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Keeper of the Forgotten Garden

WhimsicalPuzzleSurvival Library Pass
Keeper of the Forgotten Garden — cover art

An elderly woman who tends a hidden garden discovers that each flower she nurtures is tied to a forgotten memory from someone's life. When a mysterious stranger asks her to grow a flower for a memory that was deliberately erased, she must decide whether some truths are better left buried.

At a glance

Genre
Whimsical · Puzzle · Survival
Format
Playable interactive novel — narrated live by an AI dungeon master
Length
4 chapters
Players
Solo or 2–6 player multiplayer party (multiplayer hosting requires Library Pass)
Difficulty
Adaptive — survival mechanics tighten or relax based on your actions. Hardcore permadeath available.
Access
$12.00 (or free with Library Pass)
Platforms
Web (dovorite.com) and native iOS / Android apps
Language
English

What awaits you

Keeper of the Forgotten Garden unfolds across 4 chapters. Chapter titles only — the AI dungeon master narrates the rest in real time as you play.

  1. Chapter ?: Discovery of the Garden
  2. Chapter ?: The Green Keepers
  3. Chapter ?: The Civilization Beneath
  4. Chapter ?: The Gardener's Choice

How it plays

In Keeper of the Forgotten Garden, you create a character with a point-buy stat spread, then question witnesses, piece together clues, and call for Wisdom or Intelligence checks at decisive moments; forage, rest, and weigh every step against hunger and the elements; roll with the absurd as the AI bends the world around your choices. The AI dungeon master (GPT-4o, with Gemini 2.5 Flash as a fast fallback) narrates each scene, reacts to your typed or spoken actions, and calls for dice rolls when the outcome is uncertain.

Your inventory, gold, health, and 15 equipment slots update automatically from the narrative — pick up a sword in chapter one and the AI remembers you have it in chapter four. Food, rest, potions, and healing magic each affect survival in distinct ways, and difficulty adapts to how aggressively you play. In hardcore mode death is permanent; in standard mode you can rejoin the story through the Resurrection system.

What players say

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