Rex Project franchise

The Rex Project franchise is a series of books written by John Pitchardson Rex, Pablito Elquagero, Spyral Ulburnr and other writers centering around an attempt to create a dinosaur theme park, and the subsequent events resulting from the park's failure. It began in late October of 2021, with Rex creating the preface to the original novel, before being heavily expanded upon in December of the same year, when Rex assembled a collection of writers to write a novella as a group surrounding the island of Macmar. The Rex Project franchise remains one of the largest and most extensive collaborative lore projects in Stoneworks history, and the largest series of novels in the server's history by both number of installations and volume of content, with the franchise continuing to produce new content despite being active for nearly as long as the duration of Eldham.
The original Rex Project novella was extremely successful, resulting in the production of three sequels and a spin-off novel set long after the original novella.
== Development ==
=== The Rex Project: Part I ===
Rex had originally conceived the idea that would become The Rex Project in June 2021 following the abandonment of plans by RNBC to produce a full-length prehistoric documentary, which would have been titled Rise of the Giants. Production of this documentary prior to its cancellation would spike Rex's interest in dinosaurs and Rathnir's growing palaeontological community, and as a result he would join the Palaeontological Society in August 2021 and begin to make additions to the rapidly growing fossil taxa of the server. The connections that Rex made in the Palaeontological Society allowed him to gradually expand upon his original idea of a dinosaur reserve being destroyed, until the original concepts that would become The Rex Project: Part I were proposed as a collaborative lore project in December of the same year. The original version of the book would be developed by Rex, Spyral, Pablito, Paleozoey, Doctor.Bobington, RaptorTheOne and Spriet between December 2021 and March 2022, and the original edition of the novella was published the following month in April 2022. An updated version of the novella would be re-released in June 2022, and the Definitive Edition - designed as the final update to the original novella - was published in July 2024, with more than double the content of the original novella.
=== The Rex Project: Part II ===
The success of the original novella made Rex and the other members of the Rex Project writing team take into consideration the production of a sequel from as early as February of 2022. The second book, initially conceptualised under the temporary name Ashes of the Rex Project, but later renamed to The Rex Project: Part II, would begin writing in June 2022 and concluded much of its writing in November 2022, with the novella being left 'unfinished' despite it being already significantly longer than the original book. The production of the book would remain halted for the majority of late 2022 and early 2023, until writing would restart in January 2024 and is expected to release by the end of 2024. The ideas of the second novella were much more contested and unfinished initially than the first, hence why it was considered largely unfinished, and this was not helped by an incident in December 2022 where Rex would lose access to the document that the book was being held on, which is why the book did not restart writing until January 2024. Unlike the first book, which is considered a lengthy novella, the second book was the first book to formally classify as a novella. Compared to its predecessor, The Rex Project: Part II uses far less outside inspiration and many more original ideas to flesh out its content.
=== The Expedition ===
Beginning writing just after the conclusion of writing of The Rex Project: Part I in March 2022, The Expedition was the first solo writing project of the franchise, being written solely by Pablito. The book went through many different drafts and plot changes between 2022 and 2023, before the majority of the current draft of the novella was settled upon by September 2023. The book remains in production to this day, and currently had no estimated time of publication. The Expedition breaks many of the previous norms that had been set in place throughout the previous two installations, including the introduction of feathered dinosaurs and leaning more into the necromantical side of Gen II's operations on Kuzakhvesungar, as well as employing a wider use of magic than the previous two books, where its involvement was limited. The book is also a prequel to The Rex Project: Part II, taking place three years after the original novella.
== Instalments ==
=== Original Books ===
* The Rex Project: Part I (2022)
* The Rex Project: Part II (2022)
* The Expedition (2023)
* The Rex Project: Chapter II (TBA)
* The Adolebis Organisation (TBA)
=== Definitive Editions ===
* (2024)
* The Rex Project: Part II - Definitive Edition (expected 2024/25)
* The Expedition - Definitive Edition (TBA)
== Logo ==
The logo of the Rex Project franchise has consistently been a Manothronax skeleton in various positions (dependent on the instalment) and a specific typeface, which is varied in detail and colour based upon each instalment.
File:Rex Project franchise logo.png|The original banner of The Rex Project: Part I.
File:The Rex Project Part I logo.png|The updated logo of The Rex Project: Part I.
File:The Rex Project Part II logo.png|The logo of The Rex Project: Part II.
File:The Rex Project Part II logo 2.png|The shortened logo for The Rex Project: Part II'.
File:The Expedition Logo.png|The logo for The Expedition.
File:The Rex Project Chapter II Logo 1.png|The logo for The Rex Project: Chapter II.
File:The Rex Project Chapter II Logo 2.png|The shortened logo for The Rex Project: Chapter II.
File:Adolebis.webp|The simplified insignia of The Adolebis Organisation.
File:Rex Project I New Logo.png|The updated book cover for The Rex Project: Part I - Definitive Edition.
File:Rex Project II New Logo 2.png|The updated book cover for The Rex Project: Part II - Definitive Edition.
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