A Note From our Founder

Dear ARCHIVOS-ians,

It is with a heavy heart that I must announce ARCHIVOS is closing its doors April 28, 2025.

The monthly costs to maintain the servers that store all the stories far exceeds the revenue being generated by the (truly splendid) storytellers subscribing to the app. It has come down to "keeping ARCHIVOS running" and "paying the rent", and I’m hoping to stave off homelessness for as long as possible, so… ;)

I have paused payment collection on all active subscriptions and will cancel them at the end of the month. I’ll do everything I can to reimburse EVERYONE for their unused subscription balances.

IF YOU HAD STORY CONTENT IN THE APP THAT YOU DID NOT EXPORT: Contact me at dave@wonderthingstudios.com and we will export it from our backup.

ARCHIVOS had been a dream of mine for almost a decade before launching it and I’m heartbroken that it’s come to this, but it’s the reality of the moment. Thank you all for your patronage and support… it has been a genuine delight to help you build your story worlds through the app and I wish you every continued success.

Yours sincerely,
Dave Robison

Interested parties can contact dave@wonderthingstudios.com about opportunites to keep ARCHIVOS running.

Don’t just create your story…

Explore It!

ARCHIVOS lets you experience your stories in a whole new way, transforming them into interactive visual experiences

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Document the people, places, and events of your story as an interconnected network.

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Discover the patterns and structures of your story through dynamic interactive story maps.

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Collaborate with your peers. Share your story settings and inspire your community.

Organize…

ARCHIVOS doesn’t just let you document every character, place, and event in your story. It allows you to connect them through the unique relationships that give them purpose and meaning. This interconnected network of association allows you to see how all the pieces of your story fit together.

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Explore…

Once you’ve documented your story, experience it through ARCHIVOS’s interactive displays showcasing the personal, geographic, and chronological structures of your narrative. Filter and search to refine the displays, illuminating the patterns of association that breathe life into your stories.

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…and Inspire

Collaborate with colleagues, working together to develop a story setting. Share your settings with an exclusive community or by embedding the ARCHIVOS displays into your web site. Invite the world to experience your unique story in a compelling way that will boost engagement and inspire interest.

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The World is Made of Stories

Storytelling is THE essential skill. Our ability to understand and communicate a good story defines how we engage with the world. Archivos gives you a whole new way to build, organize, and share your stories.

Many writing tools allow you to document the characters, places, and events of your story, but none of them show you how those elements fit in the larger narrative. Your awareness is limited to one story element, which means it’s up to you to remember all the connections and relationships that make that element important to the story.

Archivos changes all of that, empowering you with a comprehensive map of your story’s landscape. With Archivos, you can SEE the connective structures that are the framework of your creation, allowing you to identify critical patterns, affirm continuity, and refine the story’s composition. You can even work with colleagues in the creation of your story, fostering inspiration through real-time collaboration.

And once you’re finished, you can share those perspectives with the world, embedding Archivos displays into your website or sharing them with a select group of fans.

Archivos will the be way you create, share, and experience stories!

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One of the primary reasons I created ARCHIVOS was to deepen and enhance our appreciation for the stories of the world. ARCHIVOS helps ensure story comprehension and continuity while providing a dramatic and engaging way for fans to explore the story world they love.

Dave Robinson
Owner & ARCHIVOS Creator

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Alyc Helms

Author, Gamer, Fan

I have used many different platforms to help me track novels I’m working on, games I’m running, and fandoms I’m excited about. There is nothing out there that offers the functionality Archivos does from the outset, and the features are only getting richer and deeper in response to user feedback. This is a true innovation and a fantastic tool for storytelling in any medium.

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A. David Lewis

Comics for Youth Refugees Inc. Collective

Archivos provides individuals and organizations with an extraordinary tool, one where the structure and breadth of a narrative can be deftly visualized, shared, and explored. My team of creators is delighted to be working with Archivos and making use of their fantastic system!

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Nate Smith

Aspiring Author, Eager Gamer

A fantastic tool for storytelling of all types, Archivos has been helpful in so many ways. It hard to ignore the functionality of the living map and story webs, not just as a creative tool, but also as a gamer. Seeing updates as the world develops and locations populate on a map that stays consistent from game to game is so useful. I look forward to implementing it more in both personal projects and future campaigns.

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Sarah F.

Author/Student

I love Archivos, and have found it so useful for both my classes and personal stories. I had many story ideas that I couldn’t write because I had no easy way to organize them. Archivos allowed me to put all the information I wanted about each individual character and event into an easy to follow visual presentation. I also have used Archivos to organize all the characters in literature I’ve had to read for English class (mostly Shakespeare.) having such a convenient resource for organizing everything has made my life as an author and student so much easier.