I recently posted a proof-of-concept fantasy narrative called “The Blight Campaign” after the conclusion of The Small Speculative Fiction Writing Jam (2026). I thought I’d share a bit about how The Blight Campaign came to be. EmberLight On New Year’s Day of 2026, I joined a discord server called EmberLight. I was trying to get

“The Blight Campaign” is the creative property of Tris Strudel (Joshua Park) and The Pending Game Creative Collective. Originally submitted to the Small Speculative Fiction Write Jam (2026) on March 30th, 2026. Read about how this project came to be here. Segment One: The Expendable Victim I am Syrol run’Pror, or Syrol the VII, of

“Proof of Concept” is a blog series where I take a lore or narrative idea and elaborate on how it could be implemented, sometimes in the real world but typically in a fantastical setting. These posts are designed to spark creativity in readers and writers. Any proper nouns I personally create in these series are

Race Lore Time! One of the main focuses of Project After-War is getting to know different alien cultures that are all part of the galaxy-wide government: the Karo Unity. Kro’Enx is a memorial/cemetery moon for all Unity race, with each having a designated “plaza” to share their culture. They also have large plots of land

Main Plot (Act 1) Getting to the Crime Scene Depending on which path you took to get out of Kiba Reefings (Kyslr’s inventory gate or Shureni’s secret tunnel), you’ll eventually end up at the trolley attack site sooner or later. Kyslr’s path is more hostile but faster while Shureni’s is safer but you’ll have more

I’ve been focusing my time a lot more on long-term career paths since around July. The steps to get to this point were admittedly hindered by many factors, indecision on my part being among them. Writing–and turning that writing into shows, movies, and games–has been my goal since before I was an adult but it’s

Control Scheme Since we’re past the introduction phase of the game and into where you’ll be getting familiar with all the controls, I might as well give a basic rundown of that system for how things look this early. I went with two versions of a Playstation-like controller for the template, one with 2 shoulder

Main Plot (Act 1) Kiba Reefings Map When we last saw our Protagonist, he was wrongfully arrested after mysterious monsters attacked a trolley he was either inside of or found. The Kiba Reefings Overseer–Bu’leyg–releases the Protagonist due to not evidence being found against him, and encourages the Protagonist to go get some Habernettes, hinting that