Note: I've created a tag for the code at the moment of submission: link. This project attempts to meld the flexibility and open-ended nature of an LLM with the more grounded nature of a traditional text adventure. There are many LLM-based games in which the LLM dreams up each step. These look cool, but quickly feel hallucinated. The game world leaps into existence only when you turn your head to look at something. In this game, I have a grounded set of objects, similar to a normal text adventure: rooms, different states and flags that control the game's progression, and distinct entities in the game. However, entities can use their decision processes to progress some of the formalized/concrete parts of the game, so "convincing an NPC" becomes more than just choosing the right dialog options. But it's also something you can or cannot achieve. Some of the other things explored in the game: - Limited knowledge given to some characters - Characters can unlock goals (only present in the onboarding, but the basic framework is in place) - Indirection between user input and in-game action - Transparency of all the internals (if you choose) - Undo that rewinds the world state Phew, it's late. Onward and upward!