Overview
I am doing a project of incremental worldbuilding. In other words, I’m taking aspects of worldbuilding and changing them slowly over time, in hope of creating a world that has the real weight of history behind it. In addition, I’m using randomness and ‘game-like’ mechanics, as well as assistance from ChatGPT, to help work my way through this process and ensure that I am sometimes surprised by the results.
The Eekraw are an avian species that has developed sentience. They’re slightly shorter than human height, and live around 80 years absent illness or injury. They can’t lift off vertically, requiring a cliff face or tree to jump off to successfully initiate flight. They have strong and dexterous foot talons, meaning their feet rather than wings are needed to work tools. They live in communal nests, with a nest of four-six adults raising their young together.
Currently, I’m on Turn 12. Turn 12 starts with the following post:
Settled Region Expands
In this part of the turn: A new predator appears in the mountains The settled region in the southwest splits and forms a new settlement The original settled region begins making baskets and clothes from woven vines The original settled region creates a ritual for their yearly return to their settlement
The following are all the posts of the worldbuilding process I’ve done so far, in order.
Really cool approach, going to follow closely!