Forgeon

One of the most interesting launches today! I believe the upfront-generation choice is smart for consistency, you can check the whole book as one object before anyone reads it. You mentioned the plan is to let readers bend the story mid-read while the AI keeps track of world and prior events (and that reconciliation is where interactive fiction usually breaks down). Does it re-ground each turn against a fixed world-state doc?

Congrats on the launch! I tested the homepage as a completely new visitor and one thing tripped me up: the page opens with the Hound of Eldram description before clearly explaining that Forgeon is a platform for reading and creating interactive books.For the first few seconds, I thought I’d landed on one fantasy title rather than the product itself. Moving the short Forgeon explanation and separate “Read” and “Create” actions above the featured book could make the value much clearer.Happy to send you the screenshots and test the full reader and author journeys if that would be useful.

branch editor being separate from the main story structure is smart — one of the things that kills branching story tools is when navigation gets overwhelming before you have even written much. Wondering how you handle the overview at scale: once a story has dozens of branches across multiple paths, is there a way to see the full tree at a glance, or does the editor stay page by page and rely on you know

The branch editor being separate from the main story structure is smart — one of the things that kills branching story tools is when navigation gets overwhelming before you have even written much. Wondering how you handle the overview at scale: once a story has dozens of branches across multiple paths, is there a way to see the full tree at a glance, or does the editor stay page by page and rely on you knowing your own structure?

"Books as engaging as games" is the right ambition. Most interactive fiction platforms look like 90s text adventures or require game dev skills.

Nice Mark! Love this kind of idea. Allowing pple to enjoy interactive stories change the game and boost engagement amazingly. Wish you all the best on this launch!

the "we're not trying to replace authors, just remove the technical barrier" framing lands well, especially compared to tools that lead with automation first. haven't seen anyone ask about the business side yet though - once someone's put real time into a branching story on here, is there a way for them to actually earn from readers, or is Forgeon more of a free hobbyist/portfolio platform for now? curious whether that's part of the roadmap or intentionally out of scope.

Great app! Tell me, is AI capable of writing a complete book based on my preferences?

Hey, congrats - looks exciting! ☺️Are your story builders algorithmic or can they be LLM driven? A lot of writers, when they start working on a book, keep a "fact sheet" or timeline that contain all of the underlying facts that drive a story that they keep updated as they write actual words. In the same way, in RPGs, the scenarios that some people publish contain the "storytelling guardrails" that define a specific adventure, but then the adventure "plays itself" in realtime. I can imagine how some people would have mind blowing ideas and some instructions on the "theme" but they wouldn't necessarily want to do the actual writing. Or maybe they would just enjoy it being a bit different for every player (or - players could pick different PG ratings and a 13 year old readers experience could be more vanilla compared to a 40 year old player/reader). Also - integrating Eleven Labs or a similar platform to have a voice narrator would be a game changer.

👋 Hi Product Hunt!

I'm Mark, founder of Forgeon.

I've always loved interactive stories. They combine the imagination of books with the excitement of games, and they're one of my favorite ways to experience a story.

The problem was simple: there just weren't many of them.

As I dug deeper, I kept hearing the same thing from creators: building interactive books was too difficult. You needed programming skills, complex tools, or even an entire team just to bring an idea to life.

So we decided to change that.

We built Forgeon to give authors powerful yet accessible tools to create interactive books with branching choices, RPG mechanics, quests, music, illustrations, and more—all without writing code.

Our goal isn't to replace authors. It's to remove the technical barriers that stop great stories from being created.

If Forgeon helps even a few creators build the stories they've always dreamed of making, we'll know we're moving in the right direction.

I'd love to hear your thoughts and answer any questions. Thank you for checking out Forgeon!