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Still catching your breath from last week's feature drop? BOOM! New Early Access Feature: Create Stories on Chatfic Lab
I know, I know. It was literally just a week ago that I launched the new Chatfic Lab. But I just can't stop after all the positive feedback I got after that announcement. Starting today, all Glass of Wine tier patrons can:Create new chatfic stories(maybe we should call them games now?) directly in chatficlab.comPreview them / Play them to see how they will look.Download the chatfics or import them back.You can also import the chatfics you cre...
An important note before prices go up π
Hey! I want to say thank you for being here. even if youβre just reading, it means a lot.Chatficlab has grown a lot lately, especially with the new features like locations and apps. Thatβs more than I could ask forβ¦ but it also made things more expensive to run. Iβm doing my best to keep it mostly free for everyone, but I could really use a little help right now.In a few days, Iβll be raising the prices of the support tiers.But hereβs...
May 2025: Meet The New Chatfic Lab: A Massive Leap
Words can't express how happy I am to finally share what I've been pouring my heart and soul into. This isn't an update anymore. Today, what's possible with Chatfic Lab is redefined.I am working on these features for many months. And today, all of those features are LIVE!1. New Chatfic Lab BrowserIntroducing "Apps": Add Instagram posts, snaps etc to your stories There are built-in app interfaces like the Photo Feed (basica...
Week 38 - Story Voting System, Mobile Improvements, and What's Next!
Hello everyone!I'm excited to share a few major updates that will make your Chatfic Lab experience even better:1. Story Voting System is Here! πThe most requested feature is finally here. you can now vote on your favorite stories! This new featureallows you to:Upvote or downvote any story (well, not individual episodes, but the series as a whole)See the community's votes right on the Find Stories pageView detailed vote counts (upvotes/...
WEEK 32: VISUAL NOVEL MODE, LAYERED CHARACTERS, SENTIMENTS AND MORE!
Hi! If you were in the latest Patreon tier, you already had early access to the initial version of the new feature "VN Mode". But if you were not, then you are in for a big surprise!Starting today, the new Visual Novel mode features 2D (actually 3D-ish) characters representing each character in a story, with support for various facial expressions like "shy," "naughty," "happy," "sad," "annoyed," etc...
Week 31: EARLY ACCESS FEATURE
Hello everyone! Today I'm introducing a feature that will hopefully make some of you feel this way: π€―For now, this new feature is only available to the patreon supporters on "Glass Of Wine" tier.Think of it as a beta test, as there are still some development needed before full release.Users can now experience chatfics in the Visual Novel mode! I had to implement an entire "layered character engine" for this to work, but it ...
GIVEAWAY Chatfic Lab NEW Giveaway - Get one of 3+1 premium accounts for free, FOREVER!
Duration:6 days End date:August 4thThe previousone we made on January was really fun. It takes a lot effort on my part but I think it is about time we have another giveaway (or sweepstakes idk).## HOW TO JOIN & DETAILSYou can see the reddit post for more information:https://www.reddit.com/r/NSFWchatfics/comments/1ee7tqh/chatfic_lab_new_giveaway_get_one_of_31_premium/You can also see it on our discord server:https://discord.com/channels/1158382864...
Week 30: Stories Index, Tag Filters, Project Status and Goal
Hi everyone,I hope you're all doing well. I have some great news for you.Until today, on chatfic server pages (accessed from "Find Stories" section on chatficlab.com), you could only see and access the last 10 series. This is obviously not enough, since, for example, there is this one chatfic server with approximately 100 different series with at least 260 different episodes!So since you can only see the last 10, what happens to the p...
What to expect from this project
July 19, 20241. What is Chatfic Lab? And what is a chatfic?Simply put, Chatfic Lab Browser let's you "play" the stories that are written in the style of text message conversations. We call these stories "chatfics".Messages appear on the screen one by one just like in a chat app or visual novel.While some stories are not interactive, some stories may force you to make choices that will change the outcome of the story.The Chatfi...
Week 14 - Global Variables, Model Attributes, Author Handles, And Much More
Hello everyone!As you may have realized, for the last two or three weeks, I have been getting lots of feedback from the members of our Discord Server on how to improve Chatfic Lab.What you probably didn't know is that I am also getting many messages from both our community members who love to read chatfics, AND the chatfic authors themselves.I've developed a lot of new features and worked really hard to make them as easy to use as possibl...
Week 13 - Character Customization is now free for everyone!
Hi!Character customization will be a really important feature in the future for Chatfic Lab. There will be a lot of new features built on top of it too. Therefore I've decided it will be much better if everyone can access it freely. You can now use the character customization feature even if you are not a patreon supporter.Give it a try!(If it doesn't work, try refreshing the page)
Week 12 - Current State of Chatfic Lab
Hello, Chatfic Lab community!As you probably realise, the last two weeks were quite busy!Our community has experienced significant growth(hundreds of new members!), with new content being added daily. And the 'unofficial' Afterdark Server now has close to 10.000 subscribers on Reddit.This week, several long-lasting, annoying bugs were fixed. These included repeating text messages and story fetch problems for users of some internet provide...
Week 10 - Weekly Programs, October Calendar, Sponsorship
Hello, Chatfic Lab community!I hope you've been enjoying the recent updates and features on chatficlab.com . As we enter Week 10, I'm excited to announce some exciting developments and improvements:New Feature: Weekly Chatfic Program Guide!With the latest update to the ChatficDB open-source project, users now have the opportunity to see the current week's chatfic program, similar to a handy TV guide. Take a look at this post's ima...
Week 9 - Bug and UI fixes, Mode Switcher, Profile Management
This will be a quick update since most of the work I've done for the last two weeks was about improving existing functionality and fixing bugs.You may realize slight differences in the UI here and there. The layout of the login information and logout button, background colours of submit and discovery pages, and fixes for long usernames overflowing, to name a few.There is now a "reset password" functionality. It was embarrassing not to...
Week 7 - New Design, Dark Mode, Subreddit Ban and more
[2023-11-21]Hello everyone!1. New DesignAs you probably already know, when I published the Chatfic Lab, it wasn't a completely finished product yet. My focus was releasing the core features without issues, fixing critical bugs and enhancing the overall experience.As a result, Chatfic Lab's UI wasn't the best and had some issues with both readability and the user experience. Today, I introduce a new design, including both a dark mode a...
Week 5 - Customizations, Discovery Page, Chatfic Servers, New Stories
[2023-10-25]Hi everyone,I hope you're all doing well. I'm excited to share some big news with you this week.Character CustomizationNow you can use the premium Customize Characters feature to change the names of the characters of a story. Since this feature is quite new, the customizations you make are not persistent. This means your custom character names won't be remembered when you close and reopen a story. But this will hopefully c...
A huge update is on its way!
(Using placeholders images for now.) For the last 10 days, I was working on a big update that will let you discover chatfics from the chatfic servers you have already visited. Obviously, this required me to invent a thing called "chatfic servers" first, and yeah, I did that too.Actually, the software that I designed to let anyone create their own chatfic servers in the future is almost ready. I've published the current working version...
WEEK 3 - Updates: Discord Channel, Video Player, Persistent Login
[2023-10-03]Hi everyone!I hope that you've been enjoying your time on chatficlab.comIt's been another exciting week of growth and development for chatficlab.com . I've discovered several critical bugs preventing hundreds of people from accessing chatficlab.com stories.I spent half the week trying to fix things and transform the software into a much more stable state. There are still several issues, but the critical ones are mostly fix...
POLL - Which feature should have the most focus during October
Chatficlab Browser was published just two weeks ago. And there is a lot to do. There are certain features we need to ship to guarantee the project's success in the long run.Features besides performance improvements, bug fixes, and some quality-of-life improvements. Usually, it will take more than a week to work on these milestones; they won't usually be finished in a week. So, from now on, Our supporters will help determine which signific...
WEEK 2 - Updates: Reveal entire chat & reset stories and more
[2023-09-23]Hello there! I hope you're doing well. I wanted to share some exciting news with you about Chatficlab.com. Since our launch last week, there is an incredible response from the users(not many patrons, but the usage stats are crazy). Chatfic Lab Browser has received over 18,000 requests.I'm working hard to make sure that Chatficlab.com is the best it can be(it is still a bit early tho). I've been listening carefully to feedb...
WEEK 1 - First Steps
Chatfic Lab (browser, subreddit, format, and the editor), was published yesterday. I wanted to share the planned changes with you.I'm working on fixing some minor bugs, and will try opening an itch io page. There are also some suggestions regarding the auto scroll feature.Currently Chatfic Lab Browser either auto scrolls all messages or uses tap-to-progress method, based on patron status. I'm planning on changing this into below method:Fo...
What to expect from this project
Simply put, Chatfic Lab Browser let's you "play" the stories that are written in the style of text message conversations.Messages appear on the screen one by one. While many stories are not interactive, some stories may ask you to choose from a set of options to let you decide the outcome of the story. The Chatfic Lab is a browser for discovering chatfics hosted in different chatfic servers around the world. It supports the chatfic fo...
Chatfic Format v1 is here.
Chatfic Format is a simple yet very powerful format for creating chatfics of all sorts. It is published as an open standard along with an open sourced web editor for creating, importing and exporting chatfics with ease.The Chatfic Lab will fully support chatfic format.
