Runebook Updates

• Added 15 new preset stories, bringing the catalog to 22, with localized openings, protagonists, items, artwork, and narration.
• Expanded Start to eight genre-spanning story cards and made the cards more compact and easier to scan.
• Added optional Basic and VIP voiceover settings, including male and female Storyteller voices.
• Hosts can now upload music, build playlists, and synchronize playback for everyone in a shared story.
• Hosts can now create and revoke private invite links, and can cover gameplay access for invited friends.
• Players can now ask the Storyteller a direct question without advancing the story; the answer appears in the story flow and remains in Party Chat.
• Hosts can now edit the latest protagonist move and Storyteller passage before sending the next move.
• Bug fixed: XP rewards now appear alongside the Storyteller passage that awarded them.
• Buying and selling now update the correct protagonist’s inventory and currency more reliably.
• Improved Storyteller pacing, endings, and long-running narrative coherence.
• Stories now preserve established details, character circumstances, and resolved story threads more consistently.
• Improved reliability after each move so story, character, inventory, and currency changes finish more consistently.
• Recurring characters now look more consistent between close-up and full-body scene images.
• Fixed character portrait setup after creating a custom protagonist during co-op setup.
• Preset protagonists are now saved under Your Characters and reused across solo and co-op setup.
• Public story discovery now shows games matching the selected site language.
• Preset stories now display their own currencies—including yen, pounds, and historical currencies—instead of defaulting to gold.

Release 2026.07.27.1

• Changed outdated “Get Updates” buttons on How to Play and Choose Your Story to “Play Now,” linking directly to game start.
• Damage to NPCs now shows the exact HP lost and remaining during play, and stays consistent with the Cast after reloading.
• Replaced placeholder text for all 85 starting items in preset stories with descriptions specific to each item.
• The Storyteller narrative coherence was improved.
• The Storyteller now uses recalled moments more consistently when continuing the story, reducing continuity breaks.
• Chance results now directly determine how much of an attempted action succeeds, keeping the Storyteller’s narration aligned with the result.
• Custom story review now presents one generated opening that players can edit or accept; regeneration controls were removed.

Release 2026.07.26.2

• Added a public updates page for Runebook release notes.
• Improved how new builds are reviewed and verified before reaching the live game.

Release 2026.07.26.1