Re:Ask HN: You have 1 year and enough money to live. What wo...
by muzani on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:57AM
(#19698030)
Random story/world/society generator, targeted at authors, game developers, and DMs.
There's a lot of very inaccurate ones. There's a few very accurate ones, like DF and Civ, but these require too much effort. I'd like to have something where someone can just bash buttons for inspiration, mostly pulling content off TV Tropes.
Some content might be crowdsourced, e.g. we could have a random clothing generator, where all the clothing is custom written by humans. Or say, a random village generator.
The crowdsourced and TV Tropes sourced content would be free.
Monetization might be subscribing to premium content. Content is written by higher quality reviewers, and payment goes to them, either as a Spotify-like "pool" or direct purchasing of bundles. So if you wanted a desert themed world, you can buy a desert-themed bundle.
Another monetization route would be picking a target market and focusing on tools for that market. Say, a DM-themed tool which generates dungeons or pickpocketing results.
There's a lot of very inaccurate ones. There's a few very accurate ones, like DF and Civ, but these require too much effort. I'd like to have something where someone can just bash buttons for inspiration, mostly pulling content off TV Tropes.
Some content might be crowdsourced, e.g. we could have a random clothing generator, where all the clothing is custom written by humans. Or say, a random village generator.
The crowdsourced and TV Tropes sourced content would be free.
Monetization might be subscribing to premium content. Content is written by higher quality reviewers, and payment goes to them, either as a Spotify-like "pool" or direct purchasing of bundles. So if you wanted a desert themed world, you can buy a desert-themed bundle.
Another monetization route would be picking a target market and focusing on tools for that market. Say, a DM-themed tool which generates dungeons or pickpocketing results.