WorldEmber 2020 Pledge
Goals
During WorldEmber 2020 I am going all in on my worldbuilding. Expect to see tonnes of new lore, interactive maps, snazzy artwork, fancy layouts, and even some audio experiences.Wordcount Goals
- 10k words - I aspire to reach the minimum wordcount completion goal for WorldEmber before the 20th so that I have plenty of time for writing extra words, polishing my articles, or making artwork and graphics
- 25k words - This is the stretch goal that I will try to achieve by the end of the competition! I feel like it's achieveable if I schedule my time well and don't feel too stressed with burnout
- 50k words?? - I'm not sure how close I can get to this, but if I hit 25k by the 20th then I'll give it my best shot! I tried doing NaNoWriMo once before and that killed me, but I enjoy worldbuilding much more than writing a novel, so let's see what happens!
Personal Goals
- Flesh out E.Lite content - The main focus of my worldbuilding during this challenge will be to get all the content I need ready for making Melior a playable setting using the Ethnis Lite RPG toolset
- No messy worldbuilding - I'm going to religiously check back on my world's meta section so that I can keep all of my worldbuilding aligned to the genre, tone, scope, and recurring themes. There will be a lot of checking and editing back and forth to make sure that all of the articles are connected!
- Community engagement - what goes around comes around! I'll be returning the likes, follows, and comments on all of the amazing worldbuilding that inspires me!
Planned Articles
These are the article ideas I have planned for Melior during WorldEmber 2020! A lot of them will be to flesh out content to make this world playable as an Ethnis Lite setting and will focus on a specific region defined by the scope in my world's meta section (read it here)! I plan to get as many of these done as possible during WorldEmber, but any that are left over I will work on in the new year!Maps: PREPARED!
I've learnt from last year and have prepared my maps for WorldEmber in advance (as they don't count towards any wordcount)! I have reflected back on the details in my world meta page and have kept my focus to worldbuilding within The Isles of Orlend. I have created a region map within this for the County of Woldshire, of which you can click a level further to explore the City of Bradstowe (wanna go deeper? explore the Abbey or a typical House)! I have populated these interactive maps with empty pins for locations that I can fill out during the month, and have added clickable labels to help you navigate between the maps (and back again). Check it out here! I design my maps in Photoshop :D it's a lot of fun but the best part is naming all the placenames!
Where would you explore first on my map?
Goals
Wordcount Goals
Personal Goals
Planned Articles
Maps: PREPARED!
I'm just here for WorldEmber
Character Art Prep
I've been preparing characters, species and poses using HeroForge! As per their terms of service, I'll be using them non-commercially to represent characters and species in my world until I have time to sit down & do proper concept art for them!
Folks of Melior by 3D Models via HeroForge, edit by TJ Trewin
Manavaxians by 3D Models via HeroForge, edit by TJ Trewin
A Manavaxian Druid by 3D Model via HeroForge, created by TJ Trewin
What I'm looking forward to reading about the most are web-rot and riftcheese! That probably says a lot about me as a person. XD I love all your ideas! I'm excited to see what WorldEmber brings! :)
Explore Etrea | March of 31 Tales
Thanks so much! :D
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