Showcase · 2026 · in development
Failure is content
Critical
Fail
A cozy browser MMO where bad rolls aren’t a game-over screen. They’re plot. Tile exploration, turn-based combat, and NPCs who remember the dumb thing you said three rooms ago.
- Players1 adventurer
- SessionDrop in, drop out
- PriceFree beta
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The pitch
Failure is content
A cozy browser MMO where bad rolls aren’t a game-over screen. They’re plot. Tile exploration, turn-based combat, and NPCs who remember the dumb thing you said three rooms ago.
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01 / The premise
Fail-forward comedy loops: bad rolls advance the bit
Fail-forward comedy loops
- Fail-forward comedy loops: bad rolls advance the bit
- Fail-forward comedy loops
- Browser
02 / The system
Tile exploration with reactive NPCs
Combat that prefers punchlines to DPS sheets
- Tile exploration with reactive NPCs
- Combat that prefers punchlines to DPS sheets
- Browser
03 / The payoff
Turn-based combat that prefers punchlines to DPS spreadsheets
Dialogue that snitches later
- Turn-based combat that prefers punchlines to DPS spreadsheets
- Dialogue that snitches later
- Browser
Under the box art
The build, by layer.
The stack is explained by responsibility, not dumped into a cloud of badges and left to fend for itself.
- 01
Product client
The player-facing experience, interaction model, and visual system.
- Phaser 4.2
- React 19
- Vite 6
- TypeScript
- 02
Systems and delivery
State, content, persistence, hosting, and platform delivery behind the experience.
- Zustand
- Neon
- Vitest
- Playwright
Current build
What changed lately.
Product polish with a little patch-note scar tissue left visible.
- v0.4.2
Bad rolls advance story beats harder. Dignity optional.
- v0.4.0
Reactive NPC memory pass. They will bring it up.
The useful ending
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A cozy browser MMO where bad rolls aren’t a game-over screen. They’re plot. Tile exploration, turn-based combat, and NPCs who remember the dumb thing you said three rooms ago.