Apollo
A collaborative fiction platform where shared worlds grow into canon
Apollo
Open your world, and let other writers grow it with you.
You build a world once. Other writers tell their own stories inside it. The lore stays consistent, the revenue splits itself, and readers help decide which stories become canon.
Why it exists
Every good world attracts other stories. Right now, that always gets awkward.
- A fan writes a spin-off, and the agreement with the original creator is just a conversation
- The moment it earns money, it becomes a dispute
- Someone breaks the lore, and there is no way to stop it
- New readers hit unfamiliar names and quietly leave
Apollo makes that relationship explicit from the start.
Who it’s for
The world creator Organize your lore as a wiki, lock the rules nobody may break, and decide who gets in. You also set what share of the revenue from your world comes back to you.
The writers inside it Start in a world that is already alive instead of a blank page — with readers who already know it. No digging through documents: the wiki sits open right beside the manuscript.
The readers Tap an unfamiliar name and see what it means, right there. Vote to push a story you love into canon. Even if you never write a word, you can propose new lore — and earn contribution points when it’s adopted.
How it works
1. Open a world Add characters, places, events, and terms to the wiki. Give an event a date and you get a timeline; give a place coordinates and you get a map.
2. Set the rules Lock a rule like “no magic, ever” and register the words that break it. When a writer types one, the editor quietly says so. It never blocks them — it just tells them.
3. Decide who’s in Open the world to everyone, or keep it private and invite people in. Invitations come in two levels: viewers read and propose, editors help run the wiki.
4. Writers write World wiki on the left, manuscript on the right. Stop typing and it saves itself. Use a name from the wiki in your text and it links automatically, so readers can look it up while they read.
5. Readers decide canon Spin-offs that resonate go through a vote and become official. The ones that don’t aren’t thrown away — they stay as parallel-universe (IF) stories and keep finding readers.
What makes it different
Lore comes first. A writer knows they’ve broken a rule before they publish, not after.
Revenue splits aren’t negotiated. They follow the share you set when you created the world. Settlement records are append-only, so there’s never an argument later about who was paid what. The moment someone agreed to use your world — and the terms at that time — is recorded too.
Newcomers can read it. Tap an unfamiliar name and the explanation appears in place.
You can take part without writing. Adopted lore proposals credit you as a contributor and earn points.
The world can’t be wrecked. Every wiki edit keeps the previous version, and anything can be restored.
Where it is now
Beta — free to use.
Building worlds, co-writing, reading, canon voting, contribution rewards, and settlement records all work today. Payment processing and real payouts aren’t connected yet — for now, contribution points and settlement records accumulate.