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IN DEVELOPMENT2026
Cryptid Campus Chronicles
Postgres-backed Gothic paranormal academy MMO
A persistent browser MMO at Aetherwell Academy, a Gothic university for paranormal biology where you bind a cryptid, raise it, and send it into the dark.
What you do in Cryptid Campus Chronicles
- ♦Bind a cryptid — Mothman, Bigfoot or Werewolf — and raise it
- ♦Four combat stances: aggressive, cautious, sneaky, focused
- ♦Dress your cryptid; every outfit is composited into its portrait
- ♦Bank, borrow and trade in an economy other students move
- ♦The Forbidden Forest: a 1-in-100 gamble that levels you or wipes your progress
- ♦Free account, no ads, no paywall
Under the hood
- ·401 phased Postgres migrations (Core/F/P/W)
- ·Decimal.js banking with a 4.5% loan surcharge
- ·Server-side portrait compositor built on sharp
- ·Midnight cron with a 25-hour watchdog
How Cryptid Campus Chronicles is built
Node.jsExpressPostgreSQLDecimal.jssharpnode-cronReact 18Vite
Common questions
- Can I play Cryptid Campus Chronicles yet?
- Not at the moment. The game is being rebuilt from the ground up and there is no public build while that work is underway.
- Will it be free?
- That is the intention — a free browser game with no ads or paywall.