Tag: World building
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How to Create more Diverse Environments?
Environment often get overlooked. In most cases, they look underdeveloped or too similar. How would you depict Environments to diversify them? Summary – How to Create Diverse Environments? Define the essential Characteristics of an Environment. Alter them to Create Specificities. Do it 10 times. Compare the 10 Worlds you’ve created. For each of them ask…
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Why Action-Adventure is the Most popular Genre?
Do you want to Start a New Story? And you don’t know which Genre or Setting choose. Why not pick a Genre which fits every Setting? Which Genre can do this? This 1. Summary – Why do we Favor Action-Adventure? It’s the Broadest Genre. It’s the Most Flexible. It can accommodate all Settings. It’s the…
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How to Create Immersive Worlds? Science Fiction & Fantasy
What makes Science Fiction? What makes Fantasy? What are the Differences? How do they overlap? How do we merge both? Summary – How to Create a World through a Fantasy/SF frame? Define the Common Traits. Define the Differences. Establish how you will make use of Commonalities through an Action-Adventure frame. Create a Simple world in…
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How to Design Unique Items?
What makes an Item Unique? If an Item is enough to Characterize an Environment, a Culture, a Function or an Individual you may consider it Unique. Summary – How to Create Unique Items? Define its Origins. Define its Function. Define its Effects. Define who can become its User. If the Item is intended to be…