WorldCraft Club

Advanced technology beyond our imagination. Unbelievable discoveries. Dimensions and galaxies unknown. What happens when you push science fiction to the limits? Super Science is a tone where scientific discoveries that push past the boundaries of our real world are found, allowing the audience and readers to explore a world beyond what we can normally conceive. Where the best science fiction relies on some scientific liberties, super science kicks on its warp drive and blows past all scientific constraints. Come explore this vast enterprise of tools and setting ideas found with this tonal setting! Welcome to the Club! Join us on the WorldCraft Club podcast as we dive in to your favorite movies, games, books, and stories to explore the design of their worlds and creative process. We talk about the process of Worldbuilding, the idea of writing and creating a believable space for your story to exist in. Whether designing a new culture to interact with your characters, or placing a setting that ties in closely with your narrative, the WorldCraft Club Team is here to discuss the biggest story trends and how their settings bring the narrative to life. Inspire your imagination and join the club for your next creative venture! Dave Schmidt's Stuff - Check out Dave's Comic!And his Instagram Episode Links - Gravity and Inertia in Space - This is a solid video explaining combat in space generally but the beginning does great work explaining how space combat would effect human occupants. Gravity kills. Also, the Expanse is great... watch it. Not kidding.Why doesn't Dune have 'Thinking Machines'? - Quinn's ideas does yeoman's work explaining Dune lore. If you're going to limit your tech with cultural taboos this is how you do it.Foundation Series - Quinn's Ideas work on Foundation. Great primer if you want to get into some great science fiction that features human interactions with science beyond their comprehension.Flash Crowd by Larry Niven is a book about matter transmission that we referenced in the show. Contact - Join the Club!Facebook GroupWCC TwitterWorldcraft Club Blog

Writing engaging worlds and creating evocative settings with words is good, but what kind of feelings and character can we portray from visual worldbuilding? In studio we have Jog Brogzin, an accomplished fantasy cartographer and artist, who is known for his detailed pen and paper maps. Join us as we see how each dungeon, landscape, and set piece is crafted to present a your world in a clear, yet stylized way. You'll also learn some map making and map drawing tips and tricks to spice up your worlds! Let's get out our cartography tables, and saddle up for this next episode of Worldcraft Club! All Things Jog Brogzin - FacebookYouTubePatreonInstagram Contact - Join the Club!Facebook GroupWCC TwitterWorldcraft Club Blog

Description - What if it's better to leave some parts of your world unwritten? It's entirely possible that your audience will do a better job at building your world than you will. Seth, James and Jon talk about the deep mysteries in your world and why sometimes they should stay just out of your audience's reach. Contact - Join the Club!Facebook GroupWCC TwitterWorldcraft Club Blog

Description - Okay folks, time to put our money where our mouth is and make something. Seth and James are joined by Dave Schmidt, webcomic artist, friend of the show, second time visitor and all around great guy to build a world off a few pieces of rich fairy cake. This results in a pretty zany pairing of totally unrelated ideas to make a unique universe to write our stories in. Quick Worlds are a regular feature on our patreon page but we decided to share this one with you, dear listener, to inspire your creativity. How do Quick Worlds work? It works like this, each host brings and idea, has to be short and sweet, they get a minute or two to explain it, we then discuss the implications of the world, establish boundaries and play around with different genres the world could find itself in. For this episode James brings an idea about two codependent species evolving together on a planet and Dave mandates that all combat is musical result is pandemonium. Where's Dave at? Read Dave's ComicCheck out Dave's Instagram Contact - Join the Club!Facebook GroupWCC TwitterWorldcraft Club Blog