Hey! Just stumbled across this thing that seems useful to plenty folks here. I haven't tried it out yet, but it looks like they have tools for GMs, writers, and artists (why I didn't post this in RP Discussion), and it at least sounds pretty fantastic. It implies that things can be shared, too, so if you use it, it might be fun to share what you make here!
Here's the site: https://www.worldanvil.com/
I'll be looking into building up Astraea there, so hopefully I'll be able to say more about it in the near future.
Here's the site: https://www.worldanvil.com/
I'll be looking into building up Astraea there, so hopefully I'll be able to say more about it in the near future.
I just found them yesterday. I like their videos so far.
Also to add to the resources to help with worldbuilding, there's also Tale Foundry. Upload schedule is kinda spotty though.
There's also Overly Sarcastic Productions. They run a series called Trope Talk, which talks about various tropes in media. Helps to motivate me to figure out story elements, or characters for my stories. They also do videos on literature which might help with finding inspiration.
Then there's Hello Future Me. His videos, like OSP are pretty varied, but he has a series of videos specifically focusing on writing. He also does videos discussing other forms of media.
Hope these can be of help as well.
Also to add to the resources to help with worldbuilding, there's also Tale Foundry. Upload schedule is kinda spotty though.
There's also Overly Sarcastic Productions. They run a series called Trope Talk, which talks about various tropes in media. Helps to motivate me to figure out story elements, or characters for my stories. They also do videos on literature which might help with finding inspiration.
Then there's Hello Future Me. His videos, like OSP are pretty varied, but he has a series of videos specifically focusing on writing. He also does videos discussing other forms of media.
Hope these can be of help as well.
World Anvil user here, can confirm its usefulness! (Plenty useful to me, at least.)
It's free for the first two worlds and it's useful if you want something more user-friendly than the conventional type of wiki or website, but it also has more 'advanced' features like timelines, a tagging system you can use to link certain location/character/event/etc. pages together, a map with pindrops, basic BBcode support, and an active community you can get help and feedback from.
There's also stuff like customizable CSS theming and no ads for people that buy memberships, but I've been using the free version for awhile and it suits my needs nicely.
I'm prolly a bit biased since I like the site so much, but I hope this helps describe it for anyone considering joining!
Awesome to see another fellow HFM watcher! Love the dude's videos.
It's free for the first two worlds and it's useful if you want something more user-friendly than the conventional type of wiki or website, but it also has more 'advanced' features like timelines, a tagging system you can use to link certain location/character/event/etc. pages together, a map with pindrops, basic BBcode support, and an active community you can get help and feedback from.
There's also stuff like customizable CSS theming and no ads for people that buy memberships, but I've been using the free version for awhile and it suits my needs nicely.
I'm prolly a bit biased since I like the site so much, but I hope this helps describe it for anyone considering joining!
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Then there's Hello Future Me.
Awesome to see another fellow HFM watcher! Love the dude's videos.
Thanks for the input, folks!
I've also been finding it pretty neat so far, although I have run into a couple cases where I wasn't sure what type of article something should be.
If you don't pay for a membership, you both can and can't have private pages. Officially, you can't. However, you can have multiple unpublished pages. The articles also let you enter secrets that the general public can't see.
My progress: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/astraea-novalyyn
I've also been finding it pretty neat so far, although I have run into a couple cases where I wasn't sure what type of article something should be.
If you don't pay for a membership, you both can and can't have private pages. Officially, you can't. However, you can have multiple unpublished pages. The articles also let you enter secrets that the general public can't see.
My progress: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/astraea-novalyyn
Very slowly working in more. I have found a couple instances where things didn't work quite the way I'd have hoped, but it's been nothing major, and nothing that I couldn't find a suitable work-around for. Overall, still quite pleased. And thus directing attention to it again.
Could be helpful for those scrounging to get prepped for NaNoWriMo.
Could be helpful for those scrounging to get prepped for NaNoWriMo.
This looks awesome! Thanks for showing it to us! 
For worldbuilding I tend to use ARCHIVOS--it has some cool visualization tools for maps and relationship webs. I blathered about it a few months ago over here: https://www.rprepository.com/community/forumthread.php?t=56735
For worldbuilding I tend to use ARCHIVOS--it has some cool visualization tools for maps and relationship webs. I blathered about it a few months ago over here: https://www.rprepository.com/community/forumthread.php?t=56735
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