Who would have thought creating an entire world would be so complicated and interconnected, but here we are. How do you keep track of it all?

I’ve used Obsidian for the Lonely Galaxy. I try to write up a topic there before posting it here or on the CBB. I also have a wiki that largely consists of polished (or not so polished) versions of those notes as well as forum posts I never bothered to document properly.

For conlanging I’ve been all over the place and back again. The grammar is easy enough. I just write in markdown. The lexicon is much harder because it needs to be searchable. I’ve tried Excel, Obsidian, TiddlyWiki, a JSON file, and currently a CSV file. I wish I could commit to one and stick with it but at this point I’m impressed I was able to preserve the lexicon through so many different formats.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I installed a mediawiki server. Took about 15 minutes, doing all my worldbuilding on the wiki now. Just add some article, link it to others, categorize stuff, use the built-in search engine to find stuff, add images and other media. Basically everything you need for organizing worldbuilding.

    • Zonetrooper@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Never heard of this, but it does sound interesting. Is it remotely editable - as long as the host PC is on, can you sign in and edit it from anywhere? Or is it just an editing & organizing tool on the host machine?

      • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        I added the Mediawiki engine on the home server, but I also have a synced copy of the engine on an RPi4, so we are not talking about big resources here.

        Having it on the home server allows me to work on everything from my studio/office, but also from the living room PC. Theoretically I could access it remote, too, but I’ve set up the home server for in-house use only.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        It was not about making it public. It was, for me, the easiest solution to get things organized. I can just start an article on an idea and save it, and linking between articles and therefore ideas is easy. I can also integrate whatever media I need.

        One big plus is the ability to use redirects as aliases. E.g. if there is an entry “Orc”, there is a redirect “Orcs”->“Orc”, so I can easily use either form in the text to link to it.

        And on top of it, it’s free.