Blog: Claire's World
Hello all! Today we're going to be featuring a bit of worldbuilding for a change! Shown above is the world where Claire's adventures takes place, stylized map courtesy of Nikki!
The Known World is 'split' into two entities, the 'Old World' Continent, and the 'New World' of the Isles. During a particularly bloody period in the Continent's history, known as the Crimson Century, many people fled the mainland and colonized the four Isles. Centuries later, after the Isles are settled and developed, Claire's adventures begin.
In the start, Claire's goal is to flee from the Continent when it is invaded by dark forces from the deep western jungles.
Once Claire successfully seeks passage away from the Continent, from that point on the focus is entirely on the four Isles.
Although the focus is on the Isles, that is not to say characters from the Continent won't make an appearance. With the invasion that displaces Claire from her home mainly targeting the central part of the Continent, the northern part of Nordheim and the southern part of Ankharad are mostly untouched (for now).
Comments (10)
Kinda reminds me of the GoT map.
I don't know if it was mentioned before but will Claire in the future go back to rescue her mother as a badass warrior? or perhaps a rich whore who hired mercenarys?
taking in consideration any monster encouter is a bad end, and the world she lives in, she knows shes good as dead, unless it comes out as a quest of some how she fines out shes ok.
Is details like this that give a sence of scale, we don't need a world map, just the part where everything is going down,
like the map gives me a nice idea of what it looks like
I could be wrong but I feel a snow biome in the future
Not sure if this has been communicated or if you don't want to disclose it but is there an overall story motivating Claire forward through the islands with an endgame taking place on the last island? Or is it more of an escape and progress through the islands then you're done and live happily ever after. (disclaimer: I haven't played any of the demos past the original hook town one. I follow the game progress and artwork but I'm waiting until the final product to explore the quest lines etc.)
An endgame is a possibility! However, Claire's Quest is designed to be open-ended, so instead of funneling the player down a linear path, the idea is to let you explore the Isles and do whatever you want. Similar to Skyrim, we might implement a "main quest" that just runs alongside all the other quests and doesn't press you into completing it. The way it works right now, is that the start of the game takes you to either Rathpike or Valos, and once you get enough money + attributes you can go to Sorraine, and then finally Trissengrad, which is designed as the most difficult and dangerous of the Isles.
I expected nothing less from you huys
Excellent work!