rustomuutto
Rustomuutto is a neologism used in speculative fiction, game design, and online collaborative storytelling to describe a modular approach to worldbuilding and narrative construction. In this framework, narrative components such as settings, characters, artifacts, and events are treated as independent units—storylets—that can be created, modified, and recombined without altering a centralized canon.
The term is contemporary and lacks a formal etymology. It arose within online communities in the early
Practice and characteristics include modular units, non-linear arrangement, and an emphasis on collaborative authorship. It supports
Variations and examples commonly describe projects that publish component inventories or storylets that readers or players
Reception and related terms place rustomuutto within a broader tradition of distributed and participatory storytelling. Proponents