u/Rustage_D_Goat

building Inkantation.base44.app

I write fantasy. At one point I had Scrivener open for drafts, Notion for lore, World Anvil for worldbuilding, and a Google Doc for the outline. Four tools. One story.

Every session started with 10 minutes of tab archaeology before I wrote a single word.

So I built InkForge. One place for drafts, chapters, characters, locations, lore, world maps, and writing sessions. Everything links together. You can build a character, tie them to a location, and jump straight into the chapter where they appear - without leaving the app.

It tracks your writing sessions too. WPM, words written, streaks, XP. Makes the habit feel like something worth protecting.

We're early. One user so far (besides me). But that person has an active project with chapters drafted and a worldbuilding doc already filling out.

I'm trying to get to 100 writers before I call it real traction.

Curious - how many tools are you currently using to manage a single fantasy project? And is the switching actually killing your momentum or have you figured out a system?

I write fantasy. At one point I had Scrivener open for drafts, Notion for lore, World Anvil for worldbuilding, and a Google Doc for the outline. Four tools. One story.

Every session started with 10 minutes of tab archaeology before I wrote a single word.

So I built InkForge. One place for drafts, chapters, characters, locations, lore, world maps, and writing sessions. Everything links together. You can build a character, tie them to a location, and jump straight into the chapter where they appear - without leaving the app.

It tracks your writing sessions too. WPM, words written, streaks, XP. Makes the habit feel like something worth protecting.

We're early. One user so far (me). But that person has an active project with chapters drafted and a worldbuilding doc already filling out.

I'm trying to get to 100 writers before I call it real traction.

Curious - how many tools are you currently using to manage a single fantasy project? And is the switching actually killing your momentum or have you figured out a system?

link is Inkantation.base44.app

I write fantasy. At one point I had Scrivener open for drafts, Notion for lore, World Anvil for worldbuilding, and a Google Doc for the outline. Four tools. One story.

Every session started with 10 minutes of tab archaeology before I wrote a single word.

So I built InkForge. One place for drafts, chapters, characters, locations, lore, world maps, and writing sessions. Everything links together. You can build a character, tie them to a location, and jump straight into the chapter where they appear - without leaving the app.

It tracks your writing sessions too. WPM, words written, streaks, XP. Makes the habit feel like something worth protecting.

We're early. One user so far (me). But that person has an active project with chapters drafted and a worldbuilding doc already filling out.

I'm trying to get to 100 writers before I call it real traction.

Curious - how many tools are you currently using to manage a single fantasy project? And is the switching actually killing your momentum or have you figured out a system?

link is Inkantation.base44.app

My writing setup was embarrassing. Notion for character notes. Scrivener for drafts. WorldAnvil for lore. A separate doc for my world map. Four tabs open every time I sat down to write.

So I built InkForge.

Here's what it actually does:

- **Projects** with word goals, status tracking, and a live word count
- **Drafts** that live inside each project, not floating in a folder somewhere
- **WorldBuilding** pages per project - geography, government, economy, daily life, food, clothing, all of it
- **World Entries** for characters, locations, and lore with tags and linked IDs so everything connects
- **Writing Sessions** that track words written, WPM, duration, and whether you stayed focused
- XP, streaks, currency, and a leaderboard because accountability actually works

23 writers are using it right now. It's early. Some things are rough.

I'm not trying to scale yet. I want to know what's missing before I do.

What would make you actually switch from your current setup?

InkForge has been live for a bit. 23 users. 10 data models. 15 pages.

It covers drafts, projects, world-building, character and lore entries, hand-drawn world maps, writing sessions with WPM tracking, XP and streaks.

The pitch is simple: stop paying for four tools that don't talk to each other.

But here's the thing - I built this for myself first. Which means I have blind spots.

The people using it right now are finding edges I didn't expect. One person wanted to link a lore entry directly to a paragraph in their draft. Another wanted session goals that adjust based on their weekly average. I hadn't thought about either.

I'm not running ads. Not pitching investors. Just trying to figure out what a writing tool actually needs to be before I tell more people it exists.

If you write fiction - especially anything with world-building - I'd love you to try it and tell me what's wrong with it.

What does your current setup do that you'd refuse to give up?

App link: https://inkantation.base44.app/

Feedback form:

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