HI I AM LEVIN!





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I AM LEVIN SCHERSVANSKITTY!!





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I AM LEVIN SCHERSVANSKITTY.

VERY FAMOUS GUY, RIDER OF BICYCLES





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I AM LEVIN SCHERSVANSKITTY.

VERY FAMOUS GUY, RIDER OF BICYCLES

PROBABLY YOU HEARD OF ME. NOT THIS OTHER GUY 'BEN'

I JUST MAKE HIM UP FOR JOKE

HA HA HA




I TELL YOU SECRET ABOUT HIM...





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I AM LEVIN SCHERSVANSKITTY.

VERY FAMOUS GUY, RIDER OF BICYCLES

PROBABLY YOU HEARD OF ME. NOT THIS OTHER GUY 'BEN'

I JUST MAKE HIM UP FOR JOKE

HA HA HA




I TELL YOU SECRET ABOUT HIM...



HE CANNOT DO EVEN ONE BICYCLE TRICK





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About

I am a novelist and programmer living in Portland, OR. See my NOW page to see what I'm up to.

I have two novels out: Couch and Sherwood Nation. (See the Works page for recent publications.) My list of projects can be seen here but in summary, I published a poetry journal out of gumball capsule machines with Laura Moulton, ran city-wide alternate reality games, and took part in a campaign to free a Guantanamo inmate, Adel Hamad (Project Hamad) with Laura and David Naimon.

I also make small apps occasionally:

If you have enjoyed one of my apps/projects, feel free to buy me a beer. Cheers!

Ferdinand contemplates his inner cat

I have mild face-blindness , along with these others — ie: if I at first don't seem to recognize you, I probably need some context. Some year I will finally be fluent in Spanish. I’m also the founder and CTO of the startup Walker Tracker. I’m married to the writer & artist Laura Moulton .

If you want to get a blip when the next novel comes out, or any other major project, I have an email list and I'd be flattered if you were on it.

Contact me on Twitter @sparkwatson or on Mastodon at @sparkwatson@mastodon.cloud or by email at ben@ideacog.net.




This box is you.

Some adventures can be undertaken name-less. This is not one of them.


Go ahead! it'll be fine...

{{pseudonym}}

Hello {{pseudonym}}!

This is your inventory satchel. Your gathered items, new destinations, and any actions you acquire will all go here. Good luck questing!

(...what is this? Try the help button below)

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Items ({{items.length}} of 18)

  • {{item}}

Destinations ({{destinations.length}} of 5)


Actions ({{actions.length}} of 3)

  

This is a game.

This is a game, built on top of a fairly boring straightforward author's website.

It's part scavenger hunt, part narrative, part fight-scene. The objective, of course, is to fight, and win, against the author.

Items are things you gather. They often look something like this: (←if you've already entered a pseudonym, try clicking on the ambulance...you should see a message 'item added to inventory')

Destinations are places you visit

Actions are things you can do

As you play, new items/destinations/actions will be added to your inventory satchel.

Look for the numbers next to your Items, Destinations,and Actions in order to see how far along you are:
Example
Example number of actions

If you lose the game or wish to become someone else, hit the 'start over' button.

Tip Explore! Many peculariar things are clickable, hidden, or require a certain amount of time to be spent somewhere, or require interaction to work. And as you get deeper into the game, places that were once normal begin to alter.

Fight scene

If you spot any bugs, irregularities, surprises, etc - drop me an email: ben@ideacog.net - thanks for visiting!