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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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The Clearance No cover art yet

The Clearance

A white stake is an argument. A signature lets people walk.

  • ~150 min
  • 15159 words
  • 18 branch points
  • 5 endings
  • 3 plays

literary fictionadult dramaprocedural tragedypost-war political dramathe Kestrel Valley in the fictional Republic of Drenava, 1-14 October 2026, eleven years after the armistice

adult dramaproceduralhumanitarian deminingpost-warworkplacemoral injuryinstitutional pressuresmall communitydisabilityslow burnmoral ambiguityliterary 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

The Fire Line

Two origins. Twelve dead. One paragraph with a nineteen-year-old's name in it.

  • ~180 min
  • 9850 words
  • 28 branch points
  • 5 endings
  • 3 plays

literary fictionprocedural dramaromancelegal dramaMadrone County, Caldera; October and November 2026

adult dramawildfireproceduralmoral ambiguitycorporate negligenceinsurancecriminal investigationslow burn romancesmall towninstitutional pressureliterary fictionmultiple 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 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

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