Slowburn Update v1.23.4

update, err. . . one... two.. three... four.

HI EVERYONE- THIS IS OUR FIRST UPDATE POST ON THE ACTUAL WEBSITE- WOW! It's a bit sad I hadn't started these sooner. . . most of the update logs are in the Discord... Anyways! Here it is :)

Chat

• TIMELINES(???) you should now be able to see a 'timeline' icon at the top of your screen in chat. This makes the in-chat forking/branching experience a bit better
• You can now choose through response style, if you'd prefer inner thoughts woven into the response or hidden, visible through the 'Eye' icon.
• You should now be able to have the bot respond in the matching language of your writing.
• "Enable NSFW" toggle in the response style for SFW-tagged stories for those who want to go a bit further.
• Slimmer message bar
• Sent messages no longer vanish (hopefully).
• Massively improved NSFW/General Creativity, prose freshness, and chat quality
• r-r-r-recaps?..

Worlds

• Overhauled the Worlds page so that it matches our conventions associated with the Character page.
• You can publish worlds through the normal story publishing method now.
• Location entries can now have images attached

Explore & Creators

• NEW CREATORS TAB WOAH- leaderboards, creator cards, and cosmetics!
• Equippable creator-card cosmetics and card skins available through the user profile page (cosmetics tab). This is v0, so for now, only very few creators qualify!
• Private creator Stats dashboard in user profile (engagement, likes, earnings, etc)

Community, blogs & posts -# Note, some of these features are locked behind admin-review still, you can make requests to post through them, but it won't appear instantly

• Blogs posts- updates posted on the Discord may also go here!
• POLLS! I know a certain someone who loves polls, so I made this to help them get more reach for those not on the Discord!
• Polls notify your followers.

Blood & Ash (RPG)

• Levels, level-derived proficiency, and a point-buy allocator.
• Currency + inventory economy; mana/stamina with enforced move costs, cooldowns, and XP.
• NPC/character loadouts can now exist, and there is a party-roster modal.

Personas & voice

• Duplicate persona names now allowed.

Stories, scenarios & chapters

• Story tags moved out of creation into the publish flow; and story planner review folded into the creation setup.

Also you might notice some small improvements made to the Mobile UX on the chat page. You should also have a bit more reading space now as the message composer has shrunk a bit, and you can tap an arrow at the top of your screen to disappear the top bar.

events, along with more creator perks, and community engagement initiatives, including potentially starting up the subreddit more actively (might need some help here if we've got any volunteers), are in the works.