Chapter 1 Overview of Worldbuilding
What Is Worldbuilding?
To start—what is worldbuilding? Simply put, worldbuilding is the process of creating a world. In addition to being the most obvious way I could’ve defined worldbuilding, that definition is also broad, and it can be applied in different ways depending on the type of medium you are creating in. For video games, even that definition can mean different things depending on context and job discipline. Worldbuilding can be the literal act of visualizing and building the world, from level design to level art to programming. But worldbuilding also refers to the work writers do to establish the rules and logic of a fictional setting, as well as setting the groundwork ...
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