Textual Games

For anyone who plays D&D with ChatGPT

ChatGPT forgets your story. This one doesn’t.

Your hero, what you carry, what you did. It is all here next week. You play. The book keeps track.

An engraved plate: a lone traveller with a lantern case stands on a rock above a valley of mist and broken towers.
Plate IIIThe road runs on under the water.

The Drowned Road · Chapter III

Saved

Meren is ankle-deep before you can stop her. She holds your lantern out over the iron. “It’s warm,” she says.

Choose a first line

Your first book is free. It forgets you when you leave. Make it remember for $19 every 28 days.

Want to make your own hero? Build your character

The next day

Come back to a long chat the next day. It has lost your hero and your things.

A free book plays the same way. Adventurer keeps your story.

Free

It forgets you

Meren is ankle-deep before you can stop her. She holds a lantern out over the iron. “Whose is this?” she asks. You have no idea.

Try a free book

Adventurer

It remembers you

Meren is ankle-deep before you can stop her. She holds your lantern out over the iron and watches the light shake. “It’s warm,” she says.

Make it remember

Built like a game, set like a book

The book writes it all down: who you are, what you carry, what you did.

  1. It remembers

    Close the tab. Come back next week. Your hero and your things wait for you.

  2. Choices that cost something

    Pick something up in chapter two. It matters in chapter nine. Some doors close behind you.

Walk into a world

Fantasy and science fiction are free. Dystopia opens with Adventurer.

Three ways to play

Free forgets, like any chat. Adventurer is the fix.

Wanderer

Free, and it forgets

Two worlds. Fifteen pages a day. One book, and it forgets you between sessions.

$0

No card

Adventurer

It remembers you

Every world. Keep every book. It remembers your hero, your things and your choices. Share a card of your story.

$19

Per 28 days

Worldbuilder

Many books, one world

Every book you start walks into the same world. Share it under your name.

$149

Per 28 days

Opens soon

Before you start

How is this different from playing with ChatGPT?

A chat forgets as it grows. This book writes down your hero, your things and your choices. Adventurer keeps them.

What happens when I come back tomorrow?

Free forgets you between sessions. Adventurer keeps your place: the same hero, what you carry, what you did.

Do I have to write a good prompt?

No. Pick a first line and play. Write your own move when you like.

What kinds of stories can I play?

Fantasy, science fiction and dystopia. Free has the first two.

What does it cost?

Your first book is free, with no card. Adventurer is $19 for 28 days. It keeps every book.

Your turn

Start a story that is there tomorrow

Make it remember

Or begin a free book