JauVon
Current date: Alliance 5, Jordi 20 (Agada's Day)
Scope
The motivation behind building JauVon
My motivation for building JauVon is to create a world that explores the intersection of technology, biology, and identity, where themes of mutation, freedom, and societal transformation take center stage. It’s a space where innovation and chaos blend, offering a unique canvas to explore deep ideas and create rich, immersive stories. At its core, it’s about imagining a world that feels alien yet strangely familiar, and inviting others to engage with it, to dream, to question, and to imagine what the future might hold.
The goal of the project
I’m hoping to get several things out of working on JauVon. On a personal level, it’s about finding joy in creative exploration—a place where I can experiment, dream, and build. It’s also a way to stay connected to Clay, honoring the bond we shared by continuing the work we started together. This world has become a place where I can both heal and celebrate his memory, while also inviting others to join in and experience the world through storytelling or play.
JauVon's Unique Selling point
What makes JauVon different is its personal heart—a world shaped by memory, emotion, and legacy. It blends plasmapunk, cyberpunk, and steampunk to create a universe that feels both organic and mechanical, familiar and alien, and where technology and biology evolve together. But beyond the genre fusion, it’s a world that’s deeply personal to me, built with love and care for the characters and stories that live within it. JauVon is a space where I can play, experiment, and honor memories, while inviting others to explore a world that’s as dynamic and unique as the person who created it.
Theme
Genre
JauVon blends plasmapunk, cyberpunk, and steampunk by weaving them into its world’s biology, technology, aesthetics, and power structures.
- Plasmapunk gives it organic life and energy.
- Cyberpunk gives it rebellion and digital complexity.
- Steampunk gives it flavor, style, and an emotional heart.
Reader Experience
It's my hope that JauVon feels like a world of discovery and growth, constantly shifting between the strange and the familiar. It’s an emotionally charged setting, rich with personal stakes, and invites players and readers to engage with it on a deep level, whether through creative exploration or character-driven narratives. It’s a world that’s both inviting and challenging, complex yet accessible, and filled with the promise of constant evolution—both for the characters and the world itself.
Reader Tone
JauVon has a balanced tone, blending gritty struggle with moments of hope and wonder. It’s a world where technological advancements, societal complexity, and moral gray areas coexist, offering both awe-inspiring innovations and dark consequences. Life can be difficult and fraught with danger—whether from corrupt institutions, societal decay, or unpredictable technologies—but characters have the agency to shape their own fate, fight for change, and make lasting impacts. Ordinary people experience both horrors and wonders, from the threats of biohacked creatures and oppressive forces to the potential for personal growth, heroism, and transformation. It’s a world of constant evolution, where the struggle for survival and the pursuit of betterment coexist in a place that is as emotionally complex as it is technologically advanced.
Recurring Themes
- Moral Ambiguity and Personal Choices
The gray areas of right and wrong, with characters making difficult decisions that aren’t always clearly heroic or villainous. Choices have lasting impacts—both personal and societal—and force characters to question their own morals.
This ties directly into the dark elements of the world, where even “good” characters can make questionable decisions, and agency is tied to the consequences of their choices. - Hope Amidst Struggle
Resilience in the face of overwhelming odds—whether it’s a character who’s been pushed to the edge yet finds the strength to continue or a community coming together to resist a corrupt regime.
This theme highlights the hopeful side of JauVon, where characters' agency is central, and even in the bleakest moments, they can shape their world for the better. - Power and Control
A struggle for dominance, whether it’s corporations controlling technology, governments imposing rigid control over the people, or individual characters seeking to regain power from corrupt forces.
The cyberpunk influence is clear here, where corruption and exploitation are rampant, but characters often hold the power to subvert or dismantle these systems through cleverness, innovation, or sheer willpower. - Technological Wonders and Horrors
The awe and terror of technology. Characters may encounter marvelous inventions, but those same inventions could have unforeseen side effects that threaten society or personal well-being.
This plays into the steampunk, plasmapunk, and cyberpunk elements, emphasizing the dual nature of technology: it can create or destroy in equal measure. - Community and Rebellion
The idea of resilience through collaboration and underdogs rising up. Whether it's small groups fighting against a corrupt system or larger, more established movements for social change, this theme emphasizes how characters can achieve more together than alone.
This is both a reflection of hope amidst struggle and a reminder that even in a world ruled by powerful factions, there’s strength in numbers, and characters can make a difference through unity. - Conflict Between Old and New
The tension between traditional ways and cutting-edge technology. Characters may find themselves caught between a desire to preserve their heritage and the lure of technological progress.
This reinforces both the steampunk and plasmapunk elements, where old-world wisdom and futuristic tech clash in an ongoing tug-of-war for control over the future of the world. - Loss and Legacy
The theme of loss—whether the loss of loved ones, homes, or personal dreams—and the legacy characters leave behind, especially in a world where things are constantly changing and evolving.
This theme adds emotional depth to JauVon, anchoring the world’s personal stakes and the notion that while the world is full of struggles, there’s always room for personal growth and legacy.
Character Agency
Overall, I’d say the character agency level in JauVon is high, with characters having the power to significantly impact the world through their choices. However, this agency is tempered by the complexity of the world—the unpredictable nature of living technology, the societal structures they must navigate, and the personal consequences of their actions. The world feels like a place where characters can shape the future, but their actions will always be met with reactions, whether immediate or far-reaching.
Focus
Drama
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