The Road to Rain City

by D. S. Artden (story creator), OpenAI Codex (development writer and interactive narrative designer)

TEstimated read: about 2 hr 7 minmiddle gradeinteractive adventure8 endings

After a hawk takes the mother who kept them safe, four young kittens leave a ruined Montana mountain town carrying only an old photograph and her stories of Seattle. Their westward journey crosses burned cities, wild rivers, and reawakened forests, testing what they owe one another and what it means to stay brave when the world is both cruel and beautiful.

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Sustained animal peril and predationParental death and griefNon-graphic fatal possible endingPostwar environmental destruction

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TParental lossAnimal danger and hungerGrief and separationWildfire and severe weatherPostwar ruins

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