Summer Camp Prep 2025

Week 1

Assignment 1 - Nourishment

The three main species of my world all use different forms of magic, and that magic needs nourishment. The mages use their emotions to feed their magic, stronger emotions equals stronger magic, yet more possibility of uncontrollable effects. Witches are the simplest as their intention shapes their magic, and despite the rumours that they need to use different herbs and incantations, these are just vessels of consumption. However, the spores produced are part of the witch and use her own body as fuel. Finally, wizards are fed by knowledge, the more they know, the more they can do, and a wizard without knowledge will feel empty.

Assignment 2 - Renourish your motivations

Estara is an idea I've had for a while but while certain parts are very vivid in my mind, there are many aspects of the world that I have no idea about. I am going to be using the Summer Camp prompts to make me think about new ideas and parts of the world so it can be more fleshed out.

Assignment 3 - Revisit your world

I am going to try to complete my World Meta in the next few days as I never got around to it before. Also, I'm experimenting with CSS to organise my world and make it look nice.

Week 2

Assignment 1 - Roots

All of the species in Estara were created by gods, however they've evolved in ways that the gods do not foresee. The witches were intended to be the protectors and guardians of the new world, and are still deeply connected and intertwined with the land. Wizards were created as the magical archivists and protectors of knowledge, still undertaking that role in the present day, but more for their own goals. Lastly, the mages were created in an accident and are still causing trouble for the other species and the gods.

Assignment 2 - Review your setting's roots

I haven't done an introduction article yet so that is something I need to do. Also, I need to structure my homepage and make it more appealing and easier to navigate to viewers.

Assignment 3 - Back to your roots

My first worldbuilding project was for a book that me and my friend was writing over covid. We created species, gods, maps, characters, and many more. I have many different google docs full of random details as well as starting to transfer some of it over to World Anvil. The mistakes I made was using species from other media and not working out how they actually fit in the world. Also, we planned too much before writing and have recently had to cut a lot of it due to it not making enough sense with the rest of the world.

Week 3

Assignment 1 - Metamorphosis

At the moment, the world is changing, with the mages becoming the most prominent species and spreading everywhere they can. They are also improving their technologies and society, overtaking and overwhelming the other species. The witches and wizards are feeling threatened by these advancements and have been pushed into the far depths of the continent. There is an overlying feeling of tension between these species, with the future of the world being unsure.

Assignment 2 - Shake things up

I've been reading a lot of books and take inspiration from their story as well as their worldbuilding.

Assignment 3 - Learn from other worldbuilders

During the Worldbuilding Awards 2025, I read lots of the articles that people submitted, eventually choosing my favorites. I learned a lot from the articles that I read, including how to structure my articles to make them more readable, better ways to display information, and inspiration to try to design my world using CSS.

Week 4

Assignment 1 - Tomorrow

I haven't created a main conflict yet for my world so I'm not entirely sure about the current events that will impact the future. The summer camp will hopefully help me expand my world and think about events and storylines that will fit with the current world ideas. So far, I've thought about the conflicts that are happening within the species such as the power struggle between the Mothers and Daughters of the witches, and the mages' views on those with less powerful magic. However, it is not clear where these conflicts are going to lead. Also, I do want there to be something with the gods but I haven't worked that out yet.

Assignment 2 - Plan Ahead

I have organised all of my categories in the world so that any article I create will be able to fit neatly into a category without requiring any additional editing or sorting.

Assignment 3 - Connect with the community

My friend is creating a world with me so I invited them to take part in the Summer Camp with our joint world, while I focus on my own world. We will be helping each other with ideas and motivation for our respective worlds. I have also joined the discord server to learn about upcoming events as well as have a community of other worldbuilders.