#worldbuilding prompts

[unnerd]

Places you should add to your little town/city in your fantasy world!!

Post offices. Wild, I know. But give me the unhinged kind. Pingeons and little postal dragons all over the place. You enter. The most disgusting smell fucking assaults your nostrils. You know what it is. Letter in hand, you go up to the counter. The postal worker is just a slightly bigger pigeon. You shed a tear.

PLAYGROUNDS!! Create the most dangerous kinds of playgrounds, the ones suburban moms would TRIP if they ever saw one. Monkey bars that are way too tall, swings that go full circle... The metal slide stays the same, it's already painful enough.

PARKS!! MAKE IT ALIVE!! Show people going on walks, reading beneath trees. C'mon most of them are already hundred years old (And are going to die after that CR 15 creature wrecks the town) anyways!! Show couples and picnics, show a family enjoying the sunday, give me someone picking flowers for their loved ones.

A bakery! Do you know how much these places are underrated? And do you know how much plot potential they have? Every good story starts with food poisoning or granny's recipe! Give me a place your players/readers are going to treat like home and, for once, it's not a tavern or a guild.

Government buildings! Give me a town hall that has a kilometric line in front of it. Give me a registry that is as old as this town. Give me police stations! Give me courtrooms! Make one of your players get arrested and now all of the party has to go through burocracy like a bunch of normal people!

(Who am I kidding? You don't need to make them get arrested. They are going to do that for you.)

Touristic attractions! Give me a full-on statue of the country's leader! Give me museums! Give me streets, ruins and whatnot that attract thousands of tourists everyday! Give me an annoying city guide that tries to get the party's attention everytime!

Magazine stands! Magazines don't exist? Newspaper stands! From the Queen's Journal to the most questionable new piece of Fox's Tailtracker, you have it all! Make your players doubt what's actually happening, sprinkle a little fake news... Or is it fake at all?

...Toy stores. OK HEAR ME OUT. Make magic toys; miniature skyships that actually fly, metal toy dragons that expel fire, little wands that make little light spells, wooden creatures that can move and make noises... Make children happy! And your players too because they will waste their money on these stuff.

Instrument store!! Make your bards happy with special instruments or just weird ones! Give me a battle in one of those that is just filled with funny noises and the worst battle soundtrack ever!!

Not exactly a place but... Cleaning carts!!! Show me people cleaning the streets, picking up the trash, cutting trees!! Make the town look clean!! Give me an old man that is really proud of his work!!!

(or ways to make your players feel even worse when the villain destroys the town later on :) )

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[daisy-mooon]

Sci-fi worldbuilding ideas for your city planets :)

If the planet is entirely city, where does the oxygen come from? Are their farms dedicated to producing oxygen? Special factories? Are there plants that produce oxygen very quickly all over the planet? Do you have to pay an oxygen tax?

Does the planet have natural water? Are the oceans untouched, incorporated into the city, or have they been drained and the water used for things in the city? What is it used for? Drinking, dams, hydroelectricity, food production, etc?

How deep does the city go? Has the planet been mined into to create more space? Is geothermal energy used? Are the bottom levels reserved for things such as sewage, electricity production, factories, prisons, etc?

What is transportation like? Are there roads, floating roads, or are trains and trams used instead? Are planes used? Is transportation fast enough to quickly travel across time zones?

How is food produced? Is it imported, or is it grown on planet? A combination? Think about greenhouses, factorised farms, vertical farming projects, etc. If oceans are left relatively untouched, is food produced in it? Are fish kept? Are there ration laws?

Are the poles less occupied than the rest of the city? Are they used for storing frozen goods, super computers? On a planet with no oceans, is ice and snow valuable?

The same goes for the equator of the planet. Is it more or less occupied? Is the heat used for anything? Are there solar panel farms? Air conditioning?

Are there parks and protected areas of nature? Ancient gardens, important forests, sacred land? Are there laws about chopping down trees? Are there farms for trees and plants? Are their plant shops, and are they expensive? In Star Wars, a part of Coruscant's highest mountain is a public monument that you can look at - are parts of mountains, rare ores, fossils, etc, preserved?

Not all sci-fi cities look the same. Coruscant has skyscrapers arranged in a very chaotic manner, stretching incredibly deep and incredibly high, and there is almost no plant life or natural parts of the planet to be seen. Xandar is arranged neatly with very similar style buildings whilst remaining relatively low rising compared to other city planets, and has lots of greenery and a fairly untouched ocean. Wakanda is relatively defined in layout, with a mixture of plants and buildings, houses and skyscrapers, with every building being unique. Draw inspiration from whatever you like.

Write whatever you want, even if it's common or cliche. It doesn't matter if it has been done before, because it hasn't yet been written by you.

Happy worldbuilding!

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[writerbeemedina]

Hi I would really like to see a mermaid society modeled after orcas, please. 👉🏼👈🏼

• Matriarchal, led by oldest wisest female who raised other children in the pod

• Knowledge of their exclusive hunting techniques and hunting territories passed onto each generation

• Nomadic

• Often kills other sea creatures just for the thrill of it

• Strong emotional bonds

Thank you. You’re welcome.

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[theladyheroine]

Songs that would be good writing prompts ✨

❥ This is just a short post for funsies! Enjoy if you’d like!

I See the Light from Disney’s Tangled

Strangers Like Me from Disney’s Tarzan

Son of Man from Disney’s Tarzan

I’m A Star from Disney’s Wish

The Neglected Garden by Cecile Corbel

The Voice by The Celtic Woman

Running With the Wolves by AURORA

Now I See by Lou & SQVARE

Wonderful from Netflix’s Over The Moon

To The Sky by Owl City

Dinosaur Park by Owl City

Under The Circus Lights by Owl City

Lavender by JVKE & Pink Sweat$

Broken Melodies NCT Dream & JVKE

Just A Cloud Away by Pharrell Williams

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[londonmaribelbridge]

Worldbuilding prompts:

In my language, you just said _________.

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[leonoracy]

stolen worldbuilding prompts

i have a few worldbuilding prompt novels, so i'm going to share some of their prompts here. if i make others, they shall be edited on to this post. i'd say support the original creators but that would make it swifter for the copyright creatures to find me. of course, these are mainly fantasy themed.

Describe the black market in one of the cities you encounter. Start by writing down the names, appearances and personalities of three vendors. What are some of the unique, unusual or magical wares they sell? Or what valuable information do they have?

Whenever you and your company hit a new town or city, you’re sure to be tavern-bound eventually. Write a list of at least five tavern names, their themes, their proprietors, and their personalities. What characters or unique brews might you encounter at each establishment?

Think about a child who has been affected by the actions of you or your party. How did crossing paths with you change its life? Did you burn down their village, or save them from a monster attack? What is this child like, as a result, when they grow up?

What are some major landmarks you encounter on your travels? Do locals tell tales about their origin? Write about how these experiences might affect you as you continue on your journey.

Write about someone you’ve lost along your adventures, how did you deal with that loss?

You and your adventuring company are going to a party. Who invited you, where is it taking place? A small gathering or a fancy masquerade, what’s the food like? What rumours or info will your company gather while at the party, or what villain will interrupt the festivities?

What is your world’s setting planet shaped like? Round, flat, atop a gargantuan turtle’s back? Describe its parameters.

Create a typical fantasy world, but one thing is dramatically different. Like, all creatures can do magic but humanoids cannot. Or humans can never die of old age but all the plants only live for a few weeks. Get weird. Get stupid.

Create a setting where gods walk the earth and directly interact with each other, their followers, their enemies. How will each interact with mortals of their world?

A member of your adventuring party gives off an odd scent. What does it smell like, what is the source of it, how does it relate to what one knows (or doesn’t) about that character?

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[redd956]

Do you have any world-building prompts about food?

I forgot to answer this!

I do already have a worldbuilding questions installment on food -> Here

However have some extras worldbuilding places to start:

Desserts

Foods across classes (& usual food prices)

Where the food comes from?

A food so popular/abundant that its incorporated into many of the society's dishes

Foods for occasions

Religious foods

What household foods or materials fill people's cabinets/storage to eat?

Why isn't a certain available resource used as food?

How is food prepared?

Alcoholic beverages/Recreational beverages

Materials used that enhance food (spices, oils, etc.)

Candy-like foods

Foods across daily meals; Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Supper, Dinner, Etc.

Describe foods from the world

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[hessdalen-globe]

There’s been a lot of talk about solar eclipses lately, so I was wondering if anyone has solar eclipses in their settings, and if so what is their significance?

There’s a lot of potential with this idea, so I definitely plan to come up with something for my world 😁

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[jaybirdswriting]

Worldbuilding Prompts: Food Related Questions

A: How different is the food in this world compared to the food in the real word?

B: What's the national dish?

C: What type of flavor is most popular? Spicy, sweet, or sour?

D: Is most food hot or cold? Or is a mix?

E: It's late and someone is hungry. Where is somewhere they could go to get food?

F: Is there a type of food that would be weird to eat outside a specific timeframe? (EX: How most people in real life don't consider a baked potato to be breakfast food.)

More Undercut

G: What's the most popular type of candy?

H: How would a meal between the average person and an elite member of society compare?

I: Do different species eat different things?

J: What ingredients would be used in the average sandwich?

K: What snack or dish is considered childish?

L: What dish do most find really taste. (EX: Like how pizza is mostly considered to be a tasty food in real life.)

M: What dish would be the grossest to an outsider?

N: Someone is feeling lazy. What's a quick meal they could make?

O: What type of food would be served at a cookout?

P: What's an average side served as dinner time?

Q: Which manners would someone be expected to follow at the dinner table?

R: What would be considered dinner food?

S: How common would it be for someone to be a vegetarian or vegan?

T: Is their a drink that's most commonly served with dinner?

U: What type of dish would be served at a fantasy event?

V: Where are crops most often grown?

W: What type of meat is most common to eat?

X: What's the most popular type of fruit and vegetable?

Y: Is the average dish spicy? If so, could someone not from the world eat it without tremendous amount of pain?

Z: What type of snacks are served at movie theaters?

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[kingsonne-zedecks]

I think its so interesting how differently people approach worldbuilding and prompts. Sometimes you get incredibly specific and rational prompts like

"Think about a city in your world. Name two different merchant factions, what they deal in, who their founders are, and how they rival each other. "

And sometimes you get prompts that are nothing more than.

"There is an alley. People don't like it. Why?"

And different writers thrive under each style dramatically differently.

Like, I can't do the first one at all, my brain just doesn't work like that. But give me a name for a superhero and I can come up with their powers and life story. Give me a vaguely bad alley and I can write about the unsettling magical phenomena that plague people who pass to closely by.

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[rosepehtels]

happy wbw! today's prompt is:

what genre(s) does your world have? write a reference list of recurring themes that you can use to reinforce the genre(s) in every aspect of your worldbuilding.

in my story, the most common themes that appear so far is power, sacrifice, betrayal, & justice

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[sunriseverse]

i wanted to make a quick challenge of worldbuilding prompts for myself, so here’s a list (feel free to use any of them!):

worldbuilding wiki challenge

imagine that someone was creating a wiki for your WIP—how would they write a page for the following topics?

the protagonist’s best friend

a family system

a major tenet of a religion

a word, or words, that are culture-specific and don’t have direct translations

a major historical event

unique technology

agricultural practices

culturally-significant iconography

a famous literary work

common superstitions

the history of the staple food

social classes

an obscure musician

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[ocprompts-andsuch]

If you have a fantasy or sci fi world, have vaccines and antibiotics been invented? Who invented the most important ones? Are these scientists revered, reviled, or resting in obscurity?

#worldbuilding prompts

[writerbeemedina]

Fantasy Location Idea

Fixed up this fantasy location I wrote for a prompt in class a few years ago. :] Feel free to expand or borrow!

Nestled deep within a boggy bayou somewhere far away is Soakdin – a tiny dock village in the middle of the murky waters. It had a couple of houses, a family-owned tavern (today’s special: deep-fried crocogator eyeballs), and a trading post. It isn’t much, but it’s home. Not to any human, but the waterkin: two-legged creatures with webbed hands and feet; fins for ears; slits for nostrils; yellow fishy eyes; tiny, needle-like teeth; and scales for hair.

The place doesn’t receive many visitors, unless travelers are hopelessly lost; this village isn’t on any map. And besides, even if it were, it isn’t exactly an attractive tourist destination. Thick, slimy algae crawls up the wood. Clouds of mosquitoes thick as smoke could strike at any moment (which made tasty snacks for the waterkin). The food is revolting. And the inhumane, monstrous appearance of the creatures deeply unsettled people who had never seen anything like them before.

It’s safe to say visitors weren’t exactly keen to come back – at least, the ones that the waterkin didn’t eat – but eager to wash away the memories of what they experienced, what they saw. Desperate to escape the swampy terrain, to be back on dry land where the trees don’t whisper their darkest thoughts, where the water doesn’t conceal spying creatures.

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[londonmaribelbridge]

Worldbuilding Prompts:

That's the city of 5 seasons: fall, winter, spring, summer, and ______.

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[redd956]

Worldbuilding questions to get the creative juices flowing 36

Theme: Toys

How do toys differ across ages? What toys are there for available for adults? What toys are available for infants? Do teens and children play with the same toys?

Where do most children's toys come from? How do these toys reach children? How do parents learn about toys?

Are toys made by family members? Local toymakers? Companies? A mixture? Is there cultural significance behind particular toys?

Are toys commonly mass produced? If so, what are these mass produced toys like?

What are most toys made out of? Are materials commonly used on toys? How does society view toymaking?

Is it acceptable in society for lots of play? Is society harsh on children's lives? Do children get a lot of free time?

Do toys differ among gender norms? How do toys differ among subcultures? Are toys from other societies popular here?

How does culture affect toys? How does politics affect toys? (Action figures of soldiers in propagandist style, animal inspired cultures allowing children to only play with toys that represent their species, etc).

What type of toys is counted as cute? What's the opposite? Is there a defined difference in the society?

Has a certain toy or toy franchises become ingrained in the local culture? If so, How and what is the effect?

Is collecting toys common? Is it done among all ages? Can collecting toys pay off?

Are there card games? Do video games exist? Do board games exist? How does the existence of any of these affect culture? (Especially video games)

What games do children play that don't require toys? Are sports equally as popular?

If there isn't a lot of toys what else do people do for fun?

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