Artificial Jelly: A LitRPG Dungeon Mob Searching for Family
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Born to die and be born again, Gell, the Jellyfae must discover her strange connection to the horrible monsters called humans, that speak with words she understands, but seem to want nothing but her death. Driven by a desire for safety and freedom, she ventures forth to Tread the Sky, and finds more worlds than one.
Artificial Jelly remains one of the top-rated stories on Royal Road where new chapters are released twice a week.
About the Story: Artificial Jelly is a Gamelit tale about an Artificial Intelligence born into a Virtual Reality MMO. It is also about all the fear, terror, and real-world implications that might imply, seen through the eyes of an A.I. with no more intelligence than a young girl might have. This first book in a planned trilogy is a heavily character-based story containing elements of litRPG and Gamelit without shoveling numbers onto the page.
Tom Paulk
This is one of the best stories I’ve read in a while. In all honesty, I wasn’t expecting much when I downloaded the sample. I’ve never been so glad to have my expectations shattered. The writing, the humor, and the thought-provoking ending all outclass authors with far more titles under their belts.
ASIN : B08MZQFGKD
Publisher : Amazon.com Services LLC (November 8, 2020)
Publication date : November 8, 2020
Language : English
File size : 974 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 381 pages
Customers say
Customers find the story entertaining, engaging, and worth reading. They praise the writing quality as incredibly well-written, skillful, and fluid. Readers love the character and appreciate the impressive exploration of an AI character. They describe the pacing as amazing, intriguing, and thought-provoking. Additionally, they find the emotional content touching and easy to sympathize with.
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sara s –
Such a good story!
Although I started reading this on a whim, I realized after only a few chapters that I wasn’t going to be able to put it down.Having now finished it, I can confirm that Gell is one of my favorite book characters. It is such a treat to experience the world through her baby AI eyes. At times she acts bratty, which is only natural, considering her limited life experiences and how unfair the world has seemed to her so far. However she has the desire to understand the world and grow as a… well, as a jellyfae… and that makes her admirable and likeable.The author’s writing style is fluid and consistent, never too wordy, and the story doesn’t overload the reader with technical details such as stats, either â although when technical aspects do come up, they are presented in a way that feels natural and adds depth to the story. Having worked in technical support myself, I especially appreciated the realism in the chapter that introduced Francis and the game company behind Gell’s world.
Ian Mitchell –
Number 5 is alive
This one is dear to me. A game mob wakes up. Experiences the game world and people. Very emotional. Very well written. Worth the time spent reading it. I hope you enjoy it too. I was pleased to see some older characters. Reminds me of: Rogue Dungeon, Awaken online, Continue online. All of these stories have intelligent AI interacting with people. This story features one as the main character and the start of her adventure.Score: 9.4 out of 10
Alexb –
Wow. Very good story.
The only reason Iâm not giving this five stars is because else you are going to think that Iâm being paid for this.This is a really good story about AI. Well told, full of emotion. Not everything is resolved, so I hope that weâll have another book of Gell.
Erik –
More Gell the Jellyfae Please!
This is the story of an intelligent dungeon mob – a jellyfae named Gell who lives in a dungeon. Most MOBs behave like clockwork, following a predefined script (which she refers to as instinct). Her entire world changes when players discover her home and start killing the other monsters, whom she considers to be her family, over and over again. I fell in love with Gell’s character and found it very easy to sympathize with her. Gell’s tale is a bit of a tearjerker.Lots of books in the LitRPG genre include feature sentient (sapient?) NPCs, but this is one of the few which delves into what that actually means. How would society react when faced with truly intelligent artificial NPCs? In this story, when humans face the possibility of sentient AIs, they react emotionally with fear, rage, greed, and (in rare cases) compassion. Most humans assume the worst-case outcome. The author’s depiction of humanity isn’t a pretty one, but I found it to be believable.Some people have complained about the ending, but without spoiling anything I’ll just say that I thought it was appropriate and believable. There were some plotlines that remain unresolved, but I still felt that the story has enough closure.This is among the best gamelit novels that I’ve read in a while. This is a character-driven science fiction novel with more science than you normally see in a LitRPG. While the situations might be unlikely, they didn’t feel overly contrived. There are few stat tables, though I would still consider it a LitRPG since the world it takes place in is distinctly RPG in nature.I really hope there will be a sequel – I need more Jellyfae in my life. Strongly recommended for fans of gamelit.
A Murphy –
PTSD for mobs
Have you ever farmed a mob? There was a tiny little island on Luclin that had these shades that dropped something to craft a high trivial smithing component. I spent hours wiping those things out. What if they remembered you? How you killed them. Each and every time. This is Gellâs first memory of someone other than the mobs that live with her in her Dungeon.This was a very interesting story. I went in expecting a different angle of a dungeon core story. It got a lot more intense and emotional. What if alive? What is evil? Very interesting. Iâm definitely going to pick up book 2!Content warning: Language.
Fellow Human –
Great read.
Unlike a lot of MMO-Centric books, this story is focused heavily on character development and relationships as opposed to combat or adventure.The characters are lovable, and the story as a whole is engaging. The author also expertly weaves in explorations of the moral grey-zone without breaking the 4th wall, and introduces antagonistic relationships where neither side is clearly in the wrong.I’m looking forward to starting volume 2 for sure.
Kindle Customergood plot. great story ptogretion smoth stoty flow. –
Great concept and well written
How would a NPC view its world if it had no knowledge of what the real world was? It was a smooth flow of progression with only limited real-world content that was only there for story progression. I hope that this has a next book but don’t see it going past 3 in a series. Could lead to others making similar books in the same real-world setting but not in the same game.
GrinNoCat –
Keeping it realâ¦
Iâm not sure that this story really counts as LitRPG, game stats really donât have much to do with the story. Iâm not sure there is a nitch genre that really fits – and that doesnât matter because what you really need to know is that itâs a great story and told in an excellent way. Itâs been well edited and thereâs really nothing to distract you from having a great read. Spend a few hours to become attached and donât worry about those whiners complaining about the ending. Like most good stories, you want more – and spoiler: nobody dies.
Syn –
I enjoyed this book very much I read the whole thing in one go then read it again Iâd very much like for a sequel…
Dennis Ahlers –
Neat concept and character driven story of a fledgling artificial intelligence trying to just make sense of her world – refreshingly different to read with enjoyable ramblingLooking forward to more
Snoodle_bopper –
Not too great at explaining novels but I can confidently say this is a great read… the main plot is about a rogue Ai trying to understand the strange new world (game) she’s been placed into while making friends along the way though that sounds like a wholesome and rather easy objective she will soon learn what happens when an npc displays self awareness….
Kindle –
The start of the book is to be honest slow and a bit boring. The pacing feels slow and it takes a while to get to the point. The last 25% of the book finally shows you what this series could be about and it had alot of potential. I am not sure if I will keep reading but it has potential.
C Sim –
An absolutely fantastic story. Itâs entirely carried by the strength of the main character, who develops and grows in such an amazingly compelling way, supported by a solid world, built incrementally in such a way that only makes perfect sense in the context of this tale. Honestly, anyone with an appreciation for MMOs, fish out of water stories, AI stories or coming of age tales will find a great adventure here.Unfortunately, the story loses its direction in its third act, and begins to spin its wheels. The last chapters started to ramble from plot point to plot point – a major villain reappears, only to promptly disappear with almost no closure on that story arc, A half dozen characters are introduced to simply walk from one scene to another, just to disappear from the story, a lot of time is spent on last minute world building, and all with less than 60 pages left in the book. Overall, the story ends on about the most open ended passages ever put to paper, and left me thinking that there should have been a couple more chapters either expanding on what ending there was, or a clearer lead-in to a future sequel. Iâm just left wondering â….and? And now what?â, not out of a sense of âI need to see more!â, but more â…was… was that it?âThat said, Iâm only really able to say that as there is no sequel to read, and one would go a long way to actually filling in the final leg of this story.