Worldbuilding June

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21. What do people do for work in your world?

For the video game characters, being part of the video games IS their job. They exist to entertain the Players, people from the real world who interact with the game worlds. The D-Pad Dimension is a place usually visited when "off the clock", so to speak, or for side jobs.

 

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22. What do people do for fun in your world?

The D-Pad Dimension has a multitude of facilities designed for entertainment. Its connection to the internet means anything accessed through that can be used for fun. The characters are able to consume plenty of non-video game media this way.

 

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23. What’s the sky like in your world?

The sky in the D-Pad Dimension is mostly black. The only real celestial body is the aforementioned giant floating glowing D-Pad, the true nature of which is unknown. Many have tried to investigate it, to no avail.

 

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24. What places are still unexplored in your world?

New portals to new video game worlds are opened all the time. However, they tend to become known pretty quickly. However some game worlds become lost due to certain events (eg a free to play online game shutting down), leaving their inhabitants stranded and often desperate to find them again... or at least find a new home.

 

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25. What do people carry with them on a daily basis in your world?

Some kind of personal memento of home is common. Also Bits to pay for this and that. And, related to the first, everyone carries at least one copy of an instruction manual or video tutorial for their home game.

 

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26. What sorts of art exist in your world?

More artistically inclined characters will create art of each other's worlds, or the D-Pad Dimension itself. Fanart created by Players in the real world is often exhibited, and is held with special regard due to the status of the Players. Having fanart, fanfic, etc. of yourself out in the real word is considered a massive honor... as long as it's affectionate anyway.

 

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27. How do people get around in your world?

The characters tend to bring vehicles and mountable animals from their home worlds to move around. Some can also do things like fly or teleport. The rest just walk or take vehicles or mounts designated as public transit.

 

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28. What is the cycle of life and death in your world?

The video game characters don't really die per se. If they are killed they usually just respawn in their home worlds. Even characters with so-called "permadeath" eventually respawn for new runs. This leads to the characters having a pretty skewed view of mortality compared to the real world.

 

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29. How do people communicate with each other in your world?

The integration of the Internet enables communication whenever and however the characters want. Communication devices from all of the worlds are widespread and are used to keep in touch for any need. Some work is sometimes required to make the communication devices compatible with each other however.

 

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30. Who’s important in your world?

I was never able to truly pinpoint who was "important" in this world. They were all part of the great video game landscape. So I talked to a few of the inhabitants to get to better know them.

This is Rails Z Rat. He is the mascot of a forgotten platformer series of the same name trying to find a new purpose in life. Not that he'd tell you through his veneer of snark and 90s attitude.

This is the Shatterwraith, the villain of a horror game. He cuts an intimidating presence! However I can sense he's not so bad...



This is Hellsteel. He is one third human, one third demon, one third robot, and all edgy. He wasn't the most friendly person to talk to but it was almost comical.


And finally this is Sebastian Venextos. He's a sorcerer with a great amount of talent... but constantly has to live in the shadow of his overbearing dragon dad and goes to the D Pad Dimension as an escape.

But that's all for the D-Pad Dimension! As to where I go next... Who knows? The multiverse is the limit!

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Umbra here and ...Yeah I actually don't know what I'm doing next after this. I've actually gone and run out of worlds. There's one idea I could potentially use but I'm not sure I want to invest in it just yet, we'll see. For now... into the Artfight mines.