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thisworld is a collaborative, transmedia world-building project and media franchise centered on a modular fictional realm that evolves through user-created content and curator-led storytelling. The project treats thisworld as a shared universe where stories, images, sounds, and interactive experiences can be placed into the same evolving fabric. The goal is to explore themes such as memory, perception, and how communities construct meaning through collective imagination.

Content is produced and published across multiple formats, including short fiction, visual art, videos, audio pieces,

Contributors participate under community guidelines that emphasize originality, attribution, and respectful collaboration. Governance is distributed, with

Reception among audiences and critics has been favorable within the independent art and digital storytelling communities,

See also: worldbuilding, transmedia storytelling, collaborative fiction, alternate reality game, internet art.

and
interactive
text
adventures.
A
central
platform
hosts
submissions
and
a
timeline
of
'moments'
that
mark
shifts
in
the
world’s
state.
The
narrative
is
deliberately
non-linear,
allowing
different
contributors
to
influence
future
chapters
while
preserving
an
overarching,
though
diffuse,
canon.
a
core
editorial
team
providing
curatorial
oversight
and
ensuring
consistency
with
the
project's
thematic
principles.
Intellectual
property
rights
are
managed
to
balance
openness
with
creator
credit.
who
praise
its
participatory
model
and
fluid
world-building.
Critics
also
note
that
the
open-ended
approach
can
be
challenging
for
newcomers
and
may
lead
to
a
fragmented
reading
experience
without
sustained
engagement.