Interactive fiction has existed for decades, from classic choose-your-own-adventure books to early text adventures. But the technology behind them has barely evolved. Until now. Gluze combines the magic of branching narratives with the power of modern AI, creating an entirely new way to experience and create stories.
Traditional interactive fiction is pre-written. Every path, every outcome, every word was typed by an author before you ever opened the book. This creates a fundamental limitation: authors can only write so many branches before the complexity becomes unmanageable.
Gluze takes a radically different approach. When you make a choice that leads somewhere unexplored, AI generates the next part of the story in real-time, streaming it directly to your screen. You watch the words appear as if a storyteller is crafting the tale just for you. This is not pre-written content being revealed - it is genuinely new narrative being created in response to your choices.
The result is stories that can branch infinitely without requiring years of writing effort. An author sets up the premise, the tone, the world - and AI handles the exponential expansion that would otherwise be impossible.
In a traditional choose-your-own-adventure book, you might have 20-40 different endings. That sounds like a lot until you realize most choices funnel you back to the same few paths. The illusion of choice often exceeds the reality.
With Gluze, there is no limit to how far the story can branch. Each choice genuinely opens new possibilities. No two reading experiences need to be alike. The same story could be read a hundred times with completely different journeys each time.
Our interactive tree explorer lets you visualize the entire story structure. See which paths have been explored, which remain undiscovered, and how your journey compares to others. It transforms reading from a linear experience into an exploration.
Different stories benefit from different AI capabilities. A horror story might need a model that excels at building tension. A comedy might work better with one that understands timing and wit. A complex fantasy epic might require stronger world-building abilities.
Gluze supports multiple AI providers: OpenAI (GPT-4, GPT-4o), Anthropic (Claude), OpenRouter (access to dozens of models), and even local models through Ollama. Story creators choose which model best fits their vision, and readers benefit from content optimized for that specific narrative style.
This flexibility also means you are not locked into a single provider. As new models emerge and improve, Gluze can integrate them, keeping your stories at the cutting edge of AI capability.
Writing is often solitary. But interactive fiction is naturally collaborative - different perspectives can enhance different branches. Gluze embraces this by allowing multiple writers to contribute alternative versions of any story part.
Think of it like version control for storytelling. One writer creates the original path. Another contributor thinks a different approach would work better. They submit an alternative version. Readers vote on their favorites, and the highest-voted version becomes the canonical path while alternatives remain accessible for those who prefer them.
This creates a living story that evolves with community input. The best ideas rise to the top, regardless of who contributed them.
AI generation costs money. Unlike platforms that hide these costs behind arbitrary subscription tiers, Gluze uses a simple coin system that shows you exactly what you are paying for.
Creating a story costs 10 coins. Generating a story part costs 1 coin. Generating chapter outlines costs 1 coin per chapter. Every transaction is logged with full transparency into token usage and actual AI costs. You can see your complete spending history and understand exactly where your coins went.
Reading stories is free for public content. Many stories offer guest access so you can try before committing. Authors can optionally charge coins for premium content, but the vast majority of the platform is freely accessible.
Creating interactive fiction is complex. Gluze provides tools specifically designed to make it manageable:
Reading on Gluze is designed to be immersive and intuitive:
Physical books have fixed content. Once printed, the story cannot change or expand. Authors are limited by page counts and printing costs, typically resulting in 20-40 endings at most. Many "choices" funnel readers back to the same paths to manage complexity.
Gluze stories can branch infinitely. New content generates on demand. The story grows with its readership rather than being frozen at publication. Multiple contributors can expand the narrative without requiring reprints.
Most interactive fiction platforms require all content to be pre-written. This works for shorter stories but creates massive overhead for anything ambitious. A story with 10 binary choices requires over 1,000 unique endings to be truly interactive. Few authors can sustain that.
Gluze solves this with AI generation. Authors focus on setup and key moments. AI handles the exponential branching. The result is genuinely deep interactivity without requiring superhuman writing effort.
You could have a conversation with an AI and ask it to tell you a story. But chatbots lack persistent structure. They do not maintain complex narrative trees. They cannot save your progress or let you explore alternative paths. There is no community, no voting, no collaboration.
Gluze provides the structure that transforms AI generation into genuine interactive fiction. The AI is a tool within a carefully designed platform, not a standalone experience.
Gluze is built on modern technology designed for reliability and performance:
Interactive fiction has been waiting decades for the technology to catch up with the vision. AI generation finally makes infinite branching narratives possible. Community collaboration brings diverse voices to shared stories. Modern infrastructure delivers smooth, real-time experiences.
Whether you are a writer looking to create stories that grow beyond what you could write alone, or a reader seeking narratives where your choices genuinely matter, Gluze offers something that did not exist before.