I would say Splinterlands has a cool lore but I'm also the same. I'm not a book guy so if there would be videos of this, I definitely would watch that.
It's same as I watch animes but don't read the mangas. That's why I am always proposing for Splinterlands to make an anime series even just 12 episodes or maybe even 8 episodes so that non-Splinterlands players may also get hooked.
For example, a lot of non-league of legends players "tried" league when Arcane went out. Unfortunately, since the anime and the game are vastly different, a lot did not stick to play.
Once I get a new laptop (sometime this year), I'll start doing art stuff again, probably on the animation side then try and edit that into the game.
Imagine the Yugioh Duel Link summon animation when they summon Blue eyes white dragon or exodia? But for Splinterlands, I'm planning something like a kill animation for the monster's last hits.
Hopefully, I could get a new rig by May. My plan would be awesome and I'd love it if Splinterlands could/would incorporate that in the game.
RE: Planes of Existence - Splinterlore