A game is one adventure in a world. Starting one is free, takes a few clicks, and you can start as many as you like.

Start a game for yourself

1. Click Create Game_ at the top of the left sidebar.

2. Choose Single / Multi Player.

   

3. Pick a world from Shared Worlds or My Worlds. Filters help you find something by genre, size, language or tone.

   

4. Click Launch Game. Before you do, you can choose how dangerous fights are with the Showdown setting at the bottom: Heroic, Balanced, Perilous or Off.

   

Your game opens with the first scene. Games start text-only; you can paint scenes whenever you like. See How does image generation work during gameplay?.

Start a game for a community

Choose Community Vote or Discord instead. These games are played by votes, and a few more steps appear:

1. World: pick the world.

2. Images: choose a Visual Experience: Pure Text, Storybook (pictures at key moments), Cinematic (a picture for every new scene) or Periodic (every few turns).

3. Art Style and Image: pick the style and your hero’s picture (skipped for Pure Text).

4. Launch: name the game and set how voting works: how long a vote stays open, how many votes close it early, and whether events are posted automatically or after your review.

Read more in Community Vote Games and Start and Launch a Game in Discord.

What it costs

Starting a game is free. Turns use your free daily turns or credits, and they’re included on paid plans. See Subscriptions: Plans and What They Offer.