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Read Case
Open the evidence
Begin with a short case file shaped from the source text, idea, scene, or argument.
BooksWhale Play
Books, ideas, and stories reimagined as playable reading quests.
Enter quiet quest worlds built from reading, choice, clues, figures, concepts, and discoveries. Literature, philosophy, history, and story-rich classics can all become playable reading.
BooksWhale Play
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Jekyll & Hyde
A psychological reading quest of secrets, reputation, and transformation.
Interactive Reading Quest
How BooksWhale Play Works
A reading game loop without noise.
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Choose Angle
Mark your route
Select the pattern you want to follow through the story, question, or idea.
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Open Cabinet
Collect discoveries
File dossiers, clues, insights, and reading seals as your route develops.
Available Worlds
Choose a reading world.
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Jekyll & Hyde
A psychological reading quest of secrets, reputation, and transformation.
Interactive Reading Quest
Playable World
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Divided Self
Enter a Victorian dossier of locked doors, uneasy letters, and private dread. Follow Utterson through the mystery of Hyde, gather evidence, and uncover what Jekyll has hidden from the world and from himself.
6
Quests
60
Minutes
deep greenink blackamberlocked doors
Open World
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Zhuangzi
A philosophical reading quest of transformation, freedom, and playful paradox.
Interactive Reading Quest
Playable World
Zhuangzi: Wandering Beyond Usefulness
Enter an ink-wash world of great birds, useless trees, dream butterflies, and arguments that loosen fixed judgment. Zhuangzi becomes a playable journey through perspective, freedom, and the strange value of what ordinary usefulness overlooks.
3
Quests
32
Minutes
ink washopen skyriverbankbutterfly dream
Open WorldComing Soon
More reading worlds are being prepared.
Coming Soon
Sherlock Holmes: Case Files
A cabinet of deductions, witness statements, and quiet turns of evidence.
Baker Streetcase notespipe smoke
Coming Soon
Pride and Prejudice: Social Choices
A social reading quest of first impressions, manners, letters, and self-correction.
Regency roomslettersdance cards
Coming Soon
The Origin of Species: Evidence Lab
A science reading quest of observation, variation, selection pressure, and changing life.
field notebookspecimen drawersisland maps
Play Trust & Support
A separate Play experience, supported by the BooksWhale account and policies.
BooksWhale Play uses public-domain works as source material and transforms stories, ideas, arguments, and historical scenes into interactive reading quests. The MVP has no Play Pass, world-pack purchase buttons, ads, or social posting.
Play PrivacyHow BooksWhale Play handles quest progress, Cabinet unlocks, audio settings, and shared account use.Play TermsThe Play-specific access, quest, and MVP scope notes for the standalone experience.Play Public DomainHow public-domain works become interactive quests, choices, and Cabinet rewards.Play SupportAccount, progress, copyright, source, and technical support for BooksWhale Play.