Write your next move
Select a suggested action or describe what you want to attempt. State an action and its intent, not a guaranteed result; then wait for the response before deciding again.
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The Eve of Reunion
Interactive fiction · Choices and verification; no random checks
DRAMAFORK / Interactive fiction
The Eve of Reunion
The show can go on without taking the past back to where it began.
Before the old venue closes, you are invited to produce a farewell show for Foldback. Guitarist Lu Xian and his former bandmate Cheng Ye remember the credits for their old songs differently.
- Genre
- Urban · Negotiating Relationships
- Challenge
- Choices and verification; no random checks
- Story format
- A complete short story in seven key scenes
01 / STORY
Game introduction
An interactive experience built around reading and choosing your next action. Explore at your own pace and interact with the story's world.
- How the story unfolds
- Story progression
- Starting choices
- Confirm the identity and starting choices offered by this work. These describe how you enter the story; there is no single required play style.
Story themes
- Band
- Former Bandmates
- Reunion
- Original Short Story
02 / PLAY
How you play
Move through the story by making decisions in the current scene. Pay attention to what is known, which actions are available and what has changed after a choice. You do not need to plan the whole story in advance: start with the situation in front of you.
Actions for the current situation
The available choices are your starting point. An action can have requirements, costs or a different result from what you expected; read the current feedback before trying the next move.
Follow the consequences
Read the new scene and updated status together. Check the current objective and any changes before committing to another action, so each turn follows from the last.
Explore from a checkpoint
This work supports checkpoints. Use a checkpoint when the save controls offer one, and branch from it to try another route without replacing your original progress.
From your first move to the next scene
Create your player
Confirm the identity and starting choices offered by this work. These describe how you enter the story; there is no single required play style.
Read the situation
Read the current scene, status and available actions. Distinguish information the story has given you from assumptions you have not checked.
Choose your next move
Select a suggested action or describe what you want to attempt. State an action and its intent, not a guaranteed result; then wait for the response before deciding again.
Review what changed
Read the new scene and updated status together. Check the current objective and any changes before committing to another action, so each turn follows from the last.
Before you begin
- Confirm this work's starting identity and conditions, then read the opening scene.
- Check the current status, objective and action requirements before deciding.
- Free input describes an attempted action; it does not guarantee rewards or success.
- When comparing routes, use the checkpoint and branch controls offered by this work.
Creator introduction
READ / MAKE
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