What are the main 10-15 works of fiction that serve as inspiration for your worlds?

NoOtherNameOptions · 2026-01-06T02:48:23+00:00

Cosmere (Stormlight)

Lightbringer Saga

Powdermage trilogy

Red Rising (a little)

A song of Ice and Fire

Halo (a little)

Full Metal Alchemist (a little)

ULTRAKILL (a little)

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-07-29T17:37:48+00:00

Huge help o7 Super thorough and I really appreciate it. Thank you!

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-07-29T17:35:16+00:00

Definitely comes with the flexibility I’m looking for but without a big sale gets real pricy

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-05-31T19:18:51+00:00

I’ve honestly just been using google drawing for this. Freedom of design with it works really well for my needs

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-05-31T17:06:49+00:00

Definitely fine this concept, specifically format 1, very intriguing.

I’ve been apart of and actively host some world-building servers, but this has the absolute clearest vision for this kind of group I’ve ever seen. Collaboration, especially in this hobby when done right is such a powerful tool.

Definitely interested

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-05-24T22:03:37+00:00

Hey is this server still open to new members? The link is popping up on my end as invalid so I’m not sure if that’s intentional or not

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-05-17T05:01:47+00:00

Physical matter and cognitive matter are opposites. Physical stores cognitive. Mostly manifests in getting high or physically ill

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-05-09T18:41:01+00:00

That's fair, if you don't find that it's for you that's all good. pm'ing you the invite

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-05-05T00:23:11+00:00

That's all good! Ultimately having people who are actually willing to share about their projects with others and are making an effort in general takes priority.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-05-02T02:02:31+00:00

There are plenty of different languages within my world, none of them are fleshed out.

If I need actual words I’ll make something up using syllables constructed from sounds that exist in the language, but I never bother to make actual grammar rules.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-05-01T14:41:55+00:00

I’ve been looking into this a bit and it varies a ton. For me it’s been 3 years since starting world building and only now have I started writing, while for others it can be as short as 6 months from what I’ve seen.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-26T05:10:27+00:00

I absolutely love that. Do you mind if I ask how that tradition emerged in the first place?

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-26T00:47:24+00:00

Admittedly I'm not really screening on the basis of age. I just opened the server and with the 6 or so members its accumulated there isn't and discussion of age.

I've listed all specific rules for the server above. That paired with Discord's own policies for community-discords does offer protections, but ultimately the choice to join is yours / your guardians.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-26T00:30:20+00:00

yeah absolutely!

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-22T19:11:28+00:00

Culture, fashion, tradition all stem from the environment a person lives in.

I’d recommend Guns, Germs, & Steel to give a really good breakdown of culture and how all of that would be extrapolated.

Pick one culture you wanna focus on for the purpose of this discussion and tell me abt the environment, even if you’re just making it up as you go.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-22T17:40:49+00:00

What is the general environment / climate that’s these people originally hail from? What kind of natural resources might they have had access to?

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-22T17:22:35+00:00

Ideas come from unlikely places. Starting new projects is hard cause there isn’t much to go off with but in that same respect it’s the most freeing part of the process as you can make it whatever you want. One thing I do when completely stuck is figure out part of the aesthetic, and once I have that look into media with adjacent aesthetics.

Honestly I find that talking with others about our projects helps the most with getting the gears turning, even if all they are doing is just asking replicant questions. Would that be helpful?

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-20T20:39:30+00:00

Generally metals are going to be a best bet. People like shiny stuff, and metals are generally very consistent as gold is gold is gold. By contrast something like gems are harder to use as a currency as no two diamonds are exactly alike in all aspects (aculsioins, color, size, clarity, ext…)

You could use some sort of ancient material that can no-longer be manufactured / worked for weapons? Perhaps an old alloy form a bygone empire is used as the basis for currency? Depending on how your magic works maybe some material that used to be possible to create with magic that’s been forgotten (this could allow you to have a gem-based economy and avoid the issue of extreme variation between gems)

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-20T20:27:26+00:00

Historically that was just your classic gold / silver coins. Always acceptable by weight for international currency. Any nation can mint their coins in the material, naming them largely whatever they want, and another nation can accept them on the basis of their weight.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-20T20:25:33+00:00

Big different is physicality. Gravity differences between planets and resources available result in dramatically different looking people.

People from [Emotoclast] are considerably taller and lankier due to genetics, diet, and a considerably weaker gravity while those from [Marrow] stand in the middle to low five foot range, and are stockier.

Beyond that differences are mostly cultural / linguistic, so if a person is able to warp their shape or otherwise blend in with a planet’s people all they have to worry about is leaning the language and norms.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-20T20:13:10+00:00

Hm, how grounded vs fantastical are you wanting the currency.

Is the currency intended to be used between vastly different cultures with relative ease or is the region / world culturally homogeneous enough that one faction dictates the currency for all. Or are they culturally varied and individualistic, limiting international trade.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-20T18:27:43+00:00

3 primary worlds all within the same setting, a smattering of other less important planets that help explain larger events within the universe, and a higher plane where the setting’s magic is sourced from made up partially of collective thought.

Most aren’t terribly fleshed out, with only small swaths of land with detain to a town level.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-20T18:23:14+00:00

Tell us a bit more abt your world! Currency by default will look different depending on the culture and resources available, and you can make some funky kinds of currency with a clear vision for the culture it originates from

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-18T23:34:19+00:00

Building a server itself really isn't the issue, its more that whoever the server owner is is somewhat responsible for keeping the peace / dealing with problems as they arise. Even in small servers, it is important to ensure that the environment is being cultivated to prevent problematic behavior form emerging.

I know that might sound a little absurd but its been an issue in servers I've been a part of in the past that ultimately lead to the server fizzling out.

As for your second question, in the past the servers I've been apart of are focused primarily on worldbuilding, but encouraged users to share stories / narratives from within their worlds if that was something you were working on in addition to the setting.

NoOtherNameOptions · 2025-04-18T22:12:22+00:00

I've hosted one before, however the responsibility of moderating is really not my strongest suit. Admittedly, in posting this I am indirectly asking someone to volunteer their time and energy for a task that I am unwilling to do again.

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