On a transport ship departing Earth, passengers scroll through social media messages while hurtling toward lightspeed. Delays stretch sent replies from minutes into hours, days, weeks, or years back home. Each timeline refresh reveals glimpses of unfolding lives among friends and contacts.
This indie adventure of interactive fiction centers on brief social media exchanges from aboard the vessel. Players witness how those fleeting interactions shape distant lives for better or worse. It draws in fans of thoughtful, narrative-driven experiences that explore time's relentless passage.
You never know what the last thing you say to someone will be.
On a transport ship leaving earth, a passenger kills time by scrolling through the messages of their social media feed. As the ship leaves and moves further and further away from home, the delay between sending messages and their arrival lengthens. What feels like minutes on the ship is hours, days, weeks, even years back on Earth. Each refresh of the timeline is a tiny window into the past. What will you do in those precious few moments as the lives of everyone you know pass by?
A critically acclaimed work of interactive fiction, Killing Time at Lightspeed allows players to experience life aboard a spaceship hurtling through lightspeed. Just how much can you affect other people's lives with your fleeting interactions through social media? And will it be for the better?
