Take a seat
Choose a name and a role. Step into the public world of Vigil, already forty-seven turnings old, or open a private table for your own circle.
2 minNo account
Public world open / Cycle 48 live
The Last Lantern
The sea is forgetting the world. One town is still lit. Every choice your table makes becomes canon — for everyone who comes after.
No download4 minutesFirst three turnings free
47turnings survived
312choices made canon
6turnings this season
0resets for the next player
The shared chronicle
A world that keeps its promises.
Vigil has been played for forty-seven turnings. The people who sat here before you are not a marketing line. They are the reason the sea-gate is barricaded, the archive is missing its founding page, and the boy on the shore is still waiting.
Names change. The consequences do not.
How it plays
Four minutes.
One turning.
No lobbies. No character sheet. No one shouting over you. Just a table, three roads, and a world that will remember which one you took.
Make one choice
The table is shown three roads. Mara argues for one. Enna for another. Your vote carries the Lantern's weight; the circle's dissent becomes part of what happens next.
3 choices1 carries
Live with it
The outcome is written to the chronicle. The Keeper remembers. The town's stats shift, a character changes their mind, and the next turning begins somewhere slightly worse — or better.
PermanentFor this world
The Keeper
An AI narrator with a memory.
The Keeper is not a chatbot bolted onto a story. It holds the whole chronicle: who you burned, what the town forgot, which promise is still owed. It can improvise a character's answer, a private scene, or the shape of an ending — without losing the thread.
01
Continuity over volume. Better models mean deeper callbacks, not more content to scroll past.
02
Canon stays human. Turnings are authored and player-approved. The Keeper improvises around the decisions.
03
Costs stay bounded. Bounded Keeper calls, cached consequences, no infinite generation loop.
Participation
Buy the season.
Keep the world.
One charge per season. No per-message fees, no token anxiety. The demo is free; the shared world is the thing worth paying for.
The Public Table$0
The first three turnings of Season I, in the public world of Vigil.
- Play immediately, no account
- Vote on the canon of a shared world
- Keep your chronicle for this browser
Season Pass$12
All six turnings, the full finale, and your name in the season chronicle.
- Everything in the public table
- Full Season I: six turnings, one ending
- Season archive export & founder pricing on Season II
- Bounded Keeper calls, no generation loop
Founder's Table$29
A private world for up to six keepers, with its own chronicle and invite code.
- Everything in Season Pass
- Private table & custom world name
- Exportable group chronicle
- Founder's mark, permanently
Sandbox checkout in this prototype. Prices in USD. Season Pass is a one-time charge, not a subscription. The public world remains free to enter.
Why this can work
People do not pay for “AI stories.” They pay to belong to this world, with these people, and this accumulated history. The Keeper is how we make that history feel alive — not the product itself.
Cycle 48 is open
The tide is at the gate.
Vigil has kept the light for forty-seven turnings. It needs one more keeper.
Or join the live shared table →
Free to play · No download · Your choices persist in this browser