SpyglassRealms Progress Report

ASP | AV | OE | SPH | TMS | CDL | LOR | PR | HTH

Apotheosis

A brief recounting of the Gardener's teachings.

1245 words
13 likes

Gurt

A bizarre, unpalatable food paste whose only redeeming quality is convenience.

394 words
15 likes

Alone Together

A short treatise on the bittersweet nature of first contact.

1298 words
42 likes

Habitation

The process by which a given location in the cosmos becomes inhabited.

1343 words
5 likes

Aeolus Program

The first human exploration of the Jovian and Saturnian moon systems, undertaken during humanity's fledgeling days of interplanetary exploration.

5506 words
5 likes

the Apocalypse

The legacy of the skgri'i: the end of a hundred worlds at once.

1430 words
7 likes

SpyglassRealms Progress so far

11216 words 112.16% completed!

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The Realms: An Overview

Project status is determined by level of activity:
  • Active: currently in development
  • Hiatus: temporary decrease or halt in development activity, may cycle back to it within a month or two
  • Inactive: has not been in development for several months, unlikely to cycle back to it in the immediate future
  • Scrapped: has been effectively cancelled

Astra Planeta [ASP]

Genre
Hard science fiction
Structure
Speculative fiction
Flavor
Hopepunk
Overall status
Active

Arcverse [AV]

Genre
Medium-hard science fiction
Structure
Space opera
Flavor
Nihilistic cosmic romanticism
Overall status
Inactive

Orion's Echo [OE]

Genre
Soft science fiction
Structure
Tabletop RPG setting
Flavor
Cosmic horror
Overall status
Inactive

Sphaera [SPH]

Genre
Hard science fantasy
Structure
Speculative fiction
Flavor
Arcanepunk
Overall status
Inactive

The Midnight Sea [TMS]

Genre
High-magic space fantasy
Structure
Tabletop RPG setting
Flavor
Arcanepunk
Overall status
Inactive

Crundle [CDL]

Genre
High surrealist fantasy
Structure
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Flavor
Absurdist
Overall status
Inactive

Bleakworld / Lor [LOR]

Genre
Ambiguous fantasy
Structure
Speculative fiction
Flavor
Experimental
Overall status
Inactive

Pinereach [PR]

Genre
Modern weird fiction
Structure
Collaborative story project
Flavor
Supernatural mystery
Overall status
Inactive

Hiraeth [HTH]

Genre
Low magic fantasy
Structure
Collaborative tabletop setting
Flavor
Cozy pastoral
Overall status
Hiatus
               

Hiya! I'm Doug "Spyglass" Marshall, with SpyglassRealms as the moniker I operate under in some form or another across the web. Existential nihilist, poetic-waxer, space nerd, worldbuilding geek. All the places I can be found in the virtual universe are on my Linktree!

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Interests & Hobbies

SPACE! / Nature / Speculative biology / Science, broadly / Audio fiction

Favorite Movies

Treasure Planet / The Martian / Spaceballs / Monty Python

Favorite TV Series

Have some podcasts instead:
The Cryptonaturalist / Startripper!! / Wolf 359 / The Adventure Zone

Favorite Books

Pale Blue Dot / Cosmos / Wayfarers series / The Martian / Amulet series / Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series

Favorite Writers

Carl Sagan / Becky Chambers / Andy Weir / Douglas Adams

Favorite Games

Videogames
Minecraft / No Man's Sky / Starfield / The Elder Scrolls series / Hollow Knight   Tabletop Games
Wanderhome / Dungeons & Dragons (5e) / Hyperlanes / Monster of the Week

Latest Loved work

Luna

Venus

Chewpaper

Milky Way Encyclopedia of Life

Mount Derrière

Power Armour

Kelpland Medusae

Milky Way Institute of Biology, Taxonomy, and Conservation

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