Lockdown Ludonaut
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Publishing imprint for the works of Derek Schraner, including Hikikomori and the Operation CanCon series: LockdownLudonaut.com
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Hey #Canada, are you feeling a little ...angry about the way a certain 🍊politician talks about us and our beautiful country?
Us too.
#Canada has the best people and #music in the world. We wrote a trilogy of #gamebooks designed to celebrate the glory that is #Canadian 80s, 90s and classic music.
Us too.
#Canada has the best people and #music in the world. We wrote a trilogy of #gamebooks designed to celebrate the glory that is #Canadian 80s, 90s and classic music.
⛄ This booklet is offered as a token of thanks for returning OCC fans, or a sampler for newcomers to the series. You can download the full contents for free as a PDF at LockdownLudonaut.com All you need is something to write with, 3 6-sided dice, the core rules from any Operation CanCon gamebook.
Lockdown Ludonaut
Information on the Works of Derek Schraner
LockdownLudonaut.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
⛄ This booklet is offered as a token of thanks for returning OCC fans, or a sampler for newcomers to the series. You can download the full contents for free as a PDF at LockdownLudonaut.com All you need is something to write with, 3 6-sided dice, the core rules from any Operation CanCon gamebook.
🤶 🎅 This standalone supplement adds new variants to the original trilogy’s gameplay: Holiday Jackpot, an easy, feel-good spree of discovery, and White Elephant, a suspenseful swap-or-drop challenge. You’ll search for dozens of elusive tunes, attempt a scavenger hunt.
Download your copy here👇
Download your copy here👇
Lockdown Ludonaut
Information on the Works of Derek Schraner
LockdownLudonaut.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🤶 🎅 This standalone supplement adds new variants to the original trilogy’s gameplay: Holiday Jackpot, an easy, feel-good spree of discovery, and White Elephant, a suspenseful swap-or-drop challenge. You’ll search for dozens of elusive tunes, attempt a scavenger hunt.
Download your copy here👇
Download your copy here👇
🧤 🎄 Something Festive This Way Comes!
🎿 Celebrate the holidays in this Operation CanCon expansion. Part series sampler, part year-end surprise, this festive adventure sends you back in search of true north classics, seasonal songs throughout Canadian history.
🎁 Bundle up! Get your free copy!
🎿 Celebrate the holidays in this Operation CanCon expansion. Part series sampler, part year-end surprise, this festive adventure sends you back in search of true north classics, seasonal songs throughout Canadian history.
🎁 Bundle up! Get your free copy!
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🧤 🎄 Something Festive This Way Comes!
🎿 Celebrate the holidays in this Operation CanCon expansion. Part series sampler, part year-end surprise, this festive adventure sends you back in search of true north classics, seasonal songs throughout Canadian history.
🎁 Bundle up! Get your free copy!
🎿 Celebrate the holidays in this Operation CanCon expansion. Part series sampler, part year-end surprise, this festive adventure sends you back in search of true north classics, seasonal songs throughout Canadian history.
🎁 Bundle up! Get your free copy!
✈️ Ready to conclude the Break system series of international #heist #gamebooks?
Start your winter holiday #interactivefiction journey through #Switzerland and grab your copy now at www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
youtu.be/tloRnl8hhkE?...
Start your winter holiday #interactivefiction journey through #Switzerland and grab your copy now at www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
youtu.be/tloRnl8hhkE?...
REVEAL of The Winter Mission: A Holiday Heist to Remember!
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
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November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
✈️ Ready to conclude the Break system series of international #heist #gamebooks?
Start your winter holiday #interactivefiction journey through #Switzerland and grab your copy now at www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
youtu.be/tloRnl8hhkE?...
Start your winter holiday #interactivefiction journey through #Switzerland and grab your copy now at www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
youtu.be/tloRnl8hhkE?...
⛰️ 📚 Get the exclusive first look at THE WINTER MISSION, the highly anticipated conclusion to our BREAK system series of gamebooks.
👭 You're going to need some allies! The Winter Mission combines branching choices with dice-based microgames.
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
👭 You're going to need some allies! The Winter Mission combines branching choices with dice-based microgames.
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
⛰️ 📚 Get the exclusive first look at THE WINTER MISSION, the highly anticipated conclusion to our BREAK system series of gamebooks.
👭 You're going to need some allies! The Winter Mission combines branching choices with dice-based microgames.
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
👭 You're going to need some allies! The Winter Mission combines branching choices with dice-based microgames.
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
🎄 🏂 ❄️ The math says no. The season says yes.
🏔️ An impossible opportunity lures you from the streets of Toronto to the treacherous peaks of Switzerland. You can’t resist the target but traps lie in wait. The enemy knows you’re coming.
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
🏔️ An impossible opportunity lures you from the streets of Toronto to the treacherous peaks of Switzerland. You can’t resist the target but traps lie in wait. The enemy knows you’re coming.
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎄 🏂 ❄️ The math says no. The season says yes.
🏔️ An impossible opportunity lures you from the streets of Toronto to the treacherous peaks of Switzerland. You can’t resist the target but traps lie in wait. The enemy knows you’re coming.
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
🏔️ An impossible opportunity lures you from the streets of Toronto to the treacherous peaks of Switzerland. You can’t resist the target but traps lie in wait. The enemy knows you’re coming.
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Winter-Missi...
Interested in an #interactivefiction book set in a #haunted #casino in #Ontario?
Inspired by the daring #heist at the Louvre?
Check out the #FallAffair
Inspired by the daring #heist at the Louvre?
Check out the #FallAffair
October 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Interested in an #interactivefiction book set in a #haunted #casino in #Ontario?
Inspired by the daring #heist at the Louvre?
Check out the #FallAffair
Inspired by the daring #heist at the Louvre?
Check out the #FallAffair
Want to explore #Ontario in a choose-your-own-adventure #CYOA #Halloween #heist?
Check out The Fall Affair
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
Check out The Fall Affair
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Want to explore #Ontario in a choose-your-own-adventure #CYOA #Halloween #heist?
Check out The Fall Affair
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
Check out The Fall Affair
#interactivefiction
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
Hey, #Canada! Ready for some homegrown frights and chills this #Halloween? Check out The Fall Affair...
The #heist in a #haunted #casino in ...#Ontario.
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
The #heist in a #haunted #casino in ...#Ontario.
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hey, #Canada! Ready for some homegrown frights and chills this #Halloween? Check out The Fall Affair...
The #heist in a #haunted #casino in ...#Ontario.
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
The #heist in a #haunted #casino in ...#Ontario.
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
🎉☕We are thrilled to be covered by the wonderful #CoffeeWithKilroy.
Subscribe to their channel, they rock!
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Subscribe to their channel, they rock!
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Coffee with Kilroy - The Fall Affair (Schraner)
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October 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎉☕We are thrilled to be covered by the wonderful #CoffeeWithKilroy.
Subscribe to their channel, they rock!
youtu.be/t0N7KjVP6w4?...
Subscribe to their channel, they rock!
youtu.be/t0N7KjVP6w4?...
Down for some creepy chills in a #Halloween #heist set in #Canada?
You are in luck!
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
You are in luck!
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
October 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Down for some creepy chills in a #Halloween #heist set in #Canada?
You are in luck!
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
You are in luck!
www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
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The 2025 edition of ECTOCOMP, the interactive fiction community's annual spooky competition, is here! Submissions open on October 1, but you can begin working on your spooky IF now.
Rules and more info on the jam page: itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
Rules and more info on the jam page: itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
ECTOCOMP 2025
A game jam from 2025-10-01 to 2025-12-01 hosted by rubereaglenest & alyshkalia. There's a full moon rising Let's go dancing in the light We know where the music's playing Let’s go out and feel the nig...
itch.io
September 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The 2025 edition of ECTOCOMP, the interactive fiction community's annual spooky competition, is here! Submissions open on October 1, but you can begin working on your spooky IF now.
Rules and more info on the jam page: itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
Rules and more info on the jam page: itch.io/jam/ectocomp...
🤽♂️🤿And here's our deep dive into this haunted casino heist set in beautiful #Ontario, #Canada
#Gamebook #InteractiveFiction #ChooseYourOwnAdventure #Heist #Horror #Halloween #SpookySeason #Canada #Ontario #GameDesign
youtu.be/Dqko7VbGfok?...
#Gamebook #InteractiveFiction #ChooseYourOwnAdventure #Heist #Horror #Halloween #SpookySeason #Canada #Ontario #GameDesign
youtu.be/Dqko7VbGfok?...
Deep Dive into The Fall Affair, a haunted casino heist!
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🤽♂️🤿And here's our deep dive into this haunted casino heist set in beautiful #Ontario, #Canada
#Gamebook #InteractiveFiction #ChooseYourOwnAdventure #Heist #Horror #Halloween #SpookySeason #Canada #Ontario #GameDesign
youtu.be/Dqko7VbGfok?...
#Gamebook #InteractiveFiction #ChooseYourOwnAdventure #Heist #Horror #Halloween #SpookySeason #Canada #Ontario #GameDesign
youtu.be/Dqko7VbGfok?...
🎲Get your copy now: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FP5D3YK4
The Fall Affair: a Break system gamebook
The Fall Affair: a Break system gamebook: Schraner, Derek: 9798298691741: Books - Amazon.ca
www.amazon.ca
September 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🎲Get your copy now: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FP5D3YK4
🎃🧛♀️🦇Here's a tutorial for The Fall Affair, the haunted casino heist #gamebook! In this video, you learn how to play this immersive, decision-driven gamebook, where your choices take you to a long-abandoned casino in #Ontario.
🎲Get your copy now: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FP5D3YK4
youtu.be/bCvwKYT2UiU?...
🎲Get your copy now: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FP5D3YK4
youtu.be/bCvwKYT2UiU?...
How to Play The Fall Affair
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🎃🧛♀️🦇Here's a tutorial for The Fall Affair, the haunted casino heist #gamebook! In this video, you learn how to play this immersive, decision-driven gamebook, where your choices take you to a long-abandoned casino in #Ontario.
🎲Get your copy now: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FP5D3YK4
youtu.be/bCvwKYT2UiU?...
🎲Get your copy now: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FP5D3YK4
youtu.be/bCvwKYT2UiU?...
🦇🧛♀️🍂We just made SO MANY videos about our new book!!!
🎃This one is just IN TIME for Halloween, all about a haunted casino heist.
The Fall Affair is a standalone trip in the Break system series. A six-sided die is recommended, but not required for your journey.
#CYOA
youtu.be/UBA9Oc0ynGg?...
🎃This one is just IN TIME for Halloween, all about a haunted casino heist.
The Fall Affair is a standalone trip in the Break system series. A six-sided die is recommended, but not required for your journey.
#CYOA
youtu.be/UBA9Oc0ynGg?...
Reveal of The Fall Affair, a haunted casino heist!
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🦇🧛♀️🍂We just made SO MANY videos about our new book!!!
🎃This one is just IN TIME for Halloween, all about a haunted casino heist.
The Fall Affair is a standalone trip in the Break system series. A six-sided die is recommended, but not required for your journey.
#CYOA
youtu.be/UBA9Oc0ynGg?...
🎃This one is just IN TIME for Halloween, all about a haunted casino heist.
The Fall Affair is a standalone trip in the Break system series. A six-sided die is recommended, but not required for your journey.
#CYOA
youtu.be/UBA9Oc0ynGg?...
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hello new followers! i'm anna, a game writer / narrative designer and a game design educator, all of which are fields that are extremely hard to find work in right now! if you'll allow me a brief thread, i will list some of the shenanigans i am currently engaged in to try and make ends meet
September 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
hello new followers! i'm anna, a game writer / narrative designer and a game design educator, all of which are fields that are extremely hard to find work in right now! if you'll allow me a brief thread, i will list some of the shenanigans i am currently engaged in to try and make ends meet
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if you missed it i posted my lesson plan and materials from when i ran AD&D: Tomb of Horrors in my history of rpgs class for my students! yesterday i posted Diplomacy – tomorrow will be a seminal indie rpg from 2010!
Today's RPG is AD&D! I created a compact (but still overwhelming) version of 1978's Tomb of Horrors. The goal was for students to try and find the compromise between an abundance of rules and reference material and creating an actual playable experience at the table.
AD&D: Tomb of Horrors
Tomb of Horrors was created by Gary Gygax originally for
w.itch.io
September 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
if you missed it i posted my lesson plan and materials from when i ran AD&D: Tomb of Horrors in my history of rpgs class for my students! yesterday i posted Diplomacy – tomorrow will be a seminal indie rpg from 2010!
📀📀Love it. I remember when that song was released. It was breathtaking in all the best ways.
In fact we love her so much we wrote an #interactivefiction book and game about shopping for music in the 1990s, and Alanis is featured PROMINENTLY.
lockdownludonaut.com/works/
In fact we love her so much we wrote an #interactivefiction book and game about shopping for music in the 1990s, and Alanis is featured PROMINENTLY.
lockdownludonaut.com/works/
September 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📀📀Love it. I remember when that song was released. It was breathtaking in all the best ways.
In fact we love her so much we wrote an #interactivefiction book and game about shopping for music in the 1990s, and Alanis is featured PROMINENTLY.
lockdownludonaut.com/works/
In fact we love her so much we wrote an #interactivefiction book and game about shopping for music in the 1990s, and Alanis is featured PROMINENTLY.
lockdownludonaut.com/works/
🍁🍎🏫Back-To-School Giveaway Time! We are giving away 10 signed copies of the Operation CanCon 80s gamebook, the 1980s music shopping simulator, to folks who leave a comment about their favourite music shopping experience under this video here.
Shipping to #Canada only.
youtu.be/ReOzN3XMO0U?...
Shipping to #Canada only.
youtu.be/ReOzN3XMO0U?...
Operation CanCon: How to Play
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
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September 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎃🧛♀️🦇🎰How about a haunted casino, a shadowy underworld crime network, and a ...heist?
🍂If your answer is, "Yes, please!" Check out The Fall Affair!
youtu.be/UBA9Oc0ynGg?...
🍂If your answer is, "Yes, please!" Check out The Fall Affair!
youtu.be/UBA9Oc0ynGg?...
Reveal of The Fall Affair, a haunted casino heist!
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🎃🧛♀️🦇🎰How about a haunted casino, a shadowy underworld crime network, and a ...heist?
🍂If your answer is, "Yes, please!" Check out The Fall Affair!
youtu.be/UBA9Oc0ynGg?...
🍂If your answer is, "Yes, please!" Check out The Fall Affair!
youtu.be/UBA9Oc0ynGg?...
We even made a CYOA, #interactivefiction trilogy about shopping for #Canadian physical media...
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Hey #Canada, are you feeling a little ...angry about the way a certain 🍊politician talks about us and our beautiful country?
Us too.
#Canada has the best people and #music in the world. We wrote a trilogy of #gamebooks designed to celebrate the glory that is #Canadian 80s, 90s and classic music.
Us too.
#Canada has the best people and #music in the world. We wrote a trilogy of #gamebooks designed to celebrate the glory that is #Canadian 80s, 90s and classic music.
September 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We even made a CYOA, #interactivefiction trilogy about shopping for #Canadian physical media...
bsky.app/profile/lock...
bsky.app/profile/lock...
We've been churning out #interactivefiction books over the past year because like your oldest, we are obsessed with #CYOA books too.
There's some free samples on our site!
lockdownludonaut.com/works/
There's some free samples on our site!
lockdownludonaut.com/works/
September 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We've been churning out #interactivefiction books over the past year because like your oldest, we are obsessed with #CYOA books too.
There's some free samples on our site!
lockdownludonaut.com/works/
There's some free samples on our site!
lockdownludonaut.com/works/
Dive into the interactive world of Operation CanCon, where your mission is to collect Canadian music. Navigate Eighties music stores in search of iconic songs. The hope of a country's future will depend on preserving its cultural artifacts.
#InteractiveFiction #Gamebook
#InteractiveFiction #Gamebook
September 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dive into the interactive world of Operation CanCon, where your mission is to collect Canadian music. Navigate Eighties music stores in search of iconic songs. The hope of a country's future will depend on preserving its cultural artifacts.
#InteractiveFiction #Gamebook
#InteractiveFiction #Gamebook