Text adventures, with an AI that listens
Classic text adventures, rebuilt for the AI era: type anything, an AI game master narrates, and a real engine keeps the world consistent. Mysteries and dungeons, free to play.
Death at Gull's Rest25–40 minA storm has cut off a small island guesthouse, and its owner is dead from poisoned cocoa. Four people were under his roof. The ferry comes at dawn. Find out who did it, and prove it.The Locked Reading Room25–40 minDuring the annual book fair at a village library, a rare-book appraiser is found dead in the locked reading room. The only key hung on the librarian's ring all afternoon. Four people had reason to be near it. Work out how the room was entered, and who did it.Blackout at the Aurora25–40 minThe lights have gone out across the city, and in the dark the Aurora Hotel's star singer has lost her sapphire necklace. The night porter lies dazed in the lift, and everyone says a sneak thief must have slipped in from the street. Someone inside wants you to believe that. Find the thief and prove it.The Lantern Below20–30 minThe Carrow Point light went dark three nights ago and its keeper vanished. Go down into the flooded smugglers' cellar beneath it, find the lamp's crystal heart, and light the beacon before the storm fleet reaches the rocks.The Midnight Mechanism20–40 minThe Vessel Square clocktower has sealed its doors, and its brass automatons have woken. When the great bell strikes midnight, the gears will grind the tower shut for good. Climb through the turning labyrinth, recover the Mainspring Key and set it in the bell's escapement to stop the clock.Silence on Kestrel-920–40 minResearch station Kestrel-9 hangs in orbit above a banded gas giant, silent for eleven days. Your shuttle is crippled and the station is your only hope. Fight past rogue drones, cross a vented section, find the beacon core, and relight the distress beacon.
How is this like a classic text adventure?
You explore rooms, pick up items, solve problems and type what you do. Unlike old parsers, you can phrase it any way you like: the AI game master understands you.
How is it different from AI Dungeon-style games?
Those let the AI make everything up, so the world shifts as you play. Here the world is written down: places, people, items, dangers and the solution are fixed, and the engine enforces them. The AI only tells the story.
Can I make my own?
Yes. Describe an idea and the AI drafts a complete mystery or dungeon, which you can change, play-test and share with a link.
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