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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 Calle Necochea

Calle Necochea

Eleven cabarets in four blocks, and one of them reopens.

  • ~90 min
  • 13175 words
  • 5 branch points
  • 5 endings
  • 3 plays

historicaldramamusicromancetragedyArgentina, Buenos Aires, 1917

1910sbuenos airestangomusichistoricallove trianglequeer romanceclasspatronagetragedy

Content notice (7)
  • knife violence, graphic
  • sex work and coercion in the cabaret trade
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • queer relationship under legal and social threat
  • police corruption
  • poverty and debt
  • grief

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

Cover art for The Tenth Month

The Tenth Month

She wrote the letters. Someone else got the woman.

  • ~95 min
  • 18739 words
  • 6 branch points
  • 5 endings
  • 3 plays

historicalromancedramatragedyHeian Japan, autumn 1004 CE

heianhistorical romancelove trianglecourt intrigueletterstragedyjoseislow burnclasspoetry

Content notice (7)
  • grief
  • coerced marriage and concubinage
  • class and gender subjugation
  • suicide (offscreen, discussed)
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • violence (a beating, an execution ordered)
  • infant mortality referenced

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Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

Cover art for The Annona

The Annona

Rome eats because somebody signs for the missing grain.

  • ~190 min
  • 29117 words
  • 15 branch points
  • 7 endings
  • 3 plays

historicaldramaromancecrimepolitical thrillertragedyOstia and Portus, Roman Italy, spring to autumn 62 CE

ancient romehistorical dramapolitical thrillerbisexual protagonistlove trianglefreedwomanport cityinstitutional corruptionslow burnclasscrimetragedy

Content notice (10)
  • slavery and coerced labour
  • institutional hunger and poverty
  • financial exploitation and debt
  • graphic fire injuries and death
  • assault and custodial violence
  • alcohol misuse
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • class and gender subjugation
  • corpse recovery and drowning aftermath
  • bigotry shown through behaviour; no slurs written out

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

The Quota Line No cover art yet

The Quota Line

The state mark is hers. So are the eleven cases attached to it.

  • ~180 min
  • 12613 words
  • 14 branch points
  • 5 endings
  • 2 plays

literary fictionworkplace dramaprocedural thrillerromanceBellwether, Harrow County, five days in July 2027

adult dramaproceduralindustrialfood safetysmall townworkplacemoral ambiguityslow burnclassimmigrationlabourliterary 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

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

The Shot List No cover art yet

The Shot List

One signature closes the road. One weak layer outlasts every good result.

  • ~160 min
  • 11348 words
  • 13 branch points
  • 5 endings
  • 3 plays

literary fictionworkplace dramaprocedural tragedyCalder and Ardent Ridge, one winter from November 2026 to April 2027

adult dramaavalancheski resortsmall townworkplace tragedyproceduralcoroner's inquestmoral ambiguityclassinstitutional pressurewinterliterary 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

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

Cover art for The Tally Room

The Tally Room

Every ruling is defensible. Together they choose a member of parliament.

  • ~200 min
  • 31412 words
  • 14 branch points
  • 7 endings
  • 2 plays

literary fictionpolitical dramaromanceprocedural tragedythe Division of Carrigan Bight, four days of September, present day

political dramaadult dramaproceduralelectoral fraudsmall townestranged siblingssecond chance romanceinstitutional rotslow burnmoral ambiguityclassliterary 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

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