Launching Talesmyth – a home for your worlds, characters, and stories

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

I’ve just opened up the public beta of Talesmyth, a tool for worldbuilding and story planning for writers, GMs, and game designers, and I’d love your feedback.

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The problem

Every time I tried to write stories or plan campaigns, my world ended up scattered across:

- Google Docs

- Random notes

- Spreadsheets

- Half‑forgotten files

That works for a while, but over time it becomes hard to answer basic questions like:

- “What actually happened last session?”

- “Which version of this character is canon?”

- “Where did I put that cool idea for this location/faction?”

Most tools I found were either:

- Too generic (just notes, no sense of worlds/characters/plots), or

- Overly AI‑driven, trying to write everything for you instead of helping you think.

I wanted something in between.

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What Talesmyth does

Talesmyth gives you a single place to manage your creative worlds:

- Structured worlds

Create worlds with linked characters, locations, items, factions, and notes, so you can see how everything fits together.

- Story / session planning

Use simple planning templates to outline chapters, short stories, or TTRPG sessions without starting from a blank page.

- AI as a helper, not a replacement

AI is there to support your creativity:

- Generate a starting point for new characters and locations from a short description

- Turn your notes into session or chapter summaries you can quickly review later

You stay in control of the story. Talesmyth uses AI to assist your worldbuilding, not replace your imagination.

You can try it here: https://www.talesmyth.com

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Who it’s for

- Writers (novels, novellas, short stories, scripts)

- TTRPG GMs running ongoing campaigns

- Game designers building worlds, factions, and lore

- Anyone who just enjoys building worlds and characters for fun

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Stage and what I’m looking for

I’m a solo dev and Talesmyth is currently in public beta. It’s stable enough to use for real projects, but I expect rough edges.

I’d love feedback from the IH community on:

- The core UX – where do you get stuck or confused?

- The positioning – does the “writers + GMs + game designers” angle make sense, or should I narrow the focus?

- Any thoughts on what would make this a tool you’d actually use for your own creative projects

If you try it and something feels off (or breaks!), I’d really appreciate hearing about it in the comments or via email/DM.

Happy to answer any questions about the product or how I’ve been building it.