Share the reason, keep the reveal
SHARING DESK / SPOILERS & CONTEXT
A collection can explain why a game mattered without explaining its ending. Treat the finished file as a new reading experience, separate from the private draft.
First decide what the reader already knows
A board for friends who finished a game differs from an introduction for someone who has only seen the title. For a general audience, write about the way you played, the question it raised, or the mood it left behind. If a particular reveal is essential to your note, mark that note as a spoiler.
| Revealing draft | A shareable alternative |
|---|---|
| The station keeper is your future self. | I kept revisiting the meaning of the early conversations. |
| The final island was inside the lantern. | The journey made small objects feel unexpectedly important. |
| I cried when the guide disappeared. | I became attached to the company along the way. |
These sentences are writing exercises about invented situations, not claims about real games.
A spoiler mark covers a note, not the whole board
Marked notes are hidden from export by default. Include them only when you explicitly choose to reveal spoiler notes for the intended audience. A spoiler setting cannot recognize a revealing title, an ending screenshot, a character name in artwork, or the implication of an unusual ordering.
- Read the board title and each game title first.
- Mark revealing notes, or rewrite them without the reveal.
- Inspect every image at full view, including small background details.
- Review the export preview with spoiler notes hidden.
- Open the downloaded PNG and check the result again. Repeat for a caption or print output if you use it.
Give the public version its own identity
Duplicate a board for sharing when your private notes carry details you want to keep. A title such as “Year in games — sharing copy” makes that purpose clear. Keep the source board and its JSON backup private. Removing a note from a picture does not remove it from an editable backup.
Do not send a JSON file as a convenient substitute for a PNG. JSON can contain hidden spoiler notes, personal text, and processed images. It is not encrypted. A template application link carries a template ID, not your finished story. Following it opens a confirmation to create a separate blank work; it does not publish anything.
Read the file as a stranger would
Check whether a caption mentions a person by name, whether a photographed screen includes a username, and whether the board title implies an ending. Then decide where to share the actual file. The studio does not post to social networks or create a public profile for you.
For a useful opening line, try: “Nine games that changed the way I explore. Unranked; notes about endings are hidden.” That explains scope and reading order without asking the reader to guess.