Warden Notes is a real-time, collaborative companion tool for GTFO.
Players can map out expedition zones and track item locations together, no account needed. Just create an expedition, share the URL, and your whole squad is synced.
Building an unofficial tool for a game with GTFO’s aesthetic meant the UI had to feel immersive: terminal-style, terse, in-universe. Generic SaaS chrome would’ve killed it. Every label, prompt, and interaction is written from inside the fiction.
The core challenge was making real-time collaboration feel instant without overcomplicating the stack. The app is built on Laravel and Livewire, with Laravel Reverb handling WebSockets. No separate SPA, no heavy frontend framework. Livewire’s reactivity handles the collaborative state, and Reverb broadcasts updates across connected players in real time.
The no-auth design was a deliberate call. Requiring accounts would’ve added friction. It would kill casual session-based use, exactly what in-game coordination looks like. A shareable URL is the only credential you need.