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GDD and worldbuilding bible

Added 2024-07-28 23:15:50 +0000 UTC

So far, almost everything about the vision and lore for the game has resided in my head as I haven't found the time to write it all down. As the project grows in size and complexity, this needs to change, especially if additional people get involved. That is why I will now start working on something called a game design document, which is a kind of reference for what the game is about, what kind of mechanics are in it, how different systems interact, etc. Decades ago, these documents used to be huge tomes that were essentially a full time job to maintain, but these days they are often just a kind of wiki, or even a single large canvas with the most important parts.

I will also start working out more of the lore and background/story of the game setting. There have been several people interested in helping out with this, so it is possible that some of them are invited to contribute. I might make the current state of the lore publicly available as a kind of wiki or something that gets updated when new parts are finalized, will need to think more on that.