TalesCreator Release Notes

2022-05-27

  • Updated Contest Modal to Include Create Series
  • Updated Navigation Links for Community
  • Updated New Blank Series Creation flow
  • Misc. analytics updates
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2022-06-02

  • Added (?) Tooltip in various places in story editor
  • Calculates script size and word count and submits to server when updating story
  • Update name of Discord button in community
  • Removed option to paste code in mobile login as it was triggering security warning on various browsers
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2022-06-06

  • Updates series detail page with more explanation and links to help documents
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2022-06-07

  • Author checklist for guiding new writers through onboarding steps
  • Fixed issue where format/structure are not saving correctly in series details
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2022-06-14

  • Branching prose stories now play in reading v2 (matching the mobile app)
  • Updated the new writer checklist to guide them to common tasks
  • Updated various analytics event, including importer
  • Updated copy/paste creation flow
  • Fixed a bug where updated cover does not get persisted in certain creation flow
  • Fixed a bug where creation dialog does not go away in certain creation flow
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2022-06-22

  • Restyle examples pages so they look nicer and easier to navigate around
  • Further updated and cleaned up create flow to help new writers create series
  • Expanded new user checklists and allows user to click on them to take action to complete those items
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2022-06-26

  • Handled issue of actor looks without a parent/root actor (e.g. JAMIE.tired when JAMIE is missing). Going forward, deleting and rename on an actor will also affect all of its looks, and orphaned looks will be automatically removed to prevent script parsing issue.
  • Adds estimated word count in chapter list
  • Update wording on new creator checklist to resolve some confusion for new writers
  • Showing a default instruction to edit stories in story editor when script is empty to help out new writers
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2022-06-28

  • Updated display of page title and subtitle in various TC pages for clarity
  • During sign up, added a survey question to see if user has existing stories to bring into Tales
  • Added entering text into a chapter as one of the checklist items for new user tasks
  • Update the “share your story” modal dialog with links to preview on mobile and desktop
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2022-06-30

  • Updated blank series creation flow for improved clarity
  • Updated UI/UX for various pieces of detail in registration flow
  • Updated UI/UX for onboarding flow, including making breadcrumbs clickable
  • Added tooltip for guiding user to fill out author profile
  • Fixed issue relating to updating cover image while in the dialog for editing series details
  • Updated import flow to use a condensed series detail editing form that can be shown in the same flow instead of redirecting user
  • Fixed issue around sharing story to discourse forum and the text/links shown in discourse topic.
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2022-07-06

  • No longer auto-initializing the emulator on start of TalesCreator - much faster to load story for just editing!
  • Fix issue where emulator is always taking up entire width
  • Updates button label for final step in create story dialog for clarity
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2022-07-11

  • Fixes issue where the “+” button to add command to first empty block in Visual Editor does not bring up the list of commands
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2022-08-01

  • Added unpublish functionality to stories from chapter list view
  • Publish from Episode List and Story Editor should be disabled if scripts have less than 450 characters
  • Prerelease dialog now requires cover to be specified in order to proceed - take a spin with our custom cover creation tool! They are super fun I promise.
  • Fixed issue where prerelease dialog takes you to unexpected page when trying to update series/chapter metadata to fulfill the requirement
  • Moved UI for editing chapter title away from the chapter list page, instead making it available in story editor and prerelease dialog as in-line edits

2022-08-04

  • Updated users over to TC 3.01, making things match how the reading experience is in the new version of the app!
  • Fixed issue double loading when clicking “start over” button below emulator, leading to unexpected story experience
  • Added ability to do inline editing of chapter title from chapter list page
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2022-08-13

  • We updated the platform to ensure empty episodes are not accidentally released while in progress
  • Character eyes now show up in Character Creator
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2022-08-25

  • Added ability to delete UNPUBLISHED chapters
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2022-08-30

  • Clicking on the Play From Here button after hitting the end of your story now brings you to the correct place in the chapter. The Chapter Complete message also goes away properly.
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2022-09-28

  • When searching for actors in the Tales library, clicking on a card now officially selects it, resulting in less clicks and less confusion in adding actors to your story.
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2022-09-30

  • Fixed issue that was causing story cover updates to not save properly. Create away!
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2022-10-06

  • Added an “Are you sure?” prompt before the deletion of chapters.
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2022-10-19

  • Our post-publish and sharing dialogue has been updated for additional clarity.
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