👽100 Question Sci-Fi Worldbuilding Ask Game🚀
Do you have a sci-fi world? Does it have aliens, robots, and/or apocalypses? Do you want to talk about it for way too long? Look no further than this ask game to give you an excuse!
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📅 How far in the future is your WIP set? Is it a “near” or “distant” future?
🌍 What’s the state of the Earth in your WIP? Basically the same? Better or worse? Does it even exist at all?
🏥What’s the state of healthcare technology in your WIP? Are diseases like cancer obsolete, or is a cure still far off?
♿What’s the state of assistive technology in your WIP? How are people with disabilities managing their conditions?
💅What’s the state of cosmetic technology in your WIP? Are people getting painless tattoos in 15 minutes, or are they still box-dyeing their hair in the sink?
🔋What’s the state of energy technology in your WIP? Is solar old news, or still being fought for?
🚗What’s the state of transportation technology in your WIP? Are there hundreds of mass-market spaceships, or are cars still stuck on the ground?
📱What’s the state of communication technology in your WIP? Do people communicate through their microchipped brains, or is a cell phone still the best way to get a hold of someone?
🏢What’s the state of architectural technology in your WIP? Are there cities floating in the sky, or are houses still made of bricks and steel?
🧑🌾What’s the state of agricultural technology in your WIP? Can any plant be grown to excess anywhere in the galaxy, or are farms still beholden to nature?
🎭What’s the state of entertainment technology in your WIP? Are hologram TV shows the best way to spend a Friday night, or is it still Netflix and Chill?
🪛What’s the state of manufacturing technology in your WIP? How are things being produced?
🪖What’s the state of military technology in your WIP? Are armored giant robots fighting wars, or still regular people with guns?
🤔What kind of technology is still being developed in your WIP? What’s something they’re still trying to figure out?
💼What sorts of jobs exist in your WIP that don’t exist currently?
🤷Are there any jobs that seem obsolete, but still exist? Why are they still around?
🏈Have any new sports or games been invented with the advancement of technology? What are they?
💵Is currency different in your WIP? Is it all digital, or does physical money still play a role?
✊What is the social climate of your setting? Has society progressed towards equality or regressed? Has it stayed mostly the same?
😠What’s happening politically in your setting? Are tensions brewing, a cold war threatening to go hot? Has there been peace for generations?
🌌Are humans living amongst the stars in your setting? Are they somewhere other than on Earth?
🚀Did humanity abandon Earth for other planets? Why?
👋Were there any humans left behind on Earth, while the rest disappeared into the stars? What happened to them?
❌Does humanity have any sort of “Prime Directive” à la Star Trek – are there limits about what they can do when they discover a new planet (inhabited or not)? If not, why not?
⛳How many planet settlements do humans have across the galaxy? What’s the biggest non-Earth human stronghold?
🏜️How many of humanity’s settlements on other planets have been abandoned? Why?
💰Who’s funding these settlements? Why? What are they for?
😟Do people have mixed feelings about colonizing space? Are there movements to stop humanity’s expansion?
💡Has humanity invented faster-than-light travel? If not, are they working on it?
🌱Has humanity invented the technology necessary to terraform planets? If not, are they working on it?
🧊Has humanity invented “cryosleep” or some way of preserving the body indefinitely? If not, are they working on it?
🛰️Is there a culture among humans who were born on space-stations or ships and don’t truly belong to a planet? How do “planet-born” humans treat them?
☄️Are there humans who travel from station to station, never settling down on a single planet and living amongst the stars? How do others treat them for living this way?
😎Are there any famous (or infamous) planets known for a particular cultural or material export? What is it? Are the planet’s residents annoyed or proud of this notoriety?
👽Have humans made first contact with an alien species? How did it go? If not, is there a possibility they ever will?
🖖Did the aliens reach out to humanity first? Why?
👾How many different kinds of aliens are there in your WIP? Describe them!
🔬How technologically advanced are the aliens in your WIP? Are they at the same level as humans? Far below or above them?
🧬How different are the aliens, biologically, from humans in your WIP? Are they bonding over shared mammalian traits or unable to comprehend each other?
🧍If the aliens and humans are very biologically different, how do they exist in the same area together? Can they?
🗣️How do aliens and humans communicate with each other? Can they?
💭What do the aliens think of humanity? Are they friendly, indifferent, or hostile? What does humanity think of their alien neighbors?
🌕What planet(s) do the aliens come from? How different is it from Earth?
🗺️Do the aliens have settlements on other planets? How many?
⚔️Have the aliens and humanity ever fought over the right to settle a planet? Who won?
🔁Do alien politics influence humanity’s political sphere? In what ways?
🏠Do aliens and humans live together, or does each keep to their own kind? Why?
🤫Are the aliens’ cultural customs something they explain and share openly with humanity, or keep to themselves? Have any humans been invited into the fold?
😲Are there any human customs that the aliens find strange, offensive, gross, or confusing? Which ones?
🛸Are there any stereotypes about the aliens that humans believe? Vice versa?
🤝Are human/alien friendships normal or disgraceful? From one or both sides?
💋Are human/alien sexual relationships normal or disgraceful? From one or both sides?
💒Are human/alien romantic relationships normal or disgraceful? From one or both sides?
👨👩👧👦Are human/alien families normal or disgraceful? From one or both sides?
👶Is it biologically possible for humans and (any of the species of) aliens to reproduce?
✨Is there an entire galactic society of all aliens in the galaxy, or are the different species largely separate?
💔Are there people, groups, or governments working to change the sociopolitical relationship between humans and aliens, for better or worse?
🤖Has synthetic life been created in your WIP? Robots/androids/etc. that can think and feel like sapient living creatures? If not, is there a possibility it ever will be?
🔨What are synthetic lifeforms made of? How are they powered?
🤩What do synthetic lifeforms look like? Describe them!
🧪Was synthetic life invented on purpose or by accident? How did it happen?
⚙️Were the synthetic lifeforms intended for a specific purpose? What was it? Do they still fulfill this purpose, or reject it?
🧐What do synthetic lifeforms think of humanity (and/or aliens)? Are they friendly, indifferent, or hostile? What do humans (and/or aliens) think about this new form of life?
🟰How are synthetic lifeforms treated, in comparison to humans (and/or aliens)? Are they given the same rights and respect as a biological organism?
🏭How are synthetic lifeforms made? Are they mass-produced? Was there a set number built, never to increase?
⛓️💥If a synthetic lifeform gets damaged, how do they get the damage repaired?
💄Are there cosmetic options synthetic lifeforms use to spruce themselves up? What kinds?
➕Are there “upgrades” or optional parts that the synthetic lifeforms can get installed if they want? What kinds?
⚠️Are there any unique dangers that synthetic lifeforms face that biological organisms don’t?
💀Can synthetic lifeforms ever die? Do many of them think about death?
🍼How do synthetic lifeforms feel about being created out of parts, like an object, instead of “born”?
😢Are there synthetic lifeforms that wish they were biological organisms instead? Are there humans (and/or aliens) that wish they were synthetic?
🫂Are biological/synthetic friendships normal or disgraceful? From one or both sides?
❤️🔥Are biological/synthetic sexual relationships normal or disgraceful? From one or both sides?
🥰Are biological/synthetic romantic relationships normal or disgraceful? From one or both sides?
💕Are biological/synthetic families normal or disgraceful? From one or both sides?
🪤Are there people, groups, or governments working to change the sociopolitical relationship between biological and synthetic lifeforms, for better or worse?
🐒Has humanity evolved past the point where we would recognize ourselves? Does that species still call itself “human”?
😵Is humanity, as we think of it today, extinct? What happened?
🔭Are there still humans out there somewhere, even if they’re all presumed dead?
❓What took humanity’s place on Earth, if anything?
🗽Do cultural artifacts of human society remain?
📚Is the abandoned society on Earth a site of study or mystery?
🛤️What does society on Earth look like without humans? Is there one?
0️⃣Has the human population been devastated to almost nothing? What happened?
🤏What does society look like with only a fraction of the humans that used to exist in it?
💥Did the Earth go through some kind of apocalyptic disaster? What was it?
⛺How does humanity exist on Earth after the apocalypse? Where do they live?
🚰Are resources scarce? How do people survive?
🐣How many generations have passed since the apocalypse?
😷Is the post-apocalyptic Earth toxic to live on, or just dangerous?
🖥️How far did humanity get, technologically, before the apocalypse? What remnants of that technology are left?
🩻Are people trying to build humanity back up to what it used to be? Are they trying to pave a new way forward?
📖Is history already repeating itself on the post-apocalyptic Earth? Are humans already making the same mistakes that got them here in the first place?
💐Are people kinder on the post-apocalyptic Earth? Are people more willing to cherish what life still exists instead of squandering it?
🌠Do people have hope that humanity will survive? Are they convinced humanity is doomed?
🙅Were there people completely untouched by the apocalypse? How?
👓Was humanity able to see the apocalypse coming and prepare? Did it help?
🏞️Is there anyone alive who remembers what the Earth was like before the apocalypse? Does anyone believe them?
🃏Wild card! Mention anything else about your WIP that you want!
