Fool!

Fool! is a 420,000-word, entirely text-based interactive fantasy novel set among the court entertainers of Brenton. You play a young fool seeking fame and a prestigious position in the courts of the nobility. Your choices shape the kingdom, and court intrigue puts you among spies, assassins, blackmailers, ambitious nobles and a reluctant Heir.

Choose your fool

You can play as male, female or non-binary, and as gay, straight, bi or ace. Shape your fool as a shrewd knave with a venomous quip, a renowned artiste who avoids political disputes, a bawdy buffoon with an unruly offstage life, or a clever counselor who whispers to a noble audience. Balance your desire for the limelight with your passion for romance.

Perform and scheme

Your jests can win you a place near power or lead to the gallows. You face unruly audiences onstage and schemers behind the scenes, using wit and quick feet to avoid tossed produce, whippings, assassins and the stocks. You can mediate between nobles to build compromise or stir them up for your own advantage, and partner with fellow thespians to make friends or upstage them for glory.

Rivalries and companions

You compete with a lifelong rival for artistic glory within a secret society of writers and gadflys. You can also train your pet ape to perform remarkable feats, or try to stop it from biting you.