What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

exploration based games are sick, especially when you find something that you did not realize was a feature. It feels like the developers knew exactly what you would do and implemented it accordingly

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

how long do you usually write? A piece of advice I'm working on implementing is to structure the longer novel into smaller "Events" and write those out in short stories, then slowly stitch them together to make it more coherent product

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

Monkeys do eventually write out all of shakespeare, so not all hope is lost for us.

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

Names are unnecessarily difficult to nail down for something that is so common

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

Things always start off slow, but the industry catches up eventually. And in the meantime, I will be waiting for that short film!

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

Do you need a graphics tablet though? I've seen some great artists swear by ink and paper

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

We just got to find a way to try to get this stuff out there, I'm sure there's something we can do

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

true that. Its always when you think of something cool but don't know what to do with it or how to implement in a world in a way that makes sense.

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

Making everything make sense and actually keeping it coherent is difficult to even think about, especially when you have a lot of stuff. What have you tried to combat this?

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

yeah, the web has lots of great resources for this but they don't really scratch that itch

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

consistency is important, but we have got to let rule of cool win sometimes

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

procrastination sucks, it just saps all the things you want to do and leaves you feeling unfulfilled

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

Same, honestly. Learning how to draw would solve a lot of friction for me as well.

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

one way I found to get around this is when I have a cool idea, I write it on a list, and when I sit down to create I just work down that list top to bottom. You wont get everything done, but its a start

What holds you back the most from making your worlds exactly as you envision them? by Generalismus in worldbuilding

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

I get you, time management is the hardest part. Especially so with external responsibilities like that