You always seem to time your uploads whenever I got some art problem. Thank you, you weirdly omnipotent art KZfaqr.

The 3 eyed frog is so cute!

My problem is not necessarily getting started with worldbuilding, it's knowing when to stop and actually WRITE my stories 😆 Although, I do find that with some of my cultures, it is hard to start with their worldbuilding as opposed to others; I have cultures that have more depth than the ocean while some are just puddles 😫

To build on the Star Wars example you used, I find the OT's approach to world building great in what it _doesn't_ tell you. There is so much going on in that universe that you are never explicitly told, you're kinda just expected to figure it out. Jawas coming to sell you stuff just happens. Blue Milk is something you just drink. You're just thrown into that world as if you are expected to know about it.

How to worldbuild: It's our world but...

I'd say your vid on being a stories teller compliments this vid. If the stories are in the same universe then it would probably work to have them have puzzle pieces of the bigger picture. Maybe provide different perspectives on things and systems.

You, an author, are providing a service to the reader: the service of telling a story. When you call somebody to provide you with a service, the IT guy for example, do you want to hear everything he knows about C++ machine language, SSID encoding, and public key encryption before he tells you how to get back online? - Howard Mittelmark, Sandra Newman, "How NOT to write a novel"

I often have to rewind parts of your videos because your words spark ideas and I start daydreaming 😅. Thanks for your help and inspiration!! 😀

You’re such a helpful you tuber... Thank you so much!

One of the things you have to remember when world building is that you have to stick with the rules you've created. Otherwise plot holes and inconsistencies begin to develope. This is one of the reasons you don't want to specify all your rules at the beginning. Spend some time expressing a few of them and slowly add more as you go along. You yourself need to have an understanding of the rules so that you don't get caught in your own trap. If you think of a new rule you wish to add to the world your creating, you need to ask yourself a couple questions. "Does this mechanic actually fit in the world I'm creating?" And "How can I add this to my world without it being completely random?" For example, if you were drawing a boy rowing a boat down a river, you might add a forest in the background and maybe the sun or stars in the sky, But you wouldn't add a flying, clown, dragon in the background of this drawing, because it wouldn't make sense. One last thing, remember not to overload your world with rules. Having too many rules or ideas in a world can ultimately ruin it. Going back to the river drawing, you wouldn't want to add too much detail in the drawing because it would take away from the original point. Say you decide to draw fish jumping out of the river, as well as birds in the sky, and maybe some animals in the trees of the forest in the background. Then you decide you want to dress up your character in a cool outfit and maybe add some accessories to his boat. Combining all these ideas take away from your initial idea. Dour drawing has become an abstract of multiple different things instead of simple drawing of a boy in a boat.

I am but a humble fanfiction writer but I swear your advice despite being mainly for comic-artists has helped me SO MUCH, especially the "Your idea is too big" video that finally opened my eyes to my own downfall. Thank you!

There's a documentary about The Dark Crystal where they said that they designed animals that never appeared in the movie so they could come up with a functioning ecosystem.

As someone who wants to get into the game industry, this concept becomes more difficult due to people needing to interact with this world instead of just viewing it.

I was just thinking about this, you must be a psychic :D I'm really wanting to tell my character's story but I'm afraid that book form with a few illustrations might be the only practical way to tell it.

1:07 My theatre kid brain: diametrically aposed, foes

YES! I've loved doing world building forever, and this recaps everything as it should! Awesome!

"You can tell it's a season finale because I turned the light off." Symbolism at its finest~

I recently got out of a worlbuilding problem. There was this universe I originally created for a tabletop RPG I never got to play. So while I couldn't find any story to tell in this world, I've been developing that world in details: alien races, planets, maps, geopolitics, cultures... All of that probably lasted for mire than 3 years and eventually I ended up with this massive univers I didn't know what to do with. Recently when I decided to use this world for a comic I was stuck for weeks before I realized that I was pushing to hard. I was just trying to find a story to fit the universe instead of trying to find a universe for a story. It's been a little difficult but I decided to put this world away to start again from scratch. Today, I have a story and a good universe and I'm really happy to finally be on the way of creating a project that exites me. So yeah. This is my story

I put off worldbuilding for far too long with my own cast. One of the big things I've only just recently gotten into is truly diving into the 'magic' system - that is, developing some sensible archetypes and categories to the 'magic' powers, explaining how they work and what their limitations are. Not only does it give me a lot of ideas for new characters and interesting limitations to the ones I have as I map it out, but it's also really helping me understand my existing cast and develop them in a deeper way. With some minor adjustments I can give their powers an internal consistency, and I can better fit a character's goals and interests to these archetypes. The more I dive into this system, the more ideas naturally pop out and I get a better sense not only of what my characters should be able to do (and details like how long can they keep doing X, or how far can Y reach, how heavy can Z lift) but also what future characters might bring into the mix as well. The vast majority of this background work will never be seen in any final product, but I can see how it will help in telling a much more cohesive and consistent story. When you put the rules in place, people can sense that they're there, even when you don't outright show the rules.

This vid is sooooo helpful! Thank u for making it

This is so helpful!! I love your videos so much! :D this is just what I needed right now!

I’ve been looking forward to this.

Yasssss just what I need!!! Thank you!!! ^w^

This cleared so much up! I've been struggling between the story and the setting after my friend listened to my premise (world 5 million years in the future) and asked why some things existed. I've been thinking between leaving the weirdness explained or kinda delve into it for some context but I decided to add more over time and finish my story draft first and then add my research in later

Great video I was thinking about my worlds and how I need to improve them.

3 eyed frogs... I have to think about "The Last Airbender" and "Legend of Korra": Expect for the "Magic" in form from spirits and elemental bending stuff, the animals from that world are what makes it so special. Flying Bisons, Lemures with sliding skin, icebear Dogs, fire ferrets, platybus bears and so on... I think the animals are one reason, why this world is so fascinating. They may be just "fluff", but i can´t imagine this world without them.

Oh Boy! i can't wait to see what is next, great video, please keep them up!

I'd like to add that a lot of people emulate the world building style presented in manga and anime that is done through stopping and explaining aspects of that world through illustrations as well and lengthy flashbacks that can really break immersion. Compare the world building of Attack on Titan versus Samurai Jack for example. Attack on Titan loves to explain is world to the viewer saying how the horses they are riding are uniquely bred and giving a brief synopsis of the breeding history, or telling them about the exact mechanics of the weapons and gear the characters are using; the audience is spoon fed this information. Samurai Jack, on the other hand, let's the visuals give hints of the world letting the viewers fill in the gaps; we are not told why the tribe dogs can talk instead there's a billboard of a the famous talking dog from Powerpuff Girls saying he likes dog food. The viewer puts two and two together that this show takes place in the Cartoon Network shared universe, it's in the future and these dogs must be the descendants of Talking Dog the PPG character. There is nothing wrong with liking anime and it's method of conveying information, but if you're trying to sell you product to a western audience that isn't familiar with, or doesn't like anime, you're going to lose people by breaking immersion, or overwhelming them with information best left for the appendices. Let the audience figure out their own, or influence them to come to your intentions for the universe rather than shoving a three eyed frog in their face. I think that's what you mean.

My problem was never worldbuilding. Its making said world compelling without spewing a bunch of exposition at the reader at once. Or I'll have ideas but not be able to properly translate it to paper or to writing...

Can you make a video on how to build up a community surrounding your work or get noticed/appreciated by viewers?

I’ve been trying to make my world less convoluted to describe to people, but I just end up sounding like I’m rambling and I completely lose them every time. What’s a way to draw someone in on the premise of my world without overloading them with information?

Brookes Eggleston, do you think you’d like to do videos on Blue and Orange Morality? I think it makes for a great worldbuilding tool. What I like to do is I like to choose a concept to be the central basis of an entire alien species’ morality. Then I branch out into different interpretations of what that concept means to build different nations, organizations, philosophies, factions and ideologies out of them.

Just like the simulations

Hey Brookes is ther any way to contact you for some art critics ?

I always keep some of my lore aspect in the background, but usually be mentioned in images or during a discussion started by one of the characters if they are bored whenever one of the other character is making food or potion/machinery, but I am also knotting everything neatly that leads to the main plot than just randomly thrown in.

3:34 How did I not notice this contradictory gem the first time I saw this XD

0:46 I felt the ":^)"

Hi! A quick question i have is if you have any extremely important information if someone is looking to build a world from the ground up. Wonderful video!!

Who puts marshmallow on meat!?🤢

Saw a comment down below about the force and how the midichlorians ruined everything which brought me to another question. When is it necessary to explain or "logic-ify" the mystical parts of your world? If people didn't truly understand the force, people would complain and say things like "Oh, so then ANYONE can have the Force, not just Jedi" and things would get complicated....

I have a story but not sure what format i should tell it in

Tend to explain the limit of my 'world' in my story in the beginning, so that it doesn't end up as obscure as the force from star wars. (Sorry sw fans)

I am a beginner writer I have been a starter writer for roleplaying on media for about 2 to 3 years it's a hobby I think I never world build my starters because they are short and dual. I always create no boundaries roleplay like gross hentai and dark romance you know test my creativity but I did wrote novels in the past but never finished them or published them. since I am new start worldbuilding as small as possible and start with the character first that's what I do but it's not for everyone, everyone has different methods writing a book.

I am sad you didnt make a Hamilton reference. Diametrically opposed...

Step One: buy a world.

I have made a lot of things in my world that isn’t very relevant to main characters so I think I gonna have a story line were they travel the world.

Worldbuilding: The only point in your story where you can dump exposition without anyone noticing

Ha ha ha now how do you *stop*?

I tried reading The Erth Dragons once. If I, a teenager at the time, couldn't follow all the exposition, how would a kid be able to?

Your videos are foreplay for my creativity. Is that too forward?

I loved the video anyway though!!!

Encyclopedia, you say? World Anvil, I say!! Why isn't anyone else talking about WA in the comments?? THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT WA!!

FIRST!!!

me needing to design multiple worlds: 8-|

Anyone else notice when he references Star Wars and shows a clip of Spaceballs

A couple of things that bug me about worldbuilding are when it's lazy or illogical. Lazy world building would be like saying, "It's exactly like our world except traveling through time is as easy as hailing a cab." Um, no. There is nothing about our current society that would still be intact if a major thing, like time travel, were readily accessible to everyone. In fact, that would be a nightmare world. Which might actually make for a cool story, but nothing about how humans interact with each other today could survive such a colossal change. Illogical world building would be like the X-Men comics, where some children develop superpowers when they reach puberty and they are often rejected or ostracized by their families for being different. However, it's completely illogical that parents would react negatively to the news that their child suddenly has superpowers, as if their children had somehow betrayed the family name by developing the ability to fly or control the weather. If anything, parents would be trying to exploit their mutant children for their own fame and wealth. Kind of like parents with a celebrity child, times ten.