Collaborative Worldbuilding Project
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Isaac Beach
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Cool, thanks. Just one quick question, did you end up naming the world? Because I'm struggling to find a name.
Isaac Beach
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I see... hmm. Jarvien was supposed a few pages back... I don't think a planet would end in 'ien' though. Jarvus? Jarvi? I'll think on it.
It seems to be that whenever a collaborative worldmaking thing starts up, people make a basemap and maybe a climate/topography basemap and then support peters out.
Now that you mention it, it really seems like a trend and that is why Jaredia managed to live for so long. It didn't need that phase.
So... do you think we can make a new thread for this project with a greater focus on cultures and history? It'd be like pushing the reset button, only we are already at the phase where Jaredia was when it began, if not further.
@LouisTheGreyFox , are you still interested enough in the project to complete the climate map?
Isaac Beach
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I could give it a go if you like, given I took the map, made half a world and have just left it sitting in my WIPs folder for ages I kinda owe you lot that.
I'm still around. I'm just better at animals and some aspects of culture than climate.
Most people you would want to recruit for a collaborative world-building project would be more interested in the creation of cultures and history (battles, empires etc.) and interest in geology, geography, ecology, and that general side of world-building is a bit less interesting in a collaborative setting.
I've seen it on this forum and in many other places, the projects are most lively when everyone is making their own cultures and having them interact with each other. When you're stuck on iterating upon a dead lifeless planet, fewer people are interested.
I guarantee you come up with a planet with a fully realized geology and ecology and people will jump in right away with their longstanding ideas for fictional cultures and try to fit them into your planet. Things only get more creative and interesting when there are already constraints to work around, such as a pre-existing planet.
So finish the climate and ecology of this particular world and when you relaunch it have it so that everyone can start by creating and placing their own cultures and civilizations. You'll have a lot more participation than if we were building a world from scratch. Like if you gave someone a empty city of legos to fill with life and play around with, rather than just a pile of bricks.
You should probably relaunch it in shared worlds, also.
I've seen it on this forum and in many other places, the projects are most lively when everyone is making their own cultures and having them interact with each other. When you're stuck on iterating upon a dead lifeless planet, fewer people are interested.
I guarantee you come up with a planet with a fully realized geology and ecology and people will jump in right away with their longstanding ideas for fictional cultures and try to fit them into your planet. Things only get more creative and interesting when there are already constraints to work around, such as a pre-existing planet.
So finish the climate and ecology of this particular world and when you relaunch it have it so that everyone can start by creating and placing their own cultures and civilizations. You'll have a lot more participation than if we were building a world from scratch. Like if you gave someone a empty city of legos to fill with life and play around with, rather than just a pile of bricks.
You should probably relaunch it in shared worlds, also.
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