Build your first world

Goal

Ship your first real world — one with a generated or imported panorama, at least one hotspot that earns its place, and a visitor flow you have actually previewed.

When to use it

• You are building on scenescape.io for the very first time.
• You want a safe, deliberate path that avoids burning credits on guesswork.
• You need a quick demo world to show stakeholders before committing to a larger production.

Step-by-step walkthrough

1. Sign in with your approved creator account and open Studio — this is where every world begins and lives.
2. From the dashboard, click New world (or Open creator) to launch a fresh build.
3. Pick your path: use World Builder to let AI draft a full plan, or open a blank editor if you already know exactly what you want.
4. Write one sharp sentence that names the subject, the audience, the mood, and the outcome — for example, 'A calm museum tour of deep-sea creatures for curious 10-year-olds.'
5. Review the generated story plan carefully before you generate any scenes. This is your cheapest chance to fix structure.
6. Generate or import your first panorama, then add a single hotspot that explains why this scene matters.
7. Open Preview and watch your own world as a visitor. Ask: do I know where to look, and what to do next?
8. Publish privately or unlisted first. Make it public only once the route and the copy genuinely feel ready.

Best practices

• Generate at medium quality while you are still iterating — save high quality for scenes you are sure about.
• Finish one scene end to end before generating a big batch, so you learn what works first.
• Title scenes in plain language so a visitor always knows where they are standing.
• Place your first hotspot right on an obvious visual anchor — a door, a sign, a key object.

Avoid these mistakes

• Skipping Preview and publishing a world that still has placeholder scene text.
• Generating every scene at high quality before the route through them is proven.
• Writing an idea that is only a mood — with no subject and no visitor purpose.

Go deeper

• A great first world is narrow enough to actually finish, but broad enough to show what the platform can do.
• Your first scene quietly teaches the visitor how the rest of the world will behave — design it last, on purpose.
• Unlisted publishing is the safest way to gather honest feedback before opening a world to public discovery.