About Us
Founded in 2005, Anodyne Productions became the definition of the the idiom "necessity is the mother of invention." Born out of a need for an easy-to-use and powerful tool to manage online RPGs, Anodyne Productions opened its doors with the SIMM Management System (SMS), a tool to help game masters spend less time managing the game and more time playing it. Over the last 7 years, Anodyne has delivered premier RPG management tools, first for Star Trek RPGs with SMS, and now with Nova for RPGs of all kinds.
Our mission is simple: provide products of the highest quality and it's been the driving force behind our efforts since the day we opened our doors. Starting with SMS in 2005 and again with Nova in 2010, we don't just want to meet your expectations for powerful and easy-to-use web software, we want to exceed it.
Our Products
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Nova RPG management. Evolved.
Nova is the next generation of RPG management software. Re-built from the ground up, Nova takes the best of the SIMM Management System and improves it, helping you to get back to your game.
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AnodyneDocs The definitive guide
Anodyne is committed to providing the best documentation for our products and we've gone to great lengths to make that happen with a wide array of resources available through AnodyneDocs.
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AnodyneXtras Make it your own
This one-stop-shop for official skins, rank sets, and MODs comes with easy-to-understand instructions for getting your changes up and running on your site so you can make your game more unique.
Latest News
Nova 2
After a year of development and testing, we’re incredibly excited to make Nova 2 available to the world!
You thought that updating Nova was time-consuming and laborious. We listened, and now Nova 2 sports a brand-new file structure that makes updating as simple as deleting a folder, uploading a new copy, and running the update script in your browser.
You thought the built-in wiki had some limitations. We listened, and now Thresher has a new category selection UI, the ability to add categories when you’re creating/editing a page, improved search, a way to edit the content of core wiki pages, RSS feeds for new and updated pages, new UIs for viewing and managing wiki pages, and several bug fixes.
You were frustrated by updating a multi-author post only to have your changes wiped out because someone else was editing at the same time. We listened, and now Nova 2 included a smart post locking feature that makes sure those frustrations are a thing of the past.
You were frustrated about how difficult it was to add some of your own rich content to Nova. We listened, and now Nova allows you to use those previously disallowed HTML tags (like script, iframe, and embed) to push banner exchanges and YouTube videos to your pages without the hassle of creating new pages and digging in to PHP code.
There have been a massive number of changes and we can’t cover them all here, but check Nova 2 out for yourself and see all the improvements, bug fixes, and new features that have been added to the premier RPG management tool.
The New Look and Feel
As some of you may have noticed, today we launched the new Anodyne branding across all of our sites and we’re incredibly excited for it to actually up and running.
The goal of this new look and feel was to be simpler all around. Over the last few years, the Anodyne branding has gotten more complex and busy. While it may have looked good at the time, it made navigating our sites a lot more complicated. This new design puts just about everything at your fingertips. On top of that, we wanted to make it clear up front (on all of the sites) exactly what the product was. It amazed us when we realized that information wasn’t front and center, so this new design (hopefully) addresses that.
Check out the new design across all of our sites (this site, the Nova site, AnodyneDocs, AnodyneXtras, and the forums) and let us know what you think on Facebook, Twitter, and the forums!
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Get Help
Let's face it, sometimes things happen and you don't know how to fix it or you don't know the answer to a question. We're here to help in those situations. We've worked hard to provide as many options for you to get the help you need. If you need help with one of our products, these are the ways to get in touch:
- AnodyneDocs – We've spent a great deal of time building an extensive user guide for Nova through AnodyneDocs. If you don't see something here that you think should be included, make sure to drop us a line and let us know.
- The Forums – Our forums are the main way to get help with our products. You can also use the forms to ask questions, get direction and talk with other members of the community. (Requires registration)
- Email – We're happy to answer questions over email, but the best place to get help is on the forums. Not only is it quicker for us to help you that way, but it also benefits other members of the community that may be having similar issues or someone who may come along several months from now with the same issue.