SpyglassRealms Progress Report

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

Life

The definition of life, and its various forms.

589 words

Space Measurement

358 words

Storm on the Horizon: Part I

1931 words
4 likes

Sapience

The nature of sapience, and how to classify it.

1451 words
3 likes

Hydrogen Time

The standardized timekeeping system used by the Galactic Assembly.

344 words

Tridian Cartography

747 words
1 likes

Technological Levels

1262 words
3 likes

Spacecraft Types

875 words
3 likes

Celestial Body Classification

The system used by the Galactographic Council to classify celestial objects.

4547 words
9 likes

Etherlink

The quantum internet of the modern universe.

356 words

RIV Free Spirit

515 words
2 likes

Cyaphelus Galaxy

246 words
1 likes

Rhosya Galaxy

234 words
1 likes

Zak Kaiyo

The daring and charismatic co-owner, captain, and pilot of the starship Free Spirit.

1077 words
2 likes

Arete Mission

Humanity's first crewed interstellar expedition, sent to Calypso in the Proxima Centauri system.

1334 words
5 likes

Shyxaure

Native inhabitants of the planet Delvasi.

1284 words
8 likes

Ziirb

Native inhabitants of the planet Virvv.

1127 words
2 likes

Xib Zjhar

Native inhabitants of the planet Xiilu Qam.

859 words
3 likes

Earth

Situated at the center of known space, Earth is the homeworld of humanity.

1950 words
16 likes

Temple of the Old Gods

A puzzle dungeon played through in the first test session.

1214 words

Aehr

The benevolent overseers of the galaxy; ancient, near-godlike beings from the verdant world of Arcadia.

1011 words
2 likes

Nabïïk

548 words
3 likes

Kirtaari

610 words
3 likes

Blorb

621 words
2 likes

Dryad

401 words
2 likes

RADE

405 words
4 likes

SpyglassRealms Progress so far

31462 words 314.62% 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

Book of Chronology

Luna

Glimpses

Venus

Chewpaper

Milky Way Encyclopedia of Life

Mount Derrière