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.
Adult fiction
The Netwrck library novels are adult fiction: violence, addiction, the drug trade, psychiatric care, sex work adjacent coercion and infidelity. Sex scenes cut away at the door. Each entry shows the content notice its author wrote, which may be empty for an author-published novel.
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The Clearance
No cover art yet
A white stake is an argument. A signature lets people walk.
~150 min
15159 words
18 branch points
5 endings
3 plays
literary fiction adult drama procedural tragedy post-war political drama the Kestrel Valley in the fictional Republic of Drenava, 1-14 October 2026, eleven years after the armistice
adult drama procedural humanitarian demining post-war workplace moral injury institutional pressure small community disability slow burn moral ambiguity literary fiction
Content notice (10)
landmines and explosive remnants of war a demining accident graphic traumatic injury and amputation blood and medical aftermath wartime detention and disappearance discussed institutional pressure and workplace investigation hearing loss and disability grief and survivor guilt no instructional ordnance detail no slurs written out
Placeholder in-game art · licensed music
The Fire Line
No cover art yet
Two origins. Twelve dead. One paragraph with a nineteen-year-old's name in it.
~180 min
9850 words
28 branch points
5 endings
5 plays
literary fiction procedural drama romance legal drama Madrone County, Caldera; October and November 2026
adult drama wildfire procedural moral ambiguity corporate negligence insurance criminal investigation slow burn romance small town institutional pressure literary fiction multiple endings
Content notice (10)
fatal wildfire and burned homes graphic post-fire remains grief and survivor guilt insurance non-renewal and threatened homelessness corporate and government negligence criminal jeopardy for a nineteen-year-old adult alcohol use sexual intimacy implied, cuts away violence discussed without instructional detail bigotry shown only through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
Placeholder in-game art · licensed music
The Locomotive Works
No cover art yet
She certifies what the works can do. The sale decides what those words mean.
~180 min
12392 words
9 branch points
5 endings
4 plays
literary fiction industrial drama political drama Veyra, Republic of Orsava, January to October 1997
adult drama industrial drama political fiction workplace privatisation labour moral ambiguity post-socialist slow burn economic coercion literary fiction
Content notice (8)
economic coercion and wage theft unemployment and threatened poverty political and corporate corruption labour conflict and strikebreaking a nonfatal industrial crush injury alcohol and tobacco use sexual content implied, cuts away class prejudice and xenophobia shown through behaviour; no slurs written out
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The Quota Line
No cover art yet
The state mark is hers. So are the eleven cases attached to it.
~180 min
12613 words
14 branch points
5 endings
4 plays
literary fiction workplace drama procedural thriller romance Bellwether, Harrow County, five days in July 2027
adult drama procedural industrial food safety small town workplace moral ambiguity slow burn class immigration labour literary fiction
Content notice (11)
industrial animal slaughter and carcass inspection foodborne illness and hospitalisation repetitive-strain injury and disability worker compensation employer-tied visas and immigration enforcement identity-document scrutiny mass layoff and plant closure poverty and institutional pressure alcohol use sexual content implied, cuts away bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
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The Shot List
No cover art yet
One signature closes the road. One weak layer outlasts every good result.
~160 min
11348 words
13 branch points
5 endings
3 plays
literary fiction workplace drama procedural tragedy Calder and Ardent Ridge, one winter from November 2026 to April 2027
adult drama avalanche ski resort small town workplace tragedy procedural coroner's inquest moral ambiguity class institutional pressure winter literary fiction
Content notice (8)
avalanche burial and death recovery and attempted resuscitation grief and survivor guilt public blame and workplace pressure economic precarity and threatened homes professional explosive avalanche control discussed non-instructionally alcohol use sexual intimacy implied; cuts away
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Holding Tension
No cover art yet
A perfect joint can carry a lie.
~190 min
9147 words
18 branch points
5 endings
3 plays
literary fiction maritime drama procedural thriller romance the Mediterranean, six weeks in May and June 2027
adult drama maritime procedural submarine cables infrastructure corporate cover-up moral ambiguity workplace drama slow burn island second chance literary fiction
Content notice (10)
infrastructure failure and communications deprivation medical jeopardy a death from delayed emergency care, recalled corporate negligence and coercion evidence concealment and professional misconduct dangerous maritime work and a hand injury storm peril alcohol use sexual content implied, cuts away bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
Placeholder in-game art · licensed music
Every ruling is defensible. Together they choose a member of parliament.
~200 min
31412 words
14 branch points
7 endings
3 plays
literary fiction political drama romance procedural tragedy the Division of Carrigan Bight, four days of September, present day
political drama adult drama procedural electoral fraud small town estranged siblings second chance romance institutional rot slow burn moral ambiguity class literary fiction
Content notice (10)
political corruption and clientelism workplace prosecution and public disgrace estrangement and family rupture poverty, unemployment and rationed healthcare a death from a delayed medical procedure, recalled alcohol use intimidation and doxxing of an official sexual content implied, cuts away violence where earned bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
Placeholder in-game art · licensed music
In Naples, every ruined house is worth something to the wrong person.
~190 min
36467 words
14 branch points
7 endings
3 plays
historical crime romance political drama tragedy Naples, February to July 1982
naples 1980s historical drama crime political corruption adult romance love triangle family betrayal earthquake aftermath institutional rot slow burn tragedy
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
Her sentence belongs to the Crown. Her hours belong to a man.
~195 min
38388 words
10 branch points
7 endings
3 plays
historical literary drama romance crime tragedy Van Diemen's Land, August–December 1832
van diemens land historical drama convict assignment bisexual protagonist love triangle penal labour institutional rot bushranging colonialism slow burn betrayal literary tragedy
Content notice (12)
convict labour and enslavement-like coercion colonial dispossession of palawa people pregnancy under custodial coercion graphic corporal punishment where earned sexual coercion discussed imprisonment and solitary confinement bushranging and violent death institutional corruption pregnancy loss discussed alcohol dependence sexual content implied, cuts away no slurs written out
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The famine has an account. Her name is at the bottom.
~190 min
33127 words
11 branch points
7 endings
3 plays
historical literary drama romance political tragedy Murshidabad and Kasimbazar, Bengal, February–September 1770
bengal historical drama famine colonialism bisexual protagonist love triangle economic crime weaving institutional rot tragedy slow burn moral 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
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The fish belongs to a dead man. The hunger belongs to everyone.
~190 min
29053 words
12 branch points
7 endings
3 plays
historical romance drama political thriller tragedy Bergen, Norway, summer to Michaelmas 1427
historical drama medieval Norway Hanseatic League adult romance love triangle economic intrigue pirates slow burn queer romance institutional rot tragedy stockfish
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
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