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The Green Ember series is _somewhat_ similar. It uses rabbits instead of primarily mice, though from what little I read, it's still middle grade. We really do need more adult anthropomorphic xenofiction.
As someone who has been writing and worldbuilding a similar but independent woodland fantasy concept (complete with talking mice) for over five years- you have no idea how helpful these videos are. You help me delve so much deeper into the history and ecology of my own stories.
Evil Skaven be like: "hmm yes I will create a functional society that is not solely based on backstabbing and catastrophic levels of intentional/unintentional collateral damage yes-yes."
This channel is so underatted, I cant even imagine how much effort he put into this vid this is such good content and helped me so much with worldbuilding for my campaign
Its a shame that Bowlland did not counted as one of 7 empires considering its vast size and geopolitical power as the strongest trader and conqueror of the North
How did you go about the Naming process? I mean some names are pretty straight forward, but the more original names, like for the kings that even differ between languages, do you mind highlighting this once maybe?
hello stoney i would love this to continue i think frogs would be a cool nation within the bowlands, anything small really even if the frogs acted as steeds of the mice
I kinda want you to cover the modern history of Thorvheim, an Eldham town in Iremith (my hometown for the past year) that has faced many things such as raiders, a religious battle, and even a flower plague. Love the video!
@@StoneworksI suspect such offense in this short proximity of your posting was beyond fortuitous circumstance. Sir Stony, this troll may have slandered your name so that he may receive your reply, in order to gain his own crooked view of luxury and amusement. This would not be his first offense of this degree. He does similar or same deeds in your other works, and is frankly not worth the headache
I found this world-building project fascinating. I always think of human-scale, if you will, worlds, never have I thought of a world building project that was about mice until now. Glory to the mice!
Okay, I am positive these images were generated with AI programs. Practically every one of them has immediately recognizable warps, distortions and inconsistencies that make them distracting from the rest of the image.
I love watching videos about stoneworks server but sadly I can’t play it because I don’t have a device for Java addition but if you make a bedrock version I promise I will join it
Imagine if at least a single human entered their entire world and then hunt many animals that are considered dangerous to the mice and then seeing the same human taming cats and wolves would be considered awe inspiring and very scary to some mice.
did you paint it yourself or use an ai because its amazing oh nevermind i just saw a mouse with too many fingers that grew into its hands and one with a few to many ears so its ai
I'm most intrigued, It is a charming world and in some ways reminds me of Spiderwick. Though, Just my personal thoughts, The AI images sort of kills a bit of the aesthetic for me. Ultimately it's up to you but, I would transition to your own works or commissioned work in the near future when possible. Perhaps even community art events for the setting works as that is what biblaridions Alien Biospheres did.
I was just searching for that! It would make a great low fantasy world. With the right mechanics you could even run it in an old city or Chernobyl for a dystopean/post-apocolyps feel
Hey, I'm a fan of this channel. I've enjoyed your past videos, and I really like this setting. I can't stand the AI art, though. Others have mentioned it, and I'm sure you've heard it plenty by now. If you simply don't care that the art you use is taken from uncredited, uncompensated artists, that's up to you. I doubt that, though. You're a passionate artist yourself. I understand the appeal of AI art- it's cheap, easy, high quality, and perfectly fits your whims. That's cool stuff. Perfect for worldbuilding. It's unethical, though. If you used one of David Petersen's images in this video, I'm sure you'd credit him. That's the least we can do when we benefit from or otherwise utilize a person's art. We can't credit artists whose work is mish-mashed by AI. As much joy as their work brings us, they get no recognition nor pay for it. This isn't right. Artists deserve recognition, if not pay, when their work is used. I'm sure you'd feel the same way if this setting were stolen and reworked for some tabletop company's product, overshadowing your own work. In that situation, though, you'd probably have some means of suing. Artists contending with AI don't. If you're worried that alternatives to AI art would be expensive or bring in fewer views, I get it. I urge you to have faith in your community, though. They aren't here for pretty pictures. They're here for your thoughts. It'll be fine if you have to express those thoughts via MS paint- the content that your viewers want will still be there. Regardless, you may decide that a polished look is more important to you than integrity. Keep in mind what kinds of viewers that would leave you with, and what content you'll have to make to retain them. I don't mean this in a rude way: I genuinely hope you put some thought into this before you tarnish your reputation.
Honestly now I just want a full series detailing some sort of far off future where humanity has completely vanished and at least some animals have evolved to gain full sapience and now live among in a world where one can find traces of "giants". We saw how some mice live, but what about animals like say, Pigeons, imagine a civilization of Pigeons in the ruins of New York, the legends they would have of when their ancestors freely walked alongside the lost giants in one of their greatest cities. What about domesticated dogs, certainly some would likely die out but those who didn't? Tales of days long past when entire lines would be dedicated companions to single giants or their families. How about crows or pigs, animals that are known to be extremely intelligent even today, what would they become?
A creative setting with lots of thought put into it, just a bit of a shame that you didn't support other creatives by commissioning them for the visuals, and instead you relied on AI generated images.
