Author Archives: Patrick
Coastlines
Credited to u/darkblade273 The most common map guides I’ve found glance over coastlines as just “use a fractal generator” or “just make it really jagged and never use straight/curved lines”, which are only really suitable for some regions of the … Continue reading
Using Natural Wonders as Holy Sites, Points of Conflict and Mystery in you World
I was recently rewatching David Attenborough’s Planet Earth (which I highly recommend), and there’s a part where a waterfall is so high up that the water falls unbroken for so long that it blows away in a fine mist. This … Continue reading
Drawing Culture Maps and Using Them to Produce Plot Points
Today I’m going to be talking about a technique you can use to inject your world with conflicts, situations and drama, by drawing a new overlay for your map. This technique is inspired by the Paradox Games such as Crusader … Continue reading
Advice For New Writers
It can be tempting to jump straight into writing and I admire and encourage your enthusiasm, but there are some things it would be good to know first. Writing is a well trodden path with many pitfalls which can knock … Continue reading
Historical TV Series Through Time
This is a list of tv series set throughout history, starting with the most recent first. You can use it to get a feeling for and as inspiration on settings in those periods, or if your like me and love … Continue reading
Using Art to Drive Worldbuilding
Intro Often it can useful to visiualise your characters and your world. Representing these with 3rd party art can be very inspiring and a great way to do so without spending ages writing descriptions and so you can spend more … Continue reading
Community & Forum
Reddit Reddit is the core community of this blog, and the community it was born out of. Check it out and subscribe if you’re not already a member. Forum (Poll further down) I would like to build a community here … Continue reading
10k Hits Milestone!
Thanks so much to everyone whos made use of this blog! Overnight we broke 10,000 views (we’re actually up to 12,776 at the time of writing this), with 5500 coming in the last 20 hours! I was originally thinkign of … Continue reading
Placement of Settlements
Intro So you’ve got your map, your environment. Now its time to place those villages and breathe some life into your world. Settlements can include anything from hamlets all the way up to massive cities, and there’s usually a couple … Continue reading
