Light Space

Player Rating7/8

"even better than Reeses' Cups®"
based on 979 ratings since 03/21/2007
played 12,926 times (finished 894)

Story Difficulty5/8

"run through the jungle"

Play Length7/8

"It keeps going and going"

Maturity Level4/8

"need to be accompanied by an adult"
Contains content that may not be suitable for persons under age 13. If this were a movie, it would probably be PG.

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Light Space - a dimension outside of our own, a layer of existance beyond what we can see, touch or feel. Equipped with a Light Space Jump Drive (LSJD), a starship can leap into and out of this extra-dimension in an instant, appearing in another star system many light years away.

However, a successful jump requires detailed computations to avoid something going wrong. A few times each year, somewhere across explored space, a star ship will make a Light Space Jump and simply vanish without a trace. Sometimes ships appear, exploding into millions of pieces as they emerge from Light Space. However, the chances of such an accident are too small to bother most travellers.

A routine Light Space Jump is about to go terribly wrong for a starship's crew - and one of them is YOU!

Danger and sudden changes to your surroundings await you at every turn, and you never know what lies beyond each door in each time, and what actions will kill you in the blink of an eye...

Readers leaving comments: As I've said before, I like hearing comments from people, whether good or bad. Feel free to say you love this, or hate this, or to leave constructive criticisms - that's what comments are for :)

Player Comments

Wow. A very intricate and well executed plot.
Can't help being a little disappointed with the ending, though. My granddaughter said I survived an accident and told stories of jumping into the future etc, yet the ending implies that everything that happened is negated and everything goes back to normal. In other words, my actions can change entire histories. But then, when the coordinates were input the first time, I caused something that had happened already...
I feel that a better ending would have been one minor change:
The coordinates my granddaughter gave me weren't necessarily those of my initial destination (she's further in the future, and the ship is most likely in a different location.) So, when Karl and I emerge in a different place than expected it's taken to be some kind of malfunction (accident), even though I protest that explanation. This way it links up with her story.
-- Paul on 6/4/2012 10:33:13 AM with a score of 0
This is good writing. I noticed that you generally had one overriding arc, and you set the decisions to (more or less) lead the reader to that conclusion. I really like the idea of the reader having the ability to pick up things; it's a nice touch. The only critisim that I would have is that at the climax of the story it very much reminds me of Star Trek: Next Generation episodes of "Data Squared" and "Cause and Effect". Be careful not to reinvent the wheel in Sci-Fi.
-- Brian on 4/4/2011 9:35:00 PM with a score of 0
Beautifully written as always tsmpaul, but I think this story is your best based on sheer creativity and smart execution. Tackling time is no easy matter and you pulled it off brilliantly! I also love all the pictures you created - they have this muted feel which adds to them somehow. Plenty of choices, just the right length, felt very satisfied. One of, if not the best, stories on the site.
-- madglee on 3/30/2007 2:51:21 PM with a score of 0
love all the time travel
-- candace on 5/22/2013 4:16:02 AM with a score of 0
Okay, that was amazing. And awesome. And perfectly paced. And everything. No criticisms.
-- isabellautomaton on 5/21/2013 5:20:52 PM with a score of 0
confusing but good!
-- blazecentral on 5/21/2013 7:19:04 AM with a score of 0
This has to be one the better choose your own adventure stories that i have read on this site. Thanks for posting it.
-- LostCiv3189 on 5/18/2013 8:28:37 PM with a score of 0
i wish i got to blow stuff up... however shooting pirates was awesome.... acl class suxs
-- boredhighschooler on 5/13/2013 12:50:21 PM with a score of 0
its fun but you have to read it not press bottons or youll get killed
-- podster011 on 5/3/2013 11:16:39 PM with a score of 0
lite way fun if bored ....
-- yo_mama on 5/2/2013 9:50:32 AM with a score of 0
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