Our Golden Age: An Ultraviolet Grasslands RPG []equel

Merry Christmas, Goldenagers!

It's a Christmas Bookacle*!



Believe it or not, it is the eve of the 24th of December. Yes, I skipped last week's update since I had a feeling I might, just might, be able to post an update this week announcing that the Our Golden Age book was all ready to head out to the editor next year.

Well, I'm 15 pages with translucent magenta boxes away from being able to say that (those boxes mark pages and sections I still need to revise so I don't accidentally sent out unfinished work — or if I do, everyone will catch it and ask what in the name of the eye-burning magenta is going on here.

I'd add screenshots and everything, but it is Christmas Eve, I have left it late, it is time for the after-Pudding Christmas film, so for you, good Backers, this is a small gift for your patience—a nearly finished book, a taster ... well, let's say I think I'll have the final gift ready for you by Saint Sylvester's Eve.

I.e. Next Week.

Bone Noël!

—Luka

*Bookacle - not quite a miracle, but most of a book.

Good Goldenagers,

Greeting this 12th of December. I hope you've had a nice week. Mine's been pretty busy.



It's time to share a PDF with the Backers again (scroll all the way down for that), but let's do the weekly run-down first:



One of the features of the Circle Sea region are the strange settlements that have grown up around the various Phylakes and other grand old buildertech era facilities. Here's a few to sprinkle around and two specific ones from the Red Land (explaining why this spread is there).



A little bit on the remote, rural and ruderal reaches of the Red Land.



A spread on the Shallow Sea, that den of pirates next to the Orange Land.


Some nice places to visit in the Designation, the upper reaches of the Indigo River.



The Purple University which is also the temple of Violet Cathedra. The opposite page of the spread isn't done yet, so this is just a single page.



A couple of times I didn't have the energy (or sleep) to tackle the editing and assembling text, so I added art instead. Like that of Göthert Brim at right.

So hwere are we now?

The OGA book is very close to done now. I've got a couple of spreads still to wrap up for the Purple Land and a quarter page to art-up for the Green Land, but aside from that all the lands are ready for the editor. I've slotted the Omega Jubilee section back in ... and that leaves about 20–26 pages to brush into shape. The manuscript is still at 288 pages, so that means squeezing about ~40ish pages together into ~20. I'm pretty sure I know what's going to get left out at this point: I've already left out the Noösphere chapter, and the Near Void is probably also going to be its own thing. I want to add about 12 pages summarizing additional sublocations in each Land, but that might not make it, or become an appendix all its own if I have the space left. We shall see.

Anyway, no sense making hypotheticals—let's see where we are next week!

Hope you enjoy the PDF and wishing you a ha'-merry ha'-Christmas this 12.5th of December.

—Luka

Good afternoon, good Goldenagers,

This is a much shorter update because it's been a much slower week. As I knew would happen sooner or later, another childhood disease has paid us a visit and we had to keep our older child at home, which spread the virus to the younger one as well. They're both well, but caretaking takes time.

Enough about ailments, let's see what's new in Our Golden Age.

I did some more work in the Orange Lands, revising provinces and technologies and the sacred site of the Orange God.

And there was plenty of editing happening in the Red Lands.

Overall this week was about 10 pages done, which ... isn't the 20 I'd planned or the 30 I'd hoped, but I'd kind of accounted for a week like this coming up.

Today the pediatrician cleared the eldest to return to childcare on Monday, which will make work easier. And, hey, because this update is so short, I have another two hours to work today, which should probably see me finish another spread!



Hope everyone has had a lovely week and is looking forward to a good weekend.

Greetings from Seoul,
—Luka

Hello, hearty Holdenagers!

Ok, that's pushing the alliteration a bit too far. Anyway. Week's update.

One step closer to having all the lands finished, all the cities and factions and shops are finished. That leaves the various smaller locations to fix up. Currently, of the first 225 pages, 192 are laid out and done. Of the remaining 67 pages, not all of them are going to make it into the book — and some of those are going to be the index and such. So, we're going to see how the cutting room floor pans out ... but enough diddle-blathering.















Right. That's it for now. I was a bit worried with this week's progress on Monday and Tuesday because I was frankly utterly smashed. Busy weekend handling the two kids, then a couple of nights where ... well, let's say I woke up three times, once for each of the little ones and once for the dog frightened by a thunder storm. Fortunately, with a bit of rest ...

Anyway, the plan is to finish "enough" the lands next week, so that I can move to structuring the Omega Jubilee section that offers a guide to inserting the PCs various adventures and misadventures into a grand conspiracy (or confabulation) involving the forces of the Ministry and the Nemesis. I have to write the opening on that one, so I'm hoping for a good night's sleep, so I can do words good.

Oh, and there's a big PDF in the "backer-exclusive" section.

Take care everyone, stay golden, catch y'all next week.

—Luka

Greetings Good Goldenagers,

We've had "the autumn coughs" in our house and it's been a difficult week, hence this is a shorter update. Hope y'all can avoid the bugs going around, they're not the fun kind—not ladybugs and such.



I've been clocking through the lands, finishing the city and faction sections. Some cities are finished, like the Orange one (which, bonus, gets a living lake that crawls around, taking the pylon-city with it)



Others are in progress, like this one and the Red One. The Blue City, well the Ruins Azure, I still need to color the map. That should be soonish. It's one of those things where I need a bit more sleep than I've had to work at pace, so it's kind of annoying.



The factions and temples / gods are getting a restyling - note the cute little "NPC bullets".



Next week, I should start stitching up the lands, finishing them off. We'll see. With luck I'll have the Orange and Red completely finished and the Blue getting close.

Just send me your earnest wishes for as much sleep as possible. That and no more coughs for the month ahead.



Ok, very basic update this time. Gotta run and get the kiddos.

Wishing a happy onrushing holiday season to everyone.

—Luka