Braid — Book of Travels private server

How it works

Book of Travels is an online game whose servers were retired. The developers explicitly opened the game to modding and left self-hosted servers to the community. Braid is that: a server you connect to with your own copy of the game. The client mod is a normal BepInEx mod — it changes no game files.

WindowsLinuxFree (bring your own game)

Connect to the server

Master (accounts / rooms) braid-connect.flightlessbirdlabs.io:1234
Game server braid-connect.flightlessbirdlabs.io:50050
Accounts are invite-only — create yours above, then log in with that email + password.

Get access

Accounts are invite-only. If you have an invite code, create your account here, then log in in-game with the same email and password. (No account is created just by logging in.)

Install the client mod

Linux (Steam)

Make sure Book of Travels is installed via Steam.
Run the installer (it adds BepInEx + the mod, nothing else):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JRustyHaner/book-of-travels-server/main/release/install-client-linux.sh -o /tmp/braid-install.sh
bash /tmp/braid-install.sh

Launch the game:

cd "$HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Book of Travels"
./run_bepinex.sh ./BookOfTravels.x86_64

Windows (Steam)

Make sure Book of Travels is installed via Steam.
Open PowerShell and run:

Invoke-WebRequest https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JRustyHaner/book-of-travels-server/main/release/install-client-windows.ps1 -OutFile $env:TEMP\braid-install.ps1
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $env:TEMP\braid-install.ps1

Launch Book of Travels normally from Steam.

Host your own

The whole stack is open source (Apache-2.0) and runs in Docker: github.com/JRustyHaner/book-of-travels-server. The README and docs/RUNBOOK.md cover standing up a master + instance for you and your friends, up to 16 players per room.

Notes & fine print

Unofficial and independent — not affiliated with Might & Delight.
You must own Book of Travels on Steam; no game files are distributed.
Gameplay traffic is plaintext — play on a trusted network or with people you trust.
Modding is explicitly permitted by the developers; self-hosting was left to the community.

Questions? The Book of Travels modding Discord is the best place to ask.