{"id":40,"date":"2018-08-19T22:15:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T22:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2020-01-08T04:19:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T04:19:19","slug":"the-adventurers-handbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/home\/the-adventurers-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adventurer&#8217;s Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome, investigator, to EN 307!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course, as you now know, is structured as an <em>adventure game<\/em>\u2014and you are invited to \u2018play the course\u2019 much like you would any other designed, rule-based experience. In order to succeed in this game, you\u2019ll need to know the rules and components, and this guide will help you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-subhead\">Skip Ahead To:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/components\">Components of This Class<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/naps\">Earning Notable Agent Points (NAPS) \/ Quests<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/boss-fights\">Boss Fights<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/final-boss\">The Final Boss<\/a><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>How is this a game?<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is something we&#8217;ll start with early: what makes a game at all? For one, this course is a<strong> <em>simulated environment<\/em> <\/strong>(missing an assignment isn\u2019t going to ruin your career, for example) based on carefully constructed <strong><em>rules<\/em> <\/strong>(this syllabus &amp; guide). Within this \u2018arena of play,\u2019 we are all <em><strong>participating<\/strong> <\/em>by playing different <em><strong>roles<\/strong> <\/em>(even me, your \u2018teacher\u2019) and we are ultimately receiving a <em><strong>score<\/strong> <\/em>that is based on our performance within the game (you, a grade \u2014 me, in evaluations). Now you might be thinking\u2014if this is all it takes, <em>aren\u2019t all courses games?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-1.png 330w, https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-1-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, technically <em>yes<\/em>. All courses are games. But as Sarah Smith-Robbins said in 2010:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><em>School is already a game. <\/em><br><em>It\u2019s just a really bad one.<\/em><\/p><cite>Sarah smith-Robbins, quoted in Hodgson (2013), p. 46.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This course hopes to break that mold. By recognizing itself for the game that it is, we will use the course as a way of walking the talk of games and writing. For this class, you will re-invent yourself as a character that will progress through a game-world. You will learn skills by earning <strong>Notable Agent Points (NAPS)<\/strong> and completing <strong>Quests<\/strong>. You will join up with a crew of other adventurers, and together you will unveil mysteries, battle monsters, and learn a good deal about writing and games along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/home\/components\/\">Continue.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome, investigator, to EN 307! This course, as you now know, is structured as an adventure game\u2014and you are invited to \u2018play the course\u2019 much like you would any other designed, rule-based experience. In order to succeed in this game, you\u2019ll need to know the rules and components, and this guide will help you! Components&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/home\/the-adventurers-handbook\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":819,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/908"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playslashwrite.space\/307\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}