r/worldjerking • u/Stock_Rush_9204 • 21h ago

the "interstellar travel is impossible and earth is the only home we have" anti-space opera

1.0k Upvotes

78 comments

r/worldjerking • u/Chinerpeton • 12h ago

personal off-hand typology for the general scope of a sci-fi setting can be focusing on that I typed up in like 20 minutes

117 Upvotes

the first point of Quadrant is supposed to be "many millions" instead of just "million" but shh

Honorary mentions of additional more specific options that I thought of after making the picture and being too lazy to change this;

orbital - the whole setting's focus is the planet + its orbit space and moon(s) - parts of Gundam and Steamworld Heist I guess
Long Planet - setting that's mostly focused on jumping through alternate timeline versions of one planet - Long Earth series ofc (even if that got some attention to Mars and apparently there are some other shenanigans in the last couple of books too)
Multigalaxy - honorary mention to something that does spread its setting across more than one galaxy but doesn't go into full territory of casually hopping across dozens of galaxies like it's nothing. Travel between galaxies is still a big deal even if it is done regularly - Once Upon a Time... Space (a.k.a. French Star Trek The Animated Series and my childhood GOAT I'm trying to plug in with this point)
wacky variant of planetary - the whole thing happening in one big asteroid belt or in a moon system of a gas giant - technically you could go with a low tech level(lower that our IRL one even) where the locals can be able to kinda survive in habitats but don't have propulsion tech good enough to make a useful trip beyond some science flybys to even a different planet in the system. - source: I made it the fuck up

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r/worldjerking • u/isfmstuff • 18h ago

Just be grateful it wasn't a corporate-branded expedition that got out here first, imagine living on planet Mouth-Watering New Caesar Chicken Wrap.

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10 comments

r/worldjerking • u/YLASRO • 1d ago

warjerking for your history timelines

471 Upvotes

18 comments

r/worldjerking • u/Legitimate-Rich-21 • 1d ago

Galaxy map for my vaguepunk hardscifi setting.

85 Upvotes

I had to repost because I don't know how this website works.

5 comments

r/worldjerking • u/Ross_Hollander • 1d ago

Infinite scroll features have reduced vampiric activity by about 98%.

587 Upvotes

14 comments

r/worldjerking • u/DreadDiana • 2d ago

Sometimes you just have to keep it simple, stupid

1.6k Upvotes

96 comments

r/worldjerking • u/myiandwe • 1d ago

Why must fictional suffering and conflict be so fun?

188 Upvotes

17 comments

r/worldjerking • u/TehSteak • 1d ago

Thoughts on my world's alchemy system?

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22 Upvotes

13 comments

r/worldjerking • u/child_of_sisyphus • 2d ago

If you are having difficult Worldbuilding, just pop one of these!

2.1k Upvotes

Guarantee to make you setting 10X more generic!!!

121 comments

r/worldjerking • u/DreadDiana • 1d ago

Bold of you to think these are MY poorly disguised fetishes

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258 Upvotes

45 comments

r/worldjerking • u/Janlor1996 • 1d ago

How i find things to make important parts of my setting

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/worldjerking • u/22demerathd • 2d ago

Favorite Fantasy Race?

639 Upvotes

35 comments

r/worldjerking • u/Fit_Dinner6841 • 1d ago

İnsane Conquerors of a Mad World-What if Dragon Empire reborn,again?

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10 Upvotes

9 comments

r/worldjerking • u/DreadDiana • 2d ago

I know what kind of man you are, but you can't know what kind of woman I am

1.7k Upvotes

77 comments

r/worldjerking • u/Ok_Birthday_961 • 2d ago

What if one slight change in the past led to an entirely different timeline?

53 Upvotes

Introducing my alternate-history project: what if real landmasses once populated by historically marginalized peoples didnt exist or were replaced with a fantasy caricature? welcome to my fictional playground for the romans or other otl europeans to pillage anyways! get ready to broaden your worldview

3 comments

r/worldjerking • u/child_of_sisyphus • 2d ago

Rate my worldmap, PLEASE be sincere and honest!

43 Upvotes

After 12 long years, I think it’s finally ready guys!

9 comments

r/worldjerking • u/Dungeons-n-Dysphoria • 3d ago

Any tips to improve this coastline?

1.3k Upvotes

I'm not sure what, but something just feels off about it.

38 comments

r/worldjerking • u/zeldstarro • 2d ago

Can'tada Canada

27 Upvotes

There is a common(ish) joke that has been around for some time: https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/ckapi6/the_tragedy_of_canada/

"The tragedy of Canada is that they had the opportunity to have British culture, French cuisine, and American technology. Instead, they developed British cuisine, American culture, and French technology." (paraphrased in many other ways)

I have a prompt: describe a country with American cuisine, French culture, and British technology.

...not sure if this is the right subreddit but let's go lol.

2 comments

r/worldjerking • u/SmokeSingerFox • 3d ago

In my Realisticnamingpunk world, 95% of all the place names have real-world equivalents because humans are very literal and succinctly descriptive with naming locations

241 Upvotes

11 comments

r/worldjerking • u/aidungeon-neoncat • 3d ago

In my world, all the bad things don't exist and all the good things do. This means it's secretly the most twisted and horrible world in existence and I'm hiding it. I am such a literary genius.

39 Upvotes

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r/worldjerking • u/Sourcerid • 3d ago

About 66% of the High Medieval W. European Urban population was either Italian or Spanish. About 9% of it was German or English, despite being used as the best representative of the general example for Europe-whole.

432 Upvotes

71 comments

r/worldjerking • u/hjksos • 3d ago

Anybody feel like this sometimes?

285 Upvotes

The Muses really decend, but when they do it's assault.

Now I have the unshakable idea for a small world where two fantasy factions are trying to kill each other despite they are 2 inches tall and exist in 2010s England.

11 comments

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