Changelog
Complete history of RPGAnywhere — compendium, character system, and platform
Version 6.2 — AI Adventure Generator
May 2026
✨ NEW: AI Adventure Generator
- • Generate ready-to-run one-shot adventures at /adventure — powered by Groq (Llama 3.3 70B)
- • Choose from 15 genres or any of the 14 RPGAnywhere story settings — the AI uses the full setting description for context
- • Enter a premise and optional context; select 1, 2, or 3 scenes
- • Structured output per scene: narrative, conflict, resolution path, NPCs (name, role, description), location, and GM notes
- • Adventure hook and aftermath included for every generation
- • Feature-flag controlled — enable/disable without a deploy
✨ NEW: My Adventures
- • Save any generated adventure to your account at /my-adventures
- • Paginated list view (20 per page) with full detail view per adventure
- • Delete adventures you no longer need
✨ NEW: Admin Dashboard
- • Central admin hub at /admin — management tools, feature flags, and site settings in one place
- • Feature flags panel — toggle features on or off without a code deploy
- • Site settings panel — manage API keys and model selection
🔧 IMPROVED: Navigation
- • Characters and Campaigns moved from top nav into the user account dropdown
- • My Adventures added to user dropdown
- • Icons added to all navigation items
- • Admin tool links removed from dropdown — Admin Dashboard is the single entry point
🔧 IMPROVED: Contact Page
- • About Q section added — links to qaizoku.com
- • Space Cadorks Discord server added alongside the Qualeto server
- • Qualeto LLC linked to qualeto.com
Version 6.1 — Gilded Dark & Character Sheet Enhancements
May 2026
✨ NEW: Gilded Dark Genre — Full Compendium
- • 1920s-30s noir, pulp, and gothic — Prohibition crime, dark glamour, and occult undercurrents
- • 13 generators: Character Concepts, Names, NPCs, Locations, Factions, Case Hooks, Complications, Secrets, Equipment, Vehicles, Occult Elements, Artifacts, Rumor Mill
- • Period-accurate content — ethnic name variety, era-correct equipment with concealment ratings, authentic vehicles and their social implications
- • Occult layer is always present — every generator acknowledges the dark undercurrent of the setting
- • Rumor Mill includes GM-only truth layer distinct from the street-level rumor
- • All generators fully database-driven (12 tables, 300+ entries)
🔧 IMPROVED: Character Sheet — Background & History Card
- • New collapsible card between Identity and Level — Description, History, Acquaintances, and Notes fields
- • All fields optional; card stays collapsed when not needed
- • Play Mode updated to match — same collapsible card layout
🔧 IMPROVED: PDF Export — Two-Page Option
- • One-pager unchanged — shows description only
- • New Page 2 export: History on the left; Acquaintances (1/3) and Notes (2/3) on the right with ruled lines for handwritten additions
- • Larger body text and increased line spacing on full export for readability
🐛 FIXED: Password reset email link
🔧 IMPROVED: Compendium genre list auto-sorts alphabetically — new genres will always appear in the correct position
Version 6.0 — Blog System
May 2026
✨ NEW: Blog
- • Public blog at /blog — browseable by category with pagination
- • Categories: GM, Player, Adventures, Character Creation, NPCs, Philosophy
- • Individual post pages at /blog/[slug] with full HTML content
- • Admin Blog Manager (TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor) — create, edit, publish/draft, delete posts
- • Published posts auto-included in sitemap.xml
🔧 IMPROVED: Character Sheet
- • Added savable background feature to character sheet
- • Improved PDF export readability and added a notes field for player use
Version 5.3 — Steampunk Genre & Campaign Improvements
May 2026
✨ NEW: Steampunk Genre — Full Compendium
- • Character Generator — inventors, airship pilots, spies, aristocrats, factory engineers, and street folk
- • Gadget & Invention Generator — weapons, tools, transport, communications, medical devices, and surveillance gadgets
- • Location Generator — airship docks, factories, upper-city promenades, lower-city markets, underground networks
- • Plot Hook Generator — heists, espionage missions, investigations, revolutionary schemes, expeditions
- • Faction Generator — guilds, noble houses, criminal organisations, revolutionary movements, secret societies
- • All generators are fully database-driven (400+ entries across 6 tables)
🔧 IMPROVED: Campaign — Story Setting & Genre Tags
- • Campaign "Genre" field renamed to "Story Setting"
- • New "Genres" multi-select added — tag a campaign with one or more compendium genres
- • Genre tags displayed as pills on GM campaign cards
Version 5.2 — UX Improvements
May 2026
✨ NEW: Campaign Editing
- • GM can now edit a campaign's name, description, and genre after creation
- • Edit button (✏️) on each GM campaign card opens a pre-filled modal
🔧 IMPROVED: Equipment Browser — Genre Filter
- • Equipment browser now shows all equipment across all genres with a genre filter dropdown
✨ NEW: Dice Roller in Play Mode
- • Full dice roller in play mode with explosion on 10, critical failure detection, optional 3D animation
- • Trait and skill selectors pre-filled with the character's actual values
Version 5.1 — Database Consolidation & Backend Modernization
May 2026
🔧 IMPROVED: Database Consolidation
- • Merged two separate databases into a single unified database
- • Compendium and character/campaign data now live in the same schema
🔧 IMPROVED: Backend Modernization — MySQLi → PDO
- • All character/campaign backend handlers rewritten from MySQLi to PDO
- • Single config source of truth for both subsystems
Version 5.0 — Campaign System
May 2, 2026
✨ NEW: Campaign Hub
- • Create campaigns and become GM; unique 6-character join code per campaign
- • Players join by entering a code and selecting one of their characters
✨ NEW: Live Campaign Session
- • Three-column layout: character cards | live chat | dice roller + GM notes
- • Live chat via 3-second polling; interactive wound and stability boxes
- • GM can pin messages, view player character sheets (read-only), add NPC cards
✨ NEW: 3D Animated Dice Roller
- • Full 3D physics (Three.js + Cannon.js); GM-only private roll; critical failure detection
Version 4.0 — Standalone Rebuild
November 27, 2025
⚠️ BREAKING: Architecture overhaul — standalone pages replace orchestrator
✨ NEW: Character Management Sidebar, Welcome Dashboard
🐛 FIXED: All redirect flows, Play Mode ↔ Edit Mode, login/logout
Version 3.4 — Play Mode
November 26, 2025
✨ NEW: Play Mode — interactive wound and stability tracking with auto-save
🔧 IMPROVED: 24 skills (added Melee, Performance, Pilot, Ranged, Strategy, Tech, Thievery)
Version 3.3 — Character System UI Redesign
November 25, 2025
✨ NEW: Modern dark UI — blue, purple, and gold color scheme
✨ NEW: SMTP email system — password reset and account verification
✨ NEW: Genre help modal — 13 story settings with descriptions during character creation
Version 3.2 — Character System Launch
November 2025
✨ Core Features: Character creation, 6 traits, 24 skills, 13 genres, equipment browser, PDF export, user auth