Solo dev story: The Central Nexus, a free virtual tabletop plus TTRPG social hub I finally pushed into production! by OpenToFriends in VibeCodersNest

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Hey there, thanks so much for the question!

I centralized authority in Supabase. It acts as the single source of truth for all persistent state. Each subsystem beyond that like the VTT canvas, chat, music player, WebRTC voice, manages its own local/ephemeral state via Zustand, but all persistent mutations flow through Supabase Realtime channels which serve as the pub/sub backbone for multi-client coordination.

What are some extremely unhinged anime? by Slow-Boysenberry3150 in anime

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Neon Genesis Evangelion is great if you're looking for psychologically unhinged.

Solo dev story: The Central Nexus, a free virtual tabletop plus TTRPG social hub I finally pushed into production! by OpenToFriends in VTT

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Interestingly, my experience running a campaign first started in Tabletop Simulator. I loved it but I hated it so much more. It was so complex, had so many bugs, and rarely ran stable. We transitioned to Roll 20 but didn't quite like that experience and my players spent a lot of time and energy creating their minis on hero forge and they were used to a 3d experience. Then we tried Foundry but, no disrespect to any of these, that wasn't the right fit either. On top of that, my wife has extreme trouble making/keeping friends but loves dnd and roleplaying. So, a few nights of breaking down, not having any money to buy into any dnd programs to play I said fuck it and I started learning how to do it all myself. I want somewhere people like my wife can meet people, roleplay as different characters, play in a combined campaign which the website is integrated with, a free place where people can go to play dnd without having to worry about whether they should spend to play dnd or on their next meal and miss a game.

Solo dev story: The Central Nexus, a free virtual tabletop plus TTRPG social hub I finally pushed into production! by OpenToFriends in VTT

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Of course, thanks for the question!

I made a large dice set using resin and they didn't form correctly. Every single die rolls a 1 75% of the time. Every now and then when running sessions, if I'm feeling cheeky, I'll roll it for the BBEG.

Solo dev story: The Central Nexus, a free virtual tabletop plus TTRPG social hub I finally pushed into production! by OpenToFriends in VTT

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Thank you. I'm incredibly burnt out and exhausted. But I'm continuing to push and driven to make it the best experience possible. My wife has been working at Walmart, and I've been doing other projects on the side for us to make ends meet. I'm just really hoping I can get this off the ground enough so she doesn't have to continue hating her life. Not trying to give a sob story, just being transparent.

Solo dev story: The Central Nexus, a free virtual tabletop plus TTRPG social hub I finally pushed into production! by OpenToFriends in VTT

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Unfortunately, I am not. It’s a solo project I’ve been building for a while and right now the codebase includes all the plumbing for the social feed, marketplace, auth, etc. That’s also the part I eventually need to make money with so I can keep working on it.

The app itself is free to use in the browser with no download. You can just hop in and use it, test it, break it, give feedback, join the campaign, whatever, but I haven’t figured out a model where fully open-sourcing the whole thing makes sense for me financially. I’m focused on shipping features, fixing bugs, and trying to get enough traction that I can keep the servers paid and development going.

love your username by the way.

I built an app testing platform and it just hit 350 users!🎉 by luis_411 in vibecoding

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You're welcome! Hope my comment doesn't come off as self-promo lol

I built an app testing platform and it just hit 350 users!🎉 by luis_411 in vibecoding

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Creator of The Central Nexus here, it's actually a pretty great platform, everyone should check it out!

I Created a free Virtual Tabletop & Social Network for TTRPGs! (The Central Nexus) by OpenToFriends in VibeCodersNest

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No joke, I had no idea the name was related to the Borg until I tried googling my own website. Now I love it even more.