WORKING PRIVATE ALPHA · BUILT FOR STORY TEAMS

Your project shouldn’t live in pieces.

Scripts in Docs. Lore in Notion. Decisions in Discord. Art in folders. Tasks somewhere else.
FanForge brings the whole creative project together.

Drag the fragments. Let the creative material settle.
INT. ARCHIVE — NIGHT07
Palette study
MARA VENN
What does she refuse to admit?
14BWIDE / HOLD
REVISION / BLUE
SCENE 07TAKE 03
Resolve
the ending.
→ J
FF
PRODUCTION / 04
REVISION 02
Acceptance
recommended
✓
Environment study
SCATTERED CREATIVE MATERIALA SHARED CREATIVE FIELD

DISCORD · DOCS · NOTION · TRELLO · DRIVE · MIRO

DISCORD · DOCS · NOTION · TRELLO · DRIVE · MIRO

The story gets lost in the gaps between them.

Scripts live in documents. Lore sits elsewhere. Decisions vanish into chat; art, files and tasks drift into separate folders and boards. FanForge reconnects the story, team and work.

FanForge Northstar discovery experience

ONE PROJECT. ONE CREATIVE WORKSPACE.

A Forge keeps the whole story connected.

01 / ONE SHARED HOME

Give the project a place to live.

Keep the story, current focus, team and creative work together in one Forge.

FanForge Northstar Forge dashboard
FanForge Northstar Forge dashboard
FanForge Northstar project workspace
FanForge Northstar project workspace

02 / BUILD TOGETHER

Create, review and decide in context.

Write, develop the world, shape the look and guide contributions without separating discussion from the work.

03 / EVERY CONTRIBUTION CONNECTED

Preserve the creative history.

Accepted work becomes durable attribution linked to the creator, role and project.

FanForge permanent attribution record
Permanent creator attribution record
FanForge permanent attribution record
Permanent creator attribution record

FIND THE PEOPLE

Bring collaborators into the actual project.

Open roles and applications connect collaborators directly to the Forge they are joining.

FanForge Northstar Forge overview
FanForge Northstar Forge overview
FanForge Northstar Forge overview
FanForge Northstar guided project entry
FanForge Northstar guided project entry
FanForge Northstar guided project entry

WORK WITH CONTEXT

Every contribution has a clear path.

From application through revision, review and final acceptance, creators can see what is current and what happens next.

CONTRIBUTION OVER POPULARITY

Creative credit shouldn’t disappear into the group chat.

FanForge keeps contribution history attached to the work, so creators stay connected to what they helped make.

CONTRIBUTION DOSSIER · FF-024
A01

The creative record

One piece of work. Every hand, review and decision still attached.

STATUSPermanent
CHAINUnbroken
ORIGINAUTHORSHIP
CAPTURED
CREATIVE HISTORY
FANFORGE / ATTRIBUTIONContribution record
FF
1
CREATEDDraft 01 · 09:42
ORIGINATOR / A01

Origin and authorship captured

2
SUBMITTEDRevision 02 · 11:18
CONTRIBUTOR / A01

Work enters a defined review path

3
REVIEWED3 notes · 14:06
REVIEWER / R02

Feedback remains attached to the work

4
ACCEPTEDDecision · 16:20
PROJECT LEAD / L01

Authority and final decision recorded

ACCEPTED
5
ATTRIBUTEDContribution FF-024
PERMANENT RECORD

Creator, role and project remain linked

ARCHIVED
CREATED → REVIEWED → DECIDED → ATTRIBUTEDTHE WORK REMEMBERS
Many people made this.We can still see who did what.
FanForge evidence history interface
Permanent creator attribution record
Permanent creator attribution record

BUILT FOR STORIES BIGGER THAN ONE PERSON

The medium changes. The collaboration problem doesn’t.

Films. Books. Games. Animation. Comics. Worldbuilding. Narrative projects that refuse to fit neatly into one box.

01
MANUSCRIPT
Books · scripts
Drafts, revisions and editorial marks
02
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
Art · graphic design
Concept, palette and visual language
03
MOVING IMAGE
Film · animation
Boards, shots and frame decisions
04
SOUND
Music · audio drama
Sessions, cues and evolving cuts
05
WORLD SYSTEMS
Games · interactive
Routes, systems and branching structure
06
RESEARCH
References · source material
Evidence, clippings and shared context
DIFFERENT ARTEFACTSONE CONNECTED CREATIVE HISTORY
Javan Buchanan, founder of FanForge

JAVAN BUCHANAN

FF / 01

Javan Buchanan, founder of FanForge

JAVAN BUCHANAN

FF / 01

BEHIND THE FORGE

Built by Javan Buchanan.

Javan is the founder of FanForge, building a collaborative home for writers, artists, filmmakers, worldbuilders and creative teams. His focus is keeping the project, the people and the history of the work connected — from first idea to lasting attribution.

FanForge exists to give ambitious creative work a place where context, contribution and credit remain visible as the story grows.

FanForge exists to give ambitious creative work a place where context, contribution and credit remain visible as the story grows.

FanForge exists to give ambitious creative work a place where context, contribution and credit remain visible as the story grows.

Connect with Javan on LinkedIn ↗

Connect with Javan on LinkedIn ↗

WORKING PRIVATE ALPHA · LIMITED ACCESS

WORKING PRIVATE ALPHA · LIMITED ACCESS

Become one of FanForge’s founding testers.

Bring a real creative project, explore the working alpha and tell me where it falls short. Your testing and feedback will help shape FanForge. Applications are reviewed individually; applying does not guarantee access.

Bring a real creative project, explore the working alpha and tell me where it falls short. Your testing and feedback will help shape FanForge. Applications are reviewed individually; applying does not guarantee access.

Private-alpha applicants must be 18 or over.

PRIVATE ALPHA QUESTIONS

Before you enter the Forge.

What is FanForge?

Who is FanForge for?

How does creative credit work?

How do contributions and attribution work?

Is FanForge live?

How do I apply for private alpha?

How do I apply for private alpha?