Changelog

Follow new updates and improvements to Apophenic Realms.

July 27th, 2026

Minor Cultures allow additional cultures to be created that may not have spawned when one or more land masses were generated and cultures spread across the land (meaning some races may not have a cultural representation). These minor culture will use any races that don’t appear in the predominate cultures of the land mass. This allows NPCs to be created from these minor cultures to allow for NPCs of any race that Apophenic Realms supports (based on subscription level).

Goals! An entire new goal system has been implemented. Goals have been added to NPCs (replacing short term objective and long term goal), PCs, Kingdoms and Organizations (replacing public and secret goals). Goals have additional attributes such as horizon (short, medium, and long) and visibility. They can also be linked together via Goal Link. Goal Links can link goals as parent, child, opposite, aligned, conflicts, or competes, and also have their own visibility.

GMs can manually setup Goal Links however the system will also suggest Goal Links for you! If it finds a match between the types of goals and who they benefit and/or who the goal focuses on, the system will suggest a link which you can accept or decline.

June 4th, 2026

New

Fixed

Filters have arrived!

Filters are now available for each main collection page such as Planets, Kingdoms, NPCs, Quests etc. The filter options are specific to each element type.

This update also includes a couple minor bug fixes when generating NPCs and Buildings from a free subscription. NPCs and Buildings can now be properly placed in locations such as regions or kingdoms.

May 16th, 2026

New

Improved

Fixed

  • about us page - new about us page added

  • Blog page - new blog page and the ability to add blog posts

  • various Org fixes and updates

  • crafting guild - new org type added

  • Castle ruler count - capped by castle type

  • Rename Primalborn to Elementborn - added clothing, art, language etc

  • Calendar - new feature adds the ability to define calendars of different types

  • Adopted Calendars - adopt a calendar for Kingdoms, cultures, the entire realm, or organizations

  • Fixes to trade routes

  • NPC/PC edit location - set the location for NPCs and PCs

  • Breadcrumb updates and fixes

  • Observed deities - set deities as worshipped or illegal etc for kingdoms, cultures, or NPCs

April 20th, 2026

New

Improved

  • added more Kingdom Mythos to enhance variety

  • Add hints for users on the sign up screen to indicate if their password meets requirements and if they two passwords match

April 20th, 2026

New

Improved

Fixed

  • Add new and different planet shapes for paid subscriptions such as hollow worlds, world tree, endless stairs etc

  • Updated and fixed realm editing as an advanced user so the random generation works correctly

  • Added ability to delete and generate new planets for advanced subscriptions

  • Added ability to set a planet as habitable or not and to assign a home world for the realm if there isn’t one. Also set the system to support one home world per realm rather then one per solar system

  • Added the ability to generate continents on any habitable planet for advanced subscriptions

  • Added the ability to generate and delete entire solar systems for advanced subscriptions

  • Various β€˜ruler’ or β€˜leader’ updates including a fix for kingdom rulers now being located in the kingdom they rule by default, fixes to the Apophenic Connections generated for Kingdom and Settlement rulers, and matching rulers moral and motive to that of their kingdom or settlement 80% of the time

  • Updates to some moral and motive labels and descriptions. Added some data base elements for potential future expansion

April 5th, 2026

New

A few image updates to the main site, AP logo, and NPC generation.

March 31st, 2026

New

Improved

Fixed

This updates contains the following fixes and updates:

  • PC Background generator updates - resolved generator not producing background suggestions.

  • Users can add their own images to NPCs, PCs, Adventuring Parties, and Organizations.

  • Settlements can now be placed in regions outside of Kingdoms

  • Buildings can now be placed in kingdoms or regions outside of Settlements

  • Districts can now be deleted and generated from within a settlement

  • New or update default building images

  • Organization, Kingdom, Building, and Settlement rule limits. Limits the number of NPCs that can added as a rule to these elements based on the type or structure

  • Titles. Revamped Title schema including 2 new Title table, existing title moved from Kingdoms and Organizations into the new tables, new Titles created for building owners. Additional workflow logic to set and remove titles.

  • Resources. A Realm wide Resources page showing raw resources, refined resources and produced trade goods

  • Can pre set moral and motive when generating an Organization

  • Apophenic Connections. New connections added for Kingdoms. Fixes to AP generation for rulers and owners and title generation

  • NPC/PC can be assigned a rank per organization.

February 2nd, 2026

Fixed

Subscriptions now show the monthly costs if the user toggles to yearly (and indicates 2 months free)

February 2nd, 2026

New

Improved

Fixed

Gearing up for beta, this update includes a basic user profile page, subscription updates (database tables and workflows), Stripe payment integration, FAQs, and a minor fix to dark mode settings.

December 20th, 2025

Improved

Misc small fixes to mobile responsiveness of the main site and the dashboard/realm pages.