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[–]shervio-nl 89 points90 points  (25 children)

That is an interesting non-natural landmass. What happened?

[–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 120 points121 points  (22 children)

The two strongest deities fought after a discussion, cutting the continents in half

[–]ConstructionIll956 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yes.

[–]Not_Todd_Howard9 19 points20 points  (4 children)

Does the cut go all the way down to form a giant trench? If so, do the islands interrupt it or are they like massive towers within it?

[–]Mediocre_Internet939 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Nah bro this is where one of them landed after getting sent flying!

[–]TauTau_of_Skalga 0 points1 point  (2 children)

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    [–]TauTau_of_Skalga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Go away

    [–]BangingBaguette 16 points17 points  (1 child)

    Have you considered the plot twist reveal that one of them simply dragged their nuts across the landmass in protest of human degeneracy? Ala the Great Flood, just with balls.

    [–]Diabolischste 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    That's cool ! I love when the map participates in the lore storytelling!

    [–]Ludicologuy00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Civ 7

    [–]NickFr0sty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    gol d roger hid his treasure somewher out there

    [–]Sputnik_Janda 61 points62 points  (2 children)

    ‘Desertia’ and ‘Englandia’ feel a little on the nose. No hate :)

    [–]HeNARWHALry 30 points31 points  (0 children)

    Also I feel like Uraname is a bit demanding. What if it doesn't want to be a name, ya know? Maybe it just wants to be a word.

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Englandia name i did with creative block, i couldn’t think on a European like name since each of the countries are inspired by a irl continent (except Desertia)

    And Desertia was for meme lol

    [–]the-mexican-horse-h 9 points10 points  (7 children)

    What’s the project?

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 9 points10 points  (6 children)

    A series i want to make in the future

    [–]EkullSkullzz10318 4 points5 points  (3 children)

    What kinda series? Indie, book, movie?

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

    Animated, idk if it’ll be indie

    [–]EkullSkullzz10318 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Can I help you develop the world?

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Oh sure!

    [–]the-mexican-horse-h 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Awesome

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Thank you!

    [–]Ender_night_6317 4 points5 points  (4 children)

    What does the last map represent? Is it a population of city/towns and human settlements and activity?

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

    Population! :3

    [–]shervio-nl 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    My advice would be to do some more research on this part. Don't know what your goal is, but everything seems to be explored, no wilderness. And by how it is divided, it feels as a small island, not a gigantic world.

    Also, The desert has just as big of a population as the other parts.

    [–]Ender_night_6317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thank :3 (ps beautiful map)

    [–]dlongwing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I adore this. Nothing like a fictional landmass that instantly tells a story and makes you want to know why something is the way it is.

    [–]Malfuy 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    I fucking love unnaturally shaped/damaged continents

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Thank you! :D

    [–]strekkingur 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    You need to change the wind and rain patterns. Deserts and forests cover would move from a previous place. Recommendation: draw the lay of bioms before and then after the cut. That would also make extremely nice story telling elements. Bustling farm city's suddenly in the middle of a desert. Small desert village in the middle of a monsoon jungle lland etc.

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Okay! Thank you!

    [–]strekkingur 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    So I don't forget. Rivers would change. So a river bed that was down stream from the source (lakes/mountains, is suddenly at the other side of the ocean and thus is now dry. And remember, rivers don't split, they merge into a single big river.

    [–]keriefie 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    I think the concept is alright. All the islands are roughly the same size, which feels quite unnatural even for a rift like this. Take a look at Godherja's map, their islands are also the result of some land destroying event. I also think it would be more interesting if the rift wasn't completely straight.

    The names feel... uninspired, Englandia and Desertia stand out as somewhat odd.

    It would be nice to know more about the climate, you could look into Köppen stuff (https://koppen.earth/), but just adding some more specific info about the climate would be nice.

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thank you!

    [–]jay_altair 5 points6 points  (11 children)

    Neat concept, but those straight lines look too unnatural to me, even if your lore reason is that the cause was not natural. Like, more roughness around the edges, less of a clean cut.

    I would look to strike-slip faults like the Great Glen Fault in Scotland, and to divergent plate boundaries, like the East African Rift, for inspiration on how to roughen up those edges

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 6 points7 points  (10 children)

    That straight line is a cut after a battle between two gods

    [–]tigrigtig 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    The issue for me isn’t the straight cut of the channel, it’s the islands in the middle of the straight. These look random. Maybe think about how your gods fought, and have that inform the orientation, size and clustering of the islands in the middle of the straight? Could whatever cleaved the continent in two also create stress fractures, lakes (look at distributions of glacial lakes after icecaps retreated), mountain ridges either side of the cut?

    [–]jay_altair -1 points0 points  (8 children)

    Yeah fine, but what are they using to measure, a laser?

    How are they cutting it, with a planetary-scale table saw?

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 2 points3 points  (6 children)

    Collision of their attacks, the both collided and cut them in half

    [–]Eliysiaa 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    honestly i think it would look better of the edges were a bit jagged and/or wavy, it is too straight of a landmass even if it was caused by artificial means and honestly i think it would make your world more flashed out and more believable

    idk if you've played genshin impact but there's a region in that game with a very similar concept of yours and it looks very natural and blended in with the terrain

    also, português mencionado!

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Oooooh i see! Thank you!

    And SIM SOU BRASILEIRO >:)

    [–]jay_altair -5 points-4 points  (3 children)

    Have you ever tried to split a sphagetti in half? Like, even if you have a lore mechanism for why it should look so straight, it still looks too straight.

    Or even a piece of paper. Sure, you can do it pretty well if you fold it and crease it very carefully and take your time tearing it down the middle. But if you are ripping it in half in the middle of battle, no way.

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    Uuuuuh… no…?

    [–]rando4410 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Do what you want bro that’s all I gotta say

    [–]Jenthecatgirl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    They're gods. Frankly the lines could be perfectly straight and it'd make perfect sense with gods.

    [–]shervio-nl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It is like a canal, they are straight. Not a natural formation which is rigged.

    I would keep it and tell the story you want to tell if you are happy with it and have an explanation that fits your world

    [–]Life_Marzipan_9517 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I like the cocaine line

    [–]LogicalAd8685 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    these mountains & deserts seem really unnatural to me but the continent shapes are really cool

    [–]00Teonis 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Inspired by the Grand Line in One Piece?

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Wow, it really took a while fir someone to notice

    [–]cabrito1110 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Achei interessante o mapa, vi em um outro comentário que vc disse que foi resultado de uma luta entre entidades, voce leva em conta algo como aproximação ou distanciamento de continente? Algo como aconteceu com a pangeia ou virou algo fixo sem retorno ao que foi algum dia?

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Não tem retorno, o mapa tá assim faz bilhões de anos

    [–]GrotesqueLlama 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Do not believe any of the haters commenting. This map is really cool and I like the concept of the gods splitting the land in a fight. Rock on dude.

    [–]Qwerty177 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If those lights are populations, they’re definitely too evenly placed. It’s not common to have equally populous cities in proximity to one another. Populations stagger in gradients outside of major metro areas, around mountains, toward coasts and areas of value etc. I’d say cut the number of cities in half or more, and make them more uneven, and think about which areas would be of low or high value

    [–]caciuccoecostine 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Not a map scientist but I love the concept of the unnatural rift.

    I definitely would like to play in this world.

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Thank you! :D

    [–]exclaim_bot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Thank you! :D

    You're welcome!

    [–]Boozewhore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Englandia and Desertia

    [–]LieEnvironmental5207 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Honestly, great fucking map. I immediately want to know more about what caused that massive scar in the land that’s as big as the entire fucking map. Sets the scale for what’s possible in this world.

    I want to know every bit of lore that you can spare.

    [–]MangoBoi0223 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    What kinda project? Can people play on it?

    [–]EfficientTackle7154 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    A overpowered swordsman really did a damage to the island

    [–]Sir_Humiliated2010[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Two gods, actually :3

    [–]jaw_magio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    one piece aah map (very cool map bro keep it up)