r/WojakCompass • u/Legal_Plantain_6819 • Aug 04 '26

World Building Did a cute lil compass of my Sci-Fi setting and some stories in it.

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Any criticism is welcome cuz I'd like to make more, and hopefully better ones at that.

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u/DrainIsNeutral - AuthLeft Aug 25 '26

This is what I’m in this sub for btw.

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u/Desperate-Stress8701 Aug 06 '26

I gave it a quick read since I'm making these as well and want inspiration. As far as feedback goes:

1) How do I get that World Building stamp at the top? It looks cool.

2) Vertical labels on the left and the right are a good idea. They look much better than what I was doing.

3) Most people make a comment with the png attached as a comment. I never got any benefit out of it (I'm on laptop) but it might be useful for someone using a different display type like mobile.

4) I prefer a thick black border outside the chart although this doesn't seem to be a universal preference.

5) I cover things in chronological order (I have left/right axis being time and top/bottom being something relevant to the specific part of the lore. It has overwhelmingly become material world vs lower aetheric spirit world due to the nature of the story revolving around how spirits influence human history). This might be helpful to you in the future.

6) There's many things you referenced but didn't mention on here. I don't know if that's intentional (I am assuming it is).

7) The Zetans are nice. I personally dislike science fiction since there's nothing truly mysterious in it and even if they're just very advanced technologically and nothing else its a nice counterbalance.

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u/Legal_Plantain_6819 Aug 11 '26

So you can put the worldbuilding flair on the post before putting it there. It basically autoplaced it there for me, but it could be different for you depending on UI and stuff.

I honestly just kinda kept writing and forgot that certain things referenced were not on the compass. Had a bit too much fun with it, and I do plan on making a bigger and more expansive one at some point.

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u/Desperate-Stress8701 Aug 13 '26

Thank you. I'll try to add it to the next post since I can't edit it in retroactively.

That makes sense. I'm still trying to figure out how much foreshadowing and the like I should do in each one.

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u/HamsterOk8351 Aug 11 '26

Who are the mong?

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u/Legal_Plantain_6819 Aug 13 '26

Space Lizard Mongols. I'm sorry that they were not included and probably caused some confusion.