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Branching novels that play in the browser with no account. Netwrck library novels are complete, playable scripts at different stages of production: 53 of the 59 novels have generated cover art; 59 novels play licensed music credited in the build; in-game backgrounds and character art are still generated placeholders throughout. Fork one and the art, music and voice tools in the editor fill in the rest. Author-published novels carry whatever their author gave them, and each card states its own art, audio and content notice below.

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Cover art for The Reconstruction

The Reconstruction

In Naples, every ruined house is worth something to the wrong person.

  • ~190 min
  • 36467 words
  • 14 branch points
  • 7 endings
  • 3 plays

historicalcrimeromancepolitical dramatragedyNaples, February to July 1982

naples1980shistorical dramacrimepolitical corruptionadult romancelove trianglefamily betrayalearthquake aftermathinstitutional rotslow burntragedy

Content notice (10)
  • earthquake trauma and child deaths referenced
  • building collapse and graphic injury
  • organized crime and intimidation
  • heroin addiction, overdose, and withdrawal
  • domestic coercion
  • institutional corruption
  • arson and death
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • religious conflict
  • forced displacement and witness exile

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

Cover art for The Price of Rice

The Price of Rice

The famine has an account. Her name is at the bottom.

  • ~190 min
  • 33127 words
  • 11 branch points
  • 7 endings
  • 3 plays

historicalliterary dramaromancepolitical tragedyMurshidabad and Kasimbazar, Bengal, February–September 1770

bengalhistorical dramafaminecolonialismbisexual protagonistlove triangleeconomic crimeweavinginstitutional rottragedyslow burnmoral choices

Content notice (12)
  • famine and starvation
  • mass death and corpses
  • colonial and caste oppression
  • debt bondage and seizure of livelihoods
  • cholera-like epidemic illness
  • smallpox referenced
  • graphic violence where earned
  • opium dependence
  • fraud, hoarding, and institutional corruption
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • bereavement
  • no slurs written out

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

Cover art for The German Wharf

The German Wharf

The fish belongs to a dead man. The hunger belongs to everyone.

  • ~190 min
  • 29053 words
  • 12 branch points
  • 7 endings
  • 3 plays

historicalromancedramapolitical thrillertragedyBergen, Norway, summer to Michaelmas 1427

historical dramamedieval NorwayHanseatic Leagueadult romancelove triangleeconomic intriguepiratesslow burnqueer romanceinstitutional rottragedystockfish

Content notice (10)
  • famine and food deprivation
  • widowhood and grief
  • institutional misogyny and xenophobia
  • coercive debt and threatened homelessness
  • graphic fire injuries and violent death
  • workplace assault and brutal apprentice initiation
  • alcohol misuse
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • betrayal by a dependent and business partner
  • no slurs written out; bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

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