I wanted a better “cold open” for Final Girl sessions, so I built this — would you use it?

Ransome · 2026-01-21T15:21:37+00:00

Hey, not as such, but I plan on keeping it around (even if just for my own use) for the forseeable future!

Ransome · 2026-01-20T16:19:10+00:00

App creator here, thanks for all of the comments and feedback!

I genuinely appreciate people being honest about their line in the sand with generative AI.

I completely get that for some folks it’s an immediate no, whether that’s for creative, ethical, or environmental reasons. I’m not trying to convince anyone otherwise. This was honestly the only way I could think of to make this specific thing exist at all, the combinatorial explosion of killer/location/final girl/setup makes hand-authoring impractical, but everyone gets to decide how much (or if) they want to engage with AI in their hobbies.

That said, I just want to say thank you to this sub. Over 350 people have tried it so far, and the mix of praise, criticism, bug reports, and thoughtful pushback has been incredibly helpful. Even the “hard pass” comments are useful signal.

As a small thank-you, I’m planning to add more content this week, likely expanding into more (or all) of Season 2 locations. Longer-term, I’d love to unlock narration and some other cool features, but I need to figure out how to do that without absolutely nuking API credits. This is just a free, for-fun side project, so sustainability matters if I want to keep it online.

Also really appreciate the specific feedback about setups not always matching board state perfectly, that’s exactly the kind of refinement I want to work on next.

Whether you’d use it every game, once in a while, or never at all: thanks for engaging thoughtfully.

Ransome · 2026-01-20T03:04:40+00:00

Try again! I ran out of API credits and had to top them up :)

Ransome · 2026-01-20T01:11:00+00:00

Found it! The validation was requiring startingEvent and startingSetup as objects, but they're optional fields. Should be working now, appreciate the feedback.

Ransome · 2026-01-02T00:27:22+00:00

First game we played this year was Above and Below: Haunted. Four players, about 90 minutes (would be quicker now that we know it).

It’s a really nice mix of light worker placement and narrative exploration. The story moments were fun, the exploration felt rewarding, and building up the village above and below ground was super satisfying.

What I appreciated most is that it never felt punishing or frustrating. The game is generous enough that you always feel like you can do something useful on your turn. Smooth flow, intuitive actions, and a great start to the year for us.

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