February 22nd, 2026

Patch Notes - 22nd Feb 2026

TL;DR

Two new narrative tones (Survival and Risque 18+), smarter chat with risk-aware suggestions, group action voting with decline support, expanded mature content availability, and a sweep of UI polish across chat, sessions, and world creation.

New

  • Survival narrative tone: A new tone option when creating worlds — self-reflective survival storytelling where every move matters, risk is calculated, and staying alive drives the narrative.

  • Risque (18+ NSFW) narrative tone: A new adult narrative tone focused on romantic and sensual storytelling, emotional intensity, and deeper character connections. Requires age verification and is only available in supported regions.

  • Categorised quick reply chips: Chat suggestion chips now have four intent types — Action, Probe, Social, and Reveal — each with a distinct icon and colour. Wildcard options (surprising or high-stakes choices) are visually flagged with a sparkle.

  • Decline action in group games: In private group sessions, when a significant action is proposed, players can now vote to cancel it alongside accepting. When enough players decline, the Game Master announces the rejection and play continues without the action being applied.

  • Handle-first multiplayer join: Accepting a game invite or joining via a share link now requires a valid account handle. If you don't have one set, a setup step appears before the join is completed.

Improved

  • Chat engine rebuilt: The AI planner behind chat has been substantially overhauled. Significant actions now carry a risk assessment (low / medium / high / extreme), including dice roll (hidden for now), failure potential, and a breakdown of contributing factors. Follow-up suggestions include intent category and risk level. Speaker resolution for characters, factions, and the narrator is more accurate and consistent.

  • Faster group message delivery: Your messages are now broadcast to other group members immediately when you send them — before the AI has finished generating a response — so there's no delay waiting for the assistant.

  • Session name editing redesigned: The inline session name editor now auto-sizes to fit your text, uses icon buttons for save and cancel, and supports keyboard shortcuts (Enter to save, Escape to cancel).

  • Generate Image always available: The manual generate image button now shows regardless of whether automatic image generation is turned on, so you can trigger a regeneration at any time.

  • Real-time group sync expanded: More points in the chat flow — proposals, declines, blocked actions, and confirmations — now trigger live updates for all players in the session.

  • Credit pack descriptions: Simplified — text event estimates have been removed, with the focus now on image and chat event counts.

Fixed

  • World removal button in game mode selector: The remove-world control was previously an icon-only X button that was easy to overlook. It now shows a clear "Remove World" text label.

  • Starting a game while world is still generating: This now returns a clear error message instead of failing silently or in an unexpected state.

  • Chat speaker label while loading: The placeholder shown while a chat response is being typed now correctly reads "Story Master" instead of the generic "Sending…".