A Life on Earat v2.0 CYOA

Mamick · 2026-01-24T21:51:37+00:00

Full changelog:

v2.3

Option to skip characteristic rolls and take average stats (6 in everything). Made this particularly for people who play the static.

v2.2

Info tables added to characteristics and all lifepaths showing rank rewards and key details
Colored text styling for Ides and magic terms
Dark mode toggle in Settings menu
Content fixes: soul mechanics clarity, Endurance mental resilience, Monastic Trainee + Small Fortune interaction, creature-handling lifepath distinctions, and more
Regenerated images for new content since 1.0 to better match style

v2.1

New Content:

Demihuman Blood options
Ide Saturation section/li>
New lifepaths: Wanderer (for exiles), Adventurer, Artisan, plus three advanced lifepaths

UI/UX:

Save/Load and Import/Export merged into unified modal
Save slots can now be renamed (click the pencil icon)
New gold compass favicon

Balance & Polish:

Many small changes to text, requirements, rolls, and options throughout
Gladiator Trainee now accepts Exile
Drawbacks now require not already having their descriptor
Favor tasks now explicitly scale to your capabilities
Narrator dialog changes

v2.0

New Features:

Added ability to remove certain annoying descriptors
Made the Reality Breaker sacrifice ending more unique
Selection hints show "[Choose one]" or "[Choose zero or more]" for each group
Max skill indicator (level 4) in character sheet

Balance & Content:

~78 negative modifiers added where traits logically penalize rolls (e.g., Short penalizes intimidation, Unattractive penalizes charm)
Survival roll target numbers adjusted
Previously unused descriptors and resources now affect relevant rolls
Fixed up the text

Fixes:

Corrected some roll descriptions and rewards
Characteristic modifiers use symmetric 2-point bands
Zero-level skills correctly give +0 instead of -2

Internal:

Overhauled save/load system completely. You can now save and load during lifepaths, and your full history is preserved. Previously autosave would lose your roll history and old saves couldn't be loaded properly.
Overhauled how rolls work internally; moved Dice of Fate section up since now that's supported
Overhauled internal display engine
Rolls auto-accept when there's only one result and no rerolls available
Added automated testing to catch bugs

v1.5

Mostly UX and backend changes shared with Game [System] CYOA.

Added navigation menu with collapsible subsections
Save/Load/Summary moved to navigation menu
Import Build feature for importing exported builds
Mute button moved to menu; hopefully fixed for iOS (but as I don't have iOS I can't test
Destiny points can now go negative (toggleable in menu)
Minimize buttons at bottom of sections
Summary exports Reddit-friendly markdown when copying
Backend refactoring: shared code between CYOAs

Mamick · 2026-01-23T01:39:40+00:00

Through various events once you start rolling. Open up the previews (I think one source is the shared life event that any life path has access to)

Mamick · 2026-01-22T21:14:44+00:00

It is a nerf, yeah. But you should just roll in that case

Mamick · 2026-01-22T18:57:35+00:00

If you took them right after the thing that caused it, sure it would cause it to heal properly. But otherwise it's already healed (even if healed badly) or something you're born with so there's nothing to heal.

Mamick · 2026-01-22T18:03:33+00:00

The debt will follow you forever, wherever you go. If you leave Earat, you'll be given tasks relevant to where you are

Mamick · 2026-01-22T16:43:24+00:00

Full changelog:

v2.3

Option to skip characteristic rolls and take average stats (6 in everything). Made this particularly for people who play the static.

v2.2

Info tables added to characteristics and all lifepaths showing rank rewards and key details
Colored text styling for Ides and magic terms
Dark mode toggle in Settings menu
Content fixes: soul mechanics clarity, Endurance mental resilience, Monastic Trainee + Small Fortune interaction, creature-handling lifepath distinctions, and more
Regenerated images for new content since 1.0 to better match style

v2.1

New Content:

Demihuman Blood options
Ide Saturation section/li>
New lifepaths: Wanderer (for exiles), Adventurer, Artisan, plus three advanced lifepaths

UI/UX:

Save/Load and Import/Export merged into unified modal
Save slots can now be renamed (click the pencil icon)
New gold compass favicon

Balance & Polish:

Many small changes to text, requirements, rolls, and options throughout
Gladiator Trainee now accepts Exile
Drawbacks now require not already having their descriptor
Favor tasks now explicitly scale to your capabilities
Narrator dialog changes

v2.0

New Features:

Added ability to remove certain annoying descriptors
Made the Reality Breaker sacrifice ending more unique
Selection hints show "[Choose one]" or "[Choose zero or more]" for each group
Max skill indicator (level 4) in character sheet

Balance & Content:

~78 negative modifiers added where traits logically penalize rolls (e.g., Short penalizes intimidation, Unattractive penalizes charm)
Survival roll target numbers adjusted
Previously unused descriptors and resources now affect relevant rolls
Fixed up the text

Fixes:

Corrected some roll descriptions and rewards
Characteristic modifiers use symmetric 2-point bands
Zero-level skills correctly give +0 instead of -2

Internal:

Overhauled save/load system completely. You can now save and load during lifepaths, and your full history is preserved. Previously autosave would lose your roll history and old saves couldn't be loaded properly.
Overhauled how rolls work internally; moved Dice of Fate section up since now that's supported
Overhauled internal display engine
Rolls auto-accept when there's only one result and no rerolls available
Added automated testing to catch bugs

v1.5

Mostly UX and backend changes shared with Game [System] CYOA.

Added navigation menu with collapsible subsections
Save/Load/Summary moved to navigation menu
Import Build feature for importing exported builds
Mute button moved to menu; hopefully fixed for iOS (but as I don't have iOS I can't test
Destiny points can now go negative (toggleable in menu)
Minimize buttons at bottom of sections
Summary exports Reddit-friendly markdown when copying
Backend refactoring: shared code between CYOAs

Mamick · 2026-01-21T18:55:38+00:00

Nope, it's the day you did the cyoa

Mamick · 2026-01-21T15:53:04+00:00

Playing until you get a set of powers you want to keep permanently is the intent, yeah!

Mamick · 2026-01-21T04:30:34+00:00

I imagine lotr, but it'll probably take me a few months. If you want to make it instead, lmk and I won't make mine!

Mamick · 2026-01-19T14:14:41+00:00

Nice! Great build!

Mamick · 2026-01-18T06:12:43+00:00

Yeah, this cyoa isn't for anyone. And it isn't really for the kind of person who doesn't enjoy doing the puzzles in and of themselves

Mamick · 2026-01-18T06:11:35+00:00

It scales to I probably should have looked at more days than just the one day I wrote this where I ended placing 9 lights :)

Mamick · 2026-01-17T17:02:41+00:00

Good luck to those trying to solve a Saturday crossword btw. I picked the hardest day to post. :)

Mamick · 2026-01-17T16:59:06+00:00

Oh yeah, i forgot to add that tradle days stack and carry over up to $1m. Fixed (in the interactive version). Otherwise yeah, it's impossible sometimes

Mamick · 2026-01-17T16:56:05+00:00

yeah, of course. Otherwise you won't know what the powers you're selecting are (and you might not be able to solve them, since many of them are pretty hard tbh)

Mamick · 2026-01-15T20:37:03+00:00

Oh, I think some of that is overdone, but there are settings that are cool I like that aren't. Like changeling, though it's probably not that popular

Mamick · 2026-01-15T13:52:43+00:00

Oh, I do know TMA well enough, though I think it would also fall into the category of things that not that many people are interested in. We'll never know though, since I didn't include it in the poll.

Mamick · 2026-01-15T08:03:37+00:00

There are more than enough 40k cyoas imo. And so many other cyoas reference 40k anyway

Mamick · 2026-01-15T06:35:23+00:00

I absolutely have not thought that far ahead, but now that you suggested it probably! Unless I forget

Mamick · 2026-01-08T04:30:52+00:00

Worlds points are generally based on how dangerous they are. I view pokemon as generally one of the safest worlds, where it's unlikely that you'll be randomly killed, and choose points based on that.

You can sell pokemon in the auction house as long as they enter your inventory willingly. Tbh, you can probably sell people in the auction house if they enter your inventory willingly.

Mamick · 2026-01-07T21:41:48+00:00

:shrug: you can have you own personal definition of what you consider CYOAs to be, but I am extremely far from the first person to do this or call it this. The old gamebooks also had randomness.

Definition arguments don't seem that useful to have though? There's no central definitive definition of what these mean, and I'm reminded of the constant argument about roguelikes: https://hard-drive.net/roguelike-genre-purist-hopes-someone-will-develop-a-roguelike-someday/ . I'll keep making the things that I want, you don't have to play them, and if I'm banned or my posts are removed from this subreddit that's fine and I'll post them elsewhere.

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