Scribarchy

Devlog

• Updates to gameplay
  June 08, 2025 by Scribarchy

  I have tightened up the gameplay to reduce the number steps involved. Enjoy!... Continue reading
• Vehicles (Part 2)
  May 19, 2025 by Scribarchy

  In the previous devlog, I described how a Place in Scribarchy can be used to simulate travel—like climbing aboard a starship and inching through space via a carefully hidden series of Choices. This... Continue reading

  
• Vehicles (Part 1)
  May 18, 2025 by Scribarchy

  Today, we’re kicking off a two-part series on vehicles —those narrative conveyances that get your Teams from one Place to another. In Part 1 , we’re going to show you how to use a Place as a veh... Continue reading

  
• Spammers Hate This One Trick
  May 16, 2025 by Scribarchy

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  Greetings, Multiverse Curators! Have your players been clicking the same Choice over and over again, hoarding a suspiciously large pile of identical Things? Maybe they’ve stacked up 100 Phase Pistol... Continue reading

  
• Play By Post (Part 2)
  May 13, 2025 by Scribarchy

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  You've drunk the Kool-Aid and decided to GM a play-by-post RPG campaign on Scribarchy. First of all, congratulations—and possibly, condolences. Either way, you've committed. So what now? Here’s yo... Continue reading

  
• Play By Post (Part 1)
  May 12, 2025 by Scribarchy

  Today I want to talk about a use case for Scribarchy that might be appealing: the Play-by-Post RPG campaign . Yes, play-by-post. The noble pastime of collaborative storytelling at a glacial pace. If y... Continue reading

  
• The Road Not Taken
  May 10, 2025 by Scribarchy

  In many tabletop role-playing games, character creation starts with the usual routine: roll some dice, assign stats, pick a class, maybe sprinkle in a few skills or a tragic backstory involving wolves... Continue reading

  
• Abstract Art
  May 07, 2025 by Scribarchy

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  Scribarchy uses an abstraction called the Role to encompass almost everything in a Multiverse. A Role can be an occupation, a membership, a skillset, a trait, a quality, etc. But how do you represent... Continue reading

  
• None Of The Above
  May 06, 2025 by Scribarchy

  I loved my time with Fallen London . At each location, you’re given a list of things to do. These options change depending on all sorts of factors—your stats, items, past decisions—but ultimatel... Continue reading

  
• The Shape Of Things
  May 04, 2025 by Scribarchy

  In a fascinating article on The Alexandrian , the author draws a line between roleplaying games (RPGs) and storytelling games (STGs) ( read it here ). To summarize: RPGs use associated mechanics —ru... Continue reading

  
• Exposition Through Choices
  May 03, 2025 by Scribarchy

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  Scribarchy encourages concise writing by enforcing character count limits on names and descriptions. It's part of the challenge—and charm—of the game. But sometimes, you’ve got more to say. So h... Continue reading

  
• Make Good Choices
  May 02, 2025 by Scribarchy

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  Creating a Choice in Scribarchy requires some planning: 1. Move a Person to the Right Place First, move one of your Persons to the Place where you want to create your Choice . 2. Create Root Choices F... Continue reading

  
• Even Death May Die
  April 30, 2025 by Scribarchy

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  In Scribarchy , your Persons can't be killed (i.e. removed from their Multiverse). So how does a Curator deal with death when the narrative requires it? In a Multiverse I created (and have since remov... Continue reading
• Waste Not Want Not
  April 30, 2025 by Scribarchy

  In many MMORPGs and other multiplayer games, when a player logs out, his character disappears from the game world. In Scribarchy , however, a Person persists in the Multiverse regardless of whether th... Continue reading

  
• alert() replaced with modal
  April 27, 2025 by Scribarchy

  🛠️ Replacing alert() with a Modal Like a scrub, I was using alert() to display the results of Choices and other activities — without realizing that some browser plug-ins and ad-blockers might h... Continue reading
• Getting Started With Authoring
  April 24, 2025 by Scribarchy

  Despite what the title of this devlog might imply, I have in no way figured out the best way to author a Multiverse in Scribarchy. I am very much still learning as I go. I have made several attempts (... Continue reading
• Software Stack
  April 22, 2025 by Scribarchy

  The Scribarchy front-end was developed using the Nuxt framework using Vuetify components using a static site approach. The static site is served from Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 through a CloudFront... Continue reading
• Full Disclosure (email and AI)
  April 21, 2025 by Scribarchy

  Full disclosure (e-mail required): This game requires individual user accounts. The AWS Cognito authentication system that Scribarchy uses requires an e-mail address to verify your account when your a... Continue reading

  
• What are the players in your Multiverse doing?
  April 20, 2025 by Scribarchy

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  The first Person created by someone other than myself has arrived! Huzzah! As currently designed in Scribarchy , the Curator doesn't have a God's eye view of what is going on in their Multiverse. I kn... Continue reading
• Welcome To Scribarchy
  April 20, 2025 by Scribarchy

  Welcome to Scribarchy Hey storytellers! 👋 Welcome to Scribarchy, a text-based online game where players explore multiverses created by others—or build their own. It's a space for collaborative st... Continue reading