>>95631865
What are your thoughts on building an entire planet and solar system (optional) from scratch, and generating its entire history to current day?
I've been thinking of doing it since it adds some logical consistency to the world, which is something that I desire (not always relevant with certain settings, like Lord of the Rings where the gods just made the world look that way simply because they wanted to). Also, lots of eyes will (hopefully) be seeing my project, as I intend to eventually sell it commercially.
Some resources I've come across and delved into that might be of potential interest for some of you for are:
- Worldbuilding Guide for an Earth-like Planet -
by Madeline James
https://www.madelinejameswrites.com/worldbuilding-guide
Seems to be a good resource, and the least detailed I'd personally would be okay with.
- Worldbuilder's Log -
by Artifexian
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduA6tsl3gyiX9fFJHi9qqq4RWx-dIcxO
Kind of a good sweet spot. Uses Madeline James's guide as a base, and adds onto it. Notes when he diverges from it. Presented entirely in video form, and has a free Excel spreadsheet/calculator that can crunch a lot of the numbers for you. Also has a lot of older videos on various worldbuilding subjects.
- Worldbuilding Pasta -
by Worldbuilding Pasta
Pic related, and general theme of this post. Is currently working on a systematic replacement for Köppen-Geiger climate modeling - since it only models for Earth climates - to account for climates that could exist on inhabitable, but alien worlds. Downside is that because he's working from the bottom-up in such exhausting scientific detail, he currently does not have as complete of a guide to a world that is more societal facing. For example, Artifexian's guide is currently at the point of determining where iron deposits would be located on a planet. But when Worldbuilding Pasta's done, it will likely be the de facto highly detailed guide for creating new, believable worlds.