Bored of our world? So are we. Let’s slip into another one!

Here, we will explore the ins and outs of different realities, from the throes of theatre to the art of anime, digging for answers to questions like: What does it take to build a world? To break it? What is a solid foundation? Which would you live in? Which would crush you?

At Orbis Aedificium – a pretentious Latin title that translates to “world building” – we’re determined to find out. We are six Professional Writing students who may be as obsessed with fictional world creation as we are with language!

Worldbuilding means something unique to each of us, but we all share this: at one time or another, every one of us has entered a world so enthralling that it became a part of us forever. We emerged, dazed, blinking, having travelled a great distance. As we returned to reality, we knew we had left some small piece of us behind, buried in some ancient forest, scattered amidst distant planets.

IMAGINE with us: You’re playing Bioshock. Adorned on red drapery as you enter Rapture, a mysterious city submerged beneath the Atlantic, are the words:

No Gods or Kings. Only Man.

But what is more godlike than creating a universe?