Links to 13 Thinkwert Twitter Games, ranked from best to worst

«edited on March 6, 2022 to include The Present.

1 The Fault. 

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͏ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕 🐌 A choose-your-own-fate fantasy adventure of a thousand chained tweets. Will you become a warrior-monk? A mage? A crimelord? A bureaucrat, a beggar, a bard, a bandit? Will you find love, treasure, and fame? ⬇️ Follow below! ⬇️

Sprawling fantasy epic with great pictures.  My most popular game thus far. 

2 The Prisoner and The King. 

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ㅤ ─┈ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 ─┈ 𝘈 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦-𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘰𝘸𝘯-𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. ⇩ Follow below! ⇩

My latest game and I think best designed. Can you escape the dungeon?

3 Princeps. 

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𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐒 A story-game of chained tweets. In this choose-your-own-fate adventure, you try to become the Emperor of the Principate of Rome, and then, try to survive and thrive as Emperor. See the replies below to begin!

 Can you become Emperor of Rome—and once you do, what is your legacy?

4 The Labyrinth 

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THE LABYRINTH: A Twitter Game This is a game of chained tweets. Find your way through the maze and even defeat a final boss! There are ~10 different ways to die; however, no death is random—there are hints to keep you alive if you pay attention!

Thinkwert Games @wertcreatures

You find yourself at the garden heart of the legendary labyrinth of Coo-Arunteen. Will you ever escape? There are four passages that lead out in each cardinal direction. Choose six possible actions from the next TWO replies. https://t.co/DAehHmg8cc

My best early game: can you escape a maze and defeat the final boss?

5 Squirrelball. 

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͏ 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 A Twitter game of chained tweets. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵? ⬇️ Follow below! ⬇️

A short, fun game. My most whimsical Twitter game. 

6. The Present.

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͏ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 A puzzler story-game of chained tweets. Start below! ⬇️ ⬇️

A true puzzler more than a game

7 The Gauntlet. 

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THE GAUNTLET OF THE AFTERLIFE: A STORY AND GAME IN WHICH YOU MUST CHOOSE WISELY (Featuring re-contextualized illustrations of SIDNEY H SIME and a reworked mythos from LORD DUNSANY) Follow the replies and quoted tweets to play the game!

Thinkwert Games @wertcreatures

INTRODUCTION You are dead. https://t.co/05R4Z3YGM7

 Navigate the afterlife. My favorite ending of all my games. 

8 Ethos 

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𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗦: 𝗔 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 Build a civilization from a small tribe to a great nation, choosing from a series of chained tweets. What is to be the destiny of The People: conquest, civilization, harmony with nature, or magic? Follow the thread below.

My attempt at creating a Civilization-type game with chained tweets. Start as a village, become an empire. 

9 The Mystery of the Five Confessions. 

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 A story-game of chained tweets. You‘ve been asked to investigate a murder. Can you solve it? See the replies below to begin! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

. A noir murder mystery. Explore a mansion and question suspects. 

10 Very short: a pyramid personality test. 

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Which of these sixteen pyramids appeals to you most? Choose carefully! Scroll down the replies and I’ll tell you what your choice says about you and your personality!

11 Blackguard’s Treasure. 

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Now complete! “Blackguard’s Treasure” 🏴‍☠️ 💀 ⚔️ A pirate adventure story/game featuring: A combat system, an inventory, companions, a game map, problem solving, and 64 possible endings, using *only* tweets— 857 of them.

Thinkwert Games @wertcreatures

THE BEACH: 8 am Shipwrecked on a white sand beach of a tropical island—how will you get out? To the east is a jungle. To the west, some tall cliffs. South is a high hill. The ocean is to north. You see wreckage strewn across the beach. See options in the next TWO replies. https://t.co/uO45OogXxL

  Likely my single largest game. I tried to create a combat system, a map system, and an inventory. 

12 Four friends go to a party 

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✽ ✾ ✿ ❀ ❁ ✽ ✾ ✿ ❀ ❁ ✽ ✾ ✿ ❀ ❁ ✾ ✿ ✾Four Friends Go To a Party:✿ ✾ ✾ ✿ ❀A Twitter Story Game✾ ✿ ❀ ✾ ❁ ✽For a Social Distancing Time❁ ✽ ✽ ✾ ✿ ❀ ❁ ✽ ✾ ✿ ❀ ❁ ✽ ✾ ✿ ❀ ❁ ✾ Follow this thread ⬇️ ⬇️

A sweet and somewhat sad short game of four woodland animals. 

13 A Twitter Space Opera 

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⊹ ✺ 　· 　 . *· ⋆ ⋆ . ·　 ✧ ✫ *· ✫ .✺ A Twitter Space Opera ✺*. . · ˚ · ⊹ 　 ⊹ · ✧ ✫ . 　* ✧　 You are a new crew member of the USS Kwar’Anteen. What will do you? Follow this thread and answer the replies. ⬇️ ⬇️

 My very first real game. It depended quite a bit on voting in polls…that have now long expired. 

Bonus: a thread on why and how I post Twitter games:  

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So @reply_token asked me for some of my thought process on my Twitter games. I’ll post a thread here. (If you’re not familiar with my tweet games, I make story-games that consist of link tweets and nothing else. See the quoted tweet for examples.) https://t.co/Ix7HygofPe

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Over the last month, I’ve posted several Twitter games of chained tweets. I thought I’d collect them all in one place. See below: ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️