Hello and welcome to Lost Records Fans!
This webapp has been in the making since Lost Records: Bloom & Rage was first revealed at The Game Awards on December 8th, 2023!
Its creation coincided with my interest in learning React development. React is a JavaScript library originally created at Facebook and now used by some of the largest companies in the world. It allows fast interactive experiences that 'react' immediately without page refreshes. Think of Liking anything on Facebook and seeing the number of Likes update immediately. It is primarily a frontend library, meaning the UI users see and interact with. NextJS is a framework for React that allows server-side rendering, mixing both frontend and backend disciplines in one system.
I also created Life Is Strange Fans over 10 years ago. That site is built on Wordpress, and while it has many custom features, Wordpress is really not the ideal platform for such a community-driven site. I do plan to relaunch Life Is Strange Fans as a webapp very similar to Lost Records Fans eventually, but for now, Lost Records Fans is my main project. It represents everything I would want in a community app, with exciting features like an interactive Sticker Album and realtime Notifications.
I am a sole developer, and so it did take me longer to finish that I would have liked, but the Fans have been incredibly patient and I'm so happy to finally welcome everyone in!
Here are some ideas for the first things you could do now that you're part of this community:
- Head to your Profile and add some more details not available at Onboarding - this includes adding a Header Image, a Bio and Social Links
- Explore the Activity Feed - this includes the main Activity Feed showing all updates as well as more streamlined versions: Follow Feed shows updates related only to Fans or Creators (Fan Artist, Cosplayer or Video Creators) you're Following. shows the latest Tweet-like short-form thoughts from Fans. shows only Comments around the whole site, and which content they're related to.
