You may have heard that NASA released a... what we'll call "passable, but uninspiring" TTRPG adventure earlier today about the Hubble Space Telescope getting stolen into a fantasy world. Not to be confrontational about it, but I think the indie TTRPG community could do much better, and really nail the thing about NASA that has kept us enthralled with space over the decades: their gorgeous, glorious space images. With that in mind, I'm organizing a game jam for writing a TTRPG adventure in your system of choice (or no system at all), using the many public domain images of space as inspiration. Want to write a tragic romance inspired by the transit of Io across Jupiter (as captured by Hubble)? Think Chandra's image of SN 1006 looks like a Forbidden Yarnball McGuffin? Now's your chance! Submissions are open for the next 3 months, so get to writing, and I'm excited to see what you make. :)
A reminder that this is rolling! If you want to submit an adventure for this, I recommend hitting "join jam" sooner rather than later – that'll make sure you get community posts, relevant emails, and reminders as the submission deadline approaches.
Happy Hubble Launchiversary! NASA put together this highlight reel of the last year from Hubble:
If you're looking for a way to celebrate, consider participating in the Indie NASA TTRPG Adventures Jam above!
As a fun synchronicity, the Sci-fi One-Shot Jam overlaps this jam time-wise with the theme Stellar Phenomena. If there were ever a time to multi-jam drift, it's now.
