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Margot September 9th, 2016 3:39 PM

What was the first world you built?
 
Do you remember the first world you ever built? Was it an alternate universe of an already existing world, something completely new? What was it for, a story/RP/etc?

I'm very curious to hear :D

Desert Stream~ September 9th, 2016 4:24 PM

oh wow, that was long ago... The first world was a pokemon region I just kept in a small notebook, but it never really grew, and I forget it's name. Then came Ice world, Fire world, Water world, Bluebear world, Rock world, Varien, Qwertle, and now Saprailia.

Adam Levine September 9th, 2016 6:36 PM

Biddenfore, although things were drastically different then. It went by names like Homa or Jome, until I decided on something better.

Klippy September 9th, 2016 7:19 PM

I built a Pokemon region for my sprite comic back in 2006. Pokemon: Instincts was the name and I had an entire region and maps made (all done in MSPaint). :)

Aquacorde September 9th, 2016 9:32 PM

ffff how do you expect me to remember things i made on a whim when i was a preteen
it was probably something involving weak points between worlds and you know. realm hopping and that. and skyships. and magic. i was always on board for magic with limitations and almost-science explainations.

gimmepie September 10th, 2016 12:52 AM

I've been creating fantasy worlds since I was like a toddler so I can't really remember that far back lol. But the first good one (currently lacking a name) that I remember I started working on when I was like seven or eight and gradually developed it for years upon years after that - I still sometimes have ideas for it xD.

I might even bring it to the multiverse once I've gotten a bit further along with Jeimas.

Winter September 10th, 2016 1:48 AM

Wow that's like years back... My first world was something I created so as to fight boredom and be like a storyteller to my sister. It was a world made up of our plushies and geography spanned our entire house. We treated furniture (beds, sofas, whatnot) like islands and cities and the rooms as regions/continents. We also pretended that our plushies could use magic, based on elemental affinities.

gimmepie September 10th, 2016 2:22 AM

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Originally Posted by solivagant (Post 9402550)
Wow that's like years back... My first world was something I created so as to fight boredom and be like a storyteller to my sister. It was a world made up of our plushies and geography spanned our entire house. We treated furniture (beds, sofas, whatnot) like islands and cities and the rooms as regions/continents. We also pretended that our plushies could use magic, based on elemental affinities.

The world I mentioned above also came into being through games with my sister xD
I guess it just never left my imagination though haha

PastelPhoenix September 10th, 2016 3:43 AM

Oh man, aside from all the half baked pokemon regions I made in name only, the first actual "world" (not just a setting) I put any effort into was some horrible little D&D world. I don't remember the name, and the map itself was probably lost in a move or at a friend's house, but it was very generic Tolkien-esque fantasy. All of the races were pretty much D&D default, and most of the significant people were either humans, or didn't necessarily act different enough to not be humans.

That one didn't last too long. We had too many people and eventually it got forgotten and I moved on to other worlds with a bit more oddities, feeling comfortable enough to start trying to make worlds that aren't 1 to 1 copies of earth.

Salzorrah September 10th, 2016 4:18 AM

The only world I could think of that I still remember would be the Connect multiverse tbh. I mean, it started out as one of those crappy preteen middle school fantasy stories, with Mary Sues and Gary Stus all around with a very childish plot, but once I actually did made it a bit serious and added in details and stuff, I feel like it would become a great story with all these beautiful lore and stuff.

Juno September 10th, 2016 7:11 PM

I feel like I'm the only one here new to worldbuilding - Arvania would be my first! I didn't enjoy creative writing much as a kid and the extent of my creativity would be imagining what goes on in various already-established fictional worlds, so it's cool being in charge and coming up with your own rules, history, peoples, etc.

Desert Stream~ September 10th, 2016 7:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Juno (Post 9403377)
I feel like I'm the only one here new to worldbuilding - Arvania would be my first! I didn't enjoy creative writing much as a kid and the extent of my creativity would be what goes on in various already-established fictional worlds, so it's cool being in charge and coming up with your own rules, history, peoples, etc.

You're new? Wow you're region is still great! My first few were not so good, I feel like only Saprailia has any potential.

gimmepie September 10th, 2016 7:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Juno (Post 9403377)
I feel like I'm the only one here new to worldbuilding - Arvania would be my first! I didn't enjoy creative writing much as a kid and the extent of my creativity would be what goes on in various already-established fictional worlds, so it's cool being in charge and coming up with your own rules, history, peoples, etc.

This revelation astounds me.

Juno September 10th, 2016 7:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CUTIEFLY!!! (Post 9403385)
You're new? Wow you're region is still great! My first few were not so good, I feel like only Saprailia has any potential.

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Originally Posted by gimmepie (Post 9403391)
This revelation astounds me.

It astounds me that so many of you guys have been building worlds for years. :P I didn't realize how common of a hobby this is, not just on PC, but since the MV was created I've been poking around reddit, tumblr, etc. and there are just so many worldbuilders out there!

Lycanthropy September 12th, 2016 10:33 AM

I've been built super simple worlds since I was a kid, but the first big project I built was the planet Blarghus (named after the Roman god of blarg) I made with a friend. The world exists for about 80% out of cheese and there was such beautiful random other trivia.
The map is also usable as alternate board for Risk, on which I happened to get utterly destroyed yesterday. :(

Esper September 12th, 2016 3:20 PM

I don't know, but it was a while ago. Probably something small and incomplete and just repackaged from something I saw on Star Trek or Star Wars or something along those lines. Us kids would play all kinds of games on the playground that went beyond "the ground is lava" and into crazier places. That was probably where it started.

gimmepie September 13th, 2016 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Lycanthropy (Post 9406034)
I've been built super simple worlds since I was a kid, but the first big project I built was the planet Blarghus (named after the Roman god of blarg) I made with a friend. The world exists for about 80% out of cheese and there was such beautiful random other trivia.
The map is also usable as alternate board for Risk, on which I happened to get utterly destroyed yesterday. :(

Tfw there's a planet named for Blarzigord.

Lycanthropy September 13th, 2016 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by gimmepie (Post 9407694)
Tfw there's a planet named for Blarzigord.

Ahahaha, I'm sure he'd fit just right in. :D
A magical energy of weirdness called "Blarg" has always been a joke among my friends. Probably the reason why I'm a Blarzigord fanboy without really frequenting the RPT. <3


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