Story Settings

The Story Settings panel defines the general information, features, permissions, and publishing options for your story. It can be opened from the editor sidebar or the story dashboard. All changes are saved locally and synced automatically.

Adjust the basic information for your story.

• Title – The public name of your story. Must be unique within Talescape.
• Language – The main language for all text content. Currently supports English and German.
• Category (Dream Type) – Defines the story’s tone or atmosphere:
  • Daydream – Light, hopeful, playful. Examples: romance, comedy, adventure, slice of life.
  • Nightmare – Dark, heavy, unsettling. Examples: tragedy, horror, dystopia, social critique.
  • Vision – Abstract, prophetic, experimental. Examples: sci-fi, allegory, surrealism, philosophy.
  • Echo – Nostalgic, reflective, memory-driven. Examples: historical fiction, personal stories, loss.

Dream Type only affects categorization, not gameplay. It can be changed at any time.

Optional fields for credits and attribution.

• Author – Displayed name of the story’s author. Defaults to your Bard account name.
• Credits – Additional contributors or acknowledgements shown in the credits screen.

Defines which systems are available in your story.

• Type
  • Visual Novel – Focused on dialogue and branching choices.
  • Adventure – Includes inventory, items, and puzzles.
  • Custom – Unlocks all available features.
• Features – Toggle which systems are active in the editor. Available options: Achievements, Characters, Crafting, Dialogues, Events, Items, Scenes, Timers, Variables.

If you select Custom, you can enable or disable each feature individually.

Controls how your story appears in the Talescape marketplace.

• Description – Short public summary of your story.
• Tags – Up to 10 tags used for search and discovery.
• Thumbnail – The cover image shown in listings (1920×1080 recommended).
• Screenshots – Optional additional images (max 10). Used for previews and promotion.

These fields are optional until you publish or submit your story for review.

Configure content warnings and audience restrictions.

Age Group

• All Ages No violence or mature themes.
• Teen (13+) Mild conflict or fantasy violence.
• Mature (16+) Moderate violence or mature themes.
• Adult (18+) Strong language or intensity; no explicit sexual content.

Content Warnings

Mark any relevant themes in your story (e.g., violence, death, horror, discrimination).

AI Usage Flags

Talescape promotes transparency about the creative process. If artificial intelligence played a significant creative role in your story, you must disclose it using the AI flags below.

These flags are not required for minor or purely technical use of AI tools, such as removing backgrounds, cleaning audio, or checking grammar. They are only meant for situations where AI generated or composed original material are used in your story.

• Story: This story contains narrative text generated or heavily assisted by artificial intelligence.
  • Enable this flag if parts of your writing or dialogue were created, expanded, or rewritten using AI tools.
  • Yes: You used ChatGPT to write dialogue drafts or describe scenes, then edited them yourself.
  • No: You only used AI for proofreading, spell-checking, or grammar suggestions.
• Images: This story contains images generated by artificial intelligence.
  • Enable this flag if any visual element (character art, backgrounds, objects) was generated using AI.
  • Yes: You created character portraits or background images with Midjourney or Stable Diffusion.
  • No: You took your own photos or artwork and only used AI to remove the background or upscale the resolution.
• Voices: This story contains voice recordings generated by artificial intelligence.
  • Enable this flag if your story’s narration or character voices were produced using AI voice tools.
  • Yes: You used ElevenLabs or Play.ht to generate voice lines for your characters.
  • No: You recorded voices with a microphone and only used AI for noise reduction or volume balancing.
• Music: This story contains music generated by artificial intelligence.
  • Enable this flag if background music or soundtracks were composed or arranged by AI.
  • Yes: You used Mubert or Suno to generate ambient or background tracks.
  • No: You used licensed music from a stock library or created it manually in a digital audio workstation.
• Sound Effects: This story contains sound effects generated by artificial intelligence.
  • Enable this flag if most or all sound effects were synthesized or produced by AI.
  • Yes: You generated footstep, wind, or environmental effects using an AI sound generator.
  • No: You downloaded sound effects from a royalty-free library or recorded them yourself.
• Translation: This story contains translations generated or assisted by artificial intelligence.
  • Enable this flag if AI tools were used to translate your story into another language.
  • Yes: You translated your full story from English to Japanese using DeepL or GPT and made minor corrections afterward.
  • No: You wrote the translation manually or only used AI to suggest a few words or phrasing alternatives.

These tags appear on your story’s listing and help readers decide what to play.

Manage access for co-authors or editors.

• Invite Collaborator – Add other Talescape users to your story.
• Each collaborator can be given specific permissions for editing, publishing, or media management.
• The story owner always retains full control and cannot be removed.

Collaboration limits depend on your Bard Tier.

Contains options that affect the story’s lifecycle.

• Delete Story – Permanently removes a story that has no published releases.Once a story has been published, it can only be unpublished, not deleted. This ensures that players who purchased the story can still access it.

Use this option with caution; deletion cannot be undone.

Story Settings can be updated at any time. Changes to metadata or content warnings require a new release to appear in the marketplace.