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Voiden;Scape, an ongoing sci-fi interactive fiction

A topic by grgrefase created Oct 13, 2020 Views: 288
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Hello! Recently I released the first entry of an ongoing passion project of mine called Voiden;Scape. It entails the story of a swathe of extraterrestrial teenagers living in urban, other-planetary environments. It may not be very long now, but I plan on having it eventually reach one thousand pages in length. Don't like reading? I strongly believe that a very positive effect of interactive fiction is getting gamers who don't really like reading into reading, due to the various modernizations and similarities interactive fiction has with actual, conventional videogames. Don't let your dread for reading get in the way of trying out interactive fiction! On top of that, it wouldn't hurt to make V;S one of the ones you try.

As for the story, I don't want to reveal too much, mostly because it's an enormous part of V;S.  I'll just summarize what it's going to be subject to here: the fourth wall, metaphysics, mental illness, narcotics, loss, & science fiction. I'll also explain the unconventional means of commands and updates: rather than making traditional commands the player can select, there are hyperlinks in each update that direct you to a Google Form where you can submit a potential command. If I like it more than the others, I'll use it!

I plan on updating quite often on no designated schedule. If this does become an important part of my life, or if it gets some kind of small community, I'll make one to make things easier on both me and the players/readers.

Play it here! https://hazardly.itch.io/voidenscape

One last thing. I plan on including quite a few secrets later on, and if I do, they will be very well hidden. These won't be minor secrets, either. Some of them could point to entirely different endings. Be nosy if you're suspicious of a paragraph or a line of text. Those are for later down the line, though. As of now V;S has none because it's only two updates long.

The first actual page of V;S!

This is the first story page of V;S. The "> Dex." Is the response to the question that was chosen out of the other ones