Shallows Pod, created by Tweek, is set in the Fahets Age. The Guild of Restorers has built a replica D’ni observation pod and sunk it off the northeast coast of Fahets in an effort to study the marine wildilfe in the region. The shallows teem with life and resemble a peaceful garden beneath the waves.

    Results

    Between March 8-11, a panel of judges consisting of Harley, Buddy, Hoikas and TheScarFr evaluated each submission based on a number of different criteria, and after the final scores were tallied, Sahnkep by Jrius was announced as the winner on March 11.

    While these Ages were all developed purely for fun, some of the participants may choose to revisit these in the future for possible inclusion in MOULa, depending on interest. In the meantime, congratulations to Jrius and all who participated!

  • March 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    March 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    Here is the summary for the 179th All Guilds Meeting, moderated by Claidi Song, along with the raw and cleansed chatlogs!

    Contents

    1. OpenUru
    2. Mysterium
    3. Events in the Cavern
    4. D’ni Language Classes
    5. R’Tayrtahn’s Story Nights
    6. Miscellanea

    OpenUru

    ☛ February saw a number of losses for the community; the Kahlo Pub memorial was updated, and the Veelay journals will be updated soon.

    ☛ The fourth Rapid Age Development contest is ending soon, on March 8. The theme is a Pod Age; participants were assigned a basic pod shell file (for Blender or 3ds Max). Entries will not need to be MOULa-ready. For more info, check our dedicated post.

    ☛ A long awaited Age will be added soon on Minkata for public testing.

    Mysterium

    ☛ Hotel registration is now open: Mysterium 2025 will be held just north of Downtown Atlanta at the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Buckhead. The rate will be $129/night with complimentary breakfast and discounted parking included. Both single and double rooms are available.
    Rooms must be booked by July 9. After this date, rooms may be released back to the public and the discounted price will no longer be guaranteed. For more info, check the the Mysterium Location page.

    ☛ Submissions are still open: events through April 30, writing and artwork through July 15.

    ☛ Mysterium News updates will no longer be posted on Twitter/X. They will continue as scheduled on BluSky, Facebook, Discord, and their website.

    ☛ The Creativity Prompt for March–April is “Thawing“, the deadline is April 30. Entries for the “Rime” prompt for January–February were from Kefrith, Durin, Calum Traveler, TeaL, and Talashar.

    Events in the Cavern

    ☛ On Monday 3, Skyisblu will make a Dutch baby pancake,  a poufy pancake that can be made either savory or sweet, topped with all sorts of tasty things, and can be served for just about any meal.
    The Cooking Sessions are on the first Monday of the month at 12:00 KIT, via Twitch, in the Guild of Caterers’ Hood. You can find past recipes and recordings at Skyisblu’s blog and YouTube channel.

    ☛ IwonK will host a Wonky Draws (on her Twitch channel) on Friday 7 at 15:00 KIT in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood by the heek table. She will pick a random technique and a random idea from the audience for a drawing.
    She will also host a Wonky Talk on Friday 14 at 15:00 KIT in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood by the heek table. This month’s topic will be “Love Stories 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; you can find them at her itch.io page.

    ☛ Every Tuesday, Ereshkigal is hosting an Ancient Stories event at 11:30 KIT in Mir-o-Bot’s Eder Gira (PM “link” to Mir-o-Bot #32319 or MinBot #9292763 to get there), reading folktales, translated ancient texts, historical fiction from all over the ancient world, as well as the occasional historical-inspired fan fiction. They are currently reading a story about a son of Ramses the Great, who was a sorcerer and a historian himself.

    ☛ Babbel will host her next classical music program in the Hall of Kings in Ae’gura, on Monday 17 at 12:00 KIT. The theme this month is “Classical Music and Films“.

    ☛ Nosila is organizing this year’s International Women’s Week. Anyone interested in being involved in any way is welcome to get in touch either via KImail (#8961365) or the IWD Discord server. Many special events are already planned:

    • Monday 3, 14:30 KIT, in Vothol Gallery: Isa will be honoring the late singer, songwriter, pianist, and multiple Grammy winner Roberta ‘Rubina Flake’ Flack.
    • Wednesday 5, 12:00 KIT, in MinBot’s Kalamee: marker game event. PM ‘link’ to MinBot (#9292763) on the day for instructions. If you want to join the race to see who finishes first, please be there at the start.
    • Wednesday 5, 15:00 KIT, in the new Messengers Pub: Isa will broadcast music of Marianne Faithfull, late pop icon of London’s Swinging Sixties, who later went on to forge a career of more than 50 years.
    • Friday 7, 13:00 KIT, in the Hall of Kings (Ae’gura): Babbel will host the music stream ‘Music is a Female Word’.
    • Saturday 8, 13:00 KIT, in MinBot’s Bahvahnter: marker game event. PM ‘link’ to MinBot (#9292763) on the day for instructions. If you want to join the race to see who finishes first, please be there at the start.
    • Sunday 9, 9:30 KIT, Ae’gura Plaza: Nosila will host the music stream ‘Women A to Z’.
    • Sunday 9, 13:00 KIT, Ae’gura Plaza: Radio Free D’ni will hold the IWD special program ‘Ladies of Metal’.

    ☛ Augur’s Speculative Fiction Book Club will hold its first meeting in Nezetahn(1)’s Hood’s Eder Delin, on March 15 at 12:30 KIT. For the first meeting they picked The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab. In honor of International Women’s Day, they will start with a bit of history about women in speculative fiction. Everyone is welcome to discuss their opinions on the book, using either voice or text chat.

    ☛ PodHopper will celebrate the arrival of spring with a special Relaxing Session, on Tuesday 25 in the Eder Tsogal of PodHopper’s Hood at 13:00 KIT.

    ☞ For a more complete list of upcoming events, check our calendar. Times and events may change at the last minute; you can find the latest updates at:

    D’ni Language Classes

    Shokhootahn Rehn had two updates, one for the D’ni Language Classes and one for the Story Nights. Augur completed the final exam and passed the D’ni 101 class; votahret ah’shem khe-bahrtahtahvom!

    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 Monday to Friday, 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 will continue this month with the stories of the 33th king, Rikooth. The rest of the month they will talk about king Kerath, the years between Kerath and the Fall, and the D’ni culture that existed up to the Fall.

    In honor of International Women’s Day, on Saturday 8 there will be a special story: ‘Strong Women in D’ni History’.

    Eventually they will cover all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at the restoration of D’ni. As this year the holidays fall mid-week, there will be stories for the entire month of December.

    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 in Tsahno’s Hood every Saturday, 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 14:00 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

    ☛ This month, the Fan Age Expeditions in Deep Island will conclude (for now!) the Path of the Lost Ages by visiting the Ruins of Azmar, by Melvin. Then they will visit the first Ages that made it to Uru Live, all by Doobes: the Guild of Messengers Pub, Chiso Preniv, Veelay Tsahvahn. They will also visit Tiam by Ametist. Next, it will be time for the fourth Age in the Secret of the Rainbow series by J.J. Jaguar, Somahoglahn. After that, they will visit Tovaht Bay and Ahreesen Melin by Semjay. The month will close with the quest for Quilla’s piano, starting in Elonin by Dulcamara.

    And that was it for this month. Please consider donating to keep the Cavern open!

    The next All Guilds Meeting is planned for Saturday, April 5, 2025 (Leenovoo 17) at 13:00 KIT.

    Until then!

  • February 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    February 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    Here is the summary for the 178th All Guilds Meeting, moderated by Claidi Song, along with the raw and cleansed chatlogs!

    Contents

    1. OpenUru
    2. Mysterium
    3. Events in the Cavern
    4. D’ni Language Classes
    5. R’Tayrtahn’s Story Nights
    6. Miscellanea

    OpenUru

    ☛ The fourth Rapid Age Development contest will start on February 8 and run until March 8. The theme will be a Pod Age; participants will be assigned a basic pod shell file (for Blender or 3ds Max). Entries will not need to be MOULa-ready, but at least working on the Destiny shard.

    The only canon guideline is that if you set your pod on the Pod Age, you cannot include a moon. While it is not known with certainty that the Age has no moons at all, no pod set on it shows one.

    As with previous editions, the intention is to encourage potential builders with a challenge with specific limits in size and time. Tre’bivdil and the Vothol Gallery were originally built for similar contests. It will be up to each builder if and on which shards to submit these Ages for release.

    ☛ A couple of Ages are on Minkata Alpha for the first round of debugging: Rei’schu Vo’at Veknen (formerly the Rei’schu Apartment) by Calum Traveler and Sameehn by Ametist. If all goes well, they may be released on MOULa sometime in the first half of the year!

    Mysterium

    ☛ If you plan to attend Mysterium in person, you have not finished the Riven remake yet and you wish to avoid spoilers, this year they will be giving little “no spoilers” star stickers to put on your badge holder.

    ☛ All submissions are currently open: shirt and pin designs through February 26, events through April 30, writing and artwork through July 15.

    ☛ Mysterium News updates will no longer be posted on Twitter/X. They will continue as scheduled on BluSky, Facebook, Discord, and their website.

    ☛ The Creativity Prompt for January–February is “Rime” (in any sense), the deadline is February 28. Entries for the “Hearth” prompt for November–December were from Calum Traveler and Talashar.

    Events in the Cavern

    ☛ On Monday 3, Skyisblu will tackle the fabled recipe for chor bahkh, the meat-filled roll mentioned in The Book of Ti’ana, and the only actual mention of food (along with ikhah naijuhets) in the entire Myst trilogy.

    The Cooking Sessions are on the first Monday of the month at 12:00 KIT, via Twitch, in the Guild of Caterers’ Hood. You can find past recipes and recordings at Skyisblu’s blog and YouTube channel.

    ☛ Every Tuesday, Ereshkigal is hosting an Ancient Stories event at 11:30 KIT in Mir-o-Bot’s Eder Gira (PM “link” to Mir-o-Bot #32319 or MinBot #9292763 to get there), reading folktales, translated ancient texts, historical fiction from all over the ancient world, as well as the occasional historical-inspired fan fiction. They are currently reading a story from the days of Ramses II, in ancient Egypt.

    ☛ Babbel will host her next classical music program in the Hall of Kings in Ae’gura, on Monday 17 at 12:00 KIT. The theme this month is “Composers from Scandinavia“.

    ☛ Dah’mpa announced Dah’mpa Waves, a series of events on Brazilian music, a mix of streaming and the occasional live broadcast. There will be no pre-determined schedule; the first event will be held on Friday 14 at 16:00 KIT, in a yet undecided location. It will be a live guitar and voice event on Dah’mpa’s Twitch channel [link t.b.a.].

    ☛ PodHopper announced a Celtic Night event, the first of a series that will air every three months, separate from the Relaxing Sessions. The first Celtic Night event will be held on Friday 14 in the Guild of Healers hood’s Eder Delin at 13:00 KIT. (same day as Dah’mpa Waves but earlier, so the two events will not clash).

    ☛ Nosila will organize this year’s International Women’s Day, on March 8. Anyone with ideas for events, or interested in being involved in any way, is welcome to get in touch either via KImail (#8961365) or the IWD Discord server.

    ☛ Augur is starting a speculative fiction book club. Meetings will be held in Nezetahn(1)’s Hood’s Eder Delin, on the third Saturday of every other month (so March 15, May 17, July 19, September 20, and November 15) at 12:30 KIT.

    For the first meeting Augur picked three novels up for vote, via reactions in either the MOULa Events Discord or the URU Community Movies and Games Discord. Voting for more than one book is fine, but please vote only on one server, not both. The novels are:

    ☞ For a more complete list of upcoming events, check our calendar. Times and events may change at the last minute; you can find the latest updates at:

    D’ni Language Classes

    Shokhootahn Rehn had two updates, one for the D’ni Language Classes and one for the Story Nights.

    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 Monday to Friday, 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 will continue this month with the stories of the 29th king, Adesh, and his successors Lanaren, Asemlef, and Jaron.

    Eventually they will cover all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at the restoration of D’ni. As this year the holidays fall mid-week, there will be stories for the entire month of December.

    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 in Tsahno’s Hood every Saturday, 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 14:00 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

    ☛ The Video Game History Foundation released a library of restored behind-the-scenes footage from Cyan’s Vault.

    ☛ This month, the Fan Age Expeditions in Deep Island will explore Tentsahveet by J.J. Jaguar, third chapter in The Secret of the Rainbow series. They will then investigate Palamary bay, and the connected Ages of Peridia, Myst Refuge and Ruins of Azmar, by Melvin.

    And that was it for this month. Please consider donating to keep the Cavern open!

    December ended with the CavFunding at 110% (CavCon 4.1) and the reserve at 719%, with no extra expenses.

    The next All Guilds Meeting is planned for Saturday, March 1st, 2025 (Leevotahr 19) at 13:00 KIT.

    Until then!

  • Announcing Rapid Age Development Contest 2025: Pod Age Edition

    Announcing Rapid Age Development Contest 2025: Pod Age Edition

    After 15 years, the Guild of Writers’ Rapid Age Development (RAD) contest is back!

    The 2025 RAD contest will run from the 8th of February 2025 until the 8th of March 2025, and the challenge will be to design a Pod Age: Participants will be assigned a basic pod shell file (for Blender or 3ds Max) and must design the surrounding Age from scratch before the deadline.

    As with previous editions of the RAD contest, the intention is to encourage potential Age builders with a challenge with specific limits in size and time – Tre’bivdil and the Vothol Gallery were originally built for similar contests.

    For additional information, see Tweek’s post with the full set of rules and resources at the Guild of Writers website.

  • January 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    January 2025 All Guilds Meeting Summary

    Here is the summary for the 177th All Guilds Meeting, moderated by Claidi Song, along with the raw and cleansed chatlogs!

    Contents

    1. Hosting Events
    2. OpenUru
    3. Mysterium
    4. Events in the Cavern
    5. D’ni Language Classes
    6. R’Tayrtahn’s Story Nights
    7. Miscellanea

    Hosting Events

    Claidi Song relayed a message from Minasunda, pointing out that special events – e.g. annual festivities like Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Halloween, etc, or the opening of a new Age, or community anniversaries like MOULa’s opening or Myst’s release – should take priority over weekly or monthly events.

    It would be reasonable for hosts to negotiate skipping or postponing their events on those particular occasions, or at least accept that another event will take place at the same time. Unfortunately that does not always happen without hosts getting offended.

    After dealing with such situations for many years, Minasunda has announced she no longer feel able to organize or coordinate these special events. She will still do the daily announcements.

    OpenUru

    ☛ Tweek announced a Rapid Age Development contest is planned to be held in February; more details will be announced soon. The theme will be a Pod Age; participants will be assigned a basic pod shell file (for Blender or 3ds Max). Entries will not need to be MOULa-ready, but at least working on the Destiny shard.

    As with previous editions, the intention is to encourage potential builders with a challenge with specific limits in size and time. Tre’bivdil and the Vothol Gallery were originally built for similar contests. It will be up to each builder if and on which shards to submit these Ages for release.

    Mysterium

    ☛ The 2025 edition of the convention will be held on August 1–3 in Atlanta, GA. The writing and artwork table is open for submissions until July 15.

    ☛ The Creativity Prompt for January–February is “Rime ” (in any sense), the deadline is February 28. Entries for the “Hearth” prompt for November–December were from Calum Traveler and Talashar.

    Events in the Cavern

    ☛ IwonK will host a Wonky Talk (on her Twitch channel) on Friday 17 at 15:00 KIT in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood by the heek table. This month’s topic will be “Racing Games“. Feel free to suggest interesting games she could talk (and draw) about. As always, there will be cookies!

    IwonK is also making some games of her own as a year-long gamedev challenge; you can find them at her itch.io page.

    ☛ Every Tuesday, Ereshkigal is hosting an Ancient Stories event at 11:30 KIT in Mir-o-Bot’s Eder Gira (PM “link” to Mir-o-Bot #32319 or MinBot #9292763 to get there), reading folktales, translated ancient texts, historical fiction from all over the ancient world, as well as the occasional historical-inspired fan fiction.

    Recently, they have finished the tale of Bagoas and the tragic life of Alexander the Great. They have now started an ancient Egyptian ghost story, written two thousand years ago and involving magic, court intrigue and mummies.

    ☛ Babbel will celebrate her birthday on Monday 6 at 13:00 KIT in Kirel, with non-classic music. She will also host her regular classical music program in the Hall of Kings in Ae’gura, on Monday 20 at 12:00 KIT. The theme for this month is yet undecided at the time of this post.

    ☛ Vittorio Brunetti (Korov’ev) announced the release of episode 16 of The Lost Art, “The Growers“, a machinima series by MystiTech Productions set in the Cavern, a few years in the future.

    ☛ A memorial for explorer Bella, who recently passed away, will be held on January 10 at 15:00 KIT, in the Ae’gura plaza. Requests or memories can be sent to Isa via KImail (#11584648) or Discord (isa.2167).

    ☛ For a more complete list of upcoming events, check our calendar. Times and events may change at the last minute; you can find the latest updates at:

    D’ni Language Classes

    Shokhootahn Rehn had two updates, one for the D’ni Language Classes and one for the Story Nights.

    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 (KI# 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 Monday to Friday, 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 (KI #27527) or Mimi Bot (KI #71459); to be notified, add both as buddies, then PM them “advert”.

    R’Tayrtahn’s Story Nights

    Story Night Europe and Original Story Night will continue this month with the stories of the 26th king, Yableshan, and his successors Emen and Me’emen. There will be no story on Saturday 11, due to family obligations.

    Eventually they will cover all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at the restoration of D’ni. As this year the holidays fall mid-week, there will be stories for the entire month of December.

    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 in Tsahno’s Hood every Saturday, 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 14:00 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 (KI# 58324) a KImail with your KI number included in the text, so that he can add you to his buddies list.

    Miscellanea

    ☛ The Fan Age Expeditions in Deep Island will kickstart the year exploring the Cathedral by DenDwaler. They will then investigate the mysteries of Alabaster by Dulcamara. Closing the month, or perhaps starting February, they will then begin the adventure in Laki’anay by the New Age Project.

    And that was it for this month. Please consider donating to keep the Cavern open!

    The next All Guilds Meeting is planned for Saturday, February 1st, 2025 (Leevosahn 25) at 13:00 KIT.

    Happy New Year!