These are the characters and environments I developed for the Steampunkables immersive storytelling sim. Some items were purchased or provide for free. Full credits are online at: https://steampunkables.wordpress.com/credits. This was done inside of the virtual world of Second Life on the LEA23 sim as part of a grant from the Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA). For more information, please see: http://steampunkables.wordpress.com

1. LEA23 SIM IN SECOND LIFE

2. LOCATIONS
Sim Map of LEA23 in Second Life

3. • This is where you first arrive on the sim as you start to learn the story of
the Tinker’s accidental time travel from a Steampunk age (that never was)
to a future (that might one day be) in the year 2525.!
• Much has changed…while other things still look quite familiar to this
time traveling anamorphic tinker.
LOCATION: The Tinker's Shopp

4. • Inspired by the Westin Hotel in my
RL location, this is the place to go for
social activity with a pub, restaurant,
dance hall, and something hidden.!
• The proprietor is Wabbit, who is
known for working on secret things
and is quite the scoundrel with
rumors afoot that he may be the
infamous Mr. Hamilton who is the
killer of the cogs (i.e. gears).!
• Not having gears has effects on things.
LOCATION: Twines Hostel

5. • This is an abandoned
factory/warehouse and cogs
have been put to rest out
back.!
• It’s a bit of a statement about
the ill effects on mankind
from economic depression
and digital technology.!
• The character Copperpunk
has also been seen at times
wandering the old factory!
• Rumors say he may be trying
to bring back the cogs from
the dead...oooo…how Mary
Shelley of him!
LOCATION: Cog Graveyard & Warehouse

6. • This is the library of Steam
Center, which has become
more of a place of historic
items than for reading these
days. !
• Monkeno is the librarian
and watches over the books
as if they were her own
children (which by the way
she’s never had as she keeps
to herself and her magic). !
• Take care where you touch
in the library as one thing
may take you UP while
another takes you DOWN.
LOCATION: Steambrary

7. • This is inspired by the Art Institute of
Virginia Beach.!
• This school is where Vicki (the heroine
of the story) has settled down to
become dean after traveling the world
for many years in her dirigible.!
• Ai includes the Dean’s Office, History
Classroom, Art Gallery, and
something special on the roof (just be
careful what you pull and where you
sit).!
• The art in the gallery is some of the
real life black and white art from
AiVA student David Fliesen
(SL: Joey Aboma).
LOCATION: Academy of Illumination

8. • A place of sweet
confections where the lady
Trigger has setup shop
after the dance hall was
closed down due to the
failing economy and
changes in government
regulations.!
• Trigger is often seen on the
street checking her social
status on a stool with a
steamputer between her
knees (not very ladylike if
you ask me)…but social is
everything to this gal!
LOCATION: Candy Shopp & Ray's Pizza

9. • There are seedy
apartments nearby,
but no one is really
sure if Trigger lives
in them or on the
corner…as she is a
street urchin.!
• These apartments
are a statement on
the homeless and the
possible fate of
many…if times do
not change us from
that course.
LOCATION: Apartments
The number of Steam Apartments has
increased and become even more run
down since the government
shutdown.

10. • Inspired by Town Center of
Virginia Beach, this area is
under development along with
an attached plaza and the
Darnels (which is losely
inspired by the Sandler Center
of the performing arts).!
• This is being developed from
Google Earth and Google
Warehouse 3D models to
make a Steampunkafied
version. I experienced trouble
with the DAE (Collada)
geometry having missing faces
and textures, which I am
trying to fix before developing
these further.
LOCATION: Steam Center & Plaza

11. • This is a place for the
upper class to discover
their creative sides.!
• While Trigger and
Stomper would love to
see such shows, they
could never afford the
entry price. !
• A bit of a statement on
the social classes and
how the poor and the
rich will reside side-by-
side in some instances.
LOCATION: Darnels Centre
Working from Google Earth geometry
of the Sandler Center of the Performing
Arts in Town Center of Virginia Beach

12. • Playful area with Stomper to
show off the wonders of
imagination and 3D
Steampunk creations.!
• Inspired by Nix Sands,
Stomper is quite the builder
and explorer, who loves to
build machines to travel to
new worlds and explore
strange things.!
• The Steampunk Robot Chess
pieces are the work of Joe’s
Makerbot, which can be
printed out using a 3D printer,
in case you would like to have
a real life version (but sorry the
Chess Higher Hat is not
included in the 3D model).
LOCATION: Chess Higher Hat

13. • A strange
whirlpool was
formed recently on
the north side of
Steam Center, near
Waterside.!
• Could this be from
a disturbance in
the space-time
continuum?!
• Is it possible to
turn back time???
LOCATION: Flux Vortex

14. • Inspired by the
naval town of
Norfolk, VA!
• A playful area of
piers and pirates
with Grog for sale
in a machine. !
• The Kraken has
been spotted at
times in the water
so take care on
your journey.
LOCATION: Waterside

15. • Sandbox area for people to create
their own Steampunk creations.!
• Working to setup tutorials on back
of the island and a sky platform
above to allow an open build area. !
• Looking for volunteers to teach
others for the opening day of
NOV 16th and NOV 23rd. Send
IM to Joey Aboma in SL if you
would like to volunteer.!
• And yes our sandbox does have a
skeleton inside a volcano….
doesn’t every sandbox include
one?!
• Look for a message from the
skeleton soon on the fate of
mankind.
LOCATION: Sands of Time

16. • It is just a rumor (and
far be it from me to
spread such things)
….but I heard that
Copperpunk has a
hidden area beneath
Steam Center!
• Is this where he is
working in secret?!
• Only time will tell
what is happening
below the city.
LOCATION: Underworld

17. • Find a way down by posing
in the right spot (hint hint)
in the Steambrary.!
• Experience the effects
mankind has played upon
Mother Nature. !
• What will the oceans be
like in the future and what
kind of creatures might we
find as a result of
mankind’s environmental
recklessness? !
• In the year 2525, will
Mother Nature still be
alive?
LOCATION: Undersea

18. • Look up to the heavens to find the
entrance from the place where books of
magic are about. !
• Place provides insight into the origins of
Steampunk, the genre's music, and the
Steampunkables characters.!
• Performance space for the Steampunk
Musical “Tinker and the
Steampunkables,” which will be
performed by Theater Dramatique on
Nov. 16th and 23rd!
• See the "Tinker Art" made with free
AutoDesk 123D apps from a clay model
of the character.!
• Pick from 3 dirigibles to fly around
Steamspace and explore with your
friends.
LOCATION: Steam Haven

19. CHARACTERS
Creating the Tinker and the
Steampunkables characters

20. CHARACTER: The Tinker
• He often spends days straight sitting on
a stool in his shop working on
inventions…sensing how to fix things by
meticulously examining them.!
• He’s quite secluded and introverted
feeling different from everyone else,
especially since a recent experiment
with teleportation morphed him into
the anamorphic form of a steampunk
dog.!
• One day while working on a pocket
watch from the Tinker's Box, the room
exploded into steam and projected him
into the distant future, where he finds
other anamorphic characters who bear
a similarity to his friends…including
Vicki Mouse…a reminder of one he
loved from afar.

21. CHARACTER: Vicki
• An explorer/pilot who’s traveled around the world leaving
a trail of broken hearts.!
• She recently became the Dean of the Academy of
Illumination.!
• Always searching for something or someone that is just
beyond her reach (possibly the Tinker who fell for her
ancestor Victoria).!
• Extremely extroverted as the life of the party and tends to
go with her gut intuition on things...often just knowing
things without having to think about it.!
• She likes to keep her options open and lets life’s journey be
a product of the winds of time.

22. CHARACTER: Wabbit
• Proprietor of the Twines Hostel and rumored to be killer of the
Cogs (Mr. Hamilton).!
• A rather strange one with something like turrets syndrome from
being on the gun range one too many times, he often says rather
strange things at random, but with wisdom well beyond his years. !
• Quite meticulous about his appearance as an aesthete, keen on
fashion attire of the Victorian (1837-1901) or Edwardian
(1901-1910) eras and fond of a good cigar and glass of brandy. !
• Wabbit can be quite snotty to others, who he judges as having no
sense of fashion. !
• Has an attraction to ladies in
high-button boots, who dabble
as assassins when they aren’t
knitting mittens.

23. CHARACTER: Trigger
• She is rather outlandish as what some
would term a street urchin with old and
dirtied victorian clothes.!
• Trigger enjoys being the center of attention
and lives life on a whim. !
• She had hopes of being a cabaret dancer
till the club was shut down by the
government.!
• That put her onto the streets, where she
became close friends with Fox Stomper.

24. CHARACTER: Stomper
• This fox has learned much of the hard life
on his own…after his parents vanished from
Steam Center when he was just 8 years old.!
• He’s lived on the streets, where he learned
from other tinkers...and has grown quite a
skill with driving and flying machines, and is
often sought after for his building talents.!
• Characterized by his Fox Stomper boots
with wrenches stashed in the sides.!
• Loves to explore the world in the vehicles he
creates and enjoys learning about different
people, cultures, music, and cuisines.

25. CHARACTER: Monkeno
• A very shy girl who’s never left home and works as
the librarian for Steam Center in the Steambrary.!
• Over the ages, the use of books has dwindled; so
she finds herself alone with her books with few, if
any, visitors to the library on most days.!
• It has become more like a museum than a hall of
knowledge to most folk, but Monkeno prefers the
company of a good book to that of people most
days.!
• She loves to explore in her mind and is quite the
dreamer...having read so many things, her mind
weaves together stories of her own.!
• Monkeno has also been known to dabble in
practicing a bit of magic in the library.

26. CHARACTER: Piranda
• An explorer who’s sailed the 7 Seas in search of
booty and adventure...Piranda is a pirate that
can literally talk your ear off with his sea stories.!
• Be careful not to buy him too many drinks...as
he can become an ugly panda with a bit too
much of the rum in him.!
• Having set off on his own at a young age to
escape an abusive home, he tends to act all
tough and harsh on the outside, but is really just
a teddy bear inside.!
• The sea is his mistress as he feels her call to ride
the waves and feel the sea breeze and ocean
spray upon his face.

27. CHARACTER: Copperpunk
• He has vowed to bring back the
beauty of analog clockwork…
and avenge the murder of such
wondrous keepers of time. So
Mr. Hamilton…you better
watch your back!!!
• He is an underground type of character, who is extremely introverted and
prefers the dark caves of the underworld over the sunlight of top dwellers.!
• No one is really sure where he came from or what he does...but there are
many stories about him being down in the caves and pipes below the city. !
• Don’t let his stark form fool you though. Copperpunk has a very good
spirit in him despite his rough exterior, and nemesis of Mr. Hamilton
(Wabbit) who he blames for the death of the cog.