Everything you need behind the screen

Stop switching programs, PDFs, playlists, and browser windows just to run a game. Overseer unifies the tools you use today in one convenient digital GM screen.

Screenshot of Overseer Studio

Modular tiles you control

Customize your session screen with modular tiles. Embed Roll20, D&D Beyond, PDFs, YouTube, and so much more directly in Overseer or build your own extensions to further extend the functionality of Overseer. No more tab juggling or program switching.

Connect and automate everything

Tiles can talk to one another by sending and listening to events from any other tile in your session. You don't need to connect every tile or automate everything but you can and that flexibility unlocks an endless amount of creative possibilities. Be sure to sign up above to receive updates and developer guides.

No subscriptions

Overseer is a one-time purchase desktop application. Once you purchase Overseer, it's yours forever including all future updates. Signup for early access to get Overseer for only $15. That's 50% off the planned launch price.

Don't ditch your existing tools

Overseer isn't designed to replace your VTT. It's built to make running your sessions easier; whether that's in-person or online. Use Overseer alongside your VTT or any other tool for low-stress, distraction-free sessions.

Online or in-person

Need to share a specific tile on your screen with your players? Overseer lets you pop out, swap, and reveal tiles on your screen to your players in an individual window. Perfect for casting to a television or screen sharing on a video call.

Adventures out-of-the-box

Overseer lets you quickly run new adventures or systems with presets. Presets contain all the adventure material, PDFs, assets, sound effects, character sheets, and more in one accessible, ready-to-play GM screen.

Questions?

Email us at hello@overseer.studio with any specific questions or comments

Overseer Studio is a desktop application built for tabletop gaming that organizes all the tools a GM uses to run their games. It's not a VTT and it's not a new tool to learn. Overseer Studio simply makes running your games easier and more streamlined. Overseer Studio is offline-first and runs on any Windows, macOS, or Linux computer.

Overseer Studio isn't meant to replace your existing tools. It's meant to work with them and keep you more organized during a game.

For example, if you use OneNote, Obsidian, or any other campaign organizer, you can embed these tools into Overseer Studio for quick access during a game alongside all your other tools and materials.

Running a session can often be chaotic with lots of moving parts. Overseer Studio helps you consolidate your tools into one, easy-to-use screen.

Overseer ships with a handful of useful tile extensions including:

  • Notepad with markdown support
  • Styled text tiles
  • Image tiles
  • Video tiles
  • PDF tiles
  • Audio tiles
  • dddice
  • Website embeds; and
  • VTT tiles for Roll20, Foundry VTT, and Owlbear Rodeo

You can also easily build your own extensions!

Yes! Overseer Studio was built to be modular by design. You can create extensions, presets, and themes for Overseer Studio and share them however you'd like.

Extensions are embedded websites and can be built with simple HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can use the injected Overseer SDK to hook into application events and communicate or listen to other extensions.

$15 for early access users. Once features are finalized, Overseer Studio will be $30 for everyone else. Overseer Studio is a one-time purchase, no subscription fees, with free updates as they're made available.

No. Overseer Studio is offline-first and does not provide a way for players to connect. This also means you do not need to configure ports or host your own server to use Overseer Studio.

If you want to share a particular tile with your players, you can pop out a tile into a new window and share the window over a video call or cast to your living room TV.

As a GM myself, I know how frustrating managing 20 tabs and 5 different programs can be just to run a session; especially when one of your players decides to go off the rails and you're forced to improvise. The last thing you need is the software you're using to get in the way. That's why I built Overseer Studio.

If you were once familiar with Astral TableTop or more recently dddice, then you might know the person behind those tools as the person behind Overseer Studio.

I've learned a lot since building those platforms. The biggest lessons have been:

  • There are tons of amazing TTRPG tools out there and people will mix and match what works for them,
  • Tools feel better when they're simple to use with no strings attached; and
  • No one wants to experience an outage during a session.

Overseer Studio was built differently, taking a decade of experience building tabletop gaming applications and applying the lessons learned to make one cohesive, modular, offline-first tool to rule them all.

I'm always open to feedback or questions, email me anytime at tom@overseer.studio.

There is no timeline but the goal is late 2025. If you want to be a beta tester, please send us an email.

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