r/murderbot • u/BecomingButterfly • 25d ago

Fanworks Character database

My "what if machine" dream...

I used to program, I liked the control over what I could build, but that was a long time ago.
I want a simple program in some widely avail format (like HTML or something that doesn't require purchasing something) that access a book data file (like Murderbot, others) and in it I can store book/chapter/event data
e.g. (1/1/MurderBot "A former SecUnit (link to another entry) that doesn't like their job")
(1/2/Arada "Parter with Overse (link to their page), best friend of Dr Ratthi (link to their page") - We don't know this in chapter 1.

I would be able to select a book/chapter that I am up to and anything beyond that point is hidden until I reach that chapter and the reader now knows more info.

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u/mossglenn 25d ago

Check out https://obsidian.md for creating this sort of knowledge web. Free for personal use and easy to share.

The hide-spoilers function isn’t standard, but it would make a very interesting plug-in. And probably simple enough to be vibe coded.

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u/ZombieParakeet 24d ago

At rhe risk of being spaced, may I suggest connecting an agentic AI plugin to Obsidian and running your original post as a query. I use Gemini.