worldbuilding

An illustration for my work-in-progress novel Sailor for the Second Dusk....

Could these neurons be programmable?

When you think about scenes playing out in your world, what is the visual medium? Is it the same as the real world? Is it some form of cartoon or anime? 3D renders like a Pixar movie? Something else?

Kind of a weird question I know, but let me explain. I’m not talking about your themes or messages, but the general feeling someone looking into your world or imagining themselves in it might get about the situation, when the world is not in conflict. Basically, you know how when you watch a franchise like Star Trek, it has...

The Faraway Paladin...

I have a world set thousands of years in the future. Humanity reached for the stars and settled planets. They brought various religions, nations, and other groups....

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One real-life example is the Eleusinian Mysteries.

I saw an interesting post on Reddit related to worldbuilding and I thought I’d reproduce it here for the fediverse. It’s from /r/Userfaulty and it’s about where natural resources would appear normally in the world. It might not be completely accurate but it’s a great start and inspiration....

For context, this takes place in my world with intelligent, non-anthro animals trying to live in harmony. This is part of the backstory of my main character and why she’s where she is currently....

Here’s one, from The Name of the Wind...

Whale attacks on coast of Velgender in 22 Hertoza 2223 a Jukarian whaler ship was atacking pod of Beaked Whales when multiple whales begin rocking the boat and eventually came in such numbers that the whale was in the sea this was witnessed by a nearby ship the Transport ship Hertoz that had just escaped being hunted by whales a...

!fanfiction...

So the aviation industry in my science-fantasy world with intelligent animals is dominated by hovercrafts. They levitate and move by manipulating gravitational fields, and can move freely in any direction, are very quick to respond to control inputs, can hover in place or go as slow as they want since they don’t have a stall...

So this topic seems to be on the brain lately, actually been meaning to do a prompt like this for a while because I’m very much a stupid name enjoyer, but this seems like the right time. What are some organization names, or names in general, in your world that your characters think is stupid? Do people still actually use the...

In my world of Drio the Khentet-Sah are a group of nomads living in the Savannas and mountains of Khentet-Sah. They travel by horse, zeebra and elephant and eat wild tubers, antelope, deer, and grasses found in their homelands. They do some trade with outside groups as well. They live in extremely well designed tents that keep...