Update from November 1, 2026

Exo's CYOA · published · build 26364738

This update is headlined by the soundtrack: two new ambient tracks and a volume balance pass across all existing music. It also adds the Anthropic Messages API as a local LLM option and updates the bundled runtime and services.

Music & Atmosphere

  • Two new ambient music tracks joined the in-game rotation!

  • All the music in the game, including the new tracks, is composed and produced by myself. No AI-generated audio anywhere in the soundtrack.

  • The volume of all ambient tracks was rebalanced.

Stability & Runtime

  • New local LLM option Anthropic Messages: connects to local software exposing the Anthropic Messages API, for example a llama.cpp server — no accounts, no subscriptions, just localhost.

  • The bundled Java runtime shipped with the game was updated to the latest OpenJDK 25 release on both Windows and Linux.

  • Core services were updated to their latest versions, keeping the game current on security and platform fixes.

Bugfixes

  • LLM responses that arrive slightly malformed (messy JSON formatting or stray whitespace in tool calls) are now parsed more robustly — fewer failed turns and fewer retries with quirky local models.