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  • Version 0.23.0

    New Features Attribute Templates: Ability to associate attribute templates with entity types, so that new entities will automatically have the attributes from the template. Attributes: New “pinned” option on attributes to have them displayed in an entity’s menu, above tags and files. Improvements Entry field (text editor): Paragraph and Header elements will now keep their…

  • Version 0.22.0

    May 2018 was a pretty good month in terms of new features and improvements, and May 2019 is shaping up to follow a similar patern. Lots of big and small changes with this release. New Features Forms: As requested by the Patreons, all entity forms have been redesigned to be tab-focused, and include the permissions directly…

  • Roadmap May 2019

    With the May Patreon vote now closed, it’s time for a new monthly roadmap. The amazing patrons have voted for the Entity Forms to get a new design based on tabs, allowing the UI to breath a bit more. Forms Change the current “one page” forms to “tabbed” forms, allowing related blocks to be grouped together (for example the…

  • Version 0.21.0

    New Features Inventories: All entities now have an inventory linked to Items. Items have also received a Price and Sizefield that is included in the tooltip preview. Improvements Session: A new “keep alive” mechanic has been added where the notification counter will update every couple of minutes in case there is a new notification. Currently notifications don’t happen very…

  • 18 Month Status Report

    With Kanka now one and a half years old, it’s time to look at some stats again. Quite a lot has changed since the previous one, so buckle up! Let’s start off with some raw numbers. Numbers 11’050 accounts created 53 accounts deleted 5’356 accounts logged in at least a second time (48%, up from 45%)…

  • Version 0.20.1

    Improvements Location Maps: A map can now be set to private, only visible from members of the campaign’s Admin role. The UI has been improved to make it clearer for new users tha maps are a thing. Maps: Added two new sizes (tiny and huge), as well as changed some of the editing map points…

  • Roadmap April 2019

    With the April Patreon vote now closed, it’s time for a new monthly roadmap. The amazing patrons have voted for Maps to be the focus of the month. I’ll be away for two weeks during April, leaving me with less time to work on new features, which is why the scope is a lot smaller than the previous months.…

  • Version 0.20.0

    This update brings a new feature that has been requested several times per month for nearly a year. This feature was in part made easier by the last release’s refactoring of the code base. New Features View As: Campaign admins can now impersonate a user of their campaign in the “Campaign > Members” view, to allow…

  • Discord Turns One!

    Our amazing Discord server turns one today! We’ve passed the 400 user mark with an average of about 100 users online at any given time. Discord is the primary way to engage with the team and community, ask for new features, or report bugs. We love talking about Kanka, worldbuilding, engineering, and complaining about the calendar feature.…

  • Version 0.19.0

    “But Ilestis”, I hear you say, “0.18 was released just a few days ago! Surely there aren’t that many new features yet?” That is indeed a correct observation and a reasonable assumption. Looking at the release notes, it doesn’t seem like so much was changed on the surface. However, if we dig a little deeper,…