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Collaborative worldbuilding app with maps, wikis, and whiteboards

51 points by all2 4y ago

sharemywin 4y ago
I don't really understand what this is?
- ryanklee 4y ago
  It's a collaborative tool for world building. I can see it being used by game designers and tabletop RPG participants.
- braden-lk 4y ago
  It's like Google Maps + Wikipedia, but for fictional places.
- shakezula 4y ago
  There is a surprisingly vibrant community of people who evidently just write a ton about their imaginary worlds, from conlangers to writers to game designers. This type of tool gears towards that niche as a tracking and publishing tool.
  - wolverine876 4y ago
    A community that has included in the past, for example, JRR Tolkien (and possibly most other fantasy and sci-fi writers).
dang 4y ago
Related: Show HN: LegendKeeper, collaborative maps and notes for game-masters - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30334454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30334454 - Feb 2022 (8 comments)
dariusj18 4y ago
Interesting, is this built on any open source note taking/research tool, or just derived similar features?
- braden-lk 4y ago
  Similar features! LK is a smattering of a bunch of libraries and original code. Prosemirror is foundational to the app, and we recently added tldraw for diagramming.
  - dariusj18 4y ago
    Well it looks very interesting and I've shared it to everyone I know, and a lot of them are very interested in using this. The roadmap also looks very promising.
    - braden-lk 4y ago
      Thanks darius, I appreciate it!
XFrequentist 4y ago
Wonder if you could use this for regular notes and do something interesting with a method of loci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci)
- braden-lk 4y ago
  We had a user upload their med school diagrams as a map and use the pin tool as a study aid. I loved that!
- russellendicott 4y ago
  This. I was thinking of drawing humorous Org charts as fantasy worlds.
  - ammanley 4y ago
    Humorous, or humungous? Something tells me either could work.
braden-lk 4y ago
Creator here! Thanks for the shoutout; I built LegendKeeper to help me with my D&D campaigns and found that having a tool to reason about world knowledge, geography, and relationships was helpful in other domains too, such as fiction writing and game design.
- aetherson 4y ago
  Front page isn't transparent about the pricing after the trial period, or what happens if you let your subscription lapse, could you clarify? Particularly, what is the data egress policy? EDIT: Got from my phone to laptop, made pricing clearer: $9/month or $90/year. Still would like to know more about what happens with a sub lapses/if you can get your data out.
  - braden-lk 4y ago
    Almost there! Just scroll down on the pricing page: https://www.legendkeeper.com/pricing/ https://www.legendkeeper.com/pricing/ Tl;Dr: Disables collaboration and project goes read-only. Reading and exporting always available. Export currently spits out a static site with your articles; I’m still working on a static site that supports maps and diagrams too.
coltoneakins 4y ago
This looks awesome!
- braden-lk 4y ago
  Thanks, Colton!
icebite 4y ago
icebite 4y ago
- braden-lk 4y ago
  You made an account just to comment this? There are many niches where people have a need and will pay to have it solved.

51 points by all2 4y ago

sharemywin 4y ago

I don't really understand what this is?

ryanklee 4y ago
It's a collaborative tool for world building. I can see it being used by game designers and tabletop RPG participants.
braden-lk 4y ago
It's like Google Maps + Wikipedia, but for fictional places.
shakezula 4y ago
There is a surprisingly vibrant community of people who evidently just write a ton about their imaginary worlds, from conlangers to writers to game designers. This type of tool gears towards that niche as a tracking and publishing tool.
- wolverine876 4y ago
  A community that has included in the past, for example, JRR Tolkien (and possibly most other fantasy and sci-fi writers).

dang 4y ago

Related: Show HN: LegendKeeper, collaborative maps and notes for game-masters - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30334454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30334454 - Feb 2022 (8 comments)

dariusj18 4y ago

Interesting, is this built on any open source note taking/research tool, or just derived similar features?

braden-lk 4y ago
Similar features! LK is a smattering of a bunch of libraries and original code. Prosemirror is foundational to the app, and we recently added tldraw for diagramming.
- dariusj18 4y ago
  Well it looks very interesting and I've shared it to everyone I know, and a lot of them are very interested in using this. The roadmap also looks very promising.
  - braden-lk 4y ago
    Thanks darius, I appreciate it!

XFrequentist 4y ago

Wonder if you could use this for regular notes and do something interesting with a method of loci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci)

braden-lk 4y ago
We had a user upload their med school diagrams as a map and use the pin tool as a study aid. I loved that!
russellendicott 4y ago
This. I was thinking of drawing humorous Org charts as fantasy worlds.
- ammanley 4y ago
  Humorous, or humungous? Something tells me either could work.

braden-lk 4y ago

Creator here! Thanks for the shoutout; I built LegendKeeper to help me with my D&D campaigns and found that having a tool to reason about world knowledge, geography, and relationships was helpful in other domains too, such as fiction writing and game design.

aetherson 4y ago
Front page isn't transparent about the pricing after the trial period, or what happens if you let your subscription lapse, could you clarify? Particularly, what is the data egress policy? EDIT: Got from my phone to laptop, made pricing clearer: $9/month or $90/year. Still would like to know more about what happens with a sub lapses/if you can get your data out.
- braden-lk 4y ago
  Almost there! Just scroll down on the pricing page: https://www.legendkeeper.com/pricing/ https://www.legendkeeper.com/pricing/ Tl;Dr: Disables collaboration and project goes read-only. Reading and exporting always available. Export currently spits out a static site with your articles; I’m still working on a static site that supports maps and diagrams too.

coltoneakins 4y ago

This looks awesome!

braden-lk 4y ago
Thanks, Colton!

icebite 4y ago

braden-lk 4y ago
You made an account just to comment this? There are many niches where people have a need and will pay to have it solved.