Lore
Spoiler-light.
The Blue Morning
Basetopia floats on the Blue, a calm, endless field of light. Long ago it was just a flat, quiet grid. Then the first sunrise touched it, and the Blue folded up into little cubes. Each one blinked open a single round eye, looked at the sun, and said its first word: "Oh!"
Those were the first Blocks.
Why one eye?
Ask a Block and you'll get one of three answers:
- "One eye is all you need to look forward."
- "We each got one eye. The other one was kept for later."
- "Somewhere, something is looking back." (said very quietly)
Nobody says which answer is true.
The road
Blocks travel a sunrise road through five worlds: Grassland → Desert → Ice Peaks → Neon City → Lava Castle. At the very end sits a throne, and it's empty. Nobody knows who it was built for.
Each world has a keeper, a landmark, and a clue that only shows up when you see the place in a new light. That's what the remix rounds are for.
Chapter 1: Grassland
Chapter 1 is live. The Grassland keeper, Pip Clover, hangs around the Plaza with his leaf notepad. Somewhere in Grassland stands the Sunstone, and next to it a clue sign. Read it and your eye counter on the menu goes up. One clue is out there now; more are coming.
A few house rules of Basetopia
- Everyone starts blue. Blue is home.
- Blocks are kind. The challenge comes from terrain, weather and mystery, never from Blocks being villains.
- Looks are just looks. What a Block wears is a keepsake from where it's been. It's a travel diary, not a ranking.
The mystery
Every Block has one eye. Where's the other one, and who's looking back?
Theories welcome. Officially, the answer is always "…later."