Ponyville Ciderfest 2023 has come to a close, and now it’s time to reveal all!

In preparation for Ciderfest’s Storytelling Adventure, some of our Storymasters got together to write several versions of the Mane Story, with one chapter or another being published depending on what happened at Ciderfest. But now that the convention is over, we’d like to show you all the possible chapters!

There were three factions: Heroes, Chaos, and Villains. There was also a subplot where Fizzy would either be “saved” and reconcile with Caramel and Barley or else she would be “not saved” and remain a nirik for the foreseeable future. The Fizzy subplot took place on Saturday.

Chaos took the lead early on and never lost it. Fizzy was saved on Saturday.

(Heroes wound up in second place and Villains took third place).

Prologue
by Nyronus

Friday Night
by Sonicsuns

Saturday Morning
by Vivid Syntax

Saturday Night
by Nyronus

Sunday Morning
by Nyronus and Vivid Syntax

Videos for Closing Ceremonies:

Part 1 – Fizzy Saved

Part 1 – Fizzy Not Saved

Part 2 – Fizzy Saved, Heroes Win

Part 2 – Fizzy Saved, Chaos Wins

Part 2 – Fizzy Saved, Villains Win

Part 2 – Fizzy Not Saved, Heroes Win

Part 2 – Fizzy Not Saved, Chaos Wins

Part 2 – Fizzy Not Saved, Villains Win

Epilogue
by Nyronus

In addition, we’re now releasing ALL THE CODEWORDS! The stories are listed below. (Some ID numbers aren’t listed because those stories were never written, were never approved, or turned out to be accidental duplicates of a previous story.)

But don’t just view stories on the app! Now that the con is done, authors are publishing their stories on Fimfiction! Go to the Ponyville Ciderfest Storytelling Adventure Fimfiction Group to see if your favorite story has been published there! It’s actually better to go to Fimfiction because that’s the only place where you can leave comments and let the authors know how much you love their work! (But if the Fimfiction version hasn’t been posted yet, or if you just want to see how these stories were accessed at the con, you can download the “Ponyville Ciderfest Convention” app from the iPhone App Store or the Google Play Store. You can also use the backup web-based system here. And if you want to sort stories by their available endings, use this spreadsheet.)

And when it comes to cosplay stories, we mustn’t forget to thank the cosplayers who made these stories come to life! Their names are listed in a separate table below. Crackle’s Cousin Cosplay served as the leader of the cosplay department.

Let’s also not forget Brandon White who created our app, along with SteeltheWarrior who helped design the game and handled codeword distribution.

If you want to reach out to one of the people involved individually, there’s a good chance you can find them on the Ciderfest discord server.

Codewords and Authors

(The below is an image – click to open in a new tab for easy reference! Or, click here to open a Google Sheet listing of the codewords in a new tab!)

Cosplayers and Stories

(The below is an image – click to open in a new tab for easy reference!)

Hey, thanks for scrolling down this far!

As a reward, take a look at this not-technically-canon “after the credits” comic: