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24 alternatives to Californium

Explore shifting realities as a writer looking for the truth

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Californium launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Game Writing▲73

   Narrative Skills for Videogames

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Confessions of a Teenage Gamer▲65

   The TRUTH behind competitive gaming

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Where Cards Fall▲68

   A dreamlike journey through youthful uncertainty

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Valley of the Gods▲65

   A Silicon Valley story

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Trail▲66

   A frontier journey

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Play Well - 7: Creating Your Own Narrative with Nina Freeman▲58

   Discussions around Cibele, romance in games, and pricing

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Get Real▲61

   Thought provoking questions for going deeper in conversation

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hardbound Writer's Program▲297

   YC for writers: experiment in a new media format

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Storium▲69

   Online Storytelling Game

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Truth or Truth▲120

    Spark conversations, share stories, embrace anonymity

    2023 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Happy Mitten - 34: Board Games, Business, and Jerry Hawthorne▲52

    The endearing story of how Mice and Mystics came to be

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Playtest▲89

    Be the first to play tomorrow's games.

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Getting Gamers▲58

    The psychology of video games

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Story!▲64

    Community Driven Story Writing

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    3W6 – Rollenspiele und Superhelden▲60

    A Biweekly German Podcast About RPGs and Storytelling

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter▲64

    An insightful & entertaining tour of the art of video games

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Welcome to Braggsville: A Novel▲60

    Berkeley students take on a Civil War re-enactment

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Happy Mitten - 35: Board Games, Business, and Andrew Federspiel▲51

    Pulling off a career change into the board game industry

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 37: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Ann Arbor▲51

    Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Cursortag▲83

    Chatroulette meets Asteroids

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Invisible Sun▲67

    A game of surrealistic fantasy, secrets, and magic

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    UberDRIVE▲82

    Put your city streets knowledge to the test

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Eveline▲66

    You play as a writer with one task — to write a novel

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Dreamlike Worlds▲56

    A challenging puzzle platformer.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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