A story needs main characters. In the first version of Storytale, the title page only showed names — a list of who had written together. Functional, but empty.
That's why Storytale got a portrait system this week. When creating a game or joining via a PIN link, you can now click the 🎭 icon below the name field. A gallery opens with portraits all in the same children's book style.
Nothing chosen? No problem — when the game starts, the server automatically picks a random portrait from the gallery. No two players in the same game get the same face.
The Solo bots get faces too
deadpan
absurdist
matter-of-fact
atmospheric
chaotic
Your own portrait
Create an account (email and password only, no verification needed) and you get a text field to describe what you want to see. "A three-legged robot with stars in its eyes" — anything you can put into words, we can draw. Up to 5 portraits per day per account.
Choose "private" and no one else sees your portrait in the gallery. Otherwise you share it with the community.