Oh hey, thanks for the reply!
That'd make sense, I'm actually ok with it taking longer so long as i can manage to translate my ideas well lol.
That kind of haphazard placement is exactly what i want to avoid, I'm really trying to make a world that feels cohesive. I feel like all that front loaded work will make the rest of my process easier (if i know the world, i have a better idea of its fauna and what might motivate characters etc).
Outta curiosity what tools do you use? Rn I'm sketching on an MS whiteboard, translating the geometry with unity pro builder, then texturing it using aesprite (though i haven't gotten quite that far yet, I'm not much of an artist and that part still intimidates me haha)