Show HN: OENT – A web app for creative writing with versatile flexibility

[myalmeraikhi]

Hello everyone!

OENT is an app that came about from my constant struggles with creative writing in the available writing software.

Stories are sometimes told in a mixed-up order with flashbacks showing later events. A problem can be that these flashbacks might not have the correct continuity when put together.

The solution I came up with in OENT lets us view our story in two ways: "Story View" shows the story as it's told, and "Timeline View" shows the events in the order they actually happened.

On top of that, we have “events”, which are “story blocks” that form our documents. We can freely move them around in the same document or to other documents! They also can be reordered depending on their “Story Order” or “Timeline Order”

This feature is the foundation for other planned features. I'd like as many people as possible to try the app and give feedback on how it works and if there are any problems that need fixing!

[doncho]

I quickly checked the app. What I can tell for sure is that the marketing (the site) has more functionality and looks way more beautiful than the app itself. The app right now looks like a school project of a team of two Computer Science engineers. It requires a lot of work to be barely usable.

However, I highly appreciated the warning that this is (pre?)alpha release, and no data export or any reliability is to be expected.

[myalmeraikhi]

I much appreciate your feedback!

Currently this is a solo developer project, and I will do my best to get it in a useable state as soon as I can.

There is a discord channel for the app, where posting bug reports and features requests will help me out a ton with figuring out what to prioritize to get the app in a stable state!