Posts by Braden

Co-founder, code-lord, and caffeine elemental. Braden created LegendKeeper because being a game-master was too damn hard!

LK Weekly: Makin' vids
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LK Weekly: Makin' vids

Hey folks! Just chiming in for a weekly update. Now that I've done a few sprints related to development, I've spent most of this week doing some marketing stuff. Made a few instructional YouTube videos for LK's features, and also worked on some website copy. Marketing isn't the most fun thing (though I do enjoy making videos), but it's an important part of LK's business health. Gotta get the word out!😅 You can see the videos I made here and here. I'm trying to make the thumbnails as dumb as po

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LegendKeeper 0.13.4.2

* You can now use Subpage Index and Tag Index blocks in the property sidebar. The edit tags button can be accessed by clicking the "grip" menu that appears when hovering the block. * The "Add link" button on the Resource Link block has been moved to the grip context menu, to unclutter the interface. * Resource link blocks are no longer automatically deleted when removing the last link from them. * Subpage Index and Tag Index links now have a hover preview. * Tag Index filter rule now defa

LegendKeeper Weekly: Werkin'
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LegendKeeper Weekly: Werkin'

(Sorry, I mistakenly tagged this post as Changelog) Hey, sorry I haven't had much to say lately! I've been heads-down working on LK things. It's tax season in the US, so I've been prepping for that, and we've had a ton of support tickets and product dev stuff. We recently shipped the project transfer feature, which allows you to transfer your project to another paying subscriber. This eases my support burden significantly! Additionally, we are shopping around for new payment providers in order

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LegendKeeper 0.13.3.0

Sorry for lack of LK Weekly update; I've been heads down with support requests and trying to get this feature out to reduce my support burden. Added Project Transfer feature for project owners. In Project Settings > Advanced, you can now transfer your project to another subscriber. This user must have an active LK subscription, and projects can only be transfered once per time period. We'll start with 30 days and see how that goes. The recipient will receive a confirmation link in their email

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LegendKeeper 0.13.2.0

LegendKeeper Client New block types for the right sidebar: * Text Field - add custom text. More functionality like @-mentions coming after the new editor drops. * Spotify - Embed Spotify songs in your element sidebars. * YouTube - Embed YouTube videos in your element sidebars. Embeds for body of page coming soon. The element link block can now be added and edited via menus, making it easier to discover. Pin filtering. Re-added filter functionality to the map sidebar. Autoversioning

LK Weekly: Quick Update
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LK Weekly: Quick Update

Hey everybody! Last week was busy! I've been hard at work on knocking out the last few bugs in pub worlds. Next on the bug list is getting image pins to work on public links, and some other scroll area issues. Additionally, I've resumed work on the editor updates, as well as some long overdue quality of life improvements. Some upcoming stuff: * Spotify and YouTube blocks for the right sidebar (blocks for the editor coming later with editor improvements). * Custom pin colors * Editor improv

LK Weekly: Bugfixing!
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LK Weekly: Bugfixing!

Hey everyone! I've had a very busy week! We launched the Public Worlds feature last week, and the response to it was huge. Worldbuilders have already shared hundreds of projects in just a few days. I'm really glad that it's so much easier to share your worlds with others. This week has been mostly fixing bugs. It's been 100% minor, presentational stuff, but a high volume of it. I've remedied 90% of the biggest issues, and the support tickets have thankfully slowed down. There's still a few form

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LegendKeeper 0.13.0.1

app.legendkeeper.com * Fixed CSS name collision causing hidden pins to actually be hidden in the map pins list. * Re-add underline to <a> anchor links. * Don't show unusable public toggle to project admins. legendkeeper.com (public-facing) * Don't display a resource link block if all of its links are inaccessible * Sort contents of resource link blocks by their custom sort oder * Sort property blocks by their custom sort order * Fix bug causing some pin types not to appear. * Fixed

Do worldbuilding. Not too much. Mostly characters. Five worldbuilding pitfalls to avoid.
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Do worldbuilding. Not too much. Mostly characters. Five worldbuilding pitfalls to avoid.

Worldbuilding can be a crucial aspect of storytelling and can make or break a reader's experience. Whether you're creating a fictional universe for a role-playing game or writing a novel, it's important to prioritize well and avoid common pitfalls. Here are five of them that I think are the most important: 1. Overcomplicating the world. 2. Ignoring internal consistency. 3. Stealing (and not stealing!) from other worlds. 4. Failing to consider technology. 5. Failing to consider history. O

Open the Gates of the Multiverse!
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Open the Gates of the Multiverse!

Hey everyone! Proud to announce LegendKeeper's latest update, 0.13 "Public Worlds". It’s easier than ever to share your worlds with your party members, friends, and fans. All you have to do is flip a switch and share a link! If you click the “Share” button in the top right corner of the LK app, you can get a link that will allow anonymous viewers to access your world. As with any application with sharing, check out the link yourself so you know what to expect. ✌️ You can see an example of a p

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LegendKeeper 0.13.0.0

* Projects can be shared via sharing link. Toggle this feature using the "Share" menu in the top right. Anonymous guests can explore your world without having to log in, even on their phones and tablets. * Check your link before sharing so you know what it looks like. As always, be responsible about what you share. :) Review our terms of service [https://www.legendkeeper.com/terms], if you need to. * Search engines like Google should not index or display your public pages; we'l

LK Weekly: Quick Update
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LK Weekly: Quick Update

Heyo! Got a short one this week; I've been pretty heads down trying to get the Public Worlds update out. Justin and I met on Sunday to brainstorm on how we want to overhaul our legendkeeper.com landing page. We made a lot of  progress and have some good ideas for which direction we want to go. The rest of this week was handling support tickets and writing the big script that's going to index all of LegendKeeper's 7million+ collaborative documents so that they can be compatible with Public Wor

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Marketing Page 3.0

www.LegendKeeper.com has been updated. * Switched hosting provider from Ghost Pro to new LegendKeeper Next.js server. * Rebuilt entire marketing page in React + Next.js. * Added link to an "Example Project" running on LK 0.13, "Public Worlds Preview Build" We want to be able to serve public worlds from our root domain, and our prior configuration did not allow for that. Re-launching the site is an important part in the Public Worlds update deployment. Additionally, the last marketing pa