Versu
Living Stories
There's always more to the story in Versu, a new interactive reading experience where readers become the characters.
What turns and twists will your story take?
There's always more to the story in Versu, a new interactive reading experience where readers become the characters.
What turns and twists will your story take?
The House on the Cliff
An accident to a carriage and mail coach strand a group of strangers in a desolate stretch of coastland. The only source of shelter is an ancient, rambling estate, where neither servants nor master appear to be at home.
A Family Supper
The Quinn family is hosting a small house party, but an unconventional guest threatens their peace with sonnets, vegetarianism, and a gift for finding everyone's sore points. When secrets start coming to light and a corpse appears, it's up to you to bring about justice … if justice is even what you want.
An Introduction to Society
Lucy is a schoolgirl receiving instruction from her grandmother about how to behave herself in polite society. This short, light-hearted story serves as an introduction to the Versu system.
The Unwelcome Proposal
In this adapted scene from Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth's cousin Mr Collins is full of reasons why they should be married. She disagrees, but can she convince him her refusal is sincere?
Versu is an interactive storytelling platform that builds experiences around characters and social interaction. Each story sets out a premise and some possible outcomes. As a player, you get to select a character, guide their choices, watch other characters react to what you've chosen, and accomplish (or fail at) your chosen goals.
As a content creator, you'll be able to create your own characters, improvise new dialogue and gestures for them, and even build entirely new stories and games for others to enjoy.
Versu experiences are more detailed and complex than choose-your-path stories you may have seen before. The engine uses social AI by Richard Evans (Black and White, Sims 3) and conversation modeling by Emily Short (Galatea, Alabaster) to allow characters to react in-persona to whatever situations they encounter — so when you select an action, those around you will respond dynamically based on their moods, character abilities, and the narrative situation.
