Worldbuilding thread

December 14, 2018

So having asked a few guys in the Teamspeak about if this should be made. Was decided "Fuck it why not?" So I'm just posting some of the things I use when making Fednet Posts, Colonies & on the Wiki & Forums.

Why make any of these? Because with Colonies, there's a good chance if it's well known or memorable, it'll be used for Missions and you'll get to see them on Server, like Scarvis. Which has become a Go-To for Bug missions. Best way to aid in this is to give a "kick" to the Colony. Examples being Scarvis has a near constant amount of Arachnids on it, making it easier to do bug drops to just clear bug holes on it, and Arcadia has its very hostile wildlife, which I heard Snow Wolf used to great effect.

For elements which could help with creating planets, I've been using https://www.storyplanner.com/story/category/the-setting has one of the better templates I've seen for making your own planet, though is aimed more towards D&D so ignore the sections on magic. For imagery from planets to animals http://artstation.com/ & http://deviantart.com/ are my go to's, though I do use some video game art at times. If you have issues with the Wiki itself, do feel free to badger me or ask Snow Wolf for help as we'll hopefully be able to help._{Or at least I think I can. Watch me prove myself wrong.}

For news articles I tend to try and focus on news articles, specifically the BBC and its template.

Of course, this is meant as a post for any one to offer help & suggestions in, so feel free to post below if you need any help with making your own colonies, or suggestions of your own resources used to help more people contribute to the server as a whole.

December 14, 2018

One thing I really like creating is culture groups (Cause, y’know, it’s nearly been 300 years, new cultures tend to form). For inspiration, I tend to look to history, cause, surprise, Humans are a very diverse and interesting people.

As vague as it is, I’ll often select a random Wikipedia page, and click through until something sets off my creative juices. So far my first lore-contribution, the Desorics, was largely inspired by reading Wikipedia articles on Jewish Discrimination and the Black Irish, among other subjects.

A lot of thing can be easily tweaked to fit within the SST universe, so finding inspiration in the lore of real life, and other media, is a really big aid, at least to me.