Changelog

Complete history of RPGAnywhere — compendium, character system, and platform

Version 6.2 — AI Adventure Generator

May 2026

NEW

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

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

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

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

UPDATE

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

UPDATE

🔧 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

MAJOR

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

MAJOR

⚠️ 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

MAJOR

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

MAJOR

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

LAUNCH

Core Features: Character creation, 6 traits, 24 skills, 13 genres, equipment browser, PDF export, user auth

Legend

✨ NEW — New features 🐛 FIXED — Bug fixes 🔧 IMPROVED — Improvements ⚠️ BREAKING — Breaking changes