SPECTRA universe is an episodic, open source, sci-fi series, populated with diverse, complex characters and worlds all underpinned with a strong social message. It is created in weekly podcasts where guest creators are invited into the writers room to add their own belief system, philosophical, religious, or intellectual orientations to the story world. With the goal of creating dialogue between people with very different orientations and world views, played out in a safe fictional space.
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SPECTRA: Episode 4. Did Someone Say Techno Viking?
This time Miguel creates two new characters for SPECTRA: A Daoist higher intelligence in a robotic shell and a force field wielding shieldmaiden. Did someone say “Techno Viking”!? Bringing in more diversity, representation but at the same time contrasting expectations and stereotypes is a tricky thing.
Together with Ash Pure and Saud the conversation also is about inspirations like Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods”. But, the dangers of the writer’s room and getting lost in chatting about influences too much are there, too. Saud brings in the aspect of getting in secondary characters.
If you’re new to SPECTRA, better start at the beginning.
Take a look at the characters sheets and artworks.
Here’s our story progress so far.
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