u/SummonWorlds

Yeah i’ll second what Parchment said - We’ve been building visualization tools for world building with and the hardest part is figuring out the business model and hosting model to be able to support the project economically.

For instance, we were working on building Map and Globe generation and we originally tried using map4gen (which is a webgl tool), but after we spent thousands in AI credits getting it working we realized that it wouldn’t work economically. Each map was 300MB and to host it for free usage would be crazy, let alone expecting folks to download it on a mobile connection. Now we have another solution about to be released but its taken months of work and many of iterations.

The other hard part is on allowing users to control the layout. different layout are great, but depending on the User what device they’re using they could be using mobile tablet or Web and each of those is a different form factor so responsive Design starts to get kind of complicated. If you do go, this route, I’d recommend using storybook which is a UI tool that allows you to rapidly test UI cross different devices. that will at least save you time.

If you do end up building, I definitely recommend building it as a mono repo because it makes using AI so much easier to manage the server, app, and front-end libraries. We use NX monorepo structures and its paid off really well.

Anyway, as someone who’s done something similar, hope that helps.

You are equally amazing u/LaLa_Orange327 !

Hey everyone, I built an app for fantasy World Building called Summon Worlds, and we've been noticing a lot of authors joining lately and using it to visually layout their worlds, so i'd love to get your feedback and have more writers join the community.

https://www.summonworlds.com/

We also just introduced collaborative world building, so now you can actually build worlds with your friends.

Next up we'll be introducing AI adventures, which will allow others to actually engage with your worlds and go on limitless adventures.

Hope you enjoy it! Please feel free to AMA or leave your comments below.

https://preview.redd.it/phf3qb9sgoig1.png?width=1875&format=png&auto=webp&s=7258aba83a5ac0c79100c926d4b34aac234ae985

Yep yep, we're working on Adventure mode next!

Hey u/Typical-Poet-7309 , could you send a #bug-report on the discord channel so we can take a look at it for you? It would be great if you could provide a video so we can see what your referring to in order to help solve it!

P.S. Comment for any questions or clarifications, or if you're just plain bored and need something to do :D

haha no worries at all! Thanks for reporting either way - keep us posted, would love to see what type of summons you are creating!

Hey u/Valithrex , thanks for sending over this suggestion!

We're going to add the ability for you to edit Landmarks for each location in the Worlds Build, so hopefully that helps address your feedback.

Do you want to join the beta testing? If so send us a message on discord under community help and we'll send you an invite!

Hey u/Iron_Seer , can you send an email to [email protected]? That's the best way to get support (usually within 1-2 business days)

Thanks so much u/FeistyLiterature3581 !

Hey everyone! Thanks for joining us on the live stream, for anyone who couldn't make it here is the recap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaNgPxhduRs

The updated schedule is as follows:

• June 2nd
  • We'll send out an email with beta signup instructions
• June 4th
  • Beta Round #1 (Private - Web Version)
• June 9th
  • Beta Round #2 (Semi-Open, rolling admissions)
  • 1000 people
  • We'll be incorporating bug fixes and community suggestions
• Jun 16th - 20th
  • Full Release (App Store)

Thank you all so much for taking part and supporting the summon worlds community! We'll do our best to keep on schedule (pending any roadblocks or development delays) and to incorporate everyone's feedback.

See you soon Summoners!

Here in Philadelphia we have a DnD meetup community at a local beer garden called dungeons and drafts. Not sure if its in your city, but something like this is a lot of fun for us older players

https://dungeonsndrafts.com/areaEvents/default

Its about the journey, not the destination. Enjoy yourselves and have fun on the creativity - Don’t worry about an abstraction of ‘will it work’