Raiment Studios

Inspired by the simplicity and flexibility of tools like Workflowy and Dynalist, at it's core Guidebook is a tool for creating lists and outlines that can be organized into sections and projects.

Guidebook emphasizes a lightweight feel with natural UX.

The data is stored in a well-documented, simple format so it is easy to write custom tools and/or use with other programs so a user's data never feels "trapped" inside the application.

The application encourages a light "just enough" structure to encourage the minimal planning and organization needed to make work efficient. For personal use, it can help set goals, check that they're realistic, and keep users accountable in an encouraging manner. For small teams, transparency as well as simple user interactions are the key to ensuring Guidebook is productivity boost for individuals while also providing managers insight into the bigger picture of a team's trajectory.

We do not want to create another Notion or Airtable clone! We want Guidebook to have a clean, light feel that's more akin to a sketchpad or notebook than a kitchen-sink database and website builder. (These applications are great, mind you, but we're not trying to replicate what they do!)

Snowfall is composed of the fictional world, all the associated digital content, and the engine for creating games in that world.

The story

Galthea is the name of the fictional world. It is set in a distant future where a strange cosmic force known as the Maelstrom is distorting and unraveling reality. The protagonist of this world is a Kestrel, a rare android in a world of distrustful humans, who is seeking out her missing creator, the great artificial intelligence known as Tristan. Since his disappearance the strength of the Maelstrom has been growing and all the people of Galthea seem to be seeking out his return.

The main storyline follows Kestrel on her journey across the world searching for clues to Tristan's fate and trying to do so before the Maelstrom brings out the end of reality...

The game

Snowfall is a single-player exploration and adventure game where the player seeks out clues regarding Tristan's whereabouts. It is a procedurally generated world where each playthrough and each outcome will be different, though each playthrough is seeded by the choices and actions taken by the player in the prior playthrough.

The game itself follows from the promise of a fully procedural world of people and politics from game Daggerfall, adopts a more lighthearted fantastic tone akin to the classic King's Quest adventure series, while being set in a fully open, voxel-based world akin to Minecraft and with the more modern dynamics of like Teardown.

The content and community

Key to the game is the idea of ease-of-contribution. The game has in-game editors and exports so models, characters, items, and other parts of the world can be tailored and exported for use by others. In other words, if a player builds an stunning home in their game and wants to export it so it may appear in other's worlds, that is trivial to do! If the procedural generation creates an intriguing shopkeeper, that character can be saved as a template for use in the future.

These contributions are bundled into community-supported "distributions" of content known to work well together. Individuals can always create their own unique distributions or contribute to the sacred main distribution. The engine and content exist separately, borrowing some of the approach of the Minetest project.

The content itself uses the metaphor of deck building: regions, locations, characters, items, etc. all are "cards" that are put into a deck that the game engine pulls from as it generates the world procedurally. Thus a distribution is just a large collection of content cards and constrains.

🚧WE'RE AN EARLY WORK IN PROGRESS!🚧

We're currently a small team of two figuring out the details of our vision on a purely voluntarily basis. We currently are in the concept and planning stages for the company so only accept voluntary contributions as this time!

We do hope to develop a sustainable business plan which will allow us to financially compensate contributors and hire salaried team members -- but that's a ways down the road!

Some of what we need to do...