All current modes are built for one session: 15 to 90 minutes, done. That suits an evening together. But there's a different kind of story experience behind it: the weekly instalment.
One contribution per day
In Long Story mode, each player gets one contribution per day. A push notification when it's your turn. Time to think, wait a day, write a few sentences sitting in a café.
Daily AI contributions in between
Between your contributions comes one AI paragraph per day — not just a bridge but a small chapter of 50–100 words, with atmosphere and plot. You read the night's addition in the morning, write your own sentence, and get on with your day.
At the end: a small book
After 7 days you've written ~7,000 words together, with illustrations along the way. You get it as a PDF, ready to print or share. An actual little book.
Who's it for?
Friends who don't see each other in person very often. Family members across generations. People who enjoy writing but never actually start a book of their own. A book club that wants to write instead of read.
What makes it different from a shared Google Doc
"But can't I just do this in a shared document?" — a question we often get. Technically yes. In practice it falls apart. A shared document has no enforced turn order, no incentive to write today, no physical "it's your turn now" notification. Someone forgets, the document sits still for three weeks, and then everyone forgets.
Long Story mode imposes structure: one person per day, a reminder, a calendar. That's exactly what paper-project writers always miss — the external rhythm driver.
The role of AI
The AI is more prominent in Long Story mode than in an evening game. With 7 people each writing one sentence per day, you get 49 sentences total in a week. That's not a story. The AI fills it out to a real little book by adding a fitting chapter daily — atmosphere, plot progression, small details. Not to overshadow the players, but to fill the gaps.
The cool-down phase
After the seventh day, each player gets two days to read the whole book again and add comments on specific sentences. No rewriting — the story is done. But a note here and there makes the book extra valuable as a memory.
When does it arrive?
On the roadmap for Q3. Design is ready; building waits until we can persist lobby state across days. Magic-link auth is also needed (push notifications have to go somewhere). No exact date.
Interested? Send us a message. First-week testers get priority.