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A mystery / thriller storygame by UnscapeableDeath

Player Rating2.84/8

"Too few ratings to be ranked"

Based on 18 ratings since 03/26/2025
Played 28 times (finished 2)

Story Difficulty4/8

"March in the swamp"

Play Length2/8

"So short yo' momma thought it was a recipe"

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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Part of Series

Rummaging through the bin you dug up, you find an old USB stick. Plugging it into your laptop, you find an odd, half-finished game. What mysteries does it hold? NOTES: Someone mentioned an ending taking away the notes option in the menu. I couldn't find what could have caused that, but I might have missed something. If anyone finds the (unintentional) bug again, I'd greatly appreciate it if someone were to find it again and leave a comment detailing what they did to get it. The locked door at the end of the hallway does not have a key yet. It is simply there in case I want to add something more there. UPDATE LOG: VERSION 1.1: Changed some of the pages to add to the lore. Updated some of the gibberish to something people can decipher. Added some "glitches" to certain parts.

Player Comments

Pretty short, but enjoyable.

— ApexShell8495 on 3/26/2025 3:31:59 PM with a score of 0

I got the dream ending… It was pretty good! Something to read while you eat or something 😁

— Iliveoffchimkin on 3/26/2025 9:25:27 AM with a score of 0

Interesting first work. The exploration of what various kinds of links do is clear. Not a terrible premise for a story exploring how to do stories on this site. I am fairly certain that I found every ending, although as some point one of the endings (Life is But a Dream) cleared the Notes link and I could not get it to come back.

I disagree with the assertion that this is AI, I don't think it is, although the writing is oddly stilted. If it was AI it is certainly not an AI model I'm familiar with. The attempt at an Lovecraftian description of the various monsters was well done in one spot (Shadows) but very awkwardly in a couple others.

The AMOOESGTHWURTIYRRN endings are also frustrating as this feels like some kind of anagram, but there are no clues given anywhere I could find to help explain it. Adding some more description to the first couple of pages to give more context to finding the USB and loading it up might help bridge the gap for some readers and help pull them into the story more smoothly.

No significant SPAG issues, although the overall work feels shorter than the word count would indicate.

— Anthraxus on 3/25/2025 11:24:10 AM with a score of 0

...Nevermind- I think this may have been written by AI on a second read through... 2/8... This is why we read carefully folks...

— Silver_Eyes on 3/25/2025 8:44:36 AM with a score of 0

(Minor Spoilers)

It was short, but fairly enjoyable. I genuinely thought there would be a key, but maybe I'm just too stupid to find it. I originally got the Cat ending, I thought satisfaction would bring it back. I am also a sucker for 7 Deadly Sins based games and I noticed a small theme of that. Maybe I could've been harsher, but I enjoyed it. 5/8

— Silver_Eyes on 3/25/2025 8:40:33 AM with a score of 0

Neat! wish there was more options and where is richard and JOHN!?

— Coyote on 3/24/2025 10:23:43 AM with a score of 0

It was a bit confusing at first, but then I got the hang of it.
I didn't know what was happening at first, but the game description explained it. This feels like something I would experience in my dreams. I originally got the ending where I was running. I than went back and it took me a few minutes to get all the other endings.

I like the concept of this, and would love to see a more in-depth, longer version of this story.

— Fire_Of_The_Universe on 3/23/2025 12:10:07 PM with a score of 0

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