Frodo World Map and Lore

[Naima]

Hello Guild,

After 500-plus hours of obsessive work and rechecking calculations, I've finally finished the project I started on January 1st of this year. It's a world called Frodo, and I've focused on absolute scientific plausibility, guessing on NOTHING. Read the text, immerse yourself in the visuals; you may actually feel as if you were standing on Frodo's surface.

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Peter

Very cool , nicely made and realistic .

[Peter Toth]

Thank you Nautilus, Diamond, and Naima for the kind words!

No, Diamond, I don't think I'd want to live on Frodo either given the gravity gradient and frequent cyclones. If, however, I was lacking any alternative options, I'd choose to live somewhere on the east coast, the happy medium between the hot, steamy rainforests to the south, and the frozen tundra higher north.

By the way, thank you Naima, for the technical advice early on in the initial phases of this project, when you advised me about the meteorology and circulation regime of this conworld. Just to let you know this guidance was a pleasure and an asset to receive.

I also want to thank Jo, who commented, on February the 7th of this year:

"You two have completely lost me!
I'm unable to follow your scientific reasoning, which I find fascinating!
All I can say is that the story you're writing sounds very promising!
In any case, the basic idea, with the crucial role played by the environment, is really interesting!"

I normally make the habit of thanking everyone who provided any form of feedback, but somehow I forgot to mention you. I apologize for this and I want to let you know how much I appreciated this comment. Sheer pleasure is what motivates me to draw my maps, but receiving critiques and praise is also very much valued, for it lets me know whether the map has "hit the mark" or not.

I also wanted to thank the Guild in general for providing an outlet to express myself in this unique artistic form.

For my next project, by the way, after brushing up on some topo practice, I want to create my "dream paradise world," which would have all the necessary physical parameters to allow comfortable human life on at least 90% of its surface.

Peter

[brauthaz]

Beautiful topography. Do you think you could share your method with us? I haven't exactly figured out how to get Wilbur to generate heightmaps such as this. I've tried my hand at World Machine but the Basic Edition limits the size parameters and the full version costs upwards of 150 USD.