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Tales of Iradathka is a sprawling Sci-Fi Fantasy world with history and world building spanning tens of thousands of years. It is the primary world I’ve done any amount of work in and thus represents the bulk of my work.
I stream myself working on my writing projects most Sunday mornings 10a Pacific Time. You can find me at:
My debut novel The Raven Falls is still in beta draft but you can find an alpha version uploaded to:
[This story no longer fits within the modern canon, although some version of this story will be] A sigh rose from the depths of the mountain of papers and pillars of books, blending with the quiet hum of a holo-console. Several trays of half eaten food and countless cups, half filled with once-hot drinks littered…
The Iradathkin Imperium Navy Cruiser Charcoaled Sun pushed back into real space on the inner edge of Aligoya Poxei. Forty minutes later, a still slightly bleary-eyed Lieutenant Kaewer Jirvaerka, 278th Kidorlus found herself sitting in the Companyâs ready room with a steaming mug of ronchio, the strong black tea that was the most common morning…
?? Plavurimtsu (2), 4269, 10. ââ The fresh fallen snow tried its hardest to crunch beneath Kaewer’s armoured feet as she slid through the frigid alien night but her own magic smothered the sound almost before it happened. Another small spells whisked away her footprints scant inches from her heels. The small town of Flapaidia…
Bang, bang, bang. Kaewer kicked the door of the luxury apartment hard enough to get Relia’s attention but soft enough to, hopefully, not leave a mark. The door opened with a soft woosh as it inched back and slide into the wall, opening into a large open space that curved with the bend of the…
— This a very old sample of writing — From above, the city lay silent. Hundreds of miles of custom-built habitat stretched across the world’s face like a massive stain. Every inch of the city had spent the last century bathed in light and hammered with endless sound and now it seemed to strain against…
In an effort to learn about how the Amazon Self-Publishing works, two of the shorts avaiable in the blog above were also put on Amazon in 2015 and can be found there
A brief look into Aroven Jirvaerka life on the night of his wedding Anniversary:
The Human Systems Federation newest Admiral arrives at his new command to find it is not what he expects.
An in-development TTRPG setting by co-authored by me and a friend, the world bible is available on WorldAnvil
This is reminiscent of some of my other blog posts on an ancient blog from high school. I know it’s melodramatic but I hit a real rough moment and needed to process it. Writing has always been my method of processing emotional moments or just general feelings so I feel back on using it for…
I want to give a thanks to Dennis Mckieran for the god’s names and to Kill bill for show me what a chain fight might look like (other several other more… accurate youtube videos) I actually got this done a day early than I suspected, chain fighting is bloody hard to describe and even harder…
Righto I’m a day late been a busy week! I’d like to apologize I’m not the best accent writer and i ran a little longer than I meant to because I had to set up everything before the conversation could come to me. I’m thinking the dragon later goes and burns the French Armada đ…
Prompt: Week 1: Write a haunting description of the eldritch beauty of an abandoned elf kingdom. (Inspired by The Lord of the Rings) Story: âWeâve arrived.â Alexander glanced up to see the blessed end of the pass, his guide smiled âWelcome to the Lost Valley, the once great homeland of the elves.â The valley floor…
She remains a mystery yet, shrouded by quiet and veiled in the tantalizing gossamer of horded stories. I will be the first to admit that with such a mysteries even the most brilliant writings will pale in comparison to her light. Where shall we start? Of her appearance, there is much to be said but…
I drummed this one up for my friend Katelyn for Xmas and I’m gonna share the first bit here: It was a perfect spring day. It was the sort of day which shamed hard work for interrupting it. It was the sort of day which left one wanting to do nothing but try to absorb…
Greetings! My name is Alexander Pereira.
I write Sci-Fi/Fantasy in my own various worlds. Primarily in the Tales of Iradathka setting and stream my writing on Twitch most weekends. Currently working on the debut novel!
I am a big believer in the power of storytelling and seek to use it in all corners of my life. Because I’m me, I also have about a thousand things I want to be learning, mastering and doing all at the same time.
My day job involves me getting paid to play video games with hospitalized children. No seriously. I know, it’s pretty awesome. I get to be part of a growing field that I can help shape. In my ‘free’ time, I play video games, game master and play TTRPGS, watch anime and am generally a geek. I’m also a ballroom dancer and do amateur Roman Living History.
[This story no longer fits within the modern canon, although some version of this story will be] A sigh rose from the depths of the mountain of papers and pillars of books, blending with the …
The Iradathkin Imperium Navy Cruiser Charcoaled Sun pushed back into real space on the inner edge of Aligoya Poxei. Forty minutes later, a still slightly bleary-eyed Lieutenant Kaewer Jirvaerka, 278th Kidorlus found herself sitting in …
?? Plavurimtsu (2), 4269, 10. ââ The fresh fallen snow tried its hardest to crunch beneath Kaewer’s armoured feet as she slid through the frigid alien night but her own magic smothered the sound almost …
Bang, bang, bang. Kaewer kicked the door of the luxury apartment hard enough to get Relia’s attention but soft enough to, hopefully, not leave a mark. The door opened with a soft woosh as it …
This is reminiscent of some of my other blog posts on an ancient blog from high school. I know it’s melodramatic but I hit a real rough moment and needed to process it. Writing has …
This blog is dead and has been for years but I need somewhere to store my thoughts on this fucking shit show of an election so here it is. I just finished watching my country …
In my final quarter of university, I had to take a âportfolioâ class. The idea behind the class was to help students tie all of their humanities learning together into something they could talk …
Hey Everyone, Alexander here. I’m swinging in for a last minute clutch post because the first post of the month is always the hardest for us to organize. Since our writing section is more than …
By Alexander Pereira Television, books, video games and Taylor Swiftâs first album lied about Romance and dating to all of us. We were promised and taught to expect a certain type of future that …
Welcome to Earth. Time period: Now. Population: Approximately 7 billion HÂ umans and 20 million Zygons, plus sundry and assorted other aliens. Universe: Doctor Who. Hey Everyone! Itâs finally time [no pun intended]. PLIS is finally …
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Quest-Based Learning is style of course and curriculum development designed to tap into the engagement and reward tricks of game theory and game mechanics. As a pedagogical approach, QBL is intended to provide students with a greater degree of personal choice and individual engagement with curriculum by allowing them to specialize along specific quest-lines that their peers may not find or may avoid. Students earn ‘experience points’ (XP) instead of grades, inverting the traditional grading structure of starting at 100% and losing point.
QBL courses are strongest when designed like an adventure game, utilizing both narrative and ‘mechanical’ reward to keep ‘players’ (students) motivated and engaged. Â In this project, I created a QBL Japanese 101 course, utilizing webtools and a single subject matter expert.
Below the Video Showcase, I will highlight key artifacts from the course to demonstrate my process. The video below demonstrates it best though.
As you can see, this Japanese 101 course is quite complicated in design. Deliberately designed in a manner similar to chose-your-own-adventure structures this course allows students a limited degree of autonomy while still requiring them to learn core concepts.
In blue and light green you can see the ‘critical path’, or the requiring quests that students will be expected to complete in order to advance. These are primarily Hiragana and Katakana checkpoints and vocabulary and speaking lessons that students must know before moving forward. This course, being a 101, is very heavy on the critical path quests but the plan would be as students advanced in level, the subsequent courses would leave the idea of a critical path largely behind.
Yellow Quests are largely non-education related projects, setting up requirements or basic tutorials on how to use tools.
In grey, dark green, pink and purple are the ‘side quests’, optional activities that students can undertake to earn awards, achievements and additional XP that will unlock more abilities. These quests are a mixture of fun — Let’s Watch Anime! –, ancillary knowledge — A Slightly Silly History of Japan –, and ‘serious’ work-ahead — Kanji Trainer –. The intention with these quests is to provide opportunities for students to remain engaged with class while not engaging in the ‘critical path’ quests. Students can remain active participants while enjoying a silly activity or work ahead, building skills that will be useful in future classes. These quests allow students with varying learning and gameplay preferences the ability to make positive progress in their own way.
121st MRB Jap 101 3D GameLab Group Planning Roadmap
This project gave use the limitations of planning for an activity that took no more than 3 hours to run, either in a block or in multiple smaller time chunks. We were supposed to develop a full Instructional Design Plan/Document including Needs Assessments and Evaluation Material.
Workshop on Dungeoneering Final – This is the Actual Design Document
Dungeon Building Workshop Needs Assessment (Responses)Â – This is the Results of the Needs Survey I conducted.
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