Find someone. Start a story. See where it goes.
Crowdtale is an app for collaborative storytelling. You open the feed, find a story opening you like, join it, and continue the story together with other writers, taking turns. Instead of staring at a blank page, writing becomes a shared process. One person starts a story, someone else continues it, and the narrative slowly grows piece by piece. The app keeps things fair with a turn-based system and deadlines, so stories don’t get abandoned halfway through.
Browse story openings by genre and join the ones that match your interests.
Each participant writes one turn at a time, so everyone gets a chance to shape the story.
If someone misses their deadline, the system automatically wraps up the story so it doesn’t stay unfinished forever.
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React + TypeScript
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TailwindCSS
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shadcn/ui
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TanStack Query + TanStack Virtual
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Supabase
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PostgreSQL
The database is designed with relational structure in mind rather than a simple document-style schema.
- relational data model for users, stories, and turns
- PostgreSQL functions and triggers for enforcing turn order
- automated story completion using scheduled jobs
- server-side logic handled directly in the database where appropriate
