Please note: Ashbloom is still in early development.

Players are welcome to join and playtest. 

Be aware this game is public not private - other players share the same world.

*However, there are claimable rooms available for private scenes.

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HOW IT PLAYS

Ashbloom is text-based and real-time.

You play by moving through the game world and interacting with other players and NPCs by describing what your character says and does.

You play the game by acting out what your character would do.

Quick tips:

• Click on a direction to walk that way. 
• Click on a NPC name to make it follow you around the world.
• Use a NPC name in speech or emote to make it respond to you.
• Press the LFRP (looking for roleplay) button to let other players find you.
• Type 'help' for more commands (or check the menu).

CURRENT FEATURES

• A shared world - Players and NPCs act in real time
• Relationships - Connections form through repeated interaction and shared moments
• A place to belong - Claim an apartment, build a reputation, and find your role in the community
• Beyond the walls - Explore dangerous ruins for resources
• Your pace - Play solo with NPCs, alongside others, or somewhere in between
• As dark or tender as you want - Romance, grief, hope, and harder edges. Mature content available in certain areas.

WHO IT'S FOR

Roleplayers
If you love MUDs, MUSHes, or forum RP, this is that experience - modernized for the browser.

Romance readers and writers
Slow-burn relationships built through interaction and time.

D&D and TTRPG players
Collaborative storytelling without scheduling sessions or managing a group.

LORE

The old world ended thirty years ago.

The world did not end in fire or flood. It came apart slowly - one quiet crack at a time - until the lights went out and never came back on.

They called it The Fall. Cities became graveyards. Governments vanished. The desperate turned on each other while the world burned quietly. The first five years - the Dark Years - took more lives than the collapse itself.

But humans are stubborn. Thirty years later, children have grown up never knowing the old world. And in the wreckage, something unexpected took root - not just survival, but connection.

Laughter around a fire.
A flower given without reason.
The brush of fingers in the dark.

Welcome to The Hollow. A settlement built from rust and hope, where strangers might become friends - or something more.

The old world is gone.
What you build from here is up to you.

• Reclaim the ruins. 
• Rebuild a home. 
• Rekindle what was lost.

Survive alone if you must. Together if you're lucky.

JOIN US

🎮 Play free at ashbloom.io 💬 Join the Discord - share stories, give feedback, and find writing partners

For transparency, please note that AI is used in development of this project.