Your home
It starts as an empty room. Buy a piece, put it where you like, move it again tomorrow.
The boatman
Scribe Island: A cozy island that grows as you write.
How it works
Every word swings the pickaxe.
Write anywhere on your computer: docs, email, code, notes, chat. Each word you type moves Pip a little deeper into the mine.
Stop writing and Pip takes a break. No word, no dig.
0 stone
The island
Sell the ore. Fix up the place.
The boat takes your ore to the mainland and comes back with coins. Spend them on the forge, the house, the dock. Nobody's lived here in a while.
HomeDecorate it, piece by piece
MineSeven layers deep
Perk TreeA point every level
ForgeBetter pickaxes
DockThe boat comes and goes
Woods soonComing soon: an axe and a place to use it
Farm soonComing soon: a hoe and something to grow
The forge
Forge a better pickaxe.
Seven materials, from wood to onyx. Each one digs faster than the last, and each mine layer brings a new ore.
Make it yours
Badges, a home, a look.
Rare days on the island leave a badge. Coins turn an empty room into yours. And Pip wears whatever you pick.
Badges
Fifteen rare days, from a misty morning to the northern lights.
Everyday
Your scribe
Skin, hair, clothes and hats.
Why this exists
Most idle games are absolutely addicting.
They're built to be hard to put down, and they're very good at it. I've lost whole afternoons to them.
So here's the question behind Scribe Island: what if an incremental game only moved when you got real work done?
Nothing here ticks up while you watch. The only way forward is to write: the email, the doc, the code, the chapter. Then come back and see what your day built.
Questions
Is this a keylogger?
No. Scribe Island counts words. It doesn't keep what you type, which keys you pressed, or their order, and nothing you type leaves your computer. macOS asks for Input Monitoring because any app that reacts to typing in other apps needs it.
Does anything happen when I'm not writing?
The boat finishes its trip and the forge finishes what it started. But Pip only digs when you write. The island grows with your words, not with your clock.
When can I play?
A small alpha starts in December, on Mac. Windows comes next. Join the list and we'll write when there's a spot for you.
Who makes it?
One developer in Brazil, who types too much.
Want your own island?
Join the list for the alpha. One email when it's ready, and very few after that.
Only emails about Scribe Island. Unsubscribe anytime. Privacy
Standing on shoulders
SnowHexJose Javier, the artist behind Pixel Plains. Pip and much of the island are built on his pixel art.
Anthony PecorellaHe wrote The Math of Idle Games. The island's economy is balanced on that series.
Neither is involved with Scribe Island. I'm just grateful.