ORIGINAL IP
The Novelty Engine
What if bringing a new idea into the world was an act of magic?
The Novelty Engine is an original worldbuilding project centered on novelty as magic: a system built around ideas, innovation and the consequences of introducing something new.
The starting point
I wanted to explore a complex but understandable magic system, with innovation as its central premise.
The world’s logic
The development sheets connect the engine to costs, cosmic roles, navigational masks and a multiversal causality matrix.
Making the system legible
Diagrams, symbols and written explanations give the world’s abstract rules a consistent visual form.
Original development material from my existing portfolio. The homepage cover is a temporary typographic study.
Project material
06 IMAGES / SELECT TO ENLARGEOriginal Novelty Engine development sheet by Joshua Jenkins.
Original Novelty Engine development sheet by Joshua Jenkins.
Original Novelty Engine development sheet by Joshua Jenkins.
Original Novelty Engine development sheet by Joshua Jenkins.
Original Novelty Engine development sheet by Joshua Jenkins.
Original Novelty Engine development sheet by Joshua Jenkins.