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A network of stories written between thousands of people at 256 characters a day, forking like branches and read without an account.
Short · 50 words
Story256 is a daily collaborative writing game. Every day you receive 256 characters and decide where to spend them: start a story, continue someone else’s or fork it. Stories branch out like trees, can be read without an account and are written by people, not machines. In English, Spanish, Basque and four more languages.
Medium · 120 words
256 characters a day. Which story will you change? Story256 is a network of stories written by everyone. Every day you receive 256 characters and decide where to spend them: start a story, continue someone else’s or fork it to take it down another path. Tomorrow you get 256 more. Any story can split into several paths: read it straight through, following the canon the community chooses, or enter explorer mode and decide at every crossroads yourself. You see who is writing right now, we queue you when a branch is busy and we tell you when it’s your turn. Anyone can read without an account; you only need to sign up to write. No generated text. Moderation, blocking and an 18+ filter from day one.
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256 characters a day. Which story will you change?
Story256 is a network of stories written by everyone. Every day you receive 256 characters and decide where to spend them: start a story, continue someone else’s or fork it to take it down another path. Tomorrow you get 256 more.
Write in 256. The limit isn’t a punishment: it’s what makes every fragment count. It fits in a coffee break, on the bus, in the supermarket queue.
Stories that fork. Any story can split into several paths. Read it straight through, following the canon the community chooses, or enter explorer mode and decide at every crossroads yourself.
Nobody writes alone. You see who is writing right now, we queue you when a branch is busy and we tell you when it’s your turn. If someone forks your fragment, you’ll know.
Read without an account. Anyone can read any story. You only need to sign up to write.
In seven languages. Every story has a language; you choose which ones you read.
People write here. No generated text. Moderation, blocking and an adult-content filter from day one.
Keep the streak, earn hearts, and when 256 runs short, Plus and Pro give you 1,024 or 2,048 characters a day and priority in the queues. No advantages to block anyone: just more room to write.
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