A game mode is an opinionated preset: a set of settings that belong together. We previously had three (Comedy, Visual, Solo). Two more have recently joined.
🚀 Quick — a game in 15 minutes
- 1 round per player instead of 2 — shorter chain
- 45 seconds per sentence instead of 60
- AI opening, bridges and ending on — everything with one click
- Comedy tone — no time to first decide which direction you want to go
Result: a complete book in ~15 minutes with 4–6 players. Enough to laugh about, not enough to lose anyone to their phone.
📜 Classic — pure chain, no AI
- 2 rounds per player
- No AI opening — the first player writes the first sentence themselves
- No AI bridges — contributions appear raw under each other in the reveal
- No AI ending — the last contribution is the ending
Classic feels different. The stories are often more incoherent; sentences clash. But that's also the charm: the real surprise of what your friends invented without any AI intervention.
Which do you pick?
- Short on time? → Quick
- First time with the group? → Comedy (default)
- Everyone's played Storytale before and wants something purer? → Classic
- Want illustrations? → Visual
- Nobody else available? → Solo