Fun fact: Mothes and nocturnal bugs don't actively seek light, light messes with their locational systems, causing them to be trapped by it, as they'd use sunlight or moonlight to get around.
If there were humans or some other equivalent filling the role of “eldritch gods” in this universe, I could easily see these “false suns” (artificial lights) as marking the borders around eldritch lands (ie human dwellings) , places where it’s as bright as midday despite being midnight, where it’s easy to lose your bearings and run/fly in circles, where what looks like delicious food is actually poison in disguise (ie bug traps). And when the insect inhabitants accidentally look directly into the false suns, they can’t help but be drawn to it like with the Mesmer Fish in Subnautica, its siren song calling them closer and closer, until they either die from exhaustion while circling it, or are incinerated upon touching it.
If there were humans or some other equivalent filling the role of "eldritch beings" in this universe, I could easily see these "false suns" (artificial lights) as marking the borders around eldrich lands (ie human buildings) , places where it's as bright as midday despite being midnight, where it's easy to lose your bearings and run/fly in circles, where what looks like delicious food is actually toxins in disguise (ie bug traps). And when the insect inhabitants accidentally look directly into the false suns, they can't help but be drawn into the light like with the Mesmer Fish in Subnautica, its siren song calling them closer and closer, until they either expire from exhaustion while circling it, or are incinerated upon touching it. I'd imagine cockroaches and other creatures "native"/accustomed to living in these accursed lands would learn to instinctually avoid the light at all costs, averting their eyes whenever they need to risk walking outside of the shadows, lest they also fall prey. (So I guess a mix of Birdbox and Skyline?)
If there were humans or some other equivalent filling the role of "eldritch beings" in this universe, I could easily see these "false suns" (artificial lights) as marking the borders around eldrich lands (ie human buildings) , places where it's as bright as midday despite being midnight, where it's easy to lose your bearings and run/fly in circles, where what looks like delicious food is actually toxins in disguise (ie bug traps).
2) And when the insect inhabitants accidentally look directly into the false suns, they can't help but be drawn into the light like with the Mesmer Fish in Subnautica, its siren song calling them closer and closer, until they either expire from exhaustion while circling it, or are incinerated upon touching it.
3) I'd imagine cockroaches and other creatures "native"/accustomed to living in these accursed lands would learn to instinctually avoid the light at all costs, averting their eyes whenever they need to risk walking outside of the shadows, lest they also fall prey. (So I guess a mix of Birdbox and Skyline?)
I love this so much! Fun Fact about moths and other flying insects: The sporadic flight with artificial lights is due to one of the many instinctual behaviors of flight called Transverse Orientation. Whatever direction the light is so will their backs point, which results in dive bombing/sporadic flight around artificial light due to how close the source is.
The graphic novel (/webcomic?) Scurry features sapient mice (& other animals) in a newly-postapocalyptic world. In fact, I think Overly Sarcastic Productions made a whole video on “small rodent in a big world” stories.
I feel like speculative biology would fit perfectly into this format, then again, it might already have heavy elements of speculative biology, or it could be opposed to it.
I love seeing your creative process, and I think you've struck a perfect balanse between representing the real life appearance and aspects of the insects and making them more relatable and appealing. Great work as always! (Also I can't belive I've never realized what the Het's search of enlightment is inspired by xD)
Question about the Bagworm / moth and pupation in general If a bug can choose not to pupate/undergo metamorphosis- Would they mean they are basically a child forever? How do they stop the process of metamorphosis? I see it kind of like human aging, even though we are sentient and conscious- We cannot stop the natural process of aging (right now.) Although we have theories on how to stop aging, how would that translate to this world? What are the social.. Implications of this, stopping metamorphosis? As stated before, would bugs like bugworms who refuse this be treated as immature, childish, or a bit weird? Or would they be treated with respect, or looked up to with awe. Some bugs may actually have a benefit to stopping metamorphosis, a species of ants (leafcutter ants I believe) live in the trees and make nests out of leaves, sticks, etc- They use their own larva as a living glue stick. So stopping metamorphosis could allow them to have lots of glue
Excellent question! (And a very late response, sorry about that) So we kind of asked the same question- what are the consequences, both biologically and culturally, of halting one's own metamorphosis? There is a certain degree of creative liberty that we've taken, and we'll start by saying that while these fantasy races are scientifically inspired and informed by their real world counterparts, we also want to present them as more than just ants, termites, bees, butterflies and so on. We imagine that they are several evolutionary steps ahead of those predecessors, giving us a certain degree of creative freedom to say that the Ra (caterpillars) are simply biologically incapable of metamorphosis unless provided with special conditions, which are, on the fantasy side of it, that we imagine that specially prepared leaves must be wrapped around the Ra, and Ro mages must enchant and tend to the cocoons in order to metamorphize the inhabitants into Ro. That is our answer to the "how" As far as what people think of them, the social distinction between young and old is not as clearly defined in Sekuta cultures as it is in our world. For many cultures, the young exhibit just as much insight as any older individual. Especially in Ro culture, it is not always experience that is valued, but also perspective. Younger, fresher perspectives are valued in equal measure when it comes to problem solving. So Ra are not necessarily looked down on because of their age. They are, however, more concerned with your attitude toward respecting tradition when it comes to training in magical arts, as the power they wield can be dangerous and should be handled by responsible individuals. In a similar train of thought, the Queens of each of the eusocial nations have long known the types of foods they can consume to augment and bolster their broods to exhibit different morphologies for different purposes in the colony. Through this knowledge, there were many wars that were fought using soldier castes that were bred specifically for war. However, in the current time of peace within their world, the raising of war broods is outlawed, and soldier castes are not common to find unless bred for the defense of their home. Partaking of these Forbidden Feasts is seen as a disregard for the gift of life, valuing the creation of a soul for it's ability alone to suffer and to cause suffering.
Very interesting xenofiction idea, I must say. And very inspiring. Some day I wish to write something similar, altho on what theme and in what way is still something to figure out.
Great stuff. World building has been the defining trait that separates media I enjoy from that which leaves me feeling ambivalent. It’s also caused me to take far longer on my fiction projects than I’d like, at times, but I’d rather put one good thing out there than 100 things I don’t find interesting.
This was one of the best videos I’ve seen on this platform in a long time. Your creative process and mission statement really resonate with me and I must give you your duly deserved props for it!
I love Ants. They are the closest to human civilization in our real world, when it comes to the animal kingdom. I like to refer to them as mini Greeks, playing war and civilizations. So it’s fun when people do story telling and world building like this video. 😁
Can't believe that I never saw this until now. Awesome work! I'm curious though, how big are the arthropod folks? Are they the same size as their realworld counterparts? Or are they human sized? I might have missed if that was mentioned in the video. If they are the size of real-world insects, then that could open up some interesting differences between how they experience the physics effecting their world. A fall from almost (maybe any) height would be survivable, an easy way to escape a threat like a fire in a burning building. Water is more clingy and deadly, but still just as vital to survival. Plenty of other things too that I probably just can't think of off the top of my head.
It's wonderful you bring up that idea, because we also take some of those ideas into account! We address some of them in our lore shorts- here's the one about gravity: th-cam.com/users/shorts-h4Itn0Is54
"Scientifically Informed Fantasy" is just science fantasy, my favorite subgenre to be honest. We have forums about this already, nothing new... but quite rare for sure;
@@taiko1237 You are bending the definition. Science Fantasy is about the mix of sci-fi with fantasy aspects. Like Numenera, where there are "Wizards", but they are just users of really old tech, but kinda fantastical tech. Other type of expression of sci-fantasy is a world where there is magic in a way, but they use scientifical explanations, like mass effect with the whole negative mass fast travel (but they concedes part of it with the whole psionics aspect).
@@gabrielamaralpassos9537 I know I'm late to reply, but I'd actually argue that what we're trying to do is pretty distinct against most of what is presented as science fantasy. Most science fantasy I've come across presents itself as sci-fi aesthetic with fantasy elements included- Star Wars being the obvious player in the room. When you see scientific elements in most fantasy, you would usually still identify the core of it as fantasy, but the science element of it is often a superficial or aesthetic only. I feel that our approach is more built upon the premise of scientific concepts being the foundation from which we build and extrapolate into our fantasy concepts and cultures, not creating fantastical sciences to justify how we present our world. And this isn't to say that any of these methods for world building are better than any other. We just wanted to share how we view our process.
@@WorldOfColony First of all, I do not intend to offend, but scarecrows really get on my nerves. Your approach of bending the definition of Sci-Fantasy and then claiming to create something distinct is... strange, almost disrespectful. Your work doesn't seem to have the distinct qualities of something like Pantheon or Gideon the Ninth. It feels more like a disregard for the genre of Science Fantasy rather than an actual innovation. With all due respect, you are not pioneering something new. As a lover of Science Fantasy, I often encounter people trying to dismiss the genre by calling it just fantasy or sci-fi with swords (like you making Sci-Fantasy like it is Fantasy masked as Sci-Fi), or everything in between. If you don't want your work to be called Science Fantasy, that's fine, but it seems you're misrepresenting the genre to appear as though you've created something entirely new... but you didn't.
Idk if it has been said but insects smell with their antenna. Also for hearing since they don't have ears, they can sense vibrations in the air with antenna, small hairs on their bodies or both.
Thank you for letting us know! We recently had to make a new server and haven't caught all the places we might have missed as we updated the link. Hope to see you there! discord.gg/CBf2fAmgxj
The worldbuilding itself is really fun and you do sound passionate about it. Just a shame that the presentation outside of the worldbuilding comes off as really snobby and self indulgent
We never claimed it was scientifically accurate. It is *fantasy* that is scientifically informed. Sorry to hear our project is not to your taste. Thank you for watching our video, though!
@@WorldOfColony I think that that is a false characterization. It sets an expectation that this is a work of speculative biology when you say things like "scientifically informed". What you're doing can be described as 'mystical', 'whimsical', 'fantastic', or 'imaginative'... but it's not really scientific. It looks like Hollow Knight fanfic and that's ok... but you really should be upfront about the 'Rats of NIMH', "What if bugs were just like you and me" setup for this. I was seriously expecting hard science fiction based on your (unnecessarily long and overly self important) studio introduction.
It isn't about what your project is. It's about what you say your project is. "Scientifically informed" attracts a certain audience and it's annoying to see a billboard advertising herbal tea but arrive to find that what's actually for sale is sugary coffee drinks. People like sugary coffee drinks... but the sign said something else. Maybe try to attract people to the project who would actually be interested in a soft sci-fi/fantasy worldbuilding project that doesn't rely on verisimilitude with reality. There are tons of fans of that.
I mean, while the butterflies & moths have psionic powers (fantasy), the delicate process of metamorphosis, and their unique mode of flying (scientifically informed), also play major roles in the fictional culture surrounding them.
@@UGNAvalon that's like saying that Lord of the rings is scientifically informed because Aragorn walks with prostrate bipedalism and was born and underwent puberty. If being derivative of things that science has explained is the bar, then every piece of fantasy media is "scientifically informed" isn't it? Don't you think the bar should be a little higher? What about 'Expedition' by Wayne Barlow or the neanderthal parallax, or Jurassic Park (the book not the shitty movies)... The choice of the words "scientifically informed fantasy" directly implies speculative biology and magic X powers really devalues that. Also, "ants could be like farmers and big beetles could be like tractors or dump trucks!" Is really uneducated low hanging fruit... What you have in this project is "what if human society as seen in a fairytale was bugs" in the most obvious and cartoonish way possible. Not a sincere exploration of developing sentience for arthropods. It's furry fandom for invertebrates... Again, all that is fine but advertise it that way.
The world seems very interesting and i support you in creating this unique tabletop rpg. However : -I had to watch the video in 1,25 speed. -Stop saying how incredible your world is : show it. You keep saying how original and unique it is and then only show a few precise example of things that can be found in your world. That is not world building. No interaction between any of the ppl in your world, no explanation on any of the ppl except the moth who "hide in the shadows" (i thought you guys were the answer to lazy worldbuilding) It looks great but the bragging wasn't necessary
@@lucaricciardi8253 ... How do you think other artists and creators make things? Every single artist and creator you see anywhere is inspired by the world around them. Ask any one of them about what their process is, and the first thing they will tell you is they go looking to be inspired. We are inspired by the nature around us. All arts are extrapolations and fantastical interpretations of reality.
@@lucaricciardi8253 And yet Lovecraft used visual imagery of sea creatures to describe many of the eldritch creatures. He described them as beings that, were one to behold them, one would go mad, much as many other accounts of supposed encounters with verious deities throughout history are described, as well as using old sailors' accounts of encountering sea monsters as inspiration for how one would respond to seeing the monsters in his mythology. He was inspired like any other artist. Lovecraft himself even expressed some of the other creators who inspired him, including Lord Dunsany (The Gods of Pegana), Edgar Allan Poe, and probably most importantly, Arthur Machen and Robert W. Chambers, both of whom Lovecraft borrowed and incorporated their works into his own mythology. It is the nature of creation to build upon that which is already present in the creator's lives. There's an old saying that says "You write what you know." That saying breaches beyond just writing. What we know is the foundation upon which our imagination builds upon and expands into our own creations. All artists understand this.
Has bugs, has music, has magic. I'm into all these things.
Fun fact: Mothes and nocturnal bugs don't actively seek light, light messes with their locational systems, causing them to be trapped by it, as they'd use sunlight or moonlight to get around.
If there were humans or some other equivalent filling the role of “eldritch gods” in this universe, I could easily see these “false suns” (artificial lights) as marking the borders around eldritch lands (ie human dwellings) , places where it’s as bright as midday despite being midnight, where it’s easy to lose your bearings and run/fly in circles, where what looks like delicious food is actually poison in disguise (ie bug traps).
And when the insect inhabitants accidentally look directly into the false suns, they can’t help but be drawn to it like with the Mesmer Fish in Subnautica, its siren song calling them closer and closer, until they either die from exhaustion while circling it, or are incinerated upon touching it.
If there were humans or some other equivalent filling the role of "eldritch beings" in this universe, I could easily see these "false suns" (artificial lights) as marking the borders around eldrich lands (ie human buildings) , places where it's as bright as midday despite being midnight, where it's easy to lose your bearings and run/fly in circles, where what looks like delicious food is actually toxins in disguise (ie bug traps).
And when the insect inhabitants accidentally look directly into the false suns, they can't help but be drawn into the light like with the Mesmer Fish in Subnautica, its siren song calling them closer and closer, until they either expire from exhaustion while circling it, or are incinerated upon touching it.
I'd imagine cockroaches and other creatures "native"/accustomed to living in these accursed lands would learn to instinctually avoid the light at all costs, averting their eyes whenever they need to risk walking outside of the shadows, lest they also fall prey.
(So I guess a mix of Birdbox and Skyline?)
If there were humans or some other equivalent filling the role of "eldritch beings" in this universe, I could easily see these "false suns" (artificial lights) as marking the borders around eldrich lands (ie human buildings) , places where it's as bright as midday despite being midnight, where it's easy to lose your bearings and run/fly in circles, where what looks like delicious food is actually toxins in disguise (ie bug traps).
2) And when the insect inhabitants accidentally look directly into the false suns, they can't help but be drawn into the light like with the Mesmer Fish in Subnautica, its siren song calling them closer and closer, until they either expire from exhaustion while circling it, or are incinerated upon touching it.
3) I'd imagine cockroaches and other creatures "native"/accustomed to living in these accursed lands would learn to instinctually avoid the light at all costs, averting their eyes whenever they need to risk walking outside of the shadows, lest they also fall prey.
(So I guess a mix of Birdbox and Skyline?)
"we created this conlang"
"I'm not too unfamiliar with it"
Very relatable writer moment
I love this so much! Fun Fact about moths and other flying insects: The sporadic flight with artificial lights is due to one of the many instinctual behaviors of flight called Transverse Orientation. Whatever direction the light is so will their backs point, which results in dive bombing/sporadic flight around artificial light due to how close the source is.
Me: Draws a smoking termite.
Isaac: Here's a 25 minute video why you're wrong.
I had to drill the truth about the error of your ways into you somehow.
The art gives off some serious hollow knight vibes, and I love it.
This looks awesome. I'm amazed that more people aren't aware of this project.
Oooh i want more stories where humanity either plays a small role or is entirely absent so this fits my tastes.
The graphic novel (/webcomic?) Scurry features sapient mice (& other animals) in a newly-postapocalyptic world.
In fact, I think Overly Sarcastic Productions made a whole video on “small rodent in a big world” stories.
Never subbed to a channel so quickly after seeing them for the first time
I feel like speculative biology would fit perfectly into this format, then again, it might already have heavy elements of speculative biology, or it could be opposed to it.
How does this have so few views/likes? This amazing worldbuilding deserves more, good luck with a banger of a project!
Well, there you have me. Instantly subscribed.
I love seeing your creative process, and I think you've struck a perfect balanse between representing the real life appearance and aspects of the insects and making them more relatable and appealing. Great work as always!
(Also I can't belive I've never realized what the Het's search of enlightment is inspired by xD)
Don't forget that bees communicate through dance as well as buzzing.
... I don't mean to be disrespectful, but these sisters do be twerking their B-hinds as a mode of communication. Simple as. >)X^D
Large-scale elaborate dances to tell the history of their people? :D
@UGNAvalon Yeah, that'd work. A scout bee will dance to give directions to flowers.
Question about the Bagworm / moth and pupation in general
If a bug can choose not to pupate/undergo metamorphosis- Would they mean they are basically a child forever?
How do they stop the process of metamorphosis? I see it kind of like human aging, even though we are sentient and conscious- We cannot stop the natural process of aging (right now.) Although we have theories on how to stop aging, how would that translate to this world?
What are the social.. Implications of this, stopping metamorphosis? As stated before, would bugs like bugworms who refuse this be treated as immature, childish, or a bit weird? Or would they be treated with respect, or looked up to with awe.
Some bugs may actually have a benefit to stopping metamorphosis, a species of ants (leafcutter ants I believe) live in the trees and make nests out of leaves, sticks, etc- They use their own larva as a living glue stick. So stopping metamorphosis could allow them to have lots of glue
Excellent question! (And a very late response, sorry about that)
So we kind of asked the same question- what are the consequences, both biologically and culturally, of halting one's own metamorphosis?
There is a certain degree of creative liberty that we've taken, and we'll start by saying that while these fantasy races are scientifically inspired and informed by their real world counterparts, we also want to present them as more than just ants, termites, bees, butterflies and so on. We imagine that they are several evolutionary steps ahead of those predecessors, giving us a certain degree of creative freedom to say that the Ra (caterpillars) are simply biologically incapable of metamorphosis unless provided with special conditions, which are, on the fantasy side of it, that we imagine that specially prepared leaves must be wrapped around the Ra, and Ro mages must enchant and tend to the cocoons in order to metamorphize the inhabitants into Ro. That is our answer to the "how"
As far as what people think of them, the social distinction between young and old is not as clearly defined in Sekuta cultures as it is in our world. For many cultures, the young exhibit just as much insight as any older individual. Especially in Ro culture, it is not always experience that is valued, but also perspective. Younger, fresher perspectives are valued in equal measure when it comes to problem solving. So Ra are not necessarily looked down on because of their age. They are, however, more concerned with your attitude toward respecting tradition when it comes to training in magical arts, as the power they wield can be dangerous and should be handled by responsible individuals.
In a similar train of thought, the Queens of each of the eusocial nations have long known the types of foods they can consume to augment and bolster their broods to exhibit different morphologies for different purposes in the colony. Through this knowledge, there were many wars that were fought using soldier castes that were bred specifically for war. However, in the current time of peace within their world, the raising of war broods is outlawed, and soldier castes are not common to find unless bred for the defense of their home. Partaking of these Forbidden Feasts is seen as a disregard for the gift of life, valuing the creation of a soul for it's ability alone to suffer and to cause suffering.
@@WorldOfColony Woah! Thanks for the answer!! This sounds really neat, what a interesting concept of metamorphosis.
Very interesting xenofiction idea, I must say. And very inspiring. Some day I wish to write something similar, altho on what theme and in what way is still something to figure out.
Brother keep doing your work. It's inspiring.
Very cool. Kind of reminds me of Hollow Knight, but more grounded and distinct. Thank you for sharing with us!
This is so intriguing
This isn’t D&D it’s D&B dungeons and bugs
... But will it "Meshi"? >)X^D
@@toryumau6798 lol I get the reference
Great stuff. World building has been the defining trait that separates media I enjoy from that which leaves me feeling ambivalent.
It’s also caused me to take far longer on my fiction projects than I’d like, at times, but I’d rather put one good thing out there than 100 things I don’t find interesting.
This was one of the best videos I’ve seen on this platform in a long time. Your creative process and mission statement really resonate with me and I must give you your duly deserved props for it!
I love Ants. They are the closest to human civilization in our real world, when it comes to the animal kingdom. I like to refer to them as mini Greeks, playing war and civilizations. So it’s fun when people do story telling and world building like this video. 😁
Fun fact: “Myrmidons” (mythical warriors from Ancient Greece) were made from an ant colony! :D
@@UGNAvalon Yes. 😁 they are my favorite warriors of Ancient Greece.
Can't believe that I never saw this until now. Awesome work! I'm curious though, how big are the arthropod folks? Are they the same size as their realworld counterparts? Or are they human sized? I might have missed if that was mentioned in the video.
If they are the size of real-world insects, then that could open up some interesting differences between how they experience the physics effecting their world. A fall from almost (maybe any) height would be survivable, an easy way to escape a threat like a fire in a burning building. Water is more clingy and deadly, but still just as vital to survival. Plenty of other things too that I probably just can't think of off the top of my head.
It's wonderful you bring up that idea, because we also take some of those ideas into account! We address some of them in our lore shorts- here's the one about gravity: th-cam.com/users/shorts-h4Itn0Is54
"Scientifically Informed Fantasy" is just science fantasy, my favorite subgenre to be honest. We have forums about this already, nothing new... but quite rare for sure;
Doesn't 'science fantasy' usually refer to sci-fi/futuristic settings that are _not_ scientifically informed? e.g Star Wars
@@taiko1237 You are bending the definition. Science Fantasy is about the mix of sci-fi with fantasy aspects.
Like Numenera, where there are "Wizards", but they are just users of really old tech, but kinda fantastical tech.
Other type of expression of sci-fantasy is a world where there is magic in a way, but they use scientifical explanations, like mass effect with the whole negative mass fast travel (but they concedes part of it with the whole psionics aspect).
@@gabrielamaralpassos9537 Fair enough.
@@gabrielamaralpassos9537 I know I'm late to reply, but I'd actually argue that what we're trying to do is pretty distinct against most of what is presented as science fantasy. Most science fantasy I've come across presents itself as sci-fi aesthetic with fantasy elements included- Star Wars being the obvious player in the room. When you see scientific elements in most fantasy, you would usually still identify the core of it as fantasy, but the science element of it is often a superficial or aesthetic only. I feel that our approach is more built upon the premise of scientific concepts being the foundation from which we build and extrapolate into our fantasy concepts and cultures, not creating fantastical sciences to justify how we present our world. And this isn't to say that any of these methods for world building are better than any other. We just wanted to share how we view our process.
@@WorldOfColony First of all, I do not intend to offend, but scarecrows really get on my nerves.
Your approach of bending the definition of Sci-Fantasy and then claiming to create something distinct is... strange, almost disrespectful. Your work doesn't seem to have the distinct qualities of something like Pantheon or Gideon the Ninth. It feels more like a disregard for the genre of Science Fantasy rather than an actual innovation. With all due respect, you are not pioneering something new.
As a lover of Science Fantasy, I often encounter people trying to dismiss the genre by calling it just fantasy or sci-fi with swords (like you making Sci-Fantasy like it is Fantasy masked as Sci-Fi), or everything in between. If you don't want your work to be called Science Fantasy, that's fine, but it seems you're misrepresenting the genre to appear as though you've created something entirely new... but you didn't.
400th subscriber :) loving it and have read the lore pages so many times :)
Finally getting around to watching this. It sounds radical as all hecc.
I love this!
also im trying my best to not say any Hollow Knight related thing
Idk if it has been said but insects smell with their antenna. Also for hearing since they don't have ears, they can sense vibrations in the air with antenna, small hairs on their bodies or both.
Kinda like how humans sense balance/orientation with our ears! 😅
Oh my god it's Hollow Knight
What else are we getting before Silksong?
İ can see reptiles being the equivelent to dragons in this
There should be game about that world. Because, all bugs could be considered a feature.
For me "The Colony" can only mean the ant colony from Chrysalis by Rinoz
Up babe Hex, new wake Studios?
It says the discord links expired hope you fix it
Thank you for letting us know! We recently had to make a new server and haven't caught all the places we might have missed as we updated the link. Hope to see you there! discord.gg/CBf2fAmgxj
The worldbuilding itself is really fun and you do sound passionate about it. Just a shame that the presentation outside of the worldbuilding comes off as really snobby and self indulgent
4nd
Isn’t this technically Xenofiction?
3:28 there's nothing more "scientifically informed" than giant moths using psionic X powers. Great job!
I'm going somewhere else...
We never claimed it was scientifically accurate. It is *fantasy* that is scientifically informed. Sorry to hear our project is not to your taste. Thank you for watching our video, though!
@@WorldOfColony I think that that is a false characterization. It sets an expectation that this is a work of speculative biology when you say things like "scientifically informed". What you're doing can be described as 'mystical', 'whimsical', 'fantastic', or 'imaginative'... but it's not really scientific. It looks like Hollow Knight fanfic and that's ok... but you really should be upfront about the 'Rats of NIMH', "What if bugs were just like you and me" setup for this. I was seriously expecting hard science fiction based on your (unnecessarily long and overly self important) studio introduction.
It isn't about what your project is. It's about what you say your project is. "Scientifically informed" attracts a certain audience and it's annoying to see a billboard advertising herbal tea but arrive to find that what's actually for sale is sugary coffee drinks.
People like sugary coffee drinks... but the sign said something else. Maybe try to attract people to the project who would actually be interested in a soft sci-fi/fantasy worldbuilding project that doesn't rely on verisimilitude with reality. There are tons of fans of that.
I mean, while the butterflies & moths have psionic powers (fantasy), the delicate process of metamorphosis, and their unique mode of flying (scientifically informed), also play major roles in the fictional culture surrounding them.
@@UGNAvalon that's like saying that Lord of the rings is scientifically informed because Aragorn walks with prostrate bipedalism and was born and underwent puberty. If being derivative of things that science has explained is the bar, then every piece of fantasy media is "scientifically informed" isn't it? Don't you think the bar should be a little higher? What about 'Expedition' by Wayne Barlow or the neanderthal parallax, or Jurassic Park (the book not the shitty movies)...
The choice of the words "scientifically informed fantasy" directly implies speculative biology and magic X powers really devalues that.
Also, "ants could be like farmers and big beetles could be like tractors or dump trucks!" Is really uneducated low hanging fruit... What you have in this project is "what if human society as seen in a fairytale was bugs" in the most obvious and cartoonish way possible. Not a sincere exploration of developing sentience for arthropods. It's furry fandom for invertebrates... Again, all that is fine but advertise it that way.
God bless
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I can't tell if this is a game or not. Is this a game?
It’s a setting that’ll be used for a TTRPG.
3st
The world seems very interesting and i support you in creating this unique tabletop rpg.
However :
-I had to watch the video in 1,25 speed.
-Stop saying how incredible your world is : show it. You keep saying how original and unique it is and then only show a few precise example of things that can be found in your world. That is not world building. No interaction between any of the ppl in your world, no explanation on any of the ppl except the moth who "hide in the shadows" (i thought you guys were the answer to lazy worldbuilding)
It looks great but the bragging wasn't necessary
There’s examples in their shorts playlist & homepage, but yes, I agree that more of those examples should’ve been included in the video proper.
So you don't create, you copy.
And seem so proud of doing so.
Pathetic
Could you explain how and what we "copy"?
@@WorldOfColony you see ants from real life, the extrapolate from that.
You don't create
@@lucaricciardi8253 ... How do you think other artists and creators make things? Every single artist and creator you see anywhere is inspired by the world around them. Ask any one of them about what their process is, and the first thing they will tell you is they go looking to be inspired. We are inspired by the nature around us. All arts are extrapolations and fantastical interpretations of reality.
@@WorldOfColony h.p. lovecraft created, not copying things he saw, but building from scratch with his mind
@@lucaricciardi8253 And yet Lovecraft used visual imagery of sea creatures to describe many of the eldritch creatures. He described them as beings that, were one to behold them, one would go mad, much as many other accounts of supposed encounters with verious deities throughout history are described, as well as using old sailors' accounts of encountering sea monsters as inspiration for how one would respond to seeing the monsters in his mythology. He was inspired like any other artist.
Lovecraft himself even expressed some of the other creators who inspired him, including Lord Dunsany (The Gods of Pegana), Edgar Allan Poe, and probably most importantly, Arthur Machen and Robert W. Chambers, both of whom Lovecraft borrowed and incorporated their works into his own mythology.
It is the nature of creation to build upon that which is already present in the creator's lives. There's an old saying that says "You write what you know." That saying breaches beyond just writing. What we know is the foundation upon which our imagination builds upon and expands into our own creations. All artists understand this.