I present to everyone, the first article in a series, all about worldbuilding ecosystems! I've been wanting to make something like this for a while, and I was originally going to write an article on writing species specifically, but I thought why not make articles about ecosystems as a whole!
Anyone who knows me knows how crazy I am about nature, wildlife, and everything related, and how passionate I am about it. Hell, I have almost four hundred species articles in the Yonderverse - almost a third of my total amount of articles.
The plan moving forwards is to add to this series, but if people really seem to enjoy it, then it will become a priority. I love this lil community and WA got me into writing, and I feel it's only right I try and return the favour by providing resources that can help people with their own creations!
It was one year ago today that I created the first article in this world. Since then it has grown immensely, and today there are 346,850 words across 608 articles. Not bad for a one year old.
I started with an idea, and an interest in seeing how ChatGPT could be used to help with worldbuilding. During the first half of the year, I learned a lot: about the world, about LLMs, but most importantly about how fun much writing was, and how much it helped me to be happy and sane. When Summer Camp came around, I decided that I had learned all I wanted to of writing with an LLM helping, but I was far from done with the world. In the second half of the year, I focused on writing every day, at least 300 words at first. I also began to get involved in the WorldAnvil community, first with the challenges, then joining the Discord and most recently becoming a member of the #ArticlesAnonymous chapter. During WorldEmber, I increased my daily goal to 325 words a day, and managed to reach the 25k word goal for the month!
In a few days, I will be running the first session of a campaign set in the Million Islands, the first game I have run in over two years. I’m planning to continue writing and worldbuilding every day, and maybe one day ‘The Million Islands’ will be factual, not hyperbole. I’ve made friends in this community over the last year as well, and that’s the greatest reward of all.
Thanks for reading, and happy writing!
In celebration of 200 followers, I drew a new cover for the Yonderverse! I've been wanting to do this for a little bit, but because it's such an important task I wanted to do it well, and obviously it's a scary big task so I just put it off. I really like it! I struggled to fill that gap in the middle, but after lots of feedback and a few different designs I settled with leaving it blank. The Yonderverse may be full of life, as seen by such vivid planets, but it is also isolating at times.
I tried to represent my different art styles for different planets, from realism (the star) to a more simple style (the ringed planet). I really hope people like this! Thank you everyone for your support of my world, it means the world to me and I'm so happy people enjoy my stuff <3
Happy New Year! Articles Anonymous First Challenge
Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone stayed safe last night and is ready to ring in 2024! I am the chapter leader of a new chapter called Articles Anonymous. We're all about support and accountability for reaching your worldbuilding goals! This month, to go hand in hand with the official New Years Resolution challenge, I present to you our own monthly challenge to help you tackle those bigger resolutions!
This challenge is to create a smaller and achievable goal with a reward for yourself to work on during the month of January. This can be a writing or reading goal, or something else entirely! Articles Anonymous wants to help you start the year off right and get a little bit closer to doing what you have planned for the coming year.
At the beginning of WorldEmber, I decided to shoot for 10k words - I've had a daily goal of 300 words, and by upping that to 325 I was pretty sure I could make that happen. I'm happy to say that I made my goal early, and then continued on to reach a final total of 27,191 words across 108 articles. I also joined the new #ArticlesAnonymous chapter, and I am very thankful for all their support during this challenge and looking forward to our future endeavors as a chapter. Happy New Year to all!
#worldember2023
I think I can finally say this article is complete! Monster Hunting was the first article I submitted to WorldEmber, so I have spent some extra time making it all shiny and awesome. I hope you enjoy reading this, it was super fun to make! <3 Can't wait to check out other worlds in the New Year's Resolution's Challenge, a great portion of my entry will go towards showing off worlds that inspired me this WE!
I don't think I've ever been able to say this during WorldEmber before, but Malkora has new art! Some excellent little sketches cooked up during this week's streams — our final final push stream is tomorrow at 11AM EST!
by Strixxline
by Strixxline
See them in action over in Malkora's brand new world primer, which I'm now declaring complete!! At least.. until after WE where I find things to change bahahaha!
Let me say this first: I have gravely underestimated this "little" project called Computer Adventures. The funny part (to me at least) is that the learning and technical aspect isn't the cause as one might think; it is writing about (advanced) technical concepts in such a way that everyone can understand that has floored my brain. Things that seem super logical to me, are not so logical to others. But I've been having a grand time writing, even if it takes up extra energy, because it is much more rewarding to be honest.
That said, I want to introduce you to the newest member of the computer family: The Processor! This little guy stands at the heart of every computer and makes everything remotely digital possible today. This is by far the nerdiest of nerding I've ever gotten. I've been diving into CPU architecture to get the best understanding I could to teach you about them and how they work. There's also a fun fact or two in there that even I didn't know!
So, what's next for Computer Adventures? I'm contemplating what direction to take. On one hand I can continue with other important computer components such as RAM, the Motherboard, and the GPU. On the other hand, it would be fun to spend a whole article gushing about old hardware (ZX Spectrum, C64, Apple II). Or, I could take you on a journey through various operating systems; most of us use Windows, but did you know where it started?
What would you like to read next? Let me know! In the meantime, enjoy the Processor. ^^
Wikipedias featured article today was all about fictional depictions of the planet Venus, and it is rife with excellent worldbuilding inspo. I thought it would be fun to look at Venus on World Anvil too!
In Solaris, Venus is a verdant but hostile paradise covered thick toxic fog. The inhabitants are the alien Fei, plant-people who can curate their own growth to create striking appearances.
...Sort of. If anybody (I hope not) remembers my world, Creatures of the Yonderverse, then I have completely remade it. Now, instead of focusing on individual species, you will follow the journey of Mochi Manoban as they travel round the entire Yonderverse, visiting planet after planet, meeting every single species they can possibly find. #ArticleShare
Hope you all enjoy! <3