Storyland is a piece of semi-ergodic literature.

When arriving at
the homepage for Storyland, the audience is greeted with an array of
carnival music with the aforementioned title flashing with different
colors upon a black backdrop. Lines of a story begin to pop up as the
carnival music subsides. The first line introduces our first character
and then something occurs. By the third line, we meet our second
character. By the fourth line we meet our third, then something else
occurs. By the sixth line, the story reaches its conclusion and wraps
up. The audience is then encouraged to click the new story button.
When they do this, they are presented with a new story, with new
characters and new outcomes, but the format remains the same.
In all the stories presented, one thing was evident: these
characters in these stories are all trapped in a way. Each story
consisted of a character that wanted to be like another character, not
knowing that the other character had their own demons they were
dealing with as well. The story showed that even the character the
audience would assume would be the good guy, had their own
imperfections. For example, there is a story of a healer with impure
thoughts.
Storyland is one of those simple pieces of ergodic literature that
is so simple it can be dissected in many different ways. This piece of
literature tells us stories of people, instances, but mainly of life. Some
people are happy with the little that they have, others will never be
satisfied, and some are simply envious. Living in a society where
consumerism is king, we are often made to feel as if were not good
enough unless we have that watch, or that car. Or maybe if I just
had that suit Id get that job interview. Often, we equate money
with success and lack of money with failure. In this hamster wheel of
a pursuit that is the American dream, people have lost sight of what is
important. Many people have forgotten how to love themselves, and
therefore have forgotten how to love others as well. We love objects
and use people when it should be vice versa.