Creating a World

A world is the top-level container for everything in MythTapestry — entities, content, relationships, calendars, and settings all live inside a world. Creating one is guided by a 5-step wizard.

The world creation wizard

Step 1: Basic info

1. Enter a world name (required).
2. Choose a primary genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical, Modern, or Custom Mix.
3. Optionally write a world premise (up to 500 characters) — a brief description of your world’s core concept or hook.

The genre you choose affects which entity types and subtypes are recommended in the next step.

Step 2: Setup mode

You have two paths:

Preset configuration — Choose from curated world presets filtered by your genre. Each preset shows the entity types it includes and a description of its focus.

Guided wizard — Answer questions organised by theme (Story & Narrative, World Structure, Social & Political, Supernatural/Technology, etc.) to build a custom entity type selection. Each question you check adds relevant entity types.

Before answering questions, choose a complexity tier:

Tier	What it includes
Simple	Core 4 types only: Character, Location, Event, Item
Standard (recommended)	Core 4 plus Organisation, Species, and genre-appropriate options
Comprehensive	All options, more types enabled by default

A live preview panel on the right shows the entity types you’ve selected so far, grouped by category, with subtype counts. Types highlight when you hover over questions.

Step 3: Preview & create

Review everything before creating:

• World name, genre, and complexity level
• All enabled entity types, grouped into categories (Core, World Structure, Social & Organisations, etc.)
• You can toggle non-core types on or off — core types (Character, Location, Event, Item) cannot be disabled
• Subtype visibility is noted — subtypes are filtered based on your genre, complexity tier, and wizard answers

Click Create World to proceed.

Step 4: Demo data generation

MythTapestry can generate demo entities and relationships to help you explore the app immediately.

What gets generated depends on your genre:

• Fantasy: Characters with backstories, kingdoms, magical objects, family connections
• Sci-Fi: Characters with specialisations, star systems, technologies, hierarchies
• Historical/Modern: Appropriate entities for the genre

The generation shows a progress bar with educational phases (Selecting template → Generating entities → Establishing relationships → Finalising). You can skip this step at any time.

Note

Demo entities are marked with is_demo: true and can be reset later from the success page’s Danger Zone if you want to start fresh.

Step 5: Success & next steps

After creation, the success page shows:

• Stats: How many entities and relationships were created
• Calendar selection: Choose a calendar system for your world:
  • Gregorian — Standard Earth calendar (365 days)
  • Fantasy — 12 months of 30 days (360 days)
  • Custom — Opens a calendar creation flow (see Creating Calendars)
  • No calendar — Skip and add one later
• Three starting paths:
  • Start Writing — Go to the writing editor
  • Explore Graph — Open the knowledge graph visualisation
  • Browse Characters — View created character entities

What gets set up

During the wizard, MythTapestry creates:

• The World record with your name, genre, premise, and wizard configuration
• Entity type settings — which types and subtypes are enabled, based on your wizard answers
• Subtype visibility — a 3-layer system (genre-based → complexity-based → question-driven) determines which subtypes appear
• Encyclopedia domains with genre-appropriate article stubs (see below)
• Demo entities and relationships in the knowledge graph (if not skipped)
• A calendar system (if selected)

Default relationship types, content types, and other defaults are always available regardless of wizard choices.

Encyclopedia domains

During onboarding, MythTapestry automatically creates encyclopedia domain containers with starter article stubs. These give you a ready-made knowledge base structure that matches your world’s genre and scope.

Core domains (always created)

These domains are seeded for every world:

Domain	Fantasy title	Sci-Fi title	Articles (standard)
Geography	Realms & Lands	Worlds & Systems	Overview, Notable Locations, Climate & Environment
History	Ages & Eras	Timeline & Epochs	Overview, Major Eras, Pivotal Events
Cosmology	Laws of the World	Universal Constants	Only at comprehensive complexity

Domain titles and descriptions adapt to your genre — for example, Geography becomes “Realms & Lands” in fantasy but “Cities & Regions” in modern settings.

Wizard-triggered domains

Additional domains are created based on your wizard answers:

Wizard question	Domain created	Example articles
Factions & Politics	Kingdoms & Factions	Major Powers, Alliances & Rivalries
Non-Human Peoples	Peoples & Species	Sentient Species, Origins & Homelands
Noble Houses	Houses & Lineages	Great Houses, Inheritance & Succession
Magic Systems	Magic & the Arcane	Schools & Traditions, Magical Artifacts
Gods & Religion	Gods & the Divine	Major Faiths, Sacred Sites & Rites
Economy & Trade	Commerce & Trade	Trade Routes & Markets, Currencies
Languages & Culture	Tongues & Traditions	Languages & Scripts, Customs & Daily Life
Technology & Science	Crafts & Engineering	Key Inventions, Innovators & Institutions

How complexity affects domains

Your chosen complexity tier controls how much starter content is generated:

Tier	Articles per domain	Domain splitting
Simple	1—2 stubs	No splitting
Standard	2—3 stubs	No splitting
Comprehensive	3—5 stubs	Large domains split into focused sub-domains

At comprehensive complexity, some domains split into more focused sub-domains. For example:

• Factions becomes Kingdoms & Realms + Politics & Power
• Magic becomes Schools of Magic + Magical Artifacts & Materials
• Religion becomes The Pantheon + Rites & Sacred Places

Tip

If you used a preset instead of the guided wizard, domains are still seeded — MythTapestry maps the preset’s entity types back to equivalent wizard questions to determine which domains to create.

Working with seeded domains

After world creation, your seeded domains appear in the Encyclopedia section of the sidebar. Each domain contains article stubs — placeholder content units with suggested titles and brief descriptions.

You can:

• Edit any article stub to fill in your lore
• Delete articles or entire domains you don’t need
• Create new articles within a domain
• Create entirely new domains from the Encyclopedia section

Deleting a world

1. Go to Settings in the world sidebar.
2. Scroll to the Danger Zone.
3. Click Delete World.
4. Type the exact world name to confirm.
5. Click Delete.

Danger

Deleting a world permanently removes everything: all entities and their properties, all relationships, books, chapters, campaigns, sessions, maps, calendars, media, and configuration. This cascades through both the database and the knowledge graph and cannot be undone.