A free browser game · by Majd Lahbib

Pixel Publisher

Write a real short story. An AI reads it and plays the critics, the readers and the market. Make rent, or don't.

Pixel Publisher key art.
▶ Play in your browserFREE · AI INCLUDED · NO ACCOUNT

Nothing to install or set up: the AI is already plugged in. Your career saves in your browser, and you can export it any time.

The game

The story you write is the game.

Most tycoons turn your product into a number. Here the product is a story you actually wrote, in any language, and the AI reacts to what's in it.

Screenshots

From the real game.

The main screen: the office, the sales tracker, the manuscript page and the feed.
Your office, the manuscript page, and the feed: sales, reviews and readers, week by week.
A critic review scoring a book 73 out of 100.
The critics read it. This one gave 73.
A fan letter about a book.
Fan mail about your plot. Some of it is an idea for the next book.
A magazine interview question with answer choices.
Interviews ask about your actual books. Answer however you like.

Devlog

How it got here.

The AI is plugged in

On this site the game now runs on a shared free AI. No key, no setup: open it and write.

Made for someone who just clicked the link

The first minute was rebuilt so a new player is writing, not reading instructions.

Translations, findable saves, an offline mode that reads

The game was translated, saves became exportable, and the no-AI mode stopped being a dice roll: it measures your prose and quotes it back.

First version

One HTML file: write, publish, get reviewed, pay rent. Started because of the GTA VI "no AI" debate.

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