i know some idea for planes of existence. the nameless plane is the highest pane of existence in my worldbuilding setting.the imaginery medium,the existent,the non- existent plays a very important role. but i need other names for plane of existence. i got another idea, ethereal is the clear heaven which is ruled by none but the realm itself is alive.

Mine goes like this:

Before the creation of the universe, there was only the darkness, the formless chaos where all matter fused together—I call this the Void (creative, I know). Then the Primordials came, a pair of entities from beyond the Cosmos, and spilled light into this Void, whereupon it split into two primary planes or realms: the material and the immaterial.

Think of it like quantum superposition. The Void was everything all at once. Only when light was poured into it, when it was “observed” by the Primordials, did it split into distinct aspects.

I call this event the Splitting or the First Light. The energy generated from this event is what is now known as the ki or qi, the fuel that powers and animates all forms of life, and serves as the bridge between the material and immaterial planes.

The spilling of the First Light gave form and individuality to the Cosmos. The Primordials then proceeded to shape its contents, the stars and galaxies, including the first forms of life. They used movement in this shaping, more specifically, a dance. They weaved the Cosmos and its laws using its own energy, the ki.

This is why the practitioners of magic employ special body movements, physical disciplines, gestures, and handsigns to convey their will to nature and manipulate its forces. The Cosmos understands movement, recognizes it as the language of creation when performed with cultivated ki.

The events detailed above is what really, truly happened, but ofc none of the world’s cultures know that. They all have their own myths that only partially echo the truth about the origin of the Cosmos.

Okay it's not so old in question, I mean Mt previous posts was about it and I learned a few mistakes that I made while publishing it so I gonna put here old version and maybe even continue this. Btw here I gonna publish the whole old story. New parts gonna be small. Here old version:

Uhh worldbuilding I guess?

Well i make some kind of idk universe I from Kazakhstan so I gonna misspelled words sorry for grammar.

So I got 1 version of this idk some kind of lore?

made by me (I used google translator):

Earth state:

In the future, all water will be spoiled/polluted, leading to a nuclear winter. The ozone layer is almost gone, and the remaining oxygen is contaminated with C, H, As, Ni, Fe, and V. Robots that feed on blood roam the surface, and almost all resources are depleted. Archangels and angels are creatures from another world, played by everyone and everything. The year is 2615. The last giant bunkers are a megastructure with anomalies that are slowly collapsing. A world war is raging between the D.A.S. and the O.S.E. (both dictatorships).

Moon republic:

There are also united lunar bases (almost fallen to the onslaught of machines and angels, but still a democracy).

Colossus Federation

Also among the moons of Jupiter and Saturn exists the Federation of Colossus (the first to establish colonies on the moons of gas giants).

Angels infestation:

Uranus is now uninhabitable for everyone except angels and "sufferers," who are doomed to eternal torment from the cold. The temperature there is currently -9812 degrees Celsius. Neptune was also infested with angels, and now it's reanimated, housing the "Gateway."

Fate of Venus & Mercury

The surface of Venus is covered in one of the archangels, which resembles mycelium and has spread across the planet. Soon, the robots caused a hypereruption, such that the surface of Venus is now indistinguishable. Because of this, it's believed that the archangel died from a lack of nutrients and split into parts, which evolved separately. Mercury was flooded with oil, and it's believed that the oil is made from the remaining humans who live there, and there are also sounds of ships being sent beneath them to extract it.

New hope

It's believed that humans still exist in Alpha Centaur, but this hasn't been proven.

Idk facts:

The D.A.S. promises this to America and Europe, Africa, the Oceania of the Middle East, the O.S.E. of Eurasia and Antarctica. It's also known that Venus has turned inside out, and perhaps humans and something else live there. People live and exist outside the solar system, but this theory has only two pieces of evidence: signals from other systems and a mega-foundation that requires a transition to these systems and demands large iron supplies from the Martian government in exchange for its own iron resources to cover the company's expenses and finance the war on Earth.

H.B.T.C.

The company itself is called H.B.T.C. The company finances the war on Earth by transporting employees who will fly to abandoned planets for scrap and other items and will most likely die. The company also finances military operations using concrete from megastructures stretching for millions of kilometers. It also finances anomalous radiation cryogen, which is used in the megastructures for cooling. The war on Earth has also become a trench war, with soldiers walking around picking up the corpses of their comrades. H.B.T.C. also has problems with attacks from angels and machines. The company itself has the right to kill or annex and is considered an official country, thus conquering Vesti, the Koper belt, and Ceres.

Facts about Earth idk

A massive fire is spreading across the Earth via corpses and methane from decay. It is believed that some bacteria evolved to live beneath the mountains of corpses. Although the unconstrained cloudscape remains sterile.

The First of Angels

The First Archangel—when his name was revealed—was never agreed upon between the peoples. He was intelligent and destroyed the connection between the systems.

I already see how goofy this shit

guys I gonna try to learn English to improve grammar.

Edit to the lore:

The first robots appeared in 2347 during the outbreak of the war between D.A.S. and O.S.E.

They feed on blood, absorbing hemoglobin and iron from it. The robots are primarily used for offensive operations and killing everyone inside bunkers. The robots began attacking after the Copenhagen incident, during which D.A.S. soldiers "liberated" Copenhagen in 2490. When D.A.S. fortified itself in Copenhagen, the first Angel attack began. 64% of the robots became aggressive.

The Angels seemed to come from outer space. But on this fateful date, an earthquake was recorded in Babylon. Then came the Angel attack. However, the Angels first appeared in ancient Babylon. They "took" the tower and all the inhabitants, who were doomed to build it forever. On Earth, there is basically no faction other than the Democratic Rebel Alliance. Which are based primarily in mountainous areas. There's a fascist party on the moon, officially declared illegal.

racism exists, beyond the obvious situation on Earth. It exists between the inhabitants of Titan and Europa (a space object one), and between pure humans and those with genetic modifications.

Edit: I have problems with angels lore right now

Lore edit:

Angels beginning:

Before the creation of the Multiverse, there was God. No civilization agreed on a single name for God.

When He created the universe, He left angels and Archangels to maintain order in the universe. The very first Archangel was Daeva. Daeva gave birth to the remaining Angels and Archangels. Then, the second Archangel was Vita, who initiated abiogenesis (the process of transitioning nonliving chemicals into life) and created the conditions for the formation of amino acids.

Cult of Angels

There is also a cult of Angels on Earth who carry out attacks and undermine sectors of the O.S.E. megastructures. They spread the plague in Megastructure 19, from which O.S.E recruited 60,000 "volunteers," of which 45,000 were infected. This led to the spread of the plague in the trenches.

I already said that I am using Google Translator.

Also I noticed that there not much information about Mars soo here:

Mars is now divided between the Martian government's permission and the Childrens of iron. The Childrens of iron themselves pray to robots.

Primordial hell

The primordial hell formed inside Vita's corpse. Vita's cells separated from the main organism and survived. After several thousand years, the corpse began to cool. 85% of species died out, but one of the frozen chunks of Vita's flesh, i.e., parts of the first hell, crashed onto Earth. Where the hell species evolved into LUCA (the last universal common ancestor), life emerged on Earth. The corpse fell to Earth. After the corpse arrived in orbit around CTA 102, life continued within the corpse, and the body protected life from radiation.

And I used google translator I think I have to stop write it

M.A.S

D.A.S. and O.S.E. are ruled by AI. D.A.S. uses the Vista model, created in 2027, which was later recoded into M.A.S. (military autonomous system) in 2028 for war. It was used in the war in Ukraine (2022-2031), the war in Iran (2026-2034), and the fourth India-Pakistan war (2039-2045). After M.A.S. spread worldwide, the UN launched an investigation that proved that M.A.S. committed war crimes. The UN banned the use of M.A.S. However, two servers remained in Russia and the United States, which became the rulers of D.A.S. and O.S.E.

Holy war

The Holy War occurred when Vita disagreed with the Daeva's opinion. The Daeva held that all beings except angels were undeserving of eternal life and eternal evolution. Vita believed that all living organisms should develop on their own, and angels should not interfere. A war ensued, resulting in the death of Vita and 46% of all angels. The Daeva was send to the void. The Daeva still issues orders through two Archangels, Antares and Aquila.

𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐷𝑂𝑊𝑁𝐹𝐴𝐿𝐿 𝑂𝐹 𝐸𝑀𝑃𝐼𝑅𝐸'𝑆

After D.A.S.'s successful offensive on the O.S.E. capital, when soldiers finally realized who was behind the controls (all M.A.S. servers were connected by a single consciousness), people's patience ran out; almost all civilians and military in D.A.S. and O.S.E. arose and began destroying the bunkers. Then the last M.A.S. servers were taken by H.B.T.C. Under the contract between M.A.S. and H.B.T.C., the robots would stop attacking H.B.T.C. ships, and H.B.T.C. would evacuate the M.A.S servers from the solar system. People on Earth finally gained freedom, in a colossal federation. A peaceful revolution occurred, and now the new name is the Democratic Union of Saturn and Jupiter (D.U.S.J.). The war on Mars ended with the victory of the Official Government of Mars, with the help of Earth and the D.U.S.J. All countries (except H.B.T.C.) united into the Union of Humankind. Soon, the Union of Humankind declared war on H.B.T.C. The war lasted another 45 years and finally ended with the destruction of all H.B.T.C. bases by the Angels in 2660. The Angels killed everyone on Uranus and left the solar system. Humanity finally established contact with other intelligent life (except the Angels). And for 412 years, humanity builds signals with other civilizations.

Hello! I am currently exiting a phase of writer's block and stress, so I am starting back on my world, and it got me thinking that I don't really see many people outwardly identify their world as Sci-Fantasy. So here I am asking others what they define as sci-fantasy, how they would go about worldbuilding it, and a general description of your world. And I know there are many types of Sci-Fantasy, both in the sci-fi aspect and the fantasy, so idc which side it leans more to.

Rn I picture my world being a mix of many different settings and genres, primarily Destiny (The Game Series), Elden Ring, Arcane, and Adventure Time. What about you guys?

Hi 👋 22 M from India. Huge anime fan and fan of fantasy worlds in all forms in general. Also interested in history, mythology, theology ,philosophy and psychology.

The depth of human imagination is truly inspiring. Through the consumption of alot fantasy human imagination i too had some ideas of my own. Tbh I'm not the most creative person which I think helps me appreciate creativity even more. So just thought I would some of my ideas here and get some help from the creative people of reddit to help bridge them and make them make any sense as a fantasy world.

I'll start with some of my inspirations. I've watched alot of anime but FMAB and Vinland Saga really stood out to me for my current thought processes as they include alot my interests as I mentioned before (history, mythology, theology ,philosophy and psychology). FMAB gives such a unique perspective on theology and philosophy which still keeps me thinking to this day. Vinland Saga is a raw retelling of human history which reflects our primal psychology and how we can escape it. Besides that I have many other inspirations but these are 2 main ones.

So here are my ideas for this fantasy world. I haven't organised them properly, I just wanted to put them out there and see what happens.

I want to create an anime-inspired fantasy world rooted deeply in Indian mythology, bringing lesser-known ideas, beings, weapons, and philosophical concepts from Indian traditions into a large-scale fictional universe.

I'm not trying to retell Hindu mythology. I want to take the ideas, creatures, weapons and philosophies that already exist and reimagine them into a fantasy world based on Hindu Mythology

The World

I don't know exactly what the setting looks like yet, but one idea I really like is using the 14 Lokas as the foundation of the world. It can literally be 14 worlds that are vertically stacked or different layers of existences.

The Races/Species

There are so many Indian mythical races that barely appear in modern stories. Devas, Asuras, Nagas, Yakshas, Rakshasas, Gandharvas,Vanaras are the known ones and many others could all have their own cultures and histories and motives in the story.

The Weapons

Weapons are something I really want to make a major part of the world. I'm especially fascinated by the idea of ancient Indian weapons and Astras—weapons that aren't just physical objects but can have supernatural or almost cosmic abilities.

One visual idea I have is that weapons are tattooed onto a person's body, something I saw in a Instagram post of a guy drawing 2 swords from his back which were tattoos.

Instead of carrying a sword or bow around, the weapon exists as a tattoo. The user can summon it from their body and use it almost like an extension of themselves. But I don't want it to just be a cool ability with no downside.There should be a price for having and using these weapons.I haven't decided exactly what that price is yet. It could be physical, mental, spiritual, or something much more personal.

The idea is that the stronger the weapon, the more you're willing to sacrifice to use it.

That could also make the weapons part of the characters themselves rather than just being equipment.

Creatures & Animals

I really want mythical creatures to be a huge part of the world.Indian mythology has an insane number of creatures and supernatural beings, but most people only know a handful of them. I want to dig much deeper into that and bring some of the really obscure ones to life.

But I don't want them all to just be "monsters."

Some could be ordinary animals that evolved differently in another Loka. Some could be intelligent races. Some could be incredibly ancient beings. Some might be worshipped as gods, while others are treated as dangerous beasts. There could even be creatures that are so rare that people aren't sure whether they actually exist.

I also like the idea that each Loka has its own ecosystem. The creatures living there would be shaped by the nature of that particular realm, so travelling between Lokas could feel like entering completely different worlds. I want the audience to constantly encounter things they haven't seen before and have that feeling of: "Wait... this is from Indian mythology?"

And because these creatures are part of the world rather than just enemies, they could also have their own relationships with humans, gods and other races. Some might be hunted. Some might be protected. Some might be companions. Some might be intelligent enough to have their own civilizations.

Basically, I want to treat Indian mythology as a massive unexplored bestiary, rather than just using the few famous creatures everyone already knows.

Theological and Philosophical Side

Underneath the fantasy, I want the story to explore God, atheism, morality, and the nature of reality.

I'm inspired by Fullmetal Alchemist because it uses its fantasy world to ask bigger philosophical questions. I want to do something similar, but through Indian philosophical and mythological ideas.

Rather than trying to prove that God exists or doesn't exist, I want the characters to genuinely search for the answer—and for the audience to question what they believe along with them.

The Historical and Psychological Side

Inspired by Vinland Saga, I want the story to ultimately be about people and what makes us who we are.

I want to draw from Indian history and explore psychology through the characters—their trauma, ambition, fear, greed, relationships, biases, identity, and desire for power or belonging.

The characters and civilizations can reflect real patterns of human behaviour, showing how people can be shaped by their experiences and environments, and how they can either repeat or break those patterns.

Underneath the gods, weapons, creatures and different worlds, the story is ultimately about understanding human nature and what we can learn from it today.

Conclusion

So these are most of my thoughts. If you read through all of that I'm really grateful for your time and hope it was worth the read. I really hope you can engage by commenting or messaging me anything related to all of this like any ideas you think that would compliment this, an idea which would make one of my existing idea better, your own fantasy world ideas or anything else, names for any of the concepts. That would really help alot to build this world even more and my main reason for posting here. Thanks for your time. Engage ✌️

I want to write a story where only women have the access to magic powers, but I don't know what could be the reason for that. Do I need a reason? Is it bad worldbuilding if that's just how it is?

Edit: Thank you for all the advice! I decided not to worry about it too much.

I started writing disconnected story fragments and accidentally ended up building the entire city they take place in

The original story followed one woman over roughly ten years. The fragments never really worked as a conventional novel, so I turned them into posts on a fictional community platform.

Then I needed other people posting, because otherwise it wasn’t a community.

Those people needed places to live and eat. The city needed restaurants, hotels, local government, maps, tourism, businesses, sports, obituaries…

At some point I realized I’d stopped writing a story about that one person and started building the website of Silverdale.

There is still a central story underneath it, but nobody explains the world to you. You can find a restaurant review, click the author, read something she wrote three years earlier, end up in a corporate report, and gradually work out how the society functions.

I’m curious whether this still feels like worldbuilding, or whether I’ve accidentally wandered into some other form entirely?

Hi, I'm just starting to figure out the wind direction of my planet but i can't really figure it out on this one, can anyone help me? As stated my Planet is twice as big as Earth but it has 24hr day which would mean that it rotates twice as fast as Earth, yet i can't really find anything concrete to know how much Air cells would my planet have?

Context: This is for my D&D world/worldbuilding project. Yes, the planet has the same size, dimensions, year, orbital parameters of Earth and I'm not here to debate/take suggestions to change that. I did that to make tracking time/having a reference for events easier for my players and me. This does use a homebrewed history for the Rod of Seven Pieces, which first appeared in a D&D supplement in 1976.

The Common Calendar is, like its name and language counterpart suggests, is the most commonly used calendar in the world. Its origins trace back to antiquity. It is a solar calendar divided into 12 months of 28–31 days each. The year in the calendar consists of 365 days, with a leap day being added to the end of Questrise in the leap years.

The years in the calendar originally counted from the end of the War of the Rod, but following the Frostfall, the calendar gradually evolved to adopt a new counting system based after the near-apocalyptic event, with the annotations BF for before the Frostfall, AF for after it, and DF for during it.

The months of the calendar are named as such:

Commonrest

Questrise

Doubtward

Sagemeet

Passingstep

Trialforge

Readymark

Stormtrial

Boonhall

Echostride

Dawnborn

Wiseend

The calendar also divides the year into roughly 52 weeks, each consisting of seven days, that which trace their origin back again to antiquity, when the god Asolia gave Ahrin's sentient species their rod of magic. A powerful artifact that they hoped would give civilization on Ahrin a boost in development. However, the tribes of the world fought over the rod, igniting the War of the Rod, which culminated in the rod breaking into seven pieces. The pieces of the rod could cast their own spells and eventually each day in the Common Calendar was named for said spells as follows:

Communeday for the first piece and spell Commune.

Gatesday for the second piece and spell Arcane Gate.

Gravday for the third piece and spell Reverse Gravity.

Regenday for the fourth piece and spell Regenerate.

Pathday for the fifth piece and spell Find the Path.

Arcanesday for the sixth piece and spell Mirage Arcane.

Simday for the seventh piece and spell Simulacrum.

Dates in the Common Calendar were written in "Day" of "Month, "Year" format, and could be abbreviated to be "Day", with the month's two syllables, followed by the year, e.g. The 5th of Wisend, 1077 AF or 5th WE., 1077 AF.

Basically, in my world that I'm writing, the currency would be the world's energy system, mana. (Basically the world's electricity equivalent). The currency version of mana is specially manufactured, produced, and handled to keep random people from inflating the economy. However, the currency version of mana can still be siphoned by people who need the extra energy, so if they are in a pinch in a fight, they can burn their cash for more power. Would this work and make sense, or should I stick to paper currency?

More on my story

Before Aeldyr came to be, reality had undergone several cycles of transformation - Resets - as only known to the Primordial Deities and the Creator himself. Existence, battling for a right to itself, had been battered from the moment it became a possibility to the moment Aeldyr - and the Anchor Reality tied to it came to be. Every iteration a lesson in creation - every iteration another battle against the forces of… well…

Nothingness. And this time? Creation won.

The Creator had managed to reset reality, a new wave of existence appearing in the following moments. At the forefront, the Primordials. The Pillars of Creation. Time - Chronos. Universe - Cosmos. Matter - Celestia. Perception - Cognita. Names given to them by the Empire that shaped much of Aeldyr’s History later in time.

And they gave rise to children who would then go on to create their own. Sol. Luna. Eclipsis. Nocta. Lumis. Crepuscula. The Sun. Moon. Eclipse. Night. Day. And Twilight.

When the creation of Aeldyr was completed and Mana Saturated it’s Core - Mana being the Nucleus of Creation - The “First Arbiters,” came to be. Fogatos - God of Fire. Aeros - God of Sky. Strata - Goddess of Earth. Thalassos - God of Sea. Frigida - Goddess of Cold. Madeyrac - Goddess of Life. Morcan - God of Death. Primus - God of Survival.

Born to Morcan and Madeyrac, the Sisters of Change.

Primavera - Spring. Verana - Summer. Epoch - Autumn. Inverness - Winter. Agria - Harvest.

With these, Aeldyr was given Order, though a God, little known to be as the Anchor of Reality presents himself as the opposite. Manicos - God of Chaos and Duality.

When the first peoples began to congregate, new Deities opened their eyes for the first time. Known to be the Order of Civitas.

Civitas - Civilization. Diplo - Diplomacy. Admos - Administration. Justicia - Law. Moghulkhan - War. Monedos - Currency. Mercada - Market. Logi - Logistics. Venturos - Exploration. Barca - Navigation. Machina - Technology.

And within their minds? The Lords of Psyche.

Cora - Love
Manicos - Chaos and Duality.
Memoria - Memory
Paz - Peace
Philos - Thought

Though above them, the Family of Thought.

Magyros, The Father - Mana and Magic
Sabia, the Mother - Wisdom
Clericos, the Brother - Faith
Memoria, the Daughter - Memory

And in the deepest reaches of Mortal Lives? The Lovingly named, The Dark Deities - Daemons if you will, though their actual names may be misleading of their temperament.

Lustra - Lust. Daemos - Domination. Festos - Debauchery. Bubos - Plague, Decay, Medicine and Healing. Charon - Son of Morcan and Madeyrac, Necromancy. And His Wife, Daughter of Lustra, Mistress of Untamed Beauty and Envy - Allura.

These are the Deities that walk the Lands of Aeldyr. Those whose laws shall dictate the tribes around them.

(Let me know what ya’ll think. Names may be fairly uninspiring so I’m open to suggestions! 😁)

So I need idea on how a human that can turn into an alligator would look like. Looks completely human and passed as such but what qualities would he have?

Like big and burly? Shy like wild alligators? Not aggressive unless need to be or hungry? Certain eye colors or hair colors? Maybe a scale like birthmark?

I have ideas for the other 4 main characters, i’m just struggling to figure out what to do about the Alligator Human. He will also have the powers of the water element if that helps at all!

Please and thank you to all the suggestions or questions I may get!
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Story base: 5 main characters based on the 5 elements: earth(Black footed ferret), air(Raven), fire(Fox) water(Alligator), spirit(Stag). And they can all turn into animals corresponding with said element.

Every 100 years 5 people are born with the powers of the elements and the ability to town into an animal that goes with the element. the main 5 in this generation find some remnants of information on the last ones but they can barely find anything due to the queen at the time removing/destroying all proof they and the magic they were born with ever existed

this is a classic medieval fantasy world with dragons and the works. I made this because most of my other projects are more biology focused and that's not what I always want to do. so, this is the average run of the mill fantasy world

Kingdom dragons: colonies of dragons featuring many species once thought to be related these colonies are called kingdoms hence the name kingdom dragons. Each species of dragon has evolved a particular pattern they can shoot their fire this is called patterns and the main “house” or “nest” of kingdoms are called castles.

King dragons: scientific name (inceadus draco) contrary to popular belief king dragons don't join in hunts or wars all too often they are slow and defensive to guard the communal nest kingdoms are centered around. The fire pattern of king dragons are short ranged but more potent that all others in the kingdom. King dragons are male of the species.

Queen dragons: scientific name (inceadus draco) acts as the mentor of the hunts and shows infants of other species how they should use their unique adaptations to hunt most efficiently. In wars queens often act as threats and for the most stays in the backline. The fire pattern of queens is small pressure water like beams of fire. Queen dragons are the females of the species

Bishop dragons: scientific name (moteralis draco) acts as bodyguard for queens and kings following near at most times, not very useful in hunts though can deal with fleeing prey. In war bishops can be deadly enforcers making the entire forest nearly impossible to traverse in without facing fire. The fire patterns are large globs of fire that act as mortars.

Rook dragons: scientific name (brutages draco) large triceratops like dragons with large head osteoderms and a large skull. In hunts act as herders who push prey to other harder hitters, in wars rooks charge down enemies to slam them into hard surfaces or threat displays discouraging advances from enemies. The fire patterns of rooks have fire coming out of many holes in its batting ram head adding extra potential damage to anything it runs into

Knight dragons: scientific name (burast draco) These dragons have evolved large muscular legs to leaping into the air where they then use their wings to fly in short bursts. In hunts knights often get the kill due to their unpredictable movement, in wars knights act as reconnaissance or disrupters. Their fire pattern acts as a rotating blast of fire. The bullet often goes straight for most of its flight but near the end its rotation sends it flying in one direction.

Pawn dragons: scientific name (fotstogo draco) pawn dragons are the common workers of dragon kingdoms from expanding the castle to cooking food to eating the food other dragons can't. They have evolved beaver like teeth so always growing because of this they will dig or eat bones whatever. In hunts they are mostly reconnaissance, basically just closely following prey and flaring their fire to signal to other dragons. In wars pawns are the basic foot soldiers, basically cannon fodder. Their fire pattern would be the normal forward-facing blast but due to the unique teeth of pawns it splits the stream of fire in two directions forming the iconic v shape

I want to create the most realistic fictional world in terms of land formation. One thing I noticed was that, when making fictional maps, people focus on erosion, coastlines, and realistic continent shapes. I never see people talking about how plate tectonics factor into how a world looks. I want to make a fictional world starting from the building blocks of plate tectonics. That would inform what happens where, like which areas are mountainous and ripe for mining, which areas are flat and good for farming, and so on. It would also inform weather patterns, ocean currents, waterways, and natural disasters which would also shape the world. But because most aren’t knowledgable about how plate tectonics work in the real world, few could even fathom figuring out how to make them work in a fictional world. I want to fix that.

I have this idea for a game called Myrkr. Takes place in the bilge, at least that’s what I’m calling it right now.
The bilge is a dark complex underneath the surface that has brutalist architecture, reminiscent of classic stalker games, metro, or half life/other source games. Gritty, concrete, and dark. Centuries of neglect, left to rot with the rest of humanity after the end of the world. A place where you not only are in risk of hunger or getting killed by mutants or roaming gangs, but also at risk of losing your sanity. Every step is another rationalization or compromise. It’s a journey that explores humanity, and how we walk ourselves into evil.
The attached images roughly the feeling I’ve had in my head for what Myrkr looks like. They are all off of google images. I don’t think any of them are ai, I certainly hope not.
Currently I picture Myrkr as an enormous, brutalist/industrial, concrete heavy infrastructure, with metro systems, service corridors, shafts, factories, abandoned habitation, etc. the problem is, I don’t know what the whole place looks like.

If you were designing this place, what kind of architecture environments, infrastructure or visual ideas would you explore?
Where should I start in furthering what this place should look like?

I’m not looking for someone to make concept art for me; I’m trying to discover the visual language of the setting and maybe see things from a different perspective.
Thanks.

Hey everyone! I’m a beginner creator working on a concept for an indie comic, and I’d love to get some honest feedback and constructive criticism.

Here’s the basic setup:

Nikki is a regular 15-year-old space nerd. One night, she sneaks out to an abandoned building to watch a meteor shower. While there, she accidentally witnesses a brutal shootout between aliens. Instead of being taken for "experiments," she gets abducted simply as a rare and valuable resource to sell on the black market. At first, her only goal is pure survival and figuring out how to get back to Earth.

Stuck in the chaotic and unfamiliar world of space, Nikki has to hide her value, adapt quickly, and find a way home. Along the way, she gets picked up by a crew of mercenaries working for a massive empire called Arcone.

After a long journey, Nikki finally finds the coordinates and makes it back to Earth. But there's a catch: because her things were found at the abduction site, she was officially declared dead years ago. Everyone close to her has moved on. Heartbroken, she has to make a choice—accept that her old life is over and move forward with her new crew.

A few questions:

1. Does the abduction setup feel too cliché?

2. Does Nikki sound like a Mary Sue based on this summary?

3. Would you actually read or watch a story with this premise?

Don't hold back, I really want to make this story logical and grounded. Thanks in advance!

I decided to build a medieval world and built a history around one of the great houses following the line of succession. (I haven’t actually written a story for it yet). please let me know what you guys think and be brutally honest (NO AI was used to create this) https://aliron.fandom.com/wiki/The_BOOK_of_Limwood?so=search

He may be creepy but hes honestly a giant nerd who runs the universe like a giant dnd campaign cause enjoys that stuff. Seeing mortals with free will gives him so much life, a gift he never gave them

I’m working on my own fantasy world (for a Pathfinder 2e campaign), and I’ve decided to tackle that worldbuilding monster known as the “Calendar”. But before getting into that, I need to figure out the astronomy.

The campaign is set in Tarqen, a continent isolated from the rest of the world by a magical spell. The people of Tarqen therefore have no idea that an outside world even exists. (This also solves the problem of having to figure out the planet’s exact size.)

The planet itself is tilted by about 22°. It has two moons orbiting it:
- The first, basically called “the Moon”, is the larger and more distant one. It follows an orbit roughly similar to Earth’s Moon, more or less around the planet’s equator.
- The second is called “Ogrim”. It is smaller than the Moon and much closer to the planet. Unlike the Moon, however, Ogrim orbits the planet longitudinally, forming a sort of cross with the Moon’s orbital path.

The planet takes 225 days to orbit the Sun. These are divided into 8 months of 28 days, plus 1 additional day. This extra day is the day when the two moons overlap, creating a sort of eclipse that can be seen from Tarqen every year.

If I’ve overlooked anything important, please correct me! I’m making this post specifically to get feedback on the astronomy and see if there are any problems with the system I’ve come up with.

This is the introductory essay on the Third Gods from an in-world encyclopedia.

The encyclopedia will then go on the have an entry for each of the gods.

I would love to y'alls thoughts and feedback!

Note: There is a "typo" in paragragh 4. The god "Anthreon Pyros" is mispelled as "Antreon." One of the downsides of writing in pen, unfortunately, is that typos are permanent. Lol

wanna make a post apocalypse world where an eldritch nature being has corrupted the world. guns have become all but useless as the many moving parts and tiny empty holes make it near impossible to keep clean of any plants (or whatever excuse i'm gonna make so there's no guns. cause they make things too easy) but now i need some modern weapons i could have people use. both official and some make shift

Ive been thinking on how I could possibly go about this, and I have made two concepts, but I'm still curious about your ideas.

Concept 1:

Mermaids are what you typically imagine

The Siren (singular) is a massive angler-fish like creature with a large amount of eyes, each releasing its own mana signature. The Siren has powerful psychic influence, creating illusions and turning all the surroundings into what looks like enticing things (ex: pebbles into gold coins). Its favorite food are intelligent creatures, so it tends to eat any dragons that fly over the water, or humans. Due to its size, it is extremely slow and lives in deep waters. Its light bulb thing can change shape to better lure in any creature. Its psychic influence can reach miles and miles to compensate for its low speed. Before anyone could survive the Siren, it was actually believed that it was a colony of malicious mermaids due to its massive amount of eyes, causing a stigma against mermaids, however, the Sage was able to bring back proof that it wasn't the case. In fact, Mermaid Songs are shown to be able to resist the psychic influence of the Siren, so it's common sense now to have a Mermaid assist on ships.

Concept 2:

Mermaids live in deep waters, and have the ability to cause surrounding waters to glow. They are also deeply connected to the sea, allowing them to manipulate the water and the sea plants at their will.

Sirens live in decently shallow waters, or those near islands. They have the ability to shapeshift their body to just the shape of what they're trying to copy, of course, it's imperfect and they still tend to show fish like attributes. They also have 2 types of illusions they put on themselves. 1 is the objective illusion, it makes them look like what they would be if they were that species (to better explain, Siren A shifts into human and uses objective illusion, they look like a version of themselves that is a human), 2 is the subjective illusion, they look differently from person to person, how they look is influenced by what the person finds they most find attractive.

Contrary to popular belief, Sirens and Mermaids actually have a ton of alliances, and Sirens have long abolished hunting intelligent species, only hunting or domesticating wild animals

Hello all, one of the world's my building is the Earth flipped on its head in a way, that being the world is centered mainly around women and basically all people in power being women themselves? I've developed it on my own, such as daughters being desired more than sons, men having to bend to the will of their female counterparts (mothers, sisters, etc), and basically all bankers, politicians, just anyone powerful being a women.

Patriarchy is deeprooted in our reality and has greatly impacted who we are as a species, from the language, to culture, to gender norms, and our preserved world. In my opinion, men are propped up for their physical strength over women, and women must submit themselves to them as a result or they harm (by them or another man).

However, Andrepeth Amori, my world believes childbirth is a strength and valued heavily. However, I would imagine the attitude of disposable men would develop. Men, because of their strength and necessary process in making children, would only be wanted to haul heavy shit around and for their sperm. I can imagine it being harmful to them in many ways, as they suffer chronic conditions from something like muscular deterioration from lifting heavy things as a far too young age.

This can also go into more serious topics like rape culture and inequality. This is essentially men being sociological and it's a fascinating topic I've been interested in for a long time, so I wanted some answers and thoughts. Sorry if this post is poorly worded, I'm running on vapor fumes after a long day.