A stunning way to simulate plate tectonics!
Try it out yourself at https://tectonic-explorer.concord.org/.
Developer Diary – 3
Rock solid.
In the meantime, I managed to focus more on the geography part in world building. Curiosity Stream has a decent documentary (“Deep Time History”) that encompasses geography and physics and its connection to human evolution well into our modern age.
Additionally, I found an online tool which lets you draw your own continents and then simulate tectonic plate shifts over the course of billions of years – including data regarding mineral rich deposits, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. (Find it here: https://tectonic-explorer.concord.org/) All in all a very useful tool and very pleasing to look at. (Heh. Lava lamp, essentially.)
History of Human Civilization
According to current data, this is what I found in regards to human evolution and early human settlements on our Earth. Since the Palanteinc will evolve in a similar fashion, here’s what is to keep in mind:
Something that caught my attention was the mention of when and why humans were first able to make use of agriculture and to form a settlement. It had to do with their stage of evolution and the end of an ice age: Steady (warming, but wet) climate. I do not know yet how to incorporate these giant climate changes into my own model of earth, but time will tell.