The Art of World Building: Creating Breakout Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds In Stories and Gaming

Continue exploring how to create a planet, focusing on climates. This includes understanding the role of the equator and oceans, climate zones, prevailing winds, rain shadows, and of course the climates themselves

Explore how and when to create a planet. This includes talking about its rotation, other planets in the solar system, asteroids, comets, constellations, and the impact of the Sun and moon on tides, hours in the days, and seasons.

Continue exploring how and when to create undead. Learn about their goals, traits, how to kill them, and what uses we can put them to.

Explore how and when to create undead. Decide whether you should create undead at all, what their minds are like and how this will affect them, their origins and how that influences their behavior, and learn to classify them.

Discover the art of creating animals that serve unique purposes in your narratives. Uncover how these creatures can influence plot elements and character interactions. Learn to classify and invent distinctive species, enriching your world with their behaviors and symbolic meanings. Explore the balance between originality and familiarity in creature design, along with practical tips for integrating them seamlessly into your storytelling. Dive into the multifaceted roles animals play in both fantasy and science fiction!

Dive into the fascinating world of plant creation for storytelling! Discover how to design unique flora that serves various purposes, from food to symbolism. Uncover the balance between originality and familiarity in your plant life. Learn about the classification of plants and ecological considerations to enhance your world-building. Get inspired by real-world examples, like seed-bearing plants, to enrich your fantasy and science fiction narratives!

Dive into the art of monster creation, where creatures become symbols of moral challenges. Discover the fine line between monsters and sentient beings, and how their traits affect our perceptions. Explore the evolution of these beings, from accidental mutations to purposeful designs. Learn about their habitats and motivations, revealing that even monsters have desires. Uncover their potential roles as threats or guardians, as well as the deeper themes reflecting human nature in their narratives.

Explore how to create world heroes, villains, martyrs, and more. This includes determining why they're famous, what kinds of weapons, armors, ships, steeds, or other items they have, considerations for when they're dead OR alive, what made them famous, their relationships with family, and how all of this can make them more memorable if done right

Continue learning how to create species and races, including how gods can influence them, how characteristics like morale, charisma, intelligence, wisdom, dexterity, agility, and more can create more depth, and their relationship with other species and world view. Conclude with where to start!

Continue learning how to create species and races, including overall attitude and disposition, what some call "alignment." Is good vs. evil a viable approach or too restrictive? How else can get this across? With their appearance, do we want them able to masquerade as each other or not? What do their physical features say about them? Learn the pros and cons of multiple races of a species and how this can improve depth and our options.