Stories you steer  ·  ages 10–13

EVERY CHOICE
SPLITS THE STORY

One story. Two directions at every turn. You read, you decide, and the whole world tilts toward what you chose — bright or dark. Then you find out what it costs.

See how it works
move your cursor — the world follows it
How it works

You're not reading a book.
You're driving one.

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Read the chapter

Real stories about real stuff — group chats, dares, rumors, the friend who's changing. No baby stuff. No lectures.

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Make the call

At every turning point, the crew argues — but you decide. The compass swings Spark or Shadow. The page itself changes color with you.

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Crack the Mind Locks

Puzzles sealed inside the story. Solve them to move forward, beat the clock for bonus points, and climb the reader board.

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Dark paths don't end the story. They keep going — and you live with what happens next. There's always a way back. It's just longer than the way in. Every episode hides 8 endings. Almost nobody finds the 8th.

Meet the crew

Four advisors. Four instincts.
And the vote that breaks every tie: yours.

At every fork the crew argues in character — and the choices you pick between are their voices. Follow any of them blindly and you'll find the Shadow side of their best quality. That's the five of you at the table: four advisors, one deciding vote. Mr. Otis isn't an advisor — he just asks the one question everyone's avoiding.

The Loose Ends Club in the Annex — four kids around a desk lit gold from one side and violet from the other, an empty chair facing the viewer, Dex watching from the edge
ZOE NOVAK№ 01
The Justice One
Receipts●●●●●●●●●●
Grammar enforcement●●●●●●●●●●
Chill●●●○○○○○○○
Admitting she's wrong●●○○○○○○○○
"Prove it."
Loose Ends Club · Series 1
THEO VASQUEZ№ 02
The Loyalty One
Loyalty●●●●●●●●●●
Remembers your birthday●●●●●●●●●●
Volume control○○○○○○○○○
Thinking first●●○○○○○○○○
"They're ours. We go. Now."
Loose Ends Club · Series 1
BANJO FISHER№ 03
The Curiosity One
Curiosity●●●●●●●●●●
Chill●●●●●●●●●●
Respecting "do not open"○○○○○○○○○
Band-aids in use2, currently
"Reckon there's one way to find out."
Loose Ends Club · Series 1
PRIYA NAIR№ 04
The Empathy One
Noticing●●●●●●●●●●
Secrets held●●●●●●●●●
Speaking up●●●○○○○○○○
Being fooled○○○○○○○○○
"The ring is orange. Hers is teal."
Loose Ends Club · Series 1
DEX GARRITY№ 05
The Loose End
Being noticed○○○○○○○○○
Making fakes●●●●●●●●● (retired)
Owing people one●●●●●●●●○○
Second chancesup to you
"Please don't tell."
Suspect card · Series 1
MR. OTIS REDSTONESTAFF
Keeper of the Annex Key
Questions per episodeexactly 1
Answers given0, on principle
Years at Maplewood31
Key ring●●●●●●●●●●
"Somebody should be using it."
Staff card · Do not trade
YOU№ 00
The Tiebreaker · Rookie Card
Instinctunmeasured
History here9 days
Spark / Shadow?? / ??
Deciding votesall of them
Stats pending. That's the point.
The worlds

One universe. Endless cases.

Every series lives in the same split universe and grows forever — new episodes drop like new episodes of your favorite show, not like homework.

Now playing
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The Loose Ends Club

Five kids fix the problems nobody else notices at Maplewood Middle. You're the newest member. Episode 1: someone faked a screenshot — and the crew is coming apart over it.

READ CASE 1: THE SCREENSHOT →
World 2 · locked
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Static Signal

A small-town radio station starts broadcasting tomorrow's mistakes. Choices about honesty, courage — and what you'd do if you knew.

World 3 · locked
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The Borrowers' Code

An after-school job at a pawn shop where every object carries someone's story — and someone's secret.

Paper + pixels

The book is the story.
The site is the score.

The Loose Ends Club · Episode 1
THE SCREENSHOT
A SPLITVERSE SPLIT STORY · CHOOSE · FLIP · SURVIVE

Every episode is also a real paperback you can hold — same story, same forks, flip-to-the-page style. The two halves talk to each other:

  • 1Finish a chapter in the paperback and scan the code at the fork — it drops you into the same scene online, compass loaded.
  • 2Online choices unlock endings the book only hints at. Puzzle scores and speed bonuses only count on the site.
  • 3Collected all 8 endings? Your next-episode paperback ships with your reader handle printed on the club roster page.
See Case 1: The Screenshot →
The game layer

Reading, but it keeps score.

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Reader Score

Points for every chapter finished, every Mind Lock cracked, every ending collected. Speed helps. Skimming doesn't — the locks catch skimmers.

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The Board

Fresh leaderboard every two weeks, so new readers always have a shot. You compete as your reader handle — never your real name.

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Ending Hunter

Every ending you find fills a slot in your gallery. The hidden 8th ending of each episode is the rarest badge in the Splitverse.

Free every day

The Daily Lock

One puzzle a day, straight from the case files. Today: trace Dex's route through Maplewood — one unbroken path, hit every checkpoint in order, cover every hall. No account needed. Streaks are forever.

0.0s 🏅 best 🔥 streak 0

Start on 1. Drag or tap to snake through the halls — you can't cross your own trail, checkpoints must come in order, and every square gets covered. Beat the clock, keep the streak, and compare times on the board.

MEMBERS GET: A NEW LOCK DAILY · SPEED LEADERBOARD · LOCK STREAK BADGES

For parents

Screen time that's secretly a book.

The Splitverse is fiction with a spine: every episode wraps one real dilemma — rumors, cheating shortcuts, money and friendship, the cost of staying silent — in a mystery kids actually want to finish. Dark choices aren't punished with a game-over; they play out, honestly, and the story always offers a way back. That's the lesson.

You own the accountA parent signs up and pays. Kids play under your roof, on profiles you create.
No real names, everKids compete as generated handles like CleverOtter. No photos, no chat, no messaging — anywhere.
Nothing to type, nothing to leakThere are no free-text boxes for kids. Choices are clicks. Full COPPA-first design.
Cancel like a normal personOne button. No retention maze. The books are yours forever either way.
EP 1 · THE SCREENSHOT
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