AI-native game design workspace — coming soon
Your game’s design,
connected to everything.
Retconic connects your GDD to your task board to your codebase. The AI writes the document, drafts work from it, and keeps it honest against what actually got built.
We’re building it now. Join the list and we’ll tell you when the doors open.
How Retconic connects your work
Your idea becomes a living document.
Tell the AI what you’re making. It fills your GDD — premise, pillars, mechanics, loop — and keeps it current as you talk. Every decision is written down and structured.
The document becomes your task board.
Ask the AI to read your GDD and suggest the next five tasks. It knows what you’re building, so it suggests work that fits — not generic dev tickets. Move them through Backlog, In Progress, Done.
Your commits keep the document honest.
The Git tab reads your commit history. When code diverges from the spec, Retconic flags it. The coding agent can close the gap in both directions — design informs code, and code informs design.
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Everything in one workspace, sharing one context.
Not disconnected tabs. One intelligent surface where the AI knows all of it — the doc, the board, the research, the git history.
- GDD EditorBlock-based document with four states: Draft, Clarified, Active, Canon.
- AI ChatWrites to your GDD, drafts tasks, answers design questions with full project context.
- KanbanTask board driven by your design doc. Sprints, priorities, subtasks.
- ResearchTrack sources, references, and competitive analysis alongside your design.
- RoadmapMilestone planning linked to GDD sections and kanban cards.
- MoodboardVisual references for tone, aesthetic, and art direction.
- SheetsStructured data — stat tables, economy parameters, spawn tables.
- Playtest TrackerLog sessions, track bugs, connect feedback to spec sections.
- Git + Coding AgentReads commits, flags spec drift, and can write code against your design.
Architecture
Retconic is an MCP server.
The AI knows your project because it holds your project context — the GDD, the task state, the research, the git history. Not a chatbot you paste notes into. A server that speaks your project’s language.
◈ Free tool — available now, no sign-up
Map your game on one page.
The Game Board is a one-page GDD you fill in the browser. Title, pitch, core loop, engagement hook, feel, production plan, distribution, cuts, and the test you’ll run this week — structured so nothing important gets skipped. Auto-saves as you type. Print a clean A4 when you’re done.
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Join the waitlist.
We’re building Retconic in public. Notes from the workbench: essays on AI-native tools for creative work and what it takes to ship an indie game. First to know when early access opens.