Storium Worlds – Diremoon

If you're into gaming, or cool ideas, or just like to watch successful Kickstarter campaigns, you may have seen Storium.

Storium is a new game that truly brings storytelling to the forefront of gaming. The mechanics are tight and the possibilites endless. What else can you ask for?

How about a world?

I'm super excited to have the chance to add to the Storium worldbuilding juggernaut. Nick and I are going to bring the world of Diremoon to Storium. And it's going to be great.

What's Diremoon?

Glad you asked.

Diremoon is a world utterly dominated by its moon. Imagine a world like ours...except that the moon is five times larger and twice as close (physics be damned).

In this world, night is nearly as bright as day. The moon drowns out the stars...except on those few nights each month when it sails through the sky like a shadow.

In this world, the moon affects everything. Earthquakes are as common as rainstorms. The ground can't be trusted.

In this world, the moon pulls at the tides like a cat pulls at string. Sea travel is a dangerous business. Ships are prey to rouge waves, tidal storms, and shorelines altered by quakes.

In this world, the moon rules your blood just as it does the tides. In some places, bloodlines have evolved to create shape shifters, tapping into the eery luminance to change their appearance on a whim.

In this world, some worship the dark of the moon. Some think the moon is their destined heaven. And some know the moon is watching them.

Check your assumptions

Sound like fun? That's only the beginning. In Diremoon, we're going to play with and subvert some of the assumptions that dominate history.

Reversing colonialist progress? Check.

Bringing diverse racial and cultural ideas in? Got it.

Offering a broad perspective on the role of religion? We're there.

With Diremoon, we want players to explore their own ideas as they explore this beautiful and deadly world. The world's only civilization may have just collapsed. But that doesn't mean you can't dance on the ruins...

Back this project

Please check out the Kickstarter page to see a video of how Storium works and to see all the amazing worlds already unlocked. These folks know what they're doing. Back Storium to join in! (We did!)

UPDATE: Our stretch goal is officially funded, thanks to a very generous backer. But there are still more worlds to come, and at $125,000, Storium goes polyglot. Let's make it happen!