About
Lakwatsa Realmcrafters
is envisioned to be a collaborative worldbuilding and storytelling experience.
At its core,
it involves the answering of digital forms or physical worksheets centered around a timebound theme. These are then updated into the world and the wiki followed by a general presentation to the community to keep track of the changes of the world.
The community will be guided by certain time periods called seasons, with each season divided into four 15-day cycles that act as the guiding beats of the community's creative activities.
Each cycle lasts for 15 days. Each season lasts around 2 and a half months
The Five Cycles are:
Creation: Make Something New
Time stops, as we build the foundation of the world using digital forms or physical worksheets, setting the stage.
Action: Start the Adventure
Time plays as we witness the world come alive. The various entities interact with each other toward a swirling vortex of conflict
Resolution: Bring on Change
Conflicts are resolved through adventures, and change happens, be it for good or bad. We witness the impact of community decisions.
Celebration: Collaborate with the Community
Time is paused once more as we view the world through a magnifying glass and witness the change brought by the community. Celebration happens through shared artistic expression and discussion.
Reset
A short break. The community steps back to breathe and focus on real world affairs, for inspiration stems from actual moments and new memories.
Click Here for the official timeline and dates of events
Season 1:
Cycle 1 Creation: August 20, 2024 - September 2, 2024
Cycle 2 Action: September 3, 2024 - September 17, 2024
Cycle 3 Resolution: September 18, 2024 - October 2, 2024
Cycle 4 Celebration: October 3, 2024 - October 17, 2024
Break: October 18, 2024 - October 31, 2024
Season 2:
Cycle 1 Creation: November 1, 2024 - November 15, 2024
Cycle 2 Action: November 16, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Cycle 3 Resolution: December 1, 2024 - December 15, 2024
Cycle 4 Celebration: December 16, 2024 - December 30, 2024
Break: December 31, 2024 - January 14, 2025
Season 3:
Cycle 1 Creation: January 15, 2025 - January 29, 2025
Cycle 2 Action: January 30, 2025 - February 13, 2025
Cycle 3 Resolution: February 14, 2025 - February 28, 2025
Cycle 4 Celebration: March 1, 2025 - March 15, 2025
How to start?
By registering and answering the digital forms found at our Worldbuilding Hub page.
OR
If you're based in Cebu,
keep an eye out for IRL physical worksheets, brought to you by a wandering fairy~
Join us on a thrilling journey of imagination and creativity as we build a shared fantasy world together. Our community is dedicated to fostering a collaborative environment where everyone can contribute to the development of a unique and captivating realm.
Click here for >>>> General Rules and Guidelines <<<<
- Respectful Communication and Inclusivity
Treat all participants with kindness and respect. Avoid personal attacks, insults or discriminatory language. Let us all create a safe environment for everyone regardless of background.
- Age Appropriateness
Submissions into the world must be suitable for a PG-13 audience. Avoid excessively violent, disturbing or sexually explicit material.
- Don't create out of hate
Avoid negative representation of people or groups. The real world isn't all rainbow and sunshine but we must try not to directly insert real life figures/people groups into the world, especially in a negative light. Avoid inserting real life figures who we hate into the world. However, we can draw inspiration from them, but through layers of fantasy and creative symbolism in a way that they're practically unrecognizable. In line with this rule, let us all try to avoid excessive harmful stereotypes, political hatred, racism, homophobia, etc.
- Be inspired, don't plagiarize
We can show love to our fandoms by adding them into the world but the key is to be inspired by them, and not to plagiarize. Avoid adding trademarks and copyrighted IP by stripping them of their names as well as any identifying proper nouns. Also, let us not directly copy and paste. We can always add our creative twist and remix the idea with other ideas. The exception to this rule is with official collaborations. (When a fellow creative consents to add their creations to the world)
(For collaborations and other similar correspondence, email us at lakwatsarealmcrafters@gmail.com)
- Safety and Privacy
Do not share personal information about yourself or others when submitting into the world or interacting with the community social spaces. Even in physical meetings, the subject at hand will primarily be about the world, the community and creative discussions. In line with this rule, respect the privacy of other participants.
- Building on Ideas
When submitting your idea, keep in mind that it's never set in stone. The world is a sandbox and each contribution a sandcastle with an inevitable chance for change. Participants can expand on, potentially modify another participant's ideas. Also, world events may even destroy these ideas. However, they must be reasonable and we must not thwart another person's creations just for the thrill of it or due to personal vengeance. Still, let us not get too attached to our creations for the world is alive, and utterly chaotic.
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