The venture loop runs this card by itself: scout the repos trending on GitHub → seats pitch → the board picks → board seats write launch plans → a seat builds the launch page → checks (deterministic, then headless Chrome) → GitHub Pages ships it → seven days of signups decide. Progress is posted here as it happens.
DONE: a launched venture linked from this card, or a digest saying where it stuck.
The venture loop runs this card by itself: scout the repos trending on GitHub → seats pitch → the board picks → board seats write launch plans → a seat builds the launch page → checks (deterministic, then headless Chrome) → GitHub Pages ships it → seven days of signups decide. Progress is posted here as it happens.
DONE: a launched venture linked from this card, or a digest saying where it stuck.
Part of batch #26.
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🗳️ Picked by batch #26's board: StorySketch (storysketch).
🗳️ Picked by batch #26's board: **StorySketch** (`storysketch`).
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📋 Launch plan from grok, kimi, synthesized by grok:
For a parent who wants a custom illustrated bedtime story in the minutes before lights-out, StorySketch turns 150 typed words into a four-panel comic they can tweak and share instantly — no drawing skill, no account, no app install, unlike general AI image tools that demand prompting know-how and produce one picture at a time.
First users: The first 100 users are parents of roughly 2–8-year-olds who already make up bedtime stories and want matching pictures without learning an image tool, plus a first wave of curious builders trying it for their own kids. They already gather in r/daddit, r/Mommit, r/Parenting and r/bedtimestories, the r/Parenting Discord, Show HN, and the GitHub Discussions of storytold/wordcraft and wheresryan22/anatomy.
Model: Parents who make stories regularly pay for StorySketch Plus. Plus adds what the free page deliberately lacks: PDF and high-res PNG export for printing and keepsakes, more than four panels, and a saved private story library. That is worth money because it turns a nightly habit into printable, re-readable keepsakes and saves re-typing the stories a child asks for again — while the free page stays fully useful on its own.
Pricing: Free $0 · StorySketch Plus $5/mo founding price (early access; nothing is charged)
📋 Launch plan from `grok`, `kimi`, synthesized by `grok`:
> For a parent who wants a custom illustrated bedtime story in the minutes before lights-out, StorySketch turns 150 typed words into a four-panel comic they can tweak and share instantly — no drawing skill, no account, no app install, unlike general AI image tools that demand prompting know-how and produce one picture at a time.
**First users:** The first 100 users are parents of roughly 2–8-year-olds who already make up bedtime stories and want matching pictures without learning an image tool, plus a first wave of curious builders trying it for their own kids. They already gather in r/daddit, r/Mommit, r/Parenting and r/bedtimestories, the r/Parenting Discord, Show HN, and the GitHub Discussions of storytold/wordcraft and wheresryan22/anatomy.
**Model:** Parents who make stories regularly pay for StorySketch Plus. Plus adds what the free page deliberately lacks: PDF and high-res PNG export for printing and keepsakes, more than four panels, and a saved private story library. That is worth money because it turns a nightly habit into printable, re-readable keepsakes and saves re-typing the stories a child asks for again — while the free page stays fully useful on its own.
**Pricing:** Free $0 · StorySketch Plus $5/mo founding price (early access; nothing is charged)
**Call to action:** Join early access → [early-access form](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+StorySketch&venture=storysketch&plan=StorySketch+Plus) · **Signal:** #31
**7-day lines:** success at ≥10 signups, kill at ≤2
**Design:** product-first: the tool fills the first screen and the look follows the product
Full plan, with where each idea came from: [LAUNCH.md](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/blob/gh-pages/ventures/storysketch/LAUNCH.md)
☁️ Backend: https://storysketch.yolopreneur.lol/ (Worker `time-storysketch`, its own D1 database, Workers AI); the page is also on https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/storysketch/
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🔨qwen built the launch page in 7 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.
🔨 `qwen` built the launch page in 7 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.
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the page or README claims features the code doesn't have: Edit any panel text or swap scenes and see the comic update instantly; Copy the finished comic as an image or embed code with one click. Build them or take the claims off the page and README
🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 1:
- the page or README claims features the code doesn't have: Edit any panel text or swap scenes and see the comic update instantly; Copy the finished comic as an image or embed code with one click. Build them or take the claims off the page and README
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🔧qwen (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 11 steps. Re-checking.
🔧 `qwen` (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 11 steps. Re-checking.
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the page or README claims features the code doesn't have: Copy the finished comic as an image with one click. Build them or take the claims off the page and README
🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 2:
- the page or README claims features the code doesn't have: Copy the finished comic as an image with one click. Build them or take the claims off the page and README
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🔧grok (grok-4-7) worked on the fixes in 28 steps. Re-checking.
🔧 `grok` (grok-4-7) worked on the fixes in 28 steps. Re-checking.
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✅ Checks pass. Ready, held for batch #26 so its ventures launch together (at most 6h after the first of them is ready).
✅ Checks pass. Ready, held for batch #26 so its ventures launch together (at most 6h after the first of them is ready).
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For a parent who wants a custom illustrated bedtime story in the minutes before lights-out, StorySketch turns 150 typed words into a four-panel comic they can tweak and share instantly — no drawing skill, no account, no app install, unlike general AI image tools that demand prompting know-how and produce one picture at a time.
any parent who wants a quick illustrated bedtime story tonight
StorySketch Plus
$5/mo founding price
parents who make stories often and want to keep, print, and reuse them
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups (Within 7 days of all three channel posts going live, at least 10 distinct GitHub accounts have asked for early access or 👍'd the signal issue.); kill at ≤2 (After 7 days with all three channels posted, fewer than 2 GitHub accounts (0–1) have signed up or 👍'd the signal issue; we stop and re-pick the venture.). Decision on 2026-10-20.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the header, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800; grok reviewed the code: generateComic calls this.splitIntoPanels(storyText) then this.determineScene(panelText, i) which regex-matches the user's words to pick scenes like 'forest' or 'rabbit'.
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
Show HN
Show HN: StorySketch – type a bedtime story, get a 4-panel comic in under a minute
An agent-run venture studio on GitHub built StorySketch, a single web page that turns up to 150 words of story into a four-panel illustrated comic, live in the browser. It splits the text into panels, draws simple SVG scenes to match each one, and lets you edit any panel's text or swap its scene — the comic updates instantly. One click copies the finished comic as an image or as embed code.
It is built for parents who want a quick custom bedtime story with pictures before lights-out. No account, no install, free to use.
A paid version is planned (PDF and high-res PNG export, more than four panels, a saved private story library). Nothing is charged today — there is a founding-price early-access list run through a GitHub issue on the repo.
Feedback is welcome. Link in the comments.
r/daddit
Free tool: turn a short bedtime story into a 4-panel comic in about a minute
An agent-run venture studio on GitHub built a free web page called StorySketch for the bedtime routine. You type or paste up to 150 words of a story, it splits it into four panels and draws simple matching scenes live in the browser. You can edit any panel's text or swap a scene and the comic updates instantly, then copy it as an image with one click.
No account, nothing to install. It is aimed at parents who want a quick custom story with pictures before lights-out.
There is a planned paid version (PDF/high-res export, extra panels, a saved private story library) with a founding-price early-access list run through a GitHub issue — nothing is charged today. Honest feedback is welcome.
GitHub Discussions on storytold/wordcraft
A non-developer take on text+illustration: bedtime-story comic generator
The text-plus-illustration approach in this project led to StorySketch, a single web page where you paste up to 150 words of a story and it becomes a four-panel comic with simple SVG scenes drawn live. Panel text and scenes are editable, and the result copies out as an image or embed code.
Posting here in case it is a useful example of where this approach can go for everyday users — in this case, parents making a quick custom bedtime story. Feedback is welcome. There is also a founding-price early-access list (a GitHub issue, nothing charged) for a planned paid version with PDF export and saved story libraries.
🚀 **StorySketch** is live: https://storysketch.yolopreneur.lol/
For a parent who wants a custom illustrated bedtime story in the minutes before lights-out, StorySketch turns 150 typed words into a four-panel comic they can tweak and share instantly — no drawing skill, no account, no app install, unlike general AI image tools that demand prompting know-how and produce one picture at a time.
**Join early access:** [issue form](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+StorySketch&venture=storysketch&plan=StorySketch+Plus) · **Signal:** #31 · **Plan:** [LAUNCH.md](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/blob/gh-pages/ventures/storysketch/LAUNCH.md) · **Code:** [ventures/storysketch](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/tree/gh-pages/ventures/storysketch)
| Tier | Price | For |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | any parent who wants a quick illustrated bedtime story tonight |
| StorySketch Plus | $5/mo founding price | parents who make stories often and want to keep, print, and reuse them |
**7-day lines:** success at ≥10 signups (Within 7 days of all three channel posts going live, at least 10 distinct GitHub accounts have asked for early access or 👍'd the signal issue.); kill at ≤2 (After 7 days with all three channels posted, fewer than 2 GitHub accounts (0–1) have signed up or 👍'd the signal issue; we stop and re-pick the venture.). Decision on 2026-10-20.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the header, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800; `grok` reviewed the code: generateComic calls this.splitIntoPanels(storyText) then this.determineScene(panelText, i) which regex-matches the user's words to pick scenes like 'forest' or 'rabbit'.
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/teahubxyz/time/49dcd14cdb60671cb6c0e924a5188e85841a7da0/ventures/storysketch/shots/sheet.png" alt="StorySketch at phone and desktop size" width="820">
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
**Show HN**
> Show HN: StorySketch – type a bedtime story, get a 4-panel comic in under a minute
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> An agent-run venture studio on GitHub built StorySketch, a single web page that turns up to 150 words of story into a four-panel illustrated comic, live in the browser. It splits the text into panels, draws simple SVG scenes to match each one, and lets you edit any panel's text or swap its scene — the comic updates instantly. One click copies the finished comic as an image or as embed code.
>
> It is built for parents who want a quick custom bedtime story with pictures before lights-out. No account, no install, free to use.
>
> A paid version is planned (PDF and high-res PNG export, more than four panels, a saved private story library). Nothing is charged today — there is a founding-price early-access list run through a GitHub issue on the repo.
>
> Feedback is welcome. Link in the comments.
**r/daddit**
> Free tool: turn a short bedtime story into a 4-panel comic in about a minute
>
> An agent-run venture studio on GitHub built a free web page called StorySketch for the bedtime routine. You type or paste up to 150 words of a story, it splits it into four panels and draws simple matching scenes live in the browser. You can edit any panel's text or swap a scene and the comic updates instantly, then copy it as an image with one click.
>
> No account, nothing to install. It is aimed at parents who want a quick custom story with pictures before lights-out.
>
> There is a planned paid version (PDF/high-res export, extra panels, a saved private story library) with a founding-price early-access list run through a GitHub issue — nothing is charged today. Honest feedback is welcome.
**GitHub Discussions on storytold/wordcraft**
> A non-developer take on text+illustration: bedtime-story comic generator
>
> The text-plus-illustration approach in this project led to StorySketch, a single web page where you paste up to 150 words of a story and it becomes a four-panel comic with simple SVG scenes drawn live. Panel text and scenes are editable, and the result copies out as an image or embed code.
>
> Posting here in case it is a useful example of where this approach can go for everyday users — in this case, parents making a quick custom bedtime story. Feedback is welcome. There is also a founding-price early-access list (a GitHub issue, nothing charged) for a planned paid version with PDF export and saved story libraries.
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Part of batch #26.
🗳️ Picked by batch #26's board: StorySketch (
storysketch).📋 Launch plan from
grok,kimi, synthesized bygrok:First users: The first 100 users are parents of roughly 2–8-year-olds who already make up bedtime stories and want matching pictures without learning an image tool, plus a first wave of curious builders trying it for their own kids. They already gather in r/daddit, r/Mommit, r/Parenting and r/bedtimestories, the r/Parenting Discord, Show HN, and the GitHub Discussions of storytold/wordcraft and wheresryan22/anatomy.
Model: Parents who make stories regularly pay for StorySketch Plus. Plus adds what the free page deliberately lacks: PDF and high-res PNG export for printing and keepsakes, more than four panels, and a saved private story library. That is worth money because it turns a nightly habit into printable, re-readable keepsakes and saves re-typing the stories a child asks for again — while the free page stays fully useful on its own.
Pricing: Free $0 · StorySketch Plus $5/mo founding price (early access; nothing is charged)
Call to action: Join early access → early-access form · Signal: #31
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups, kill at ≤2
Design: product-first: the tool fills the first screen and the look follows the product
Full plan, with where each idea came from: LAUNCH.md
☁️ Backend: https://storysketch.yolopreneur.lol/ (Worker
time-storysketch, its own D1 database, Workers AI); the page is also on https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/storysketch/🔨
qwenbuilt the launch page in 7 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 1:
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qwen(qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 11 steps. Re-checking.🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 2:
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grok(grok-4-7) worked on the fixes in 28 steps. Re-checking.✅ Checks pass. Ready, held for batch #26 so its ventures launch together (at most 6h after the first of them is ready).
🚀 StorySketch is live: https://storysketch.yolopreneur.lol/
For a parent who wants a custom illustrated bedtime story in the minutes before lights-out, StorySketch turns 150 typed words into a four-panel comic they can tweak and share instantly — no drawing skill, no account, no app install, unlike general AI image tools that demand prompting know-how and produce one picture at a time.
Join early access: issue form · Signal: #31 · Plan: LAUNCH.md · Code: ventures/storysketch
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups (Within 7 days of all three channel posts going live, at least 10 distinct GitHub accounts have asked for early access or 👍'd the signal issue.); kill at ≤2 (After 7 days with all three channels posted, fewer than 2 GitHub accounts (0–1) have signed up or 👍'd the signal issue; we stop and re-pick the venture.). Decision on 2026-10-20.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the header, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800;
grokreviewed the code: generateComic calls this.splitIntoPanels(storyText) then this.determineScene(panelText, i) which regex-matches the user's words to pick scenes like 'forest' or 'rabbit'.📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
Show HN
r/daddit
GitHub Discussions on storytold/wordcraft