Worldbuilding Archive
Sciency Words: Chaos Terrain
The resulting terrain will look truly bizarre—chaotic, you might say!—with huge ice blocks jutting up above
16/10/2015
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Inter-species Commerce in Science Fiction
As an avid science fiction fan, and a fledgling science fiction novelist, one thing that has
23/9/2015
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How To Create An Alien Species In 3 Stages
It’s Alien August here at SciFiIdeas.com, and an autographed copy of my novel The Deep Link
16/8/2015
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Sciency Words: The Gaia Principle
A strict interpretation of the Gaia principle would tell us that if life fails to alter
9/7/2015
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Artifexian Podcast #1 : Thoughts on Stars
Artifexian Podcast #1 : Thoughts on Stars. Edgar and Bill discuss the superbowl, UFC and stellar
10/6/2015
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7 (Poké)planet Types | Artifexian
Terrestrial planets can be so much more than just barren, rocky planets or earth analogs. In
10/6/2015
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The Trouble with Terrestrial Planets | Artifexian
When constructing terrestrial planets, a worldbuilder needs to work with three important variables: mass, radius and
20/5/2015
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Artifexian Podcast: #0 Worldbuilding: A Defintion
To mark the one year anniversary of Artifexian, I decided to launch a podcast. The Artifexian
7/4/2015
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Artifexian: Extrasolar Gas Giants
As I’ve mentioned before giant planets are often, wrongfully, left out of the worldbuilding process. Even
5/4/2015
11
Artifexian: Gas Giant Facts
Think rings systems and diamond oceans and you start to get a feel for the awe
5/4/2015
10
Artifexian – Dwarf Planet Info
Here's a video on dwarf planets. Chronicling everything from crazy tilts and orbits to seasonal atmospheres
10/2/2015
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Artifexian – Lagrange Points and more Trojan Ramblings
Sick of having just one planet per orbit? Need a location for your space habitat? Want
22/12/2014
8
Artifexian – Color in Librus
Following on from my last post, “Color in Fictional Settings”, this week I’d like to look
22/11/2014
7
Top 5 Worldbuilding Must-Haves
What if you work on your world for weeks, write dozens of spreadsheets or notes, create
15/11/2014
8
Google’s New Map of the Milky Way
Google have released a new interactive 3D model of the galaxy, and it features no less
27/10/2014
11
Artifexian – Color in Fictional Settings
How to use colors in an interesting way to help transform the worldbuilding process.
21/10/2014
4
Starting Point: Gardeners of Paradise
This week’s story starting point is a response to all the recent talk about utopian sci-fi.
12/10/2014
4
Dan’s Voyage vs. the Drake Equation
For each and every race I carefully consider a different way for them to avoid this
5/9/2014
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