people into materialist worldbuilding in fiction tend to start with the equator and the currents of the ocean, and then from there, they move onto koppen climate classification, natural resource distribution, civilization and culture, in that order, because the latter is all deeply affected by the former.
people who are really hardcore into science will actually consider wild ass things like plate tectonics, continental drift, and the age of the planet, but that's a bit much for the limited time scale of most fiction.
size, composition, atmosphere of the planet and any surrounding celestial bodies if it's applicable (trim this down to just orbital period of the planet and it's moon/moons if I'm going for pseudo-earth for the purposes of calendar-making)
oceanic and continental plates, the direction they're moving, and general eyeballing of continental drift for purposes of locating natural resources and paleontology if it's relevant (unless it's a spec-evo, then I map out the continental drift)
land-masses, elevation maps, ocean depth
air and water currents, climate
civilization, starting with a staple grain and resulting fermented products, pottery, domesticated animals, early metal-working, etc. (All if applicable) and going from there
but that’s a bit much for the limited time scale of most fiction.
Wait, I'm supposed to do something with these settings?
took me waaay too long to identify wtf the arrows were referring to
people into materialist worldbuilding in fiction tend to start with the equator and the currents of the ocean, and then from there, they move onto koppen climate classification, natural resource distribution, civilization and culture, in that order, because the latter is all deeply affected by the former.
people who are really hardcore into science will actually consider wild ass things like plate tectonics, continental drift, and the age of the planet, but that's a bit much for the limited time scale of most fiction.
Order of operations for me:
Wait, I'm supposed to do something with these settings?
lol make worlds and then abandon them gang
haha that is absolutely the opposite of how my GMs generally make maps. Lots of nonsense in that.
I too am an Artefaxian enjoyer.
it's been a few years since i've watched him, but I do love that guy. I should tune back in
oh yeah I'mjust saying I didn't see "warm current" and "cold current" for a while lol
"So Katla moves in toward the equator? And something else is happening in Mundi?"
i just wanted to go off about worldbuilding tbh :very-smart:
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