How it works, and fixes.

LoreHack is a text roguelike you play by talking to an AI app you already use. The AI is the narrator; the LoreHack engine runs the game: the map, the dice, monsters, items, health and your saves. The narrator can't change those, so the game stays fair and consistent.

Getting started

• Connect once. Add https://play.lorehack.com/mcp as a custom connector in your AI app (steps for each app). A LoreHack page opens: click Start a new adventurer, or enter your save code to continue a game you already have.
• Play. In a chat, say “let's play LoreHack”. Pick one of four ready-made worlds, or describe your own and build it together with the AI.
• A run is six floors with a boss at the bottom, and one life. It takes about 20–30 minutes. Stop whenever you like: the game saves after every move.

Things to say

• “Let's play LoreHack.” Continues your last run, or offers the worlds.
• “Take the dark tunnel.” “Search the room.” “Fight it out.” “Drink the red potion.” “What's in my pack?”
• “Build me a world: a monster hunter stuck in a dwarf mine on a spaceship, with pirates.” Building takes a few minutes, so it's best done by text.
• “What's my save code?” To continue in another app or on another device.
• “Start a new run.” The narrator asks first, because it ends the run you're in.

When something goes wrong

• The AI makes up a game instead of using LoreHack. Ask for it by name: “use the LoreHack connector, let's play”. In ChatGPT, type @LoreHack or, in voice mode, say “use the LoreHack plugin”. In Claude, check that LoreHack is switched on in the chat's tools menu.
• LoreHack doesn't show up in the chat. Make sure the connector is added and switched on for that chat. On a Claude Free plan, LoreHack takes your one custom connector.
• “Couldn't connect” or the sign-in page never opened. Remove the connector and add it again with the exact address above, then click Start a new adventurer (or enter your save code).
• The app asks you to sign in to LoreHack again. Enter your save code and you're back in the same game. Without the code, a new adventurer starts with no saves.
• A new chat doesn't remember the story. Say “let's play LoreHack”: the game picks up your run and gives the narrator a short recap of what happened so far.
• The narrator says something the game doesn't back up. Ask it to look around: the engine's answer is the truth, and the narrator follows it.
• It feels slow. The first move after a quiet spell can take a few seconds while the server wakes up.

Your data

LoreHack keeps your saves, worlds and scores under an anonymous player ID: no name, no email, no password, and not your conversation. See the privacy policy. To have your data deleted, write to us with your save code.

Contact

Questions, bugs or ideas: hello@lorehack.com. Please include your app (Claude, ChatGPT…), whether you were typing or using voice, and what you said just before it went wrong.