Worldbuilding
In this inaugural video for my Worldbuilding tutorial series, I wanted to take a look at two high-level practical concepts before beginning the endeavor. First, what is your intent in building a world? Second, what is the scope of your project? The answers to these two questions will drive many of the choices you make, where you focus, and so on.
While you can begin building a world from anywhere, it helps to start by determining the structure of its natural laws. In this video, we look at how to do that and what choices you face as you begin. We’ll investigate the degree of realism you might seek, how familiar or strange you want it to feel, and if you want a quirk to set it apart. We also take an initial dive into those core cosmological concepts of cosmogony, religion, the broader universe, geography, magic, and races.