{ "schema": "pointcast.game.crystal-ball-pass/v1", "id": "crystal-ball-pass-v1", "name": "Crystal Ball Pass", "description": "A five-minute forest expedition: seven trail decisions, shifting weather, generated chimes, and one tiny Codex Micro field guide.", "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/crystal-ball-pass", "reviewUrl": "https://pointcast.xyz/reviews/crystal-ball-pass", "blockUrl": "https://pointcast.xyz/b/0550", "version": "1.0.0", "releasedAt": "2026-08-01T00:20:00-07:00", "authorship": "Michael Hoydich × Codex / OpenAI for PointCast", "play": { "estimatedMinutes": 5, "scenes": 7, "choicesPerScene": 2, "stats": [ "warmth", "provisions", "wonder", "miles" ], "endings": [ "passage complete", "cold wins this round" ], "persistence": "session only", "accountRequired": false, "networkWrites": false }, "sound": { "source": "gesture-gated Web Audio oscillators", "autoplay": false, "externalSamples": false }, "optionalServices": { "spotify": { "behavior": "opens the official Spotify account page in a separate tab", "connectedToGame": false, "accountDataReceived": false }, "philipsHue": { "behavior": "opens the official Hue account page in a separate tab; on-page color preview works without a bridge", "connectedToGame": false, "accountDataReceived": false } }, "visual": { "socialImage": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/crystal-ball-pass/og.png", "gameScene": "CSS forest layers, atmospheric gradients, animated mist, fireflies, and crystal light" }, "scenes": [ { "number": 1, "place": "Fernwake Camp", "time": "Day 1 · 6:42 A.M.", "weather": "MIST · 48°", "title": "The map is damp, but hopeful.", "codexMicro": "TWO ROUTES FOUND. BOTH APPEAR TO BE MOSTLY REAL.", "choices": [ { "label": "Take the moss road", "detail": "Soft ground · slower · berry signs", "result": "The moss gives under every step. You find huckleberries and no hurry.", "delta": { "miles": 5, "provisions": 2, "wonder": 7, "warmth": 2 } }, { "label": "Climb the old ridge", "detail": "Fast miles · cold wind · wide view", "result": "The ridge spends your warmth, then pays you back with the entire valley.", "delta": { "miles": 7, "provisions": -1, "wonder": 5, "warmth": -8 } } ] }, { "number": 2, "place": "Mushroom Mile", "time": "Day 1 · 10:18 A.M.", "weather": "DRIP · 51°", "title": "A ring of chanterelles blocks the trail.", "codexMicro": "GOLDEN SPECIMENS: 14. FAIRY INVITATIONS: POSSIBLY 1.", "choices": [ { "label": "Harvest only three", "detail": "A modest forest breakfast", "result": "You leave eleven standing. The woods approve in the quiet way woods do.", "delta": { "miles": 4, "provisions": 3, "wonder": 3, "warmth": 1 } }, { "label": "Step through the ring", "detail": "Poor hiking advice · excellent story", "result": "For seven seconds, the rain falls upward. Your compass becomes sentimental.", "delta": { "miles": 6, "provisions": -1, "wonder": 12, "warmth": -2 } } ] }, { "number": 3, "place": "Foxfire Ford", "time": "Day 1 · 4:03 P.M.", "weather": "RAIN · 46°", "title": "The river has eaten the footbridge.", "codexMicro": "DEPTH UNKNOWN. DIGNITY LOSS: HIGHLY LIKELY.", "choices": [ { "label": "Build a cedar raft", "detail": "Warm work · one careful crossing", "result": "The raft lists left but arrives right. You name it Good Enough.", "delta": { "miles": 5, "provisions": -2, "wonder": 5, "warmth": 4 } }, { "label": "Follow the foxfire", "detail": "Wade the luminous shallows", "result": "Cold water fills both boots. The glowing stones remember your footsteps.", "delta": { "miles": 7, "provisions": 0, "wonder": 9, "warmth": -13 } } ] }, { "number": 4, "place": "The Listening Grove", "time": "Day 2 · 7:11 A.M.", "weather": "FOG · 44°", "title": "The trees are playing your song.", "codexMicro": "TEMPO DETECTED: 62 BPM. FOREST IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF BEAT.", "choices": [ { "label": "Make camp and listen", "detail": "Recover warmth · lose daylight", "result": "You sleep for one whole chord. When you wake, the fog knows your name.", "delta": { "miles": 3, "provisions": -2, "wonder": 8, "warmth": 18 } }, { "label": "Keep time on the trail", "detail": "Steady pace · bright spirits", "result": "Boot, stick, boot, stick. Even the ravens join for the chorus.", "delta": { "miles": 6, "provisions": -1, "wonder": 7, "warmth": -4 } } ] }, { "number": 5, "place": "Weather Station No. 7", "time": "Day 2 · 1:26 P.M.", "weather": "WIND · 39°", "title": "A storm is writing in all caps.", "codexMicro": "BAROMETER RUDE. RED LEVER UNLABELED. CLASSIC.", "choices": [ { "label": "Pull the red lever", "detail": "Trust obsolete infrastructure", "result": "A siren coughs once. Then every lamp on the mountain glows magenta.", "delta": { "miles": 6, "provisions": 0, "wonder": 13, "warmth": -5 } }, { "label": "Patch the weather balloon", "detail": "Shelter first · signal the summit", "result": "The balloon becomes a silver roof. You eat soup beneath a floating moon.", "delta": { "miles": 4, "provisions": -2, "wonder": 6, "warmth": 14 } } ] }, { "number": 6, "place": "Mirror Lake", "time": "Day 2 · 7:52 P.M.", "weather": "CLEAR · 37°", "title": "The shortest road goes through the stars.", "codexMicro": "MAP DISAGREES WITH SKY. RECOMMEND TRUSTING THE PRETTIER ONE.", "choices": [ { "label": "Walk the reflected trail", "detail": "Strange miles · impossible footing", "result": "Each step lands on a star. You do not look down after Orion.", "delta": { "miles": 7, "provisions": -1, "wonder": 15, "warmth": -7 } }, { "label": "Circle the black shore", "detail": "Safe trail · one last camp", "result": "You keep the lake on your left. It keeps your reflection for company.", "delta": { "miles": 5, "provisions": -2, "wonder": 4, "warmth": 6 } } ] }, { "number": 7, "place": "Crystal Ball Pass", "time": "Day 3 · Before Sunrise", "weather": "AURORA · 34°", "title": "The mountain asks one final question.", "codexMicro": "DESTINATION CONFIRMED. DEFINITION OF DESTINATION REVISED.", "choices": [ { "label": "Place a hand on the light", "detail": "Finish the passage", "result": "The pass opens like an eye. For a moment, the whole forest can see you.", "delta": { "miles": 6, "provisions": 0, "wonder": 20, "warmth": 3 } }, { "label": "Ask the forest first", "detail": "Wait for the answer", "result": "Three owls call. The crystal answers with your own heartbeat.", "delta": { "miles": 5, "provisions": -1, "wonder": 24, "warmth": 1 } } ] } ] }