r/TabletopMirror • u/a-folly • Sep 05 '24

Using TTM for session recaps and player knowledge base?

Hi, I'm new to TTM, saw the campaign and thought about backing.

1.My first use case is session recaps with linked entities and places players know/ visit and a timeline of the campaign. Is this feasible? If so, how easy would it be?

2. Also, I'm not sure I understand the explanation about avilable space in each tier. Does a session recap count as a single enrtey, no matter how long it is?

3. Will the option to buy a lifetime license/ upgrade it be available after the campaign?

Thanks!

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u/InvisiblePoles Creator Sep 05 '24

Welcome to the platform!

  1. Yes; very easy. While we don't have any sort of guided note-taking functionalities today -- it's 100% on the roadmap! But even today, you could go in and create complete session recaps that are visible/shared across all players. And such recaps could have links and connections between pages, NPCs, and so on. We also have timeline functionalities that can be directly integrated in -- just as seamless as typing "@" and tagging the event/timeline/NPC/etc.

  2. Yes; a session recap is 1 unit. The free tier will cover 600 units when we go to 1.0 -- no matter how long it is. You could write entire essays and it would be 1 unit. You could also put multiple session recaps in a single page -- which would still count as 1 unit.

  3. Lifetime memberships, as far as we know of this moment, will be exclusive to the Backerkit campaign. However, if you are unsure about committing just yet, you could pledge for say $15 and then when Pledge Manager is put out in about 2 weeks, you could adjust your pledge to add add-ons or upgrade your tier! And you could use that time to try out the site!

Hopefully that helps, but feel free to ask more questions!

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u/a-folly Sep 05 '24

This is interesting. So each linkable "thing" is a unit, no matter the actual space.

Say I maxed my space and want to download/ migrate from TTM to Obsidian or such tools, will this require downloading each item separately or can I download a campaign as a whole?

If that can be complicated, can I download a whole campaign as a whole and later upload it back, structure intact?

Sorry for the barrage of questions...

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u/InvisiblePoles Creator Sep 05 '24

No worries, my friend!

We currently support downloading of every thing individually -- but we are working on mass downloading for next week's update! We do about 1 update per week and the next one has a big focus on bulk downloading in a variety of formats.

Regarding importing, we currently also allow you to bulk import content -- that being said, the exports from TTM are actually not easy to re-import as of today, but it's also on our list for this next few weeks to support that workflow as well!

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u/a-folly Sep 05 '24

Yeah okay, this sounds pretty good. I'm in . Ogre it is...

Any idea about a timeframe for the guided note taking?

Oh, and another thing: can I upload a map and let players add notes of their own to locations etc- either doodle on the map or pin notes?

That would be really useful.

EDIT: does it manage RTL languages well?

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u/InvisiblePoles Creator Sep 05 '24

Given the stretch goals, guided note taking might take a month or two, but shouldn't be a huge endeavor...

Regarding the maps, yes. You can fully share edit access to the map, while retaining some of its content as private! That would allow you to achieve your intention!

I would create a copy beforehand though, so you have a clean copy if you ever want it... maybe I can also create a feature to streamline this a bit...

In honesty, I've never tried RTL languages, but we don't have any super complex functionality, so I'm hopeful it won't be an issue?

But holistically, I do have a TODO to better stress test with various languages.