Chroma
Through the course Designing Imaginary Worlds flourished a group project to create a comprehensive creative world. See our mantra below, and explore our World Bible and Theme park. Taking the time to create an extendable and fleshed-out world requires not only creative energy, but also the ability to develop culture, geography, and language that defines the people in the world we make.
The setup
Our values as a group led us to create a world on a high level that does not rely on the exploitation of the peoples or resources of the world. We do not wish to devoid our world of conflict or divisions at all, but rather hope to have communities that rely on the innate power and magic they have and to have exploration without timelines that focus on war. In addition, our world wishes to step away from the normative structures of gender and gender roles and explores a world where the size of bodies is much larger than that portrayed by many cultures in the world today. Please take our world and immerse yourself into it with kindness in mind.
Results
Chroma is a planet composed of six major continents, separated by large rifts filled with powerful magic. The six major continents on Chroma each function as a single country with unique culture, perspectives, terrain, and appearances of the flora, fauna, and Chromads.
Our project contained multiple deliverables, meant to challenge our creative world and our imagination to expand into marketable, enjoyable experiences tailored to media type. See descriptions below, and links at the top of the page.
World Bible
A 21-page document covering the world history, world geography, science behind magic, seasons, functions and types of magic, the people, and the language of our world, Chroma. There are 6 colors of magic, each corresponding to a land division, magical rift, and season.
Chroma Field Guide
A sample from a field guide/novel that takes place in Chroma. The author is exploring and cataloging the world in a handwritten fashion with drawings. The pages are textured, as though they have been carrying the book through their travels.
Theme Park
A plan for a Chroma Theme Park! Extensive theming and planning including style and layout of the park, sustainability, visual magnets in the park, seating, transportation, +7 Attractions, and +6 Food Locations. Theme Park was conceived to be a follow up to the Chroma Field Guide.
Reflections
Chroma was an incredible, colorful adventure. With many heads together, creativity flowed, and work went quickly. This project could have gone further, either by being redefined in earlier stages with user testing, or by taking a longer time to fully fledge out the pitches for the field guide and theme park. There is something to say for understanding the work and requirements to make your dreams true, and it'd be interesting to see what you would need to make this project a reality.
