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I'm trying to create a people that live on this rolling tide (see previous question or on 'millers planet') but I haven't figured out where they would get wood to build their boats/homes. If the tide was slow enough there are some types of trees that can grow 8ft a year, so maybe have trees growing between tides.
Is having trees grow between tides the only way people could get materials?
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I'm trying to create a people that live on this rolling tide (see previous question or on 'millers planet') but I haven't figured out where they would get wood to build their boats/homes. If the tide was slow enough there are some types of trees that can grow 8ft a year, so maybe have trees growing between tides.
Is having trees grow between tides the only way people could get materials?
civilization flora tides
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I'm trying to create a people that live on this rolling tide (see previous question or on 'millers planet') but I haven't figured out where they would get wood to build their boats/homes. If the tide was slow enough there are some types of trees that can grow 8ft a year, so maybe have trees growing between tides.
Is having trees grow between tides the only way people could get materials?
civilization flora tides
edited 19 mins ago
Tim B♦
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asked 1 hour ago
depperm
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I'm trying to create a people that live on this rolling tide (see previous question or on 'millers planet') but I haven't figured out where they would get wood to build their boats/homes. If the tide was slow enough there are some types of trees that can grow 8ft a year, so maybe have trees growing between tides.
Is having trees grow between tides the only way people could get materials?
civilization flora tides
civilization flora tides
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Perhaps on your world, seaweed grows up to the surface like in the Sargasso Sea. If so, that seaweed could be harvested and dried into a building material. Perhaps its natural saps form a resin which make it almost wood-like once dried. So the harvesters pull it up, and lay it out in overlapping crisscrossed layers on open topped rafts.
- Need a one inch thick board, that takes ten layers.
- Need a support beam might need a hundred layers.
Weave it into whatever you want. Just make sure to get the shape right before it dries because the metal saws needed to cut it afterwards would be very rare on a water world.
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The best real-world example to use here are the Inuit. They live in the coastal arctic, an area with no trees. However, they get around this by using driftwood that washes up on their shores. If trees are able to exist at least SOMEWHERE on this planet, then you can just have everyone do this. If there are no trees on their planet, have them use stone, coral, or dried kelp fronds.
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Maybe you can get some inspiration from the Uru People that live over Lake Titicaca. They create artificial floating islands, with small houses on it, with a plant called Totora. This plant commonly grows at a water depth of 2.5–3 m (8.2–9.8 ft) but occurs less frequently as deep as 5.5 m (18 ft).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totora_(plant)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca
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Perhaps on your world, seaweed grows up to the surface like in the Sargasso Sea. If so, that seaweed could be harvested and dried into a building material. Perhaps its natural saps form a resin which make it almost wood-like once dried. So the harvesters pull it up, and lay it out in overlapping crisscrossed layers on open topped rafts.
- Need a one inch thick board, that takes ten layers.
- Need a support beam might need a hundred layers.
Weave it into whatever you want. Just make sure to get the shape right before it dries because the metal saws needed to cut it afterwards would be very rare on a water world.
answered 1 hour ago
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Perhaps on your world, seaweed grows up to the surface like in the Sargasso Sea. If so, that seaweed could be harvested and dried into a building material. Perhaps its natural saps form a resin which make it almost wood-like once dried. So the harvesters pull it up, and lay it out in overlapping crisscrossed layers on open topped rafts.
- Need a one inch thick board, that takes ten layers.
- Need a support beam might need a hundred layers.
Weave it into whatever you want. Just make sure to get the shape right before it dries because the metal saws needed to cut it afterwards would be very rare on a water world.
answered 1 hour ago
Henry Taylor
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Perhaps on your world, seaweed grows up to the surface like in the Sargasso Sea. If so, that seaweed could be harvested and dried into a building material. Perhaps its natural saps form a resin which make it almost wood-like once dried. So the harvesters pull it up, and lay it out in overlapping crisscrossed layers on open topped rafts.
- Need a one inch thick board, that takes ten layers.
- Need a support beam might need a hundred layers.
Weave it into whatever you want. Just make sure to get the shape right before it dries because the metal saws needed to cut it afterwards would be very rare on a water world.
answered 1 hour ago
Henry Taylor
42.2k765151
Perhaps on your world, seaweed grows up to the surface like in the Sargasso Sea. If so, that seaweed could be harvested and dried into a building material. Perhaps its natural saps form a resin which make it almost wood-like once dried. So the harvesters pull it up, and lay it out in overlapping crisscrossed layers on open topped rafts.
- Need a one inch thick board, that takes ten layers.
- Need a support beam might need a hundred layers.
Weave it into whatever you want. Just make sure to get the shape right before it dries because the metal saws needed to cut it afterwards would be very rare on a water world.
answered 1 hour ago
Henry Taylor
42.2k765151
answered 1 hour ago
Henry Taylor
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answered 1 hour ago
Henry Taylor
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answered 1 hour ago
Henry Taylor
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The best real-world example to use here are the Inuit. They live in the coastal arctic, an area with no trees. However, they get around this by using driftwood that washes up on their shores. If trees are able to exist at least SOMEWHERE on this planet, then you can just have everyone do this. If there are no trees on their planet, have them use stone, coral, or dried kelp fronds.
answered 1 hour ago
The Weasel Sagas
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The best real-world example to use here are the Inuit. They live in the coastal arctic, an area with no trees. However, they get around this by using driftwood that washes up on their shores. If trees are able to exist at least SOMEWHERE on this planet, then you can just have everyone do this. If there are no trees on their planet, have them use stone, coral, or dried kelp fronds.
answered 1 hour ago
The Weasel Sagas
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up vote
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up vote
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The best real-world example to use here are the Inuit. They live in the coastal arctic, an area with no trees. However, they get around this by using driftwood that washes up on their shores. If trees are able to exist at least SOMEWHERE on this planet, then you can just have everyone do this. If there are no trees on their planet, have them use stone, coral, or dried kelp fronds.
answered 1 hour ago
The Weasel Sagas
679115
The best real-world example to use here are the Inuit. They live in the coastal arctic, an area with no trees. However, they get around this by using driftwood that washes up on their shores. If trees are able to exist at least SOMEWHERE on this planet, then you can just have everyone do this. If there are no trees on their planet, have them use stone, coral, or dried kelp fronds.
answered 1 hour ago
The Weasel Sagas
679115
answered 1 hour ago
The Weasel Sagas
679115
answered 1 hour ago
The Weasel Sagas
679115
answered 1 hour ago
The Weasel Sagas
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679115
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Maybe you can get some inspiration from the Uru People that live over Lake Titicaca. They create artificial floating islands, with small houses on it, with a plant called Totora. This plant commonly grows at a water depth of 2.5–3 m (8.2–9.8 ft) but occurs less frequently as deep as 5.5 m (18 ft).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totora_(plant)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca
answered 34 mins ago
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Maybe you can get some inspiration from the Uru People that live over Lake Titicaca. They create artificial floating islands, with small houses on it, with a plant called Totora. This plant commonly grows at a water depth of 2.5–3 m (8.2–9.8 ft) but occurs less frequently as deep as 5.5 m (18 ft).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totora_(plant)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca
answered 34 mins ago
Antonio Amaral Braga
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Maybe you can get some inspiration from the Uru People that live over Lake Titicaca. They create artificial floating islands, with small houses on it, with a plant called Totora. This plant commonly grows at a water depth of 2.5–3 m (8.2–9.8 ft) but occurs less frequently as deep as 5.5 m (18 ft).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totora_(plant)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca
answered 34 mins ago
Antonio Amaral Braga
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Maybe you can get some inspiration from the Uru People that live over Lake Titicaca. They create artificial floating islands, with small houses on it, with a plant called Totora. This plant commonly grows at a water depth of 2.5–3 m (8.2–9.8 ft) but occurs less frequently as deep as 5.5 m (18 ft).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totora_(plant)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca
answered 34 mins ago
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