Origins
Hunter Johnson began working on the Broken World officially in 2016, and the book was published on April 7th, 2023. However the origins of the story go back much further. When Hunter was about eight years old, he began drawing comics of stickmen. One stickman in particular needed a hat for his adventures, and thus, the (in)famous David Echoe was born, along with his sidekick, Dustbunny. These characters, among others were written into a variety of comics sold throughout elementary school. Upon becoming homeschooled in the 6th Grade, Hunter found himself doing a lot less school work, and a lot more writing and drawing. During his highschool years, Hunter spent his time developing and producing draft after draft of what was originally called, "David Echoe: The Boy In The Hat." The first episode of which was published on Amazon on April 30th, 2018. Realizing that the episode which he had written was garbage, Hunter archived the title, and continued rewriting into the double digit drafts. At various points the story became a singular feature length novel, and was drafted with that in mind, however Hunter's original goal was to write an episodic narrative inspired by the original Nancy Drew, and Hardy Boys Mystery stories.