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Somewhere (interactive fiction for mobile)

Atavismus

Atavismus

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Hi there!

Not sure if it's the right place to do it, but I would like to present you my current project:

Somewhere

Somewhere, a whistleblower.
Somewhere, a reporter.
Everywhere, global dangers:
Mass surveillance.
Lobbies.
Biotechnologies.
Break the scandal.
Your path. Your choice. Your story.​

Somewhere is a branching interactive fiction game for mobile.

Communicate in real time with Cat, a journalist trying to save a whistleblower who leaked classified informations from an huge agribusiness company.

Be wise, your choices really matter: Cat is in danger and a world food scandal is pending...

Features:

- Real time gameplay (follow notifications or answer later when you want)
- Random events
- Up to 4 different choices
- Several endings
- Type directly an answer to a riddle
- Internet search to find the right answer
- Dynamic sound ambiance
- Go back and change your choice

Currently, it looks like this (but it will change a bit):

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​
If you wonder about a similar game, Lifeline is the most relevant.

If you don't know that game, think about a gamebook/CYOA.

If you still don't get a clue about what I am talking (and even if you do), feel free to ask any question, I'll be glad to answer.
Gamedev process is made to be shared hehe (btw, if you want to read long posts, we have a TIG devlog).

Cya and take care,

Atavismus
 
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Tom Selleck

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I played and enjoyed the first Lifeline, so I'll keep this on my radar for sure.
 
Atavismus

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Zed Duke of Banville said:
Brofisted just for the avatar.
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Ok :D
(Mind, I even don't know how to brofist... :O)

Dungeon Master is one of my fav game ever.
I spent so much time on it with my Amiga.
Zed was often in my team (behind with Gothmog + Halk and Daroou on front).

Tom Selleck said:
I played and enjoyed the first Lifeline, so I'll keep this on my radar for sure.
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Thx, good to hear. :)
We humbly try to bring some improvements to the Lifeline concept and a large solid contemporary story.
Lifeline meets Snowden hehe
I already wrote +26000 words (it means something like 100 pages of a normal book).
I guess the whole story will be around 40000 (50000 max).
 
Atavismus

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WhiteGuts said:
Interactive fiction for mobile, so many bad words in the same sentence
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Hehe, it's a matter of tastes.
Mind, I'm not a mobile gamer.
But mobile makes sense for Somewhere, as it's a real time game and that you receive notifications when you can play = when Cat needs you.
It's a bit like a book where you are NOT the hero.
 
Atavismus

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Hi there,

We have a new demo!
(But still not in english for the moment sorry)
If you read french and want to test our contemporary interactive fiction for mobile, PM me please. ;)

Atavisleaks

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Atavismus

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Hi there,

We now have a splashscreen and we started the english translation.

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Any native english speaker willing to check/review our translation, can contact me. ;)

Thx for reading, cya and take care.

Atavisleaks
www.somewheregame.com
 
Atavismus

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Hi there!

It's been a while...
But you know, we worked so hard on that mobile game...
(Let's make a textual game, it will be easy...)
More than one year later...
It's done!

"Somewhere: The Vault Papers" will be available 8th of March on iOS and April 26th on Android.

You can preorder it now on iOS:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/somewhere-the-vault-papers/id1340903844

We have 80k players on Android (demo):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tanuki.somewhere
Show me what you got Apple people! :D

But wait.
Maybe you even don't remember what is this game (or just never read/heard about it).

"Somewhere: The Vault Papers" is a real-time narrative game with a branching storyline and multiple endings.
It tells the story of Cat, a journalist caught up in a thrilling whistleblowing case.
She accidentally reaches you via text-message and urge you to help her investigate and... stay alive!

If you like Lifeline, Snowden or "choose your own adventure books", you should check Somewhere. ;)

I guess I already wrote too much.

I leave you with this screenshot from the store:

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I'll be glad to talk with you about the game, so don't be shy. :)

Cya and take care all!

Atavisleaks
 
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