v6 of Umineko City of Books just went live. it's a site i've been building for When They Cry fans, Umineko, Higurashi, Ciconia and the smaller ones, to keep all the stuff this fandom usually scatters across a dozen different sites in one place.
here's what's actually in it because at this point the site does a genuinely stupid amount of stuff and most people have no idea how much is packed into it:
Game board: a twitter style feed split into corners for each series, with posts, polls, comments, likes, link embeds, a gif picker and @ mentions. this is where most people end up living day to day.
Theory debates: post a theory as a blue truth, attach real quotes from the games as evidence, and argue it on two sides, with love it can be seen and without love it cannot. every theory gets a credibility score from the truths backing it.
Mystery boards: someone sets a puzzle with graduated clues, everyone else races to solve it, the winning answer pins to the top and the best solvers land on a leaderboard.
Fan art galleries: upload your work with tags, bundle related pieces into named collections, with full comments and a proper lightbox.
Fanfiction: full multi chapter stories in a real rich text editor, with character tagging across all three series and follows so you get pinged on new chapters.
Ships and OCs: declare your pairings and vote them up or down, watch the unpopular ones earn a crackship badge, and give your original characters their own pages.
Reading journals: live blog your first read through of a Ryukishi work while everyone reacts underneath without spoiling you.
Chat rooms and DMs: real time chat with emoji reactions, pins, replies, a full set of mod tools, and per room nicknames.
Voice chat: drop into a call straight from the message box, shown as a slim bar so you can talk and type at once, with mute controls for your own ears and for mods.
Watch parties: watch something together as a whole room. either a shared virtual browser powered by Hyperbeam that everyone takes turns driving, or, new in v6, your own screen shared with its sound, voice included.
Multiplayer games: chess, checkers, othello, and a real time minesweeper duel where you play as an Umineko witch. the best player at each one wears a title next to their name.
Secret hunts: tiny hidden pieces tucked around the site that you collect to unlock glowing roles and hidden themes. the current one has Maria hiding twelve letters across the whole site.
Profiles and themes: avatars, banners, follows, blocks, site wide search, live notifications, and fourteen character themes with custom fonts and floating particles.
it's free and it's live right now. if you're into Umineko, Higurashi or Ciconia at all, come make an account and hang out with us.
Oh, and did i mention, that we have a global NO AI policy for the whole site? yea
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Umineko City of Books is back online with the biggest update yet
Introducing the Game Board - a full social feed where you can post, share images and videos, follow other players, and engage with the community. A smart feed algorithm surfaces the best content while keeping things fresh on every visit.
What's new:
* Game Board social feed with Everyone and Following tabs
* Follow other players, see follower and following counts on profiles
* Upload images and videos to your posts
* Like posts and see like counts update in real*time
* Comment on posts with media support
* View counts and see who liked each post
* Search posts by text or username
* Sort by Relevant, New, Most Liked, Most Replies, or Most Viewed
* Copy link on any post or comment for easy sharing
* Rich link previews when sharing posts on social media
* A new page to see all users, who is online, etc..
* Report posts, etc...
Also new:
* Cloudflare bot protection on login and registration
* Email notifications for replies, likes, comments, and new followers
* Beatrice theme (golden warmth of the Endless Witch)
* Erika Furudo theme (cyan and pink, the Witch of Truth)
* Players page showing everyone grouped by role and online status
* Customisable home page (choose Theories or Game Board as your landing page)
* Content rules per section, editable by admins
* Role renames: Mod is now "Witch", Admin is "Voyager Witch", Super Admin is "Reality Author"
* Role-coloured usernames with glow effects everywhere
Thank you for all your feedback and enjoy V2 and enjoy WTC shitposting.
Again, there will be LOADS of bugs no doubt cos it's 10x more complex, but anything bad, let me know
Many thanks
~FAA
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Announcing Umineko City of Books: a social platform for Umineko fans, built around fan theory debates (and much more coming).
Declare your theories as blue truth, attach quotes from the game as evidence, and the community responds on two sides: "With love, it can be seen" or "Without love, it cannot be seen."
Each theory earns a credibility score (0-100) based on debate quality: responses backed by red or gold truth evidence carry more weight.
What's live right now:
* Theory declarations with episode scope and evidence from the game
* Two-sided debate system with threaded replies
* Credibility scoring weighted by truth type (gold > red > purple > blue)
* Spoiler system - set your VN progress and theories beyond it are blurred
* Real-time direct messages between users
* Real-time notifications for responses, replies, upvotes, and DMs
* Upvoting/downvoting
* User profiles with avatars, draggable banners, pronouns, social links, activity feeds
* Quote browser with filters for episode, character, and truth type.
if this gets the traffic i want to see and doesn't just die to death, then i will extend this heavily with:
* Discussion boards
* Fanfiction and fan art sections
* Character tier list builder
* Friends system
* Voice acting/video fan projects
* Full forum board system with threads
* Customised home feed for logged in users
* Email notifications, etc...
HAND Built with Go, React, TypeScript, SQLite, and WebSockets, and is Fully open source of course.
I put a lot of effort into this, and please know this is just the BETA dev version 1 of this platform, the bare minimum i was happy with to share with the public.
THERE WILL BE BUGS, and any bugs you find PLEASE DM me or raise an issue on Github.
Come claim your username.
And i welcome any feedback, something shit? something bad? something you want? let me know.
You like it? please also tell me cos i like it when people come to be to say it's good as well as it's bad :D
thanks everyone:
~ FAA
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Thank you for 300 followers, wanted to celebrate by giving back to the community by doing a free OC or waifu commission❤️
RULES:
Like, RT, and comment with your oc or anime waifu!
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Winner will be chosen February 1st 👀
Thank you for 200 followers, wanted to celebrate by giving back to the community by doing a free OC or waifu commission❤️
RULES:
Like, RT, and comment with your oc or anime waifu!
Follow me here AND on Twitch (https://t.co/GQYqjaODBR) 🟣
Winner will be chosen January 1st 👀
High Times Kickstarter is LIVE!! 🎉🍩
Listen to stories, offer advice in the form of donuts, and get closure with your exes in this upcoming dating/cooking sim.
Link in comments!