This is a fantastic request for world-building! To create a rich and immersive narrative setting, the prompts need to cover various dimensions: physical environment, culture, history, atmosphere, and sensory details.
Here is a list of 100 command prompts for use in Gemini for the creation of settings in narrative prompts, broken down into categories for easier use:
I. Geographical & Physical Environment (15 Prompts)
Describe a city built entirely beneath a massive, perpetual thunderstorm, detailing the architecture and weatherproofing.
Design a floating continent that slowly orbits a gas giant, focusing on its unique flora and the view from its edges.
Detail a desert landscape where the sand is made of finely ground, iridescent glass, and explain the effects on light and heat.
Create a valley where gravity shifts unpredictably, resulting in houses that cling to cliffsides and floating markets.
Illustrate an ancient forest where all the trees are bioluminescent and connected by a single, colossal root system.
Describe the interior of a colossal, hollowed-out iceberg serving as a mobile research station and town.
Detail the geography of an island nation composed of five volcanic islands, each corresponding to a different elemental spirit.
Design a subterranean cave system, detailing how the residents use geothermal vents for light, heat, and power.
Illustrate a dystopian cityscape where all buildings are connected by a labyrinthine network of rusty, elevated train tracks.
Describe a vast, saline swamp where the water is thick with microscopic, life-sustaining organisms, and the only transportation is via modified canoes.
Detail a frozen tundra where the ruins of colossal, forgotten machines are partially buried in the permafrost.
Create a region perpetually covered in a thick, magical fog that mutates living creatures and distorts sound.
Describe the unique properties of a planetary ring system where small, habitable asteroids constantly collide and coalesce.
Illustrate a valley where time flows at a significantly slower rate than the outside world, focusing on the slow erosion and ancient inhabitants.
Design a post-apocalyptic suburb where nature has completely reclaimed the asphalt and houses, creating a dense, wild ecosystem.
II. Culture, Society, & Inhabitants (20 Prompts)
Outline the social structure and daily rituals of a nomadic people who live on the backs of enormous, migratory beasts.
Detail the political system of an underwater civilization whose government is run by a collective of deep-sea psychics.
Describe a major annual festival in a sun-worshipping agrarian society, focusing on the sensory details, food, and clothing.
Create a space station society where all commerce is based on a complex system of bartering knowledge and memories.
Detail the interior and operations of the Grand Library, the intellectual heart of a civilization where physical books are illegal.
Describe the clothing, language, and taboos of a secretive mountain cult dedicated to predicting volcanic eruptions.
Outline the laws and judicial system of a city where thoughts are public, and privacy is a myth.
Design a school/academy where students are taught how to navigate parallel dimensions, detailing the curriculum and its dangers.
Describe the primary form of entertainment and artistic expression in a society that has lost the ability to hear.
Detail the class system of an industrial city based on proximity to the central energy reactor.
Create a detailed prompt for the layout and atmosphere of a bustling, multi-species trading port on a frontier planet.
Describe a tradition where citizens annually swap homes and jobs for one week to encourage empathy and understanding.
Outline the military hierarchy and equipment of an army composed entirely of magically animated statues.
Detail the dietary staples and preparation methods for a culture that subsists entirely on deep-sea plant life.
Create a detailed description of a haunted inn or tavern, focusing on the types of spectral patrons and the barkeeper's routine.
Describe a town where every resident has a specific, mandatory role and changing that role is punishable by banishment.
Detail the architecture and social segregation in a city split into an eternally sunlit half and an eternally dark half.
Outline the rites of passage for a culture that grants adulthood after a solo journey across a dimension of pure dream-stuff.
Describe the media, news sources, and pervasive advertising style in a 1950s-style retro-futuristic metropolis.
Detail the unique challenges and social quirks of a generation born and raised entirely within a sealed, generational starship.
III. History, Lore, & Mystery (15 Prompts)
Describe the ruins of a precursor civilization's main temple, detailing the strange, powerful artifacts still partially functional within.
Outline the key event of The Great Silence, a historical period where all magical energy abruptly vanished for a decade.
Detail the folklore surrounding a legendary, monstrous creature said to be sealed inside the region's largest mountain.
Describe a hidden historical vault containing records that prove the world is much older (or younger) than publicly believed.
Outline the different interpretations of a single, cryptic prophecy that shapes the current political tensions between three kingdoms.
Detail the historical significance and current state of a colossal bridge built millennia ago, connecting two continents.
Describe a legendary lost city that only appears once every century, detailing the conditions of its appearance and disappearance.
Outline the cause and effects of a magical blight that periodically sweeps the land, turning organic matter to crystalline structures.
Detail the history of a single, powerful sword/weapon, from its forging to its current resting place, and its effects on the setting's history.
Describe a series of historical frescoes in an underground chamber that tells the true, tragic story of the setting's foundation.
Outline the lore of a forbidden dimension that sometimes leaks bizarre objects and minor entities into the main setting.
Detail the contents and structure of the single most valuable ancient map, which only marks places that no longer exist.
Describe the aftermath and lasting psychological effect of a war fought using purely mental/psychic weaponry.
Outline the structure of a powerful organization (a guild, a religious order, a corporation) that secretly controls the setting's economy.
Detail the setting's creation myth and how it is contradicted by a physical, tangible piece of evidence discovered by the protagonist.
IV. Sensory & Atmospheric Detail (30 Prompts)
Describe the precise smell of a magical-infused blacksmith's shop just before a major forging.
Detail the feeling of the air, the texture of the ground, and the faint tastes in the wind in a zone corrupted by dark magic.
Focus on the unique sounds of a colossal, clockwork city, specifically the rhythm of the machinery and the echoes.
Describe the specific, unsettling quality of light during a perpetual twilight on a planet without a true sun.
Detail the absence of sensory input in a zero-gravity environment, focusing on disorientation and the sound of one's own breath.
Create a description of a street vendor's stall, detailing three strange foods, their textures, and their pungent smells.
Describe the distinct acoustics of a vast, cathedral-like cavern carved out of salt rock.
Detail the chilling, pervasive cold of a realm of undead, focusing on how the cold affects living bodies and breath.
Describe the tactile sensation of a strange, alien plant life that pulses with warmth and slightly vibrates when touched.
Focus on the taste of the ubiquitous drink or food in this setting, and how it changes based on preparation.
Describe a crowded marketplace, detailing only the sounds—no visuals—to capture the chaos and energy.
Detail the oppressive, heavy silence of a ghost town on a rainy afternoon, emphasizing the sound of the rainfall.
Describe the way color is used in the architecture of a joyful, hedonistic city, and how it affects the mood.
Detail the texture and material of the most common form of currency, and how it feels to handle.
Describe the sound of a specific, non-human language being shouted in anger.
Describe a moment where a familiar object (a mug, a door, a chair) is made of an unfamiliar, strange material.
Detail the sound of the wind as it rushes through a canyon filled with oversized, hollow statues.
Describe the sensory overload of a hyperspace jump, focusing on the visual noise and the feeling of distortion.
Detail the distinct, metallic scent of the sea on a planet where the oceans are made of liquid mercury.
Describe the feeling of walking on a surface that is soft and yielding, yet supportive, like a giant, mossy sponge.
Detail the visual effect of a city's power grid going out, plunging a brightly lit metropolis into sudden, thick darkness.
Describe the ambient lighting and mood of a high-tech bar where all surfaces are holographic projections.
Focus on the unique way smoke behaves in the low-pressure atmosphere of a high-altitude monastery.
Detail the pervasive scent of fear and ozone in a battle-scarred trench during a ceasefire.
Describe the sound of a creature moving beneath the ice of a frozen lake, emphasizing the scraping and groaning.
Detail the effect of a specific, minor technological malfunction (e.g., a perpetually stuttering light, a buzzing wire) on a room's atmosphere.
Describe the visual confusion of a hall of mirrors or an architecturally impossible building.
Focus on the feeling of being watched in an empty, open plain at high noon.
Detail the unique texture and taste of the water in the primary water source for a major city.
Describe the quality of the light filtering through stained-glass windows depicting futuristic scenes.
V. Specific Location & Scene Focus (20 Prompts)
Describe the waiting room of a bureaucratic office in a floating, anti-gravity government building.
Detail a highly secure, maximum-security prison cell designed to nullify a specific type of magical power.
Create a vivid description of the interior of a dilapidated, Victorian-era greenhouse overrun by aggressive, sentient plants.
Describe the bridge of a military flagship, focusing on the crew's silent tension and the complex array of screens.
Detail the layout and atmosphere of a hidden, underground speakeasy in a prohibition-era fantasy setting.
Describe the entrance to a powerful wizard's tower, detailing the protective enchantments and the strange weather around it.
Create a scene setting for a children's bedroom on a spaceship, focusing on the lack of windows and synthetic night sky.
Detail a single, abandoned gas station on a long, deserted highway that stretches across a post-apocalyptic continent.
Describe a laboratory where forbidden/dangerous experiments take place, focusing on the containment units and the floor material.
Create the setting for a massive, ornate ballroom during the aftermath of a sudden, violent attack—blood, broken glass, etc.
Detail the stage and backstage area of a grand opera house that is powered by captured, singing souls.
Describe a small, cramped cabin in the woods, emphasizing the items that reveal the owner is actually a time traveler.
Create a vivid description of a magical portal chamber, focusing on the unstable energy, protective runes, and smell of ozone.
Detail the interior of a mechanical beast or golem that is used as a mobile home by its inhabitants.
Describe a small chapel dedicated to a terrifying, unknowable cosmic entity, focusing on the altar and the silence.
Create the setting for a large, circular meeting table where world leaders debate, emphasizing their specific chairs and personal items.
Detail a high-end, futuristic restaurant, focusing on the automated service, synthetic food, and muted lighting.
Describe the view and the protective barriers on the observation deck of a tower that pierces the planet's toxic atmosphere.
Create a brief, evocative description of a forgotten well in a village square, focusing on the moss, the cold air rising, and the faint whispers.
Detail a narrow, rain-slicked alleyway in the heart of a corrupt city, emphasizing the garbage, neon signs, and constant dripping.
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