Welcome to Word Enchilada S01E04

We write prototypes, fight our inner demons, get cargo ships unstuck at the Suez Canal, eat enchiladas and get in fights

What?

A microquest for Everything2 in the spirit of Game Jams

How?

The updated rules are in Word Enchilada Rules, but here’s the TL;DR

  1. Just before the Quest starts, a theme will be revealed. Please don’t spoil it for yourself, only read it after the official start of the Enchilada1;
  2. You have 48 hours to write a prototype2 that follows3 the theme;
  3. You post the prototype in this node;
  4. ???
  5. Profit! You will receive fabulous prizes4

After the Quest is over, you’re encouraged to give the noder below you some feedback on their prototype. Bear in mind: the goal of Word Enchiladas is to write for fun and outside of one’s comfort zone, so be constructive and be kind.

Theme!

The theme for this Enchilada is:

NYJNLF VA CNVEF

E2 Rot13 Encoder

The suggested nodetype is:

fiction

Start and end times

The Word Enchilada starts at April 09, 2021 12:00 PM and ends at April 11, 2021 12:00 PM in whatever time zone you observe.

Notes for today: S03 awards are still pending and are coming. I'm sorry, I'm not in a right frame of mind. «I'll be here when it all gets weird». Be excellent to each other.


Participants

Noder Streak Good Enchilada Enchilada Master's note Total
npecom 4 Important to remember that the average human has less than two arms, less than two legs...
14
Glowing Fish 1 🌮 I swear I didn't read this before... and I wish I did, there's great ideas to develop here! 15

Closing comments

2021-05-21, 1058 GMT-0500: Sorry for the delay, still burnt out of the internet and job searching... Also, was this a "bad" prompt? I wish to continue hosting these events, but if they start being boring or a chore, I will stop them.


  1. The idea being that you shouldn’t prepare anything beforehand, and that you should only have 48 hours to work on your writeup. But I’m just a footnote, not a policeman.

  2. The word “Prototype” is important here: you’re expected to write a quick draft, not a perfect, well edited writeup.

  3. The phrase “Following the theme” is purposefully ambiguous. Be creative :)

  4. Actually, some GP, depending on how much the E2 gods can spare… Updated details on the Word Enchilada Rules