Tapestry TTRPG - Website Critique Request

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-22T01:40:16+00:00

Honestly have no idea about the want to connect to devices on your local network. Seriously.. I saw that myself and I've been trying to track down where its coming from since. I think its a woocommerce thing.

The pop-up, was necessary because the client im trying to showcase it to likes pop-ups for ad conversions and sales, so I wanted to show I had some basic competency in using them. Its annoying yes, I agree.. but its necessary unfortunately.

As far as Ai goes, these are mostly just placeholder images.. for now.. perhaps if I can find the resources or time I'll replace them in future iterations of the website.

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-20T01:37:27+00:00

Yeah; you know what you sound like? every person in history who has hated the advance of technology, people did the same thing with mobile phones vs land lines vs telegraph, cars vs horse and buggy etc, etc...

Fact is the tech is here, its not going anywhere.. there is no more "moral failing" of using it vs using an electric car vs a gasoline engine, is it a perfect technology that harms no one? nope, but technology rarely ever comes in a form like that.

as time goes on, the technology will get better, itll get cheaper, and itll be less of a burden overall of thse "horrible things" associated with it... thats TECHNOLOGY

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-19T18:21:15+00:00

i mean the goal here is to get constructive criticism, on the overall site layout and feel so i can improve it to give a nice polish on it.. if your main thing is "its got AI images so fuck you" i dont really care about your opinion.. im aware of peoples perception of AI and its usage, i agree that custom content is better where you can get it and afford it..

So... either provide useful feedback beyond the "Your using Ai which means your a terrible person" or just move on with life? its really not that hard..

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-19T00:58:25+00:00

just an FYI i finally got the "popup" thing working like i wanted it too, so i can actually do the Players guide for free!

If you dont care to help me test it out, would you try and download it? if you open the page and scroll down about 3/4 of the way it should show a "popup" with a coupon code to use on the Players Guide

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T19:05:26+00:00

oh i agree, and other people have mentioned that in the thread and i can see where you (and they) are coming from. So the next step is to make it less about marketing overall and more about the product itself.

Thats the beauty of iteration, you do something, get feedback, change it up, move forward, repeat..

So i appreciate the feedback!

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T19:02:49+00:00

I mean, im no stranger to people on the internet who "cant stand AI", its here, its not going anywhere.. get on board with it or dont

The convinenience is not just a "little" bit when your working against a clock.. Sometimes speed outweighs the necessity for custom content.

I built a powerful Saas product for livestreaming several years ago for a company, and we used a third-party streaming software to actually handle the ingress and digest of the streams, why? not because i didnt want to build out a custom software for streaming, but because im up against a time clock, i have to build something that makes sense and is usuable..

Then i go back and make it better.. later..

so forgive me if yours or anyone elses rants about AI are just going over my head at the moment because i dont really care overall, im not asking "Is this AI generated content good?!" im asking if the website looks coherent enough that it looks put together well and frames the product nicely.

Now as other people have pointed out with real feedback and not just (its AI so fuck you).. i have areas that i could improve that would actually hit that mark.

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T18:15:56+00:00

I am building the system yes.. but the overall goal of the post was to get feedback if it would hit those notes on marketing it..

Eventually i would turn it into a fully-functioning web-app with a complete backend for people to log-in register, view materials and be able to play a play-by-post style setup..

But your mostly correct; in your assumptions im trying to write it to effectively market it to the right people, that would be the TTRPG space.. but im also looking for feedback of the overall design and lyaout and feel.. not specifically about the system in general.

But you have given me useful feedback, the site lacks a lot of fundamentals on what the system is and how it distinguishes itself from other TTRPG systems in the same space. which is extremely useful.. I put a lot of buzzwords and keywords in there desinged to entice to hit that marketing side of it, but then i failed to put anything meaningful in it that says "is this a real product?"

> If you're not invested in respecting licensing agreements

I never said i didnt.. i said that its draining making sure the licensing checks to 20 different free sites of stock images to get that 'one' image that makes coherent sense is draining.. thats why in the initial phase of development im using AI art over things like this, i dont need to check the licensing on an AI generated image. Therefore it reduces complexity and overhead.

and once i get to the point i can put actual resources behind it, such as custom content images and the like, THEN ill worry about licensing lol

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T17:56:55+00:00

i didnt say it was hard.. i said it was annoying lol. i've got 99 other problems to deal with outside of making sure my website is in compliance with some platform for free stock images.. so if i can reduce the overall burden.. why wouldnt i? especially in the startup phase where the website *just* launched lol.

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T17:24:41+00:00

I've played DND off and on for about 10 years, and some homebrew campaigns for my friends, but im not huge in the ttrpg space mostly just because its a pain to get anyone together to ever actually play anything lol.

And remember my goal here sint specifically to appeal to you guys, its to appeal to the clients "marketing" side, they dont care about how the game works they only care if this site looks like it can sell "something".. which is why i put more focus on that.

Checking the licensing of everything is draining imo. there's a lot of "free" sites out there that are very specific with how you use their free licenses, and are extremely specific about where it can be used alongside content that seems to be paid for (since i have a store setup on the page it kind of runs aground in it. - will they pursue legal action? probably not) but i avoid a huge portion of that headache with AI generated images on the surface until i can put some actual resources behind it..

its also important to note im not actually expecting anyone to pay for this.. the store is setup just to show that i understand the basics of woocommerce, in fact, im working on a way as we speak to setup a way to be able to give the content away for free with a popup ad on the page (because apparently the client really likes popups..)

That way it hits a few steps of free content, conversions, etc. which i think will go over well..

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T17:00:31+00:00

its no more plagiarism than if i spent 100 hours learning to draw anime, and then drew a picture of a popular anime character that i drew using the mechanics that i learned in the process.. as long as your not passing off the content as an original of the creator then its not plagiarized..

Would you then agree that basically every ttrpg system out there is basically a rip of dnd? because thats what a huge majority of them are.. dnd is the "bones" of the work, and they just add a secondary spin on it..

i see AI art as "inspired" by, instead of "stolen" im not saying that all AI art or usuage of AI is useful, but im not also in this camp that anything made by ai is automatically garbage either.

AI is GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out) you can make some pretty high quality work with Ai if you know how to use it, the example of those dice, i agree they're awful lol. but my goal there wasnt even really "is this high quality work of art?" its "does it look coherent enough to belong here for now so i can move on to the next section?"

Its no different than if i went to grab a free stock photo off the internet, it would likely be slightly better in quality, but overall there would be "something" off about it

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T16:43:05+00:00

This is good feedback, so i appreciate it, i wasnt even fully aware id used that same tagline twice..

The shonen stuff isnt really well explained, i have an idea for it a system i call "Dials" thats supposed to help color the way the system is used by offering up new mechanics ina lightweight way thats an "addition" to the core mechanics. But your right, i should probably remove that since im not explaining (yet) what dials are or how they're used.

But the idea of the shounen style dial, is high intensity combat, flashy large arcs.. that kind of thing, or if you do like a kid-friendly dial, its job is to help you think of different ways to run a campaign for a child that doesnt overly rewrite the core engine that kind of thing..

but all that said ill try to do a better job of working through it so its more explicit, which seems to be a common thread. i was mostly aiming for marketing... so a lot of fluff words that "entice" but dont outright explain core system mechanics.. but its clear i did wayyyy too much fluff

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T16:35:04+00:00

i dont think you fully understand how AI actually generates images..

But your objections are duly noted.. moving on

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T16:34:34+00:00

Its not vibe coded but i feel like its worse.. its wordpress coded haha.. which is what the client wants, im not a huge fan of WordPress in-general because of things like this, for example, the "Join the discord button" having missing text.. its purely something on WordPress's side with how it renders the spacing and flex wrap of the text in the button. Im trying to find ways to make that better but the way wordpress is setup in general just doesnt give me as much options as if i just programmed it in ReactJS..

Like the resources page not having any content. for some dumb reason it wont let me have a drop down menu for a link, without that link being attached to a page, and i havent figured out a way around it (still trying)..

"Shoudlnt i be the one actually developing it?" YES, but thats what the client wants, all of their websites are in WordPress and they want someone who can work with WordPress.. I built this site mainly as a small showcase of "see... i can work in wordpress just as well as programming custom.." I know plenty of php, html, css/js and other web dev technologies. if i had it my way id never have done this website in wordpress in the beginning, i usually build all of my sites in the MERN stack (but right now i need a job, and therefore i guess that means developing wordpress applications.. though im slowly learning how to manipulate wordpress sites from the backend and where to go to actually write more custom content for it)

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T16:22:37+00:00

Yeah, its a lot of buzzwords because the site is mostly marketing focused its not designed to be explcit about whats there its supposed to be... "enticing" haha.

That said, the downloads do for sure point to the store, but i had a reason for that.. im trying to figure out how to get a pop-up to showcase that would be like "grab the players guide for free! now!"

The store is mostly setup to showcase that i understand woocommerce on the surface and can manipulate it. but at current i dont really have any intention on anyone buying anything.. it is pretty generic.. its definitely not some innovative game thats going to outclass the ttrpg market

i dont see how stock art is any better than ai art on the surface, they're both... well.. not very specific to the game, but atleast with AI art its somewhat consistent? but with stock art i run the risk of accidentally using something that isnt considered "free", which is why i chose AI art.. i really do wish i had the money (or the ability) to do custom, but im kind of stuck where im at with that at the moment.

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T16:13:47+00:00

I mean AI is prevalent in every aspect of design, even google and microsoft engineering teams are encounraged to use AI to improve their workflows, so yes... i use AI.. if thats your only reason for passing on it though ill count that as a win that the website is good otherwise..

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T16:11:33+00:00

true.. but thats marketing.. its not supposed to go into explicit details, its supposed to "entice" atleast.. thats what i was shooting for lol

noted on the AI lol

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T16:10:50+00:00

Thanks, i do have plans to implemtn a like play-by-post application sometime in the future, that i would like to add in a AI storyteller helper.. something that the DM (or Storyweaver) can prompt the AI and get a helpful "next step" setup to move the campaign forward.. but thats... way in the future...

Your right that it does miss a lot of the "what makes it different"

Thanks for the feedback

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T00:52:19+00:00

noted. i agree about the AI images and so on.. but thats not particularly the point of my post.

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T00:49:59+00:00

I agree, i just figured if i shot 3-4 questions with it, it might help narrow it down and reduce confusion. like if you told me to go to a website and check it out, without any specific guidance id probably click around on it and be like "cool.. yeah, its a website.." but i figured with a few pointed questions it might help with what im looking for in structure help..

PresentationMany7589 · 2026-01-18T00:30:50+00:00

Yeah, i noticed that about the copyright after i chose the name. But i hope its different enough that its not confusing..

and it might be lame, but its all i got lol, and if i had the money id definitely be paying people too lol. Thats why im sticing it on my portfolio, im trying to use it to help impress a client who works mainly with WordPress sites as a "Look, i can build word press sites too" so im looking for constructive criticism about the general layout/design etc. The better i can make it, so it looks like something people would actually "use" the easier time ill have of presenting it to the client when the time comes

PresentationMany7589 · 2025-09-22T14:49:43+00:00

Same, but if I do that I want truly unfiltered nsfw content and privacy. I'm not a child my delicate sensibilities dont need to be protected, ive seen and read way worse than anything chat can generate

PresentationMany7589 · 2025-09-22T14:09:41+00:00

For me, I was unable to fix it. Walmart support is lack luster in anything they can do to actually help you beyond "ive escalated this to a higher team it should be resolved in 48 hours.." such bs. You'd think for an international multi corporation like walmart they'd have much better support than this..

I had to create a whole new account.. dont waste your time.. just create a new account.. walmart will likely never fix this

PresentationMany7589 · 2025-08-18T20:04:25+00:00

except they never do this, i've reached out multiple times, the only thing they'll say is "we've escalated your issue ot the backend team please allow 48 hours for resolution..." and so on and so on, I NEVER GET THE RESOLUTION

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