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Your favorite book, but your choices, hence your story. You can even \"remix\" the genre like playing Dune as a noir detective story.\n\nNote:  Work in progress. Suggestions are welcome.",{"problem":53,"audience":59,"pricing":60,"motivation":59,"time_to_build":59,"stack":69,"openness":70,"stage":71,"team_size":70},{"value":54,"source":55,"evidence":56},"Lets readers live inside a book as a playable text adventure","maker",[57],{"id":58},"post",null,{"value":61,"source":55,"evidence":62},"Users can supply their own Gemini API key",[63,66],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"44728208","Note that you can use your own Gemini API credentials (Just before starting a game, go to 'Advanced options'). Thanks for the suggestions, I'm improving it!",{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"44728444","Thanks! About rate limit, you can use your own Gemini API key - its stored on your local browser storage only. About open source - haven't decided on it yet.",[],"unknown","beta",{"praise":73,"objections":97,"requests":147,"questions":177,"alternatives":192},[74,86],{"value":75,"source":76,"evidence":77},"Impressive functional proof of concept","commenter",[78,82],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"44788937","Awesomedonut","Wow! Super impressive POC! Tried it out with a few of my favourite novels, and while it definitely got a few chuckles out of me for character\u002Flore inaccuracy, the fact that it's…",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"44731872","fifticon","In spite of what some others have said, and knowing we have 2025 and AI, I still was rather impressed and pleased with this. I tried to play an evasive hobbit trying to put off…",{"value":87,"source":76,"evidence":88},"Fun concept and nice UI",[89,93],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"44725432","jahewson","This is such a fun concept!",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"44732876","alina_3339","It's broken but I must the UI is fantastic.",[98,109,124,135],{"value":99,"source":76,"evidence":100},"LLM loses continuity and logic in stories",[101,105],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"44727483","why_at","From what I've seen, it doesn't seem like AI is very good at keeping track of events in a way that makes a logical narrative. I tried \"The Hobbit\" and it started with me having…",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"44727153","jaysonelliot","It's a pretty cool proof of concept. I did run into some weirdness with it right away when trying the Harry Potter book. The app kept switching between 2nd and 3rd person for…",{"value":110,"source":76,"evidence":111},"Rate limits and latency hit users",[112,116,120],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"44725690","imzadi","I like the idea. Looks like it hit a rate limit. Was trying to try Dungeon Crawler Carl.",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"44735271","bArray","I tried the Lord of the Rings, where I foretold the future and decided to get drunk instead. I ordered Gandalf to find a new ring bearer which they did, and another hobbit went…",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"44730915","oooyay","> The war between the Culture and the Idirans rages across the galaxy. Trillions suffer as ideologies clash. You are Horza, a shapeshifter with a deep-seated hatred for the…",{"value":125,"source":76,"evidence":126},"Copyright risk for using books",[127,131],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"44725700","moconnor","Super cool idea! What's your plan for dealing with copyright complaints?",{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"44729040","TSiege","People keep downvoting the copyright issue but this is a serious problem despite this being a toy app. Are you at risk of being sued for using copyrighted material? Is the AI…",{"value":136,"source":76,"evidence":137},"AI-generated stories feel empty and soulless",[138,139,143],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"44727579","Zopieux","I do not want AI slop games. The entire point of paying for an (indie) man-made game is the care and attention that went into it by passionate developers who wanted to convey a…",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"44726784","HellDunkel","If art is communication- and i believe it is- why would i want to read or listen to anything AI generated? 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