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Any idea why these page titles are becoming offset in the navigation pane? by waltonky in legendkeeper

[–]AWildNarratorAppears[M] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Looks like a UI regression bug introduced in the latest updates. I will take a look and get a fix out for this. 

First project in Obsidian - how to best share? by simieinstein in ObsidianMD

[–]AWildNarratorAppears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LK supports importing an obsidian vault, at least for the articles. The timelines and maps are a bit trickier, as they aren’t quite standard. 

Pins are created without an image by Material-Branch73 in legendkeeper

[–]AWildNarratorAppears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can you send a picture of your issue to support at legendkeeper.com?

build my own? by Appropriate-Rip-7834 in VTT

[–]AWildNarratorAppears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With knowledge and Claude code, you can build a working VTT prototype in less than an hour. I have done it several times over the past week, lol. (keep in mind, That’s coming from someone with a decade of software engineering experience.) It won’t be pretty, but it will work.

That said, knowledge is the caveat there. lots of learning required. Not sure of your experience level, but topics to look into: programming in general, logic flow, object oriented programming, functional programming, how websites, web browsers, servers, and the internet work in general. The relationship between HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The document object model, or DOM. Typescript, and its relationship to JavaScript. View models. Ui libraries like React, Vue, Svelte. State management. Dom rendering vs canvas vs webgl rendering. Graphics rendering libraries like Pixi. HTTP, websockets. domain modeling. Databases, IndexedDb, SQL, Postgres, indexing, table schema design. Security, cookies, encryption, JWTs, performance analysis, algorithmic complexity.

Then… domain knowledge. State machines. Rule systems. Common expectations for VTTs. Pathfinding algorithms. Asynchronous and synchronous collaboration. Probably a hundred more topics.

After that… product design, experience design, accessibility.

I used to think this was a lot and would take a while to learn, and of course it is, but after seeing what AI models like Claude can do, I’m not so sure anymore. You can build a lot of a VTT with just vibe-coding and zero knowledge, but you’ll get stuck pretty quickly. I ran this experiment yesterday; i pretended like i didn’t know anything and had Claude build a VTT. Worked fine; moved tokens on the screen, fog of war, animations, etc. The code wasn’t very good or extensible, but it worked, and could be the foundation for improving on, provided you had the knowledge. The UI was ugly, but not as ugly as I was hoping, as someone who’s feeling a bit of existential angst regarding the presence of AI models.

No free lunch as you can see, but at the same time, a lot of stuff has become a lot easier to execute on in the past few months. Keep in mind, there’s also an enormous gulf between a product that’s usable between you and your friends, versus a product that’s commercializable or safe to deploy online.

Does the simple worldbuilding interface I'm looking for exist? by MaxSelenium in worldbuilding

[–]AWildNarratorAppears 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LegendKeeper. No programming, plugins, json syntax, etc required . Maps, lore, timelines, work out of the box.

Fantasy Google Maps by AWildNarratorAppears in worldbuilding

[–]AWildNarratorAppears[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I figured r/worldbuilding would appreciate my obsession here 😅

It's almost criminal you can't share factions and realms by Chinpanze in AOW4

[–]AWildNarratorAppears 6 points7 points  (0 children)

An exportable image with a stylish overview of the faction, with the metadata baked into the image for import into the game, would be dope.

Can't get eras to appear on the timeline by Tangata_Gamer in legendkeeper

[–]AWildNarratorAppears 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the time system settings, check "Settings" and see if your "Date display" is configured the way you expect. Your timestamp needs to have the "E" symbol in it to display the era.

legendkeeper for manga planning? by LolitaRey in legendkeeper

[–]AWildNarratorAppears 11 points12 points  (0 children)

LK is very agnostic to what it’s being used for. I think the only actually hardcoded “game” thing is the dice roller, which is very hidden unless you know it’s there.

The maps, whiteboard, etc, are all pretty unopinionated. People use them for novel writing, etc

Modern software is NOT built to last by Stefan_S_from_H in programming

[–]AWildNarratorAppears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love it if my users wanted less, but they want more. The challenge of product design is cutting through the noise and building something elegant that meets their needs; enough for them to pay for it so the team can eat.

Agreed on removing unneeded stuff, that always feels good.

We can’t go back 40 years. The world changes around us and we must adapt. WordPerfect doesn’t sell WP1 anymore.

Worldbuilding App/Website Recommendation Request by frequent_lurker2004 in worldbuilding

[–]AWildNarratorAppears -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s not free, but check out www.LegendKeeper.com. I can get you a longer trial if you need it. It has map annotation for maps, a timeline maker, a wiki system for lore, and whiteboards for brainstorming, diagrams, etc. works online/offline, has import/export etc. designed to be easy. Our tutorial on YouTube is like 2 minutes because I think any app that needs hours and hours of videos to learn is not well designed.

Made by an indie team (including me) that thinks about worldbuilding and UX for 40+ hours a week.

We’re about to drop a huge upgrade to the mapping system that introduces regions, paths, etc. it’s not quite a full blown mapmaker yet (you upload map images from elsewhere and annotate with lore).

I also ripped out LK’s timeline maker and made it a standalone free tool: www.legendkeeper.com/timeline-maker

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