{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/172","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/172/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/172/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/172/events","html_url":"https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/172","id":118703275,"number":172,"title":"The Greater Book of Transmutation (A DIY Alchemy Guide)","user":{"login":"TobiasWehrum","id":1674310,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1674310?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum","html_url":"https://github.com/TobiasWehrum","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TobiasWehrum/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-11-24T21:09:44Z","updated_at":"2015-11-24T21:18:46Z","closed_at":null,"body":"After missing last year's NaNoGenMo, I thought I should finally take the plunge this year. Nevermind that I never made any generative text before.\r\n\r\nThe Greater Book of Transmutation is mainly based on a free association database that I found [here](http://web.usf.edu/FreeAssociation). It's about making things, using materials that are commonly associated with them - e.g., a cat might be made from \"being feline\", \"claws\", \"meows\" and \"being graceful\" and \"tail\". Throw in a system of tools with actions that use/transform materials, a bit of word classification, markov-chain latin words generator, a lot of sillyness and whatever else I will add before the month ends, and you get something like:\r\n\r\n> How to make a book in 12 easy steps:\r\n> \r\n> Materials:\r\n>  - 10 hymns\r\n>  - 178 readings\r\n>  - 10 clear concepts of poem\r\n>  - 4 clear concepts of guide\r\n> \r\n> Tools:\r\n>  - bucket with  water\r\n>  - vessel\r\n>  - pet unicorn\r\n>  - ballpoint pen\r\n> \r\n> Instructions:\r\n> \r\n> 1. Let vessel cool down.\r\n> 2. Heat vessel.\r\n> 3. Dip 10 clear concepts of poem into the bucket with  water.\r\n> 4. Feed 10 clear concepts of wet poem to your pet unicorn.\r\n> 5. Let your pet unicorn lick 10 hymns.\r\n> 6. Pet your pet unicorn.\r\n> 7. Wait for a long time.\r\n> 8. Wait until your pet unicorn poops. Receive 124.89 ounces of a very dirty pile of \"wet poem\"\r\n> 9. Draw a magic circle on the floor using the ballpoint pen.\r\n> 10. Draw a cross into the circle and place 10 licked hymns, 178 readings, 4 clear concepts of guide and 124.89 ounces of a very dirty pile of \"wet poem\" on each corner.\r\n> 11. Whisper the following spell: \"Alchemia implacabilis! Meio clystermitto clodigo condocefaciencia, millibi! Verca bisellatrocinium! Creditor circumbrans!\"\r\n> 12. Reluctantly, a book will appear inside the circle.\r\n\r\n(That might also help those that are still struggling to make a book. And if you are missing one of the materials or tools, maybe another entry in The Greater Book of Transmutation could help you make it!)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/comments/159407896","html_url":"https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/172#issuecomment-159407896","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/172","id":159407896,"user":{"login":"hugovk","id":1324225,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1324225?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk","html_url":"https://github.com/hugovk","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hugovk/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-24T21:18:45Z","updated_at":"2015-11-24T21:18:45Z","body":"Nice idea!"}}