A game world is a place of imagination and is usually placed in an alternate fictional universe and its aim is to immerse the player and make them feel as if they are in control of this game world with their decisions and actions affecting everything around them. A game world can be classed as many things, from a game board all the way up to a triple-A game that’s developed by a huge company. It all depends on the level of detail within the game itself. A game world should have a lot of thought and detail put into it and it is up to the game lore to decide whether the game world will be detailed or not, if there is no lore then there is no world.
The most important part of a game world is the story that is behind it and that holds it together. When creating a game world it is often the best idea to start by creating a story for the world and then building around it, or for instance, if you have some landmarks already set out, place them down and then continue to build the world around it and connect all your world together so it flows seamlessly. Within your game world, there should be regions and realms and they should all be different from each other just like how we are surrounded by different counties and everyone is different. Within your game, there should be different races and types of people so it will feel like a fully functioning world.
