Rimworlds, Glitterworlds? Is there something inbetween?

[viperwasp]

Is there canon term for worlds in between Glitterworlds and Rimworlds? Or a popular fan accepted term? Or is it just assumed that Glitterworlds vary greatly and slowly turn to Rimworlds at some point on the scale?

[Serenity]

There are urbworlds. Presumably highly urbanized planets, but not glittery

[5thHorseman]

Someone never clicked the "Fiction Primer" link on the main menu

There are many _____worlds.

From https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fUO3KKbAbTxMP1lqphnnodY0NPoOVblCUkDw-54MDUc/pub

    Deadworlds: Planets which have not been significantly contacted by humans. Generally not inhabitable. All planets are like this before people arrive for the first time.
    Animal worlds: Planets with no people. Either everyone died, or the planet was seeded with plant and animal life by terraforming robots and nobody arrived.
    Medieval worlds: Similar to Earth from the agricultural revolution until the industrial revolution. Social structures are usually feudal or imperial. Planets can stay in this state for millennia.
    Steamworlds: Similar to Earth in the 19th century. Often this state is short-lived, as societies develop into midworlds, but it can be very stretched out depending on culture and government structure.
    Midworlds: Worlds whose people have mastered flight, but not cheap interplanetary travel. Earth is in this stage in the 21st century.
    Urbworlds: Super-high density planets dominated by cities. Urbworlds' population growth outstripped their social and technological development, so they tend to be overcrowded, polluted, violent places. The people here are often callous towards strangers. This is often the outcome for midworlds that see their demographic transition into lower birth reversed by dysgenic reproduction patterns.
    Glitterworlds: The most technologically advanced societies that can be led by humans. Swaddled in comforts by the strong arms of technology, glitterworlds are the peak of recognizable human society in terms of art, health, and generous human rights. Common people from these planets often lack grit and are very trusting in people and technology.
    Rimworlds: Planets lacking in strong central government and low in population density. These places tend to hover around the industrial level of technology or lower. Because they're not homogenized by a central government, they tend to see a lot of interaction between people of different technology levels, as travelers crashland or ancient communities stumble out of their cryptosleep vaults. These planets are often at the rim of known space, hence the name.
    Toxic worlds: Worlds destroyed by pollution, chemical or nuclear warfare, but still inhabitable at a low level, with sufficient technology.
    Glassworlds: Worlds utterly destroyed by high-energy weapons of mass destruction. They're nicknamed 'marbles' because their surfaces have been "glassed". Nuclear weapons aren't enough to glass a planet, so this level of destruction is rare. On some of these worlds, people can walk outdoors for a time without dying. None of them harbor permanent life bigger than a paramecium.
    Transcendent worlds: It's a stretch to call these entities worlds, since they resemble giant computers more than they resemble planets. The mechanics of these planets is mysterious, but many scholars believe transcendents are the outcome a sovereign archotech decides to incorporate a whole planet into itself. More on this later.
    Other worlds: Beyond these categories, there are many exceptional planets in strange states created by their peculiar social and technological evolutions. Given the scale and age of the universe, there is a lot of time and space for a lot of very strange situations to develop.

[AileTheAlien]

Are there mods or scenarios that could make the game like some of these? You could probably get close to a 'toxic world' by making a scenario with frequent or perpetual toxic fallout, and maybe some other parts to the scenario. A game played in a (formerly?) transcendent world would be pretty cool - your bands of humans would be fighting off scythers constantly, trying to not be exterminated. I don't know if you could do that without heavy mods, though.

[viperwasp]

Thanks for all the info. I can't believe I missed that!