The World

The world of BTScape is one seamless landscape shared by every player, seen from a 3D camera as you walk, run, and explore across it on foot. It's built from a grid of square tiles, each about a metre across, stitched together out of 16×16-tile chunks that stream in around you as you travel through the world.

Notable Areas

Fablehaven is a region of forested and grassy hills and meadows. Its resources are mainly coal, wool, cloth, lumber, gold, and salted lamb. Most of the land is controlled and governed by the Church of the First Breath (name not yet settled against the Church of the Holy Breath used elsewhere — see Open questions), though a few "outlaw" encampments oppose the church's rule.

• Themes: Religion, Oppression, Classism
• Subzones: Burbridge, Hope's Rest, Haunted Woods, Briarwood, [Farmland]
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• Resources: coal, iron, wool, cloth, lumber, lamb(livestock), venison, deer hides, and salted lamb
• Fauna: Lamb, Deer, Squirrel
• Flora: Mint, Wintergreen
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[Snowy Mountains] is a region separating Fablehaven and [swamp] from the rest of [the world]. It contains one of the 3 major lakes, the spring lake.

• Themes: Solitude, Finding a way, "In between" times in life, liminal
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• Resources: Minerals/Gems
• Fauna: Goat, Mountain Lion,
• Flora: Berries
• Locations: Solitude Inn, Peak, Cave Systems,

[Swamp] is a region in the south eastern part of the world that is a humid and hot. It consists of swampy marshland in the north and a dense jungle to the south. The southern tip of the region contains a bustling naval port by the name of Cape [something].

• Themes: Survival, Free-for-all,
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• Fauna: Lizard, Crocodile,
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[Desert] is a region in the southern part of the world that is a harsh and unforgiving environment steeped in ancient worship and lost civilization. This dangerous area of the world is filled with those trying to seek riches from buried tombs, extract valuable resources, and live freely outside of loosely established government. There are militant groups, thieves, plunderers, caravans of the sorts, archeologists, etc.

• Themes: Ancient Civilization, Lost Knowledge, Occupation (Military)
• Subzones: Dunes, Oasis, Badlands,
• Descriptors:
• Resources: Sandstone, Glass, Quartz
• Fauna: Snakes, Tortoise, Scorpions, Camels, Cats,
• Flora: Cactus, Aloe vera, wildflowers,
• Locations: Pyramids/Ancient Tombs, Oasis, Merchant Town, Shipping Port, Outlaw/Cowboy Town

  

  Art Direction - Desert Biome Type

[Plains] is a region in the central part of the world that is a dry and flat with tornadoes and lightning storms.

• Themes: Simple Life
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• Fauna: Bison, Elk, Coyotes
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[Tundra] is a region in the north central part of the world that is a extremely cold and snowy/icy.

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• Fauna: Polar Bear, Yak, Walrus, Seals,
• Flora: Arctic Moss,
• Locations: Arctic Lake, Rocky Coast

[Grand Canyon] is a region in the

• Themes: Traversal
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[Rainforest] is a region

• Themes: Discovery,
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[Golden Coast] is a region

• Themes:
• Subzones: [Pacific Highway],
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• Resources: Gold,
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[Volcano Island] is a region

• Themes: Sacrifice,
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Concepting

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[name of large area/state/whatever] - Plains, Forest, Wetlands - A relatively unassuming corner of [world/continent] where a large number of the human population lives. Carried by faith and honor, the humans formed the [empire] and govern this corner of the world.

• Plains
• Forest - Inhabited largely by [the void cult] who actively seek Pneuma to destroy and will sacrifice any life they can to feed the void. [They] operate very unassumingly and seem like a normal village but silently in the background controlling their population and performing sacrificial rituals in the nights. They say every 7 days a sacrifice must be made in the name of Omberin, whether they have lured an outsider or not. Members of the cult have been known to sacrifice themselves, known as [name], to ensure the destruction of Pneuma has been performed in the name of Omberin.
• Wetlands

[name of large area/state/whatever] - Desert, Savanna, The Dunes (and Oasis), Bandlands - A harsh and unforgiving environment steeped in ancient worship and lost civilization. This dangerous area of the world is filled with those trying to seek riches from buried tombs, extract valuable resources, and live freely outside of loosely established government. There are militant groups, thieves, plunderers, caravans of the sorts, archeologists, etc.

• The Desert houses the a few mining towns - some ransacked and lived in by [bandits], others still operating, some completely abandoned.
• The Dunes contain the ancient temple of [very ancient powerful spirit/foe] that is just about buried but was uncovered by a group of archeologists, an oasis, and many sand dunes. Potentially a PVP zone.
• The Savanna
• Badlands

A Growing World

The map isn't a fixed rectangle — it's an irregular, ever-expanding patchwork of chunks that can be extended in any direction at any time. Expect the explored world to keep growing as development continues.