# Motivation

I have been always thinking about my life "what if" questions and wondering my Road B life projection in parallel universe of me, therefore, build small hackathon gave me a chance to see my parallel universe using a small language model.

# Field Notes — Road B: The Other Screen

Road B is a small-model interactive fiction app about alternate life paths.

The user describes a decision point. The app opens a fictional “Other Screen” and generates a version of the user who chose differently.

The goal is not prediction, therapy, or advice. It is a speculative mirror.

## What I built

- A cinematic Gradio Server app
- A custom HTML/CSS/JS frontend
- A Qwen GGUF model running through llama.cpp
- An alternate-self conversation flow
- Reflection, discovery, and growth companion rooms
- Public trace export

## Why AI is load-bearing

Without the model, there is no alternate self, no dialogue, no insight card, no final transmission, and no trace.

The AI is the experience.

## What I learned

Small models feel more magical when they are given a narrow role, a strong voice, and a world to inhabit.

Road B works best when it feels less like a chatbot and more like a fictional machine.