# StoryNexus worlds will shut down on 27th January 2026

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**Category:** StoryNexus\
**Created:** [November 14, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.failbettergames.com/t/storynexus-worlds-will-shut-down-on-27th-january-2026/24914 "2025-11-14T13:57:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.failbettergames.com/t/storynexus-worlds-will-shut-down-on-27th-january-2026/24914/9 "2025-11-17T19:17:12Z")

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Is there a software-preservation angle to discuss? This came up in IF Archive volunteer chat.

I would imagine that you can’t just make the source of StoryNexus worlds publicly available. (But I am not a lawyer.) Is there a way to poll authors for permission to include their work in an exported dump? I’m imagining the (hypothetical!) possibility of a future “emulator” to make them playable again.

I gotta ask, is all…

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