u/jfabre

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Made a TaleSpire torch timer for Shadowdark. v0.6.0 got released

If you play Shadowdark on TaleSpire, I built a symbiote specifically for tracking torch and light spell durations. We all know that the tension of a ticking light source is a core part of Shadowdark.

Darklight opens as a symbiote (think plugin) inside TaleSpire. Choose Light Torch or Cast Light Spell — both run a 60-minute countdown with animated visuals (CSS flame or glowing staff orb) that degrade as time runs out, ending in darkness.

Controls: play/pause, stop (with confirmation so you don't fat-finger it), and ±1/±5 minute adjustments for when the GM handwaves a few minutes.

v0.6.0 just shipped:

- 💾 Resume — saves timer state on every tick so you can close and reopen TaleSpire without losing your countdown.

- Fixed the ±5 min buttons (they were only adjusting by 1 min — oops).

- Fixed cancel-stop restoring the wrong state.

Install: TaleSpire → Community Mods → Symbiotes → search Darklight

Or grab the zip: https://mod.io/g/talespire/m/darklight-a-torghlight-timer-for-shadowdark

The tool can be used as-is in your browser, since it's just an html file with js and css.

Would love your feedback.

u/jfabre — 6 days ago