world is infinitely going upwards because of some force pushing it up
world has a layer of magma undearneath
volcanoes are the result of the force being too much on certain weak spots of the world, causing the magma to be squeezed out
Flat-Earth and Geoncentric Science
Austin Lopez
Aiden Edwards
you need very very specific PT conditions to maintain a layer of magma. A more earth-like model would be easier for this.
Plus I don't see the need for an upward pushing force, honestly.
Nathan Rivera
an angry dwarf living at the bottom of the world, constantly heating the "core" with sheer rage.
Ian Baker
All are good, some think about the disc-nature of the world less than others. "The Last Hero" deals with that as much as any of them.
Christian Cook
okay, I'd totally buy that just remember rage fuel can't melt steel beams
Dylan Robinson
>Plus I don't see the need for an upward pushing force, honestly.
Supplies "gravity" through acceleration. Of course,in a game setting, you may not care where gravity comes from, unless it is something the players can learn, and do something about.
A "set dressing" point -- you would have circumpolar stars over the center of the disk, but not over the rim that would correspond to the southern hemisphere. The "midnight sun" phenomenon would be possible over the center pole, but not at the rim. Sun would not set, it would just disappear, growing dimmer and smaller, moving into the distance, if you are using the usual flatist model of a small sun "orbiting" above the disk and only lighting the nearby portion at any given time.
Aiden Ortiz
a disc has mass, so there is already gravity. No need for an acceleration.
This sun model is 100% absurd. a sun orbiting around would make more sense.
Grayson Morales
>a disc has mass, so there is already gravity. No need for an acceleration.
wouldn't gravity near the edges act in a way so that the closer you get to them the more "horizontal" it'd be for people?
could be a neat feature of the world, but it's definitely not similar to our world in that regard.
Christian Rodriguez
As someone has already pointed out before, OP could use an upward acceleration. In my opinion the deepest layer of the disc could be made out of some material that is attracted by a infinitely distant point upwards. This would mean that gravity wouldn't exist and because the source of attraction is infinitely far then the deep disk would experience a vertical acceleration, since gravity would not exist then even at the edge of the disk you wouldn't be pulled to it's center of mass, you'd be pushed by the disk upwards. Meaning that instead of things in the air falling to the ground, the ground would accelerate towards the things in the air. I still don't know how to explain possible suns and/or moons.
Hudson King
But a disc with ENOUGH mass would collapse into a sphere.
Also, muh edge effects.