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Notes guide

A notes app that is also a playable dungeon

Write notes on parchment, then play a pixel dungeon. noteVenture pairs local notes with 17 heroes and 45+ achievements on iOS.

Notes stay on-device
Playable dungeon
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Quick facts

noteVenture pairs on-device parchment notes with a pixel dungeon. The notes are real notes; the dungeon is the reason to open them.

Notes

On-device

Parchment style, SwiftData storage. No cloud required.

Dungeon

Playable

Tap-to-move combat, 17 heroes, 45+ achievements.

Why

Open the note

A short quest instead of another blank page.

Cloud

Not required

Local notes first.

Platform

iOS

Listed on the App Store as noteVenture.

Note, then quest

Write the note. Run the dungeon.

Step 1

Write on parchment

The notes layer is a notes app, not flavor text. Storage is local with SwiftData.

Step 2

Keep it on the device

No cloud is required. That is the listed storage model.

Step 3

Drop into the dungeon

Tap-to-move combat, 17 heroes, 45+ achievements — a real game loop, not a sticker.

Step 4

Come back for both

The point is that the blank page is also a quest, so you actually open the app.

Notes first

If the notes were fake, this would just be a dungeon crawler with a journal skin. They are real notes, stored on-device.

Why a dungeon

A lot of notes apps lose to the next blank page. noteVenture puts a short playable quest next to the parchment so opening the app is not only a chore.

FAQ

Short answers to the questions people usually ask next.

Are the notes real notes?

Yes. Notes use a parchment style and store on-device with SwiftData. No cloud is required.

What is the game layer?

A pixel dungeon with tap-to-move combat, 17 heroes, and 45+ achievements.

Why combine them?

So opening your notes can also be a short quest, instead of another blank page.