What Came Before?

Ever wondered what is the past of your characters? What happened to the world before? Or you just want to time travel the past?

Generator Jam for July would be about the past! Create generators that generate backstories, alternate history, travelling to the past, and others!

When: July 8, 2024 12:00PM UTC to July 29, 2024 12:00PM UTC

Perchance Data
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  title = What Came Before?
  description = Generator Jam for July - What Came Before? Create generators that generate backstories, alternate history, travelling to the past, and others!
  type = Generator Jam
  image
    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9688ee6a-de53-4c57-925f-0473df2cbda2.png
    // Can be multiple pictures to randomize the banner image :)
  start = 8 July 2024 12:00:00 UTC+0000 // strict data formats see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/parse#non-standard_date_strings
  end = 29 July 2024 12:00:00 UTC+0000
  color = linear-gradient(157deg, #03355b, #ecdb96)
  rules = Create Generators that are about the Past!

// For Generator Jams with Perchance URL
generators
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  past-10-points
    author = Vionet20
    type = Text
  historic-people
    author = Allo
    type = Text

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  • alloM
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    24 months ago

    https://perchance.org/historic-people

    will probably add to this. Kept telling myself I would do perchance things upon getting another laptop, but it’s been a bazillion years and still no laptop so here is a simple phonecreated generator :)

    • VioneTOPM
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      24 months ago

      Nice! You could probably have the wikipedia url static, then just change the last part of the URL depending on the people :)