Source: https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-world/creating-your-first-world/

# Create your first world

Start small: one interesting place and one reason to look closer. A door with light under it is enough.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-world/creating-your-first-world/#1-find-your-opening)1\. Find your opening

Open [Build a world](https://worlds.sogni.ai/?view=create), give your world a name and a short description, then choose your opening scene. Writing your idea is free, and the draft is kept in that browser tab until you create the world.

| Opening | What to know |
| --- | --- |
| Create an image | Generates a new opening from your idea. You see the payment choice and estimate first. |
| My Sogni images | Original Sogni images from the last 48 hours, with no new generation charge. |
| Upload an original | PNG, JPEG, or WebP, up to 24 MB and 16 megapixels. Uploads stay private until a moderator approves them. |
| Try an example | Starts a free private copy of an example scene. The example itself stays unchanged. |

Use an image you have the right to use, with clear objects and room for the story to move. Keep the full scene: screenshots and frames taken from a video cannot become the next scene. To create paths, the original needs each edge between 256 and 2560 pixels and an aspect ratio the editing and video models support. Unsupported sources are refused before anything is generated, and the original is never cropped to fit.

For example: **The Last Bookshop**, a quiet shop at midnight with one book glowing on the back shelf.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-world/creating-your-first-world/#2-choose-how-to-generate)2\. Choose how to generate

Sign in with your Sogni account. Before requesting a new image or path, review its payment options:

| Choice | What happens |
| --- | --- |
| Sogni Unlimited / Unlimited plan only | Your active Unlimited plan covers eligible generations, subject to fair use and plan limits. A plan-only request stops rather than spending tokens when a step cannot be covered. |
| Use my Sogni payment setting | Shown for paths when your account uses automatic billing: your plan where it is covered, otherwise your selected token. Token charges may apply. |
| Spark | New generations spend your spendable Spark balance at the displayed estimate. |
| SOGNI | New generations spend SOGNI at the displayed estimate. |

The estimate is shown before you create; the final charge follows the work performed and is recorded in your Sogni account. Canceling can still charge for work already done.

**Already have Unlimited?** Use the same account you subscribed with. After subscribing in another tab, return to World and check your payment options again.

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## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-world/creating-your-first-world/#3-make-one-choice-matter)3\. Make one choice matter

In your private world's studio, open **Create a path**:

1.  **Pick something.** Tap or click inside the object. Start with one include point; add more, or use **Leave out** on nearby objects, only if you need to. On a keyboard, focus the scene, move with the arrow keys, and press Enter to place a point. Then give the object a simple name. That name becomes part of the choice visitors see.
2.  **Imagine a change.** Enter the visitor's action (Open, Follow, Touch, Explore) and describe what they discover. For the bookshop, pick the glowing book and try: _Open the book. Its pages unfold into a doorway to a moonlit garden._
3.  **Check the selection.** Review the payment choice, then create the object selection. Its white area should cover your object. If it missed, choose again; a new selection has its own cost.
4.  **Approve the next scene.** Approving creates the destination still and the animated path, with sound, from your original scene to it.

Choosing points and writing your idea is free. Nothing is generated until you approve each step. Keep the action to one focused moment so the destination is easy to understand.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-world/creating-your-first-world/#4-watch-before-adding)4\. Watch before adding

Preview the complete path with sound and inspect the destination at full size. Check that the chosen object changed as intended, that important characters still look right, and that the movement reaches the new place naturally. Add the path to your world only when you are happy with it.

Keep the tab open while a path is being made. If an attempt stops, or you reload or lose your connection, reopen the same scene: World checks the saved jobs and reuses completed work instead of submitting paid replacements automatically. Closing the tab pauses the next step until you return. These recovery shortcuts are saved per account in that browser, so clearing its data removes them. An explicit retry charges only for new jobs that replace confirmed failed or canceled work.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-world/creating-your-first-world/#5-invite-someone-in)5\. Invite someone in

Play through your paths in the studio, then open **Manage your world**:

-   **Who can explore?** Only me (private), anyone with the link (unlisted), or everyone (public).
-   **Who can add paths?** Only you, or signed-in explorers once the world is shared. Contributors pay for their own generations.
-   **Availability.** Archiving keeps every scene but closes the world to visitors and new paths. Choose Active to restore it.

Previously issued media links can keep working for up to 30 minutes after you remove access. To appear in the public Community worlds gallery, submit your world for review from the studio; submission is free, and approval is required.

A useful first milestone is one opening and two different paths. Make those choices enjoyable before expanding the world.

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