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How much of the world do you create? Do you make your own Dex? Draw out your own maps? When do you know when to stop?
When do you know when to stop?
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I can't stop creating, pls help~
More seriously... I guess I could just point out to my worldbuilding project thread, or my wiki, or any of a number of pastebins and maps I've done, character and organization profiles, cosmology and timeline, or the number of fics... and basically say... I've done a lot and will continue so
much as it pains me sometimes and there will be no stopping it, for the time being.
Creating your own original region is a kind of milestone when worldbuilding for Pokémon, as is creating your own Fakémon or Fakédex though I have not gone those two latter routes. Lots of people do and you'll find everything from short description snippets, fictionalized brochures, sprites, maps, stat tables, some other artistic renditions, etc.
Of course there's nothing wrong with working within the established regions or Pokémon. Arceus knows Johto is in need of love for example, and Sinnoh and Kalos are absolute delights as regions to expand upon with a bit of original thinking.
Bay said:
Also, I know some writers use fanfiction as an outlet for their fanmade regions, for instance Gimmepie's Stairway to Heaven. That's something to consider!
This, so much. A very good exposure of fanon regions when not in romhacks is checking what kind of adventures take place in them. I seem to recall we even had a sort of thing about that in PC gathering all regions from members, but it's been a long while.
Caite-chan said:
Like I have some idea in a way of Pokemon I'd like to make but it's hard for me to create them without feeling like I may be stealing from someone else.
A few notes:
* Inspiration, when respectful, leads to the highest form of flattery: copy for an adaptation.
* Taking stuff from a fellow author with permission is not stealing. Heck maybe you can trade ideas with other authors and nod to each other in your works!
* Whatever you create is going to be somehow inspired in stuff you already know, so don't fear that. Rather, embrace your imagination and the ability to do research and compare notes.
* Always feel free to ask for help!
I have thought about using graph paper to try and make up Towns/Cities and Routes but I dono.
That is a really good way to go about that and from what I have seen from sites where fanon cartographers post their stuff, the results can be astounding when dedicated some time. In case you want to try something like digital mapping, for stuff like towns, there's some good tools for that too, but admittedly paper scans have a charm that nothing really gets to beat.
Well, good luck with your worldbuilding ideas and don't hesitate to look around for advice.
