DadLibs Game Info
The straight answer about how DadLibs works, what leaves your browser, and what is still being built.
What is live
- One current pre-generated, fill-in-the-blank story while the new story pool is rebuilt.
- Story filling and reveal happen entirely in your browser.
- Ordinary play does not require an account.
- Fresh Story can create a new AI template from a theme and two silly ingredients when the secured AI service is online.
Fusion requires a Hall of Fame replay and is not yet reachable in the public game. Hall of Fame submissions, private Drive saves, comments, and the shared Admin screen are also still being built.
Sign-in
Ordinary play never requires Google. Fresh Story requires Google sign-in so the server can enforce cooldowns and account limits.
Future comments, Hall of Fame submissions, Fusion, and private Drive saves will also ask for sign-in only when you choose those actions.
Privacy and data
- No ads, behavioral tracking, or sale of personal data.
- DadLibs does not receive or store ordinary answers, completed stories, ratings, or play history.
- Your optional player nickname stays in this browser's local storage. Clearing browser data removes it.
- For Fresh Story, the theme and two ingredients are sent for safety checking and template generation. DadLibs does not copy your Google name or email into its records.
- AI accounting records use the signed-in account identifier, action, month, reserved cost, and actual provider cost. They do not contain prompts, player answers, or generated story text.
- Hosting providers still receive normal technical web requests, such as an IP address and browser details, to deliver the site. DadLibs does not turn those requests into player profiles.
Safety
- Each answer is limited to 40 characters.
- An on-device word filter catches obvious unsafe language without sending the answer anywhere.
- The first unsafe answer asks for a replacement. A second ends only that game.
- Content sent to AI is checked again on the server. Generated templates are moderated and validated before they are served.
Automated filters are imperfect. A grown-up should still join younger players.
AI and operating cost
- Fresh Story has a three-minute cooldown.
- The default personal AI allowance is $0.05 per calendar month.
- The default global AI allowance is $5 per calendar month.
- Allowances reset on the first day of each month in UTC.
- AI reserves its worst-case cost before a call, retries once when allowed, and reconciles to actual provider cost afterward.
- AI limits or outages disable only AI stories. Built-in play keeps working.
No aggregate operating-cost figure is published yet because there is not enough verified production usage to report honestly. Account-level activity is never published.
License and contributions
License: not decided yet.