The Edyn Project ~ A serial fiction & Introduction to BitCoin

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

"Sixty years after it was abandoned the White City has been taken under the wing of a new development collective. They've remade the city into an urban paradise and beacon of social change with digital currency, urban food forests, and a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence with enough power to run the city for a thousand years. Her name is Edyn and there's just one problem; they need to test her. Lured by the promise of fame and fortune, the most notorious hackers in the world are invited to come to the new city to test their skills against the ai program and prove whether or not utopia can really exist."
- See more at: https://bitcoinstarter.com/projects/160#sthash.jMlAF4Vb.dpuf

Hey folks!

The demo of the Edyn Project is now live at: http://www.cottontailmarketing.com/theedynproject.html
You can still donate to the BitcoinStarter for 2 more days!

Latest Updates
* changed money values
* added more back story and quests
* added more blood types

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[bitcoinstarter]

Approved 

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Hah! I've gotten my first two backers! Thanks everyone.

[knight22]

Good to see bitcoin making his way through popular culture 

[btcinstant]

Good to see bitcoin making his way through popular culture 

The more diverse Bitcoins the more valuable it becomes.

[bbit]

Hah! I've gotten my first two backers! Thanks everyone.

Cool!

[bitcoinstarter]

Wow that story sounds like an epic universe. Totally like what your doing with this!

I found it pretty cool and interesting of an idea that is non-techie project in a way.

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Wow that story sounds like an epic universe. Totally like what your doing with this!

Thank you!

Yay, we're at 3 backers now! This is awesome guys. If I'm right, so far the most popular reward has been the art print of Edyn & E-books package... So let's start talking artists!

I really like anime and manga aesthetics. I sort of envision most of my characters like that. I kind of want to hire this artist Michèle that I worked with before. She does some nice vector stuff and has good rates (including commercial licensing!):

That would make a nice style for a computer avatar I think.

But! Maybe you're not into the anime/manga style? I just got an email from a fellow on this site -> http://www.behance.net/

There's some great illustrators on it! (http://www.behance.net/search?field=48)


miguel membreño | http://www.behance.net/gallery/N-26/9789253


Lois van Baarle | http://www.behance.net/gallery/Ribbons-and-Curls/566624

What do you guys think? Any Behance illustrators you really like?

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

The vector pieces used with Michèle's vector style would be usable to make vector based video games.

I really like the idea of that. If I were a programmer, I would definitely make a little PC game for this project. Choosing the right artwork could leave teh door open for the future.

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

White City Press release…
Housed on an island just off the west coast, the White City has been abandoned for sixty years. After a plague killed hundreds of new students at a prestigious new school and a gruesome string of murders scared the rest of the population away, the city has stood abandoned and decaying.

Recently, an exciting new group of architects called "The Wondersmith Collective" has volunteered to help re-imagine the city into an urban paradise. Promising state-of-the-art technology, the group is backed by a hefty sponsorship from a leading technology company.

The group will strive to maintain the historic infrastructure of the city, while outfitting it with the latest p2p technology. The city will feature a prototype of the newly introduced digital currency, a freely accessible network, a variety of tended food gardens, and an artificial intelligence to run the systems.

The artificial intelligence, named "Edyn", is promised to be hacker-proof through engaging the world's foremost hackers in a competition staged in the White City itself. The hackers will compete with the artificial intelligence, who will be running in beta as if the city were filled with citizens, to perform a series of tasks and see if they can sabotage her operations. With the promise of cash, prizes, and fame, the Collective hopes to engage their would-be adversaries as contributors to the project.

The members of "The Wondersmith Collective" invite all parties interested in challenging Edyn to get in contact with them.

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Four backers! Thank you!

One of the fun things about writing for the near future is I get to include a lot of nifty gadgets that in reality would take a long time to play with. For example, Edyn is the artificial intelligence that is installed in the White City to handle the day-to-day processing. Not really on the horizon yet, but fun to imagine.

Google glass is something else that I'd like to play with. I'm imagining all the hackers that sign up having some neat glasses that display stats, their progress in the game, information about their opponents, objects, etc. It would even be neat to outfit the city itself with some good, interactive monitors instead of the standard, which is having the artificial intelligence project itself out in physical reality.

[bitcoinstarter]

This probably helped:

http://bitcoinexaminer.org/the-edyn-project-is-raising-funds-to-spread-the-word-about-bitcoin/

Good point about the Google Glasses interesting stuff.

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Oh sweet! Thank you for posting that, Bitcoinstarter Fairy!

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Press Release from the White City

Rumours have it that four of the largest technology empire families are joining forces for the new Edyn Project, a utopian revamping of the abandoned White City.

Each of these families suffered great tragedy during the Fall of Lu Min Academy when sixty years ago, the White City’s most prestigious school was struck by a plague that feeds off strong magicians. The resulting fever claimed hundreds of students who then in their delirium killed hundreds of other students and teachers. Only a few dozen individuals survived. Among them were the seeds of what would become the next generation of cultural heavy-hitters.

In the desert that followed the massacre of the most talented minds of a generation, the general populace was suffering from a drastic drop in quality of life. They feared using magic for fear of the return of the plague but it had become so woven into the fabric of their lives that even some of the most basic tasks became huge feats. Four families with ambition and vision rose up and technology stepped in to take over where magic left off. Previously a desert, the technology sector took off as people turned to new innovations to perform the tasks they had always relied upon magic for. Over the last sixty years, the industry has boomed and no one has profited more than the commonly called Four Moon Families.

Now, in their quest to push the boundaries and continue imagining the future, individuals of these four families have joined together to create “The Wondersmith Collective”, a group that will revitalize the beloved White City into a habitable place again.

Promising state-of-the-art technology from their various companies, The Wondersmith Collective hopes to create a jewel of modern living, combining the latest in robotics, digital currency, and artificial intelligence to create a utopia to help heal the pain of a generation lost.

“It is our desire,” shares Priya, representative of the Black Moon company she created with her brother, “to heal some of the deep-seated pain this city represents. By sharing our technologies and offering them freely for others to use, it is our desire to usher in a new age of prosperity and co-operation for our people.”

[bitcoinstarter]

Press Release from the White City

Rumours have it that four of the largest technology empire families are joining forces for the new Edyn Project, a utopian revamping of the abandoned White City.

Each of these families suffered great tragedy during the Fall of Lu Min Academy when sixty years ago, the White City’s most prestigious school was struck by a plague that feeds off strong magicians. The resulting fever claimed hundreds of students who then in their delirium killed hundreds of other students and teachers. Only a few dozen individuals survived. Among them were the seeds of what would become the next generation of cultural heavy-hitters.

In the desert that followed the massacre of the most talented minds of a generation, the general populace was suffering from a drastic drop in quality of life. They feared using magic for fear of the return of the plague but it had become so woven into the fabric of their lives that even some of the most basic tasks became huge feats. Four families with ambition and vision rose up and technology stepped in to take over where magic left off. Previously a desert, the technology sector took off as people turned to new innovations to perform the tasks they had always relied upon magic for. Over the last sixty years, the industry has boomed and no one has profited more than the commonly called Four Moon Families.

Now, in their quest to push the boundaries and continue imagining the future, individuals of these four families have joined together to create “The Wondersmith Collective”, a group that will revitalize the beloved White City into a habitable place again.

Promising state-of-the-art technology from their various companies, The Wondersmith Collective hopes to create a jewel of modern living, combining the latest in robotics, digital currency, and artificial intelligence to create a utopia to help heal the pain of a generation lost.

“It is our desire,” shares Priya, representative of the Black Moon company she created with her brother, “to heal some of the deep-seated pain this city represents. By sharing our technologies and offering them freely for others to use, it is our desire to usher in a new age of prosperity and co-operation for our people.”

I like where this is heading! 

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Oh hey! We're on Bitcoin Magazine!  http://bitcoinmagazine.com/6710/an-interview-with-author-katrina-elisse-caudle-of-faeriedark-com/

[bitcoinstarter]

Oh hey! We're on Bitcoin Magazine!  http://bitcoinmagazine.com/6710/an-interview-with-author-katrina-elisse-caudle-of-faeriedark-com/

Now this is really cool!  Good job 

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Thank you!

Yay! We're at 47%! xoxo Go go go!

[bitcoinstarter]

Thank you!

Yay! We're at 47%! xoxo Go go go!

47% awesome! very cool to hear. Hopefully, more will pledge.

[defaced]

I would love to pledge some FRK to your cause, do you have a frk address?

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

I would love to pledge some FRK to your cause, do you have a frk address?

I just made one! F8TkZRqK5uwcZFWXX434njrnUEp9Wi6M4z

Thank you! xo And thanks for introducing me to Franko! 

[videos4btc]

I would love to pledge some FRK to your cause, do you have a frk address?

I just made one! F8TkZRqK5uwcZFWXX434njrnUEp9Wi6M4z

Thank you! xo And thanks for introducing me to Franko! 

Franko coins hmmmm haha ....this is interesting

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

The internet has been very kind to me lately!

http://bitcoinexaminer.org/canada-has-a-marketing-group-working-in-favor-of-bitcoin-and-a-new-restaurant-that-accepts-cryptocurrency/ !

[bbit]

The internet has been very kind to me lately!

http://bitcoinexaminer.org/canada-has-a-marketing-group-working-in-favor-of-bitcoin-and-a-new-restaurant-that-accepts-cryptocurrency/ !

You are on fire! Good job. The BitcoinExaminer is a good site I like it!

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Gold Moon to Donate Food to Utopia (Fiction)

After news broke on the “Edyn Project”, a collective project by the new Wondersmith Collective, reporters tracked down the infamous Regina Faulker, head of the Hynd Cosmetics Company founded fifty years ago after Regina herself was caught up in the horror and history of the White City.

“I came to the city as a young, sparkling thing,” Regina recalls to one reporter. “It was a wild place full of parties and glamour and just enough danger to make your skin tingle. It wasn’t until the death of someone very close to me that I.

Regina was one of many young celebrities of the era that flocked to the atmosphere of the White City after the Lu Min Academy was abandoned. She was involved with a group known as “The Glitterati Society”, a collective of several residents of the city that infamously protested the ban on magic and had in fact moved there to practice their craft. After the gruesome murder of one of their own members in the Oprea Conservatory in a fire that claimed the building, the group scattered and Regina reinvented her image and herself as a forward thinking entrepreneur who was open to the mass push to replace magic with new technology.

In the years since, Regina’s company has gone on to become one of four extremely profitable businesses established at that time. Starting off in cosmetics and fine products for skin and hair, Regina expanded her company to include stage shows, lingerie, health products, and more. Despite rumours of connection to crime and underworld lords, Regina’s family company has flourished in uncertain times. Now that company wants to give back by donating some key systems to the Edyn Project.

“Since those unfortunate events sixty years ago, I have done my best to restore the knowledge that was lost when the Oprea Conservatory was burned down. Doctor Oprea was a beloved friend and her passion for plants has inspired me ever since,” Regina said during a recent interview. “It is in her honour that my company, Hynd, will donate its resources to this incredible and inspiring project.”

Hynd has confirmed that it will be in charge of building several public gardens and providing the resources to develop a system of food distribution for the Edyn Project, which has the goal of creating a sustainable, socially advanced city that will provide for its citizens every need. Hynd is one of four influential companies that have pledged their support to the cause. Regina has personally promised to oversee the planting of these gardens in time for the very public game that will take place so that the public can test the capacity for the reimagined city and its state-of-the-art artificial intelligence program to care for a thousand citizens.

“It’s enlightened self-interest,” Regina says. “We have lived too long in a world of darkness. Let’s reach for the light together.”

[bbit]

Thanks for the update very cool! 

[bitcoinstarter]

10 days to go we need to make this successful! 

[bitcoinstarter]

I wonder if there's any non-Bitcoin related publication out there looking to write their first article on Bitcoin.

We are getting an article written up in http://crowdfundbeat.com/  fairly soon but we are subscribed to a PR place who notifies us of anyone looking to write about Bitcoin so we are just waiting.

This would be an awesome Bitcoin project to feature.

I agree! we'll mention the Eden project this one along with this one https://bitcoinstarter.com/projects/182 because they are non-bitcoin related projects and shows people who with non-bitcoin related projects can get funding.

Unfortunately my social network is slim to none and largely Bitcoin oriented, so I can't really help out there.

Read the teaser posts and LOVE IT.

Yes, no problem!  any bit of exposure , writing about it any elsewhere like you have helps!  and the teaser posts are great I agree!

It feels like you're narrating the future of Bitcoin!

Bitcoin is the future 

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Controversial Entertainment Company to Provide Tech and Hacker

Rumours are swirling around the news that four of the world's leading corporations are coming together to create "The Edyn Project", a utopian reconstruct of the abandoned White City. Reporters recently interviewed Mei Rosemont, head of Cherry Moon Entertainment, in response to speculation about the corporation's involvement in the project.

"Cherry Moon is happy to provide our latest and greatest in a number of networking, media, and even educational tools to make the Edyn Project a success," the business woman shares. "We've made our name by entertaining our customers and it's time to take that to the next level."
Though Cherry Moon is undeniably one of the most successful companies in the market today, its involvement in the project has been criticized by some because of the company's grey history. Founded in the White City itself during the city's famed "glitterati era", Cherry Moon was originally a talent agency for performers including the controversial "Star Falls" troupe which performed stage magic during a time when prohibition against magic was enforced.

The company has since cleaned up its image by diversifying and embraced society's needs for technology in the entertainment sector. Cherry Moon spear-headed the idol and design brand industries and to this day, characters and icons marketed by the company continue to be some of the most profitable franchises on the market such as Moon Café, Kutown, and the adult idol known as "Rabbit".

When asked about the persistent rumour that infamous cult television host Mirai, who is also managed by the company and Rosemont's own niece, was planning on competing in the competition to hack the White City's new AI Rosemont remained unfazed.

"Like all of the idols we manage, Mirai is entitled to her own life and her own choices," she shares. "It is not the company's decision whether or to enter her into the competition but if she plans to compete, it would certainly be great for business."

Rosemont also assures the public that if the idol does enter the competition, she will be illegible for the cash grand prize which will then go to the next runner-up.

"We want to assure everyone that there will be not conflict of interest concerning our company's involvment in creating the competition and one of our idols participating."

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

With only 6 days to go, we're going to have to up the ante a little bit! C'mon guys! We can do it! I've just finished my part...

http://www.cottontailmarketing.com/theedynproject.html

For your entertainment pleasure, I present a demo of The Edyn Project. This is a small version of the story, kind of like a prologue. It was built using twine. Play it and let me know what you think! Or better yet, play it and pass it along! With only 6 days to go, share share share!

If you like the game, support it at http://www.bitcoinstarter.com/projects/160 and I'll be able to buy graphics and art.

Enjoy!

[btcradio]

With only 6 days to go, we're going to have to up the ante a little bit! C'mon guys! We can do it! I've just finished my part...

http://www.cottontailmarketing.com/theedynproject.html

For your entertainment pleasure, I present a demo of The Edyn Project. This is a small version of the story, kind of like a prologue. It was built using twine. Play it and let me know what you think! Or better yet, play it and pass it along! With only 6 days to go, share share share!

If you like the game, support it at http://www.bitcoinstarter.com/projects/160 and I'll be able to buy graphics and art.

Enjoy!

hopefully, I can get some btc to help lol

[btcradio]

http://www.cottontailmarketing.com/theedynproject.html  Nice demo!

[bitcoinstarter]

3.45 BTC or so away! 

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Hey guys! I was up all night with another update to the demo!

Check it out -  http://www.cottontailmarketing.com/theedynproject.html
You can still donate to the BitcoinStarter for 2 more days!

Latest Updates
* changed money values
* added more back story and quests
* added more blood types

[bitcoinstarter]

Hey guys! I was up all night with another update to the demo!

Check it out -  http://www.cottontailmarketing.com/theedynproject.html
You can still donate to the BitcoinStarter for 2 more days!

Latest Updates
* changed money values
* added more back story and quests
* added more blood types

By god there is a BitcoinStarter fairy!   
Project successfully funded!

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Woohoo! Thanks everyone!! Now to get some more artwork...

[bernard75]

Is it too late for a 2BTC pledge?

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

No, it's not too late! As of right now, you have 5 hours to send it to the bitcoinstarter.com campaign over here -> https://bitcoinstarter.com/projects/160 

[Katrina Elisse Caudle]

Woohoo! Thanks everyone!! Now to get some more artwork...

Congratulations, I'm super excited to see what awesomeness your universe is manifesting!

Thank you very much! xo