December Update

In this style, next year, each month will have an update. These posts will be much like you probably expect.

Content

I will be adding a new category of posts, as I intend to do at least one long format post about music every month. Sometimes this will be more often. I may venture into other areas, as I intend to continue experimentation.

zkSync Era

This month we launched the meme token, $BALLS on the zkSync Era blockchain. This token is something that Jean and I have been discussing/planning for many months now. We’ve received quite a surprising amount of interest. We haven’t exactly dug ourselves out of poverty, but it is still incredibly exciting. The token has been fully generated, and we expect to reach DEX listing very soon. I’ll post about that when we get there. The future is bright, and you gotta have $BALLs!!

NFTs

I continue to offer my own art, mostly set in the fictional universe of Exoteric, on several fronts. Lens is sort of the ‘proto-release’ area with conversation and community being the core. The Uncut Network is home to the majority of low priced, readily available NFTs. In news there, the Only Shadow collection will be coming to a close in January. This region of the Exoteric World is very likely to show up again in the future. The Cost of Magic collection will move to the forefront at Uncut. Details forthcoming.

Fiction

The fictional Storyverse called Exoteric will continue to grow. Each NFT release has included some light flavor text, adding small details to the world. As focused NFT collections begin and end, so will the stories of the related region. I am working on a knowledge base that will debut soon. It will always be a work in progress. An ebook is planned covering The Only Shadow story, including the all the current images used for NFTs, as well as new art, and the story that ties it all together.

Knowledge Base

The upcoming knowledge base will be reminiscent of an RPG manual written in the wiki format. Once I’ve completed a sufficient amount of its skeleton, I’ll make it public while I continue to add to it. The Knowledge Base will become increasingly important to the Exoteric project, as I hope others will want contribute their own stories, art, music, design, etc within the Exoteric multiverse. Anyone interested is welcome to contact me at any time, but I won’t actually be seeking out other creators to collaborate with until I’ve made more of the setting public.

That’s all folks!

December can be a tough time. I hope that my efforts can provide some pleasure to others. The goal is to make my vision come to life, in a way that is fun and relatable; to create a massive fictional context, in which others want to add to themselves, becoming fans and creators.

Okay, that’s enough for now. Thank you all for your purchases, support, companionship, and inspiration.

Jack Lhasa

Midori NFT on Uncut

Midori

https://the-only-shadow.uncut.network/nft/34361650743

Midori is an incredibly talented Kunoichi in the smash hit VR game, Only Shadow. she is feared by the other players, despite never placing higher than 4th. She is determined to take first this time.

5 copies available on Uncut.Network

The Only Shadow + Sara

This is Sara Wade. She’s wearing her ninja garb, as this is in the game, the Only Shadow.

In the real world, Sara is quite the computer nerd. She works for Jack Lhasa as a set designer. Shes responsible for all the little details of Japan in The Only Shadow.

In Only Shadow, she’s a precise killer. From this vantage point, she watches as two other kunoichi clash below. Biding her time, she’ll strike the victor, as soon as they relax in victory.

Only Shadow

The Only Shadow is a fiercely competitive game in the VR universe of Exoteric. It takes place in a Japan that is several hundred years from now. This Japan is ruled by a totalitarian shogun. He has outlawed the practice of ninjitsu, making it punishable by death.

Players take on the role of one of the last practitioners of ninjitsu. They were brought into this martial art by their parents, or other close relatives. Taught in secret, by necessity.

Now, the last surviving Kunoichi, are hunting each other down, in a desperate play to be the last standing.

The Only Shadow is a massive PvP competition. Players must stay off the authority’s radio, while constantly watching for other ninja who may be stalking them. The game runs in seasons, and each season players have only one life. If they are defeated in battle, that’s it. They can reenter after a winner is crowned and a new season begins. First place receives a very large monetary prize that is dependent on the number of players who join in that particular season.

Extraordinarily popular, perhaps because of the incredibly high stakes, more players join every season.