The Smoldering Wick
The Smoldering Wick (TSW) is the second “Book” in the SparkQuest Metagame covering the years 2063-2096. The Great Cataclysm (2062) has irreversibly changed the world. Civilization is gone. The tiny human population toils in medieval villages. Biodiversity has collapsed. The land itself is unrecognizable. The brave team from the SCAV project has but one choice: rediscover what’s left of the old world for future generations before everything is lost. They have one asset: the Matrix — an artifact that can lead them to the relics of the past. But they are alone in a hostile world, beset by swirling chaos and hunted by the agents of a relentless evil. Can they survive and recover the fragments of humanity before they are forever lost?
Imperative: SCAV members must use the Matrix to find and decode clues left behind by the INDX project before The Great Cataclysm so they can catalog and mark fragments of the old world to save them for the future.
[boss fight: raiding Nether features (fortnesses, etc) to gather Matrix fragments]
Chapters
Gameplay
Play is mostly in Minecraft on the SQTerra_Alpha Minecraft world in the Overworld and Nether dimensions. Players keep logs — which may have clues or playable info — on the MagSchool Group page. To start from the beginning, a player can work their way through the Chapters on this page or start “forward in time” on connected STF chapters.
Development
TSW DEV – spoiler containing game development is tracked on the SparkCrafters forum where missions are planned and technical issues are tracked. TSW missions, when complete, generally set up TTS missions.