Frequently Asked Questions

Truesight is a worldbuilding app for organizing lore around interactive maps. Add Entries for places, characters, factions, quests, and other parts of a setting, then connect them to maps and to each other. See the features overview.

Truesight is for game masters, writers, and worldbuilders who want to keep setting notes and maps together. It can help you prepare a campaign or organize a fictional world; the Getting Started guide shows the basic workflow.

Explore the starter World as a guest, or create an account to make your own World, add a map, and create Entries. Follow the Getting Started guide for the first steps.

Yes. Use a World to keep campaign setting lore, locations, NPCs, factions, quests, and maps together. The Getting Started guide covers adding campaign material. Truesight helps you organize and reference it; it does not run game sessions.

Yes. Truesight is for organizing fictional settings and campaign lore, so you can use it with different roleplaying games. It does not provide game rules, character sheets, dice, or session tools; see the features overview for what the app includes.

Yes. You can keep places, characters, factions, history, and other setting notes together and connect them to your maps. The Types of Entries guide describes ways to organize that material. Truesight is not a manuscript or novel-writing editor.

No. Truesight helps you prepare and organize campaign lore. It does not include a virtual tabletop, session manager, dice roller, or live game tools. See the features overview for the current scope.

Entries can hold places, characters, creatures, factions, items, quests, events, and other lore. Add summaries, descriptions, details, tags, and links to related Entries. See the Entry types guide for examples.

Yes. Store an NPC as a Character Entry, then connect it to other Entries to keep track of relationships and related places, groups, or events. The guide's Characters section explains the Character type.

Use the Entries Library to browse or search Entries, and connect related Entries so you can follow the links between them. You can also place Entries on maps for a visual way to find locations. The Getting Started guide shows how Entries fit together.

Use Entry connections to record how two pieces of lore relate. These links help you move between related people, places, groups, and events in your World. See Linking Entries together for an example.

No. Truesight makes an existing map image interactive; it does not draw or edit map artwork. Create or edit your map with a drawing or mapmaking tool, then upload the image. See the mapmaking guide for tool suggestions and upload tips.

Yes. Upload a map image you made, drew, photographed, or exported from a mapmaking tool. Truesight adds interactive Entries and pins to the image; it is not a map drawing or editing tool. The mapmaking guide explains how to prepare and upload an image.

Place an Entry on a map to show a pin at a chosen location. The Entry holds the information, while the placement controls where its pin appears. One Entry can be placed on more than one map. See Placing an Entry on the map.

Yes. Add maps for different regions or levels of detail to the same World, and place relevant Entries on each one. The map scale section has examples of using maps at different levels of detail.

A map placement shows an Entry as a pin. The Entry remains in your Entries Library independently of its placement, and connections between Entries are separate from map pins.

No. Removing a pin removes that Entry's placement from the map. The Entry stays in your Entries Library and can be placed again later.

Scribe is Truesight's optional assistant. It can read labels and look for locations or regions on supported maps, and help develop content for some Entries. Review its suggestions and edit them to fit your World. Read how Scribe reads maps.

On supported map types, Scribe can look for written labels and recognizable map features, then suggest Entries and pin locations. It can miss or misread things, so check the results and correct names or pins as needed. The map-reading guide explains what helps Scribe interpret a map.

Yes. You remain in control of your World. Review suggested Entries, change their content, move misplaced pins, or remove suggestions that do not belong. See Scribing your map for the review steps.

Report it through Feedback & Support in the account menu and tell me what happened. I can review the image generation and add free Scribe credits for a failed or unusable result.

Yes. Scribe is optional. You can add maps, create Entries, connect them, and place pins yourself. The map guide explains how to skip Scribe; guests do not have access to it.

Open User Settings from the account menu, select Plan & Scribe, and uncheck Show Scribe features. This hides Scribe features so you can focus on creating your World yourself. You can turn them back on in the same place at any time.

It depends on the task. A map scan uses the map image and map details; Entry writing can use the selected Entry information and relevant World context. The Privacy Policy section on data use and its Scribe section explain more about data handling.

Yes. Open Truesight in your tablet's browser to work with your Worlds wherever you are. The workspace adapts to tablet screens, with more room for detailed map work than a phone.

Yes. Open Truesight in your phone's browser to check your World and work with your Entries on the go. A larger screen gives you more room for detailed map editing.

No app installation is needed. Open Truesight in your browser and sign in to your account.

Your Worlds are available across devices when you are online. Truesight needs an internet connection to load and save changes; offline use is not currently available.

Yes. Sign in to the same account in a browser on your phone, tablet, or computer to access your Worlds. Your changes are available across devices when you are online.

World Anvil offers more features and flexibility, including extensive worldbuilding, campaign-management, and novel-writing tools. Truesight focuses on an easy-to-use map and Entry workflow, with an interface that adapts across screen sizes. Scribe can help with map labels and Entry content for a more casual, assisted approach to worldbuilding. See World Anvil's official overview for its current features.

Both connect worldbuilding notes with maps. LegendKeeper offers a flexible wiki and map workspace, including nested maps, collaboration, and whiteboards. Truesight is designed to be easier to pick up and use across phone, tablet, and desktop screens, with Scribe available to help with map labels and Entry content for a more casual workflow.

Kanka provides a broad campaign-management toolkit, with many categories and features such as maps, calendars, and timelines. Truesight focuses on an approachable map and Entry workflow that adapts across screen sizes. Scribe can help with map labels and Entry content when you want assistance, making Truesight a more casual way to organize a setting.

Yes. Export your map as an image from Wonderdraft, Inkarnate, or another mapmaking tool, then upload that image to Truesight. The tools make the map image; Truesight adds Entries and interactive pins. See the guide's mapmaking comparison for more options.

Your original worldbuilding content belongs to you. Upload only material you own or have permission to use. See Your Content in the Terms of Service for the full details.

No. Creating a World does not publish it as a public website. Truesight's workspace is accessed through your account.

Yes. In User Settings, open the Privacy section and choose Export entries to download a ZIP archive. It contains a README and Markdown files for your Entries, with YAML metadata such as World name, Entry type, tags, and map IDs, plus relative links to connected Entries. Entry content and archived Entries are included; map images and other uploaded assets are not. This gives you a copy to keep, but it is not an import or migration tool for another app.

The Privacy Policy explains what account, World, and technical data Truesight stores; its data-use section explains how that information is used. When you use Scribe, the information needed for that task may be processed to provide its suggestions.

Use a unique password, keep access to your email account secure, and sign out on shared devices. If you forget your password, use the reset link on the login form.

Read the Privacy Policy's Data Security section for the safeguards Truesight describes. Use a unique account password and contact support if you notice activity you do not recognize.

Yes. Standard features are free while Truesight is in early development. Some premium visual styles require a Pro plan, but upgrades are not available yet. See Pricing for the current details, or support the project with a coffee.

You can explore the Emberreach starter World as a guest. Guest sessions expire after four hours, and guests cannot create Worlds, upload maps, or use Scribe. Create an account to keep your World and unlock those features; the Getting Started guide explains how.

Yes. Create an account from your guest session to keep your Emberreach World and the changes you made to it. See Getting Started for the guest workflow.

Choose the password reset option on the login form and enter your account email address. Follow the link in the reset email to choose a new password.

Yes. Account deletion is available in User Settings. Export any data you want to keep before deleting your account.

You can support development with the Buy me a coffee link on the Pricing page. Feedback about what works and what could be clearer is also welcome.

Truesight runs in a modern web browser. Keep your browser up to date for the best experience; contact support if something does not work as expected.

Check your internet connection and reload the page. If the problem continues, contact support and include what you were doing and which browser you use. Do not include your password or private World content.

I'm continuing to improve map scribing and monitor failed scans so I can investigate and try to fix problems as soon as possible. Please report the failed scan through Feedback & Support in the account menu, with the map type and what happened. Do not include private World content in the report.

Yes. Contact me through Feedback & Support in the account menu and explain what happened. I can review the issue and add free Scribe credits if a technical problem used your Scribe allowance.

Open Feedback & Support from the account menu to send a bug report, support request, or feature idea. You can also email contact@truesight.world. Describe what you were trying to do and what happened; do not include private World content in a report.