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The Abyss

You've always felt that your actions have been controlled by some unseen force, a manipulative tormentor who seeks total control over your body and your mind. For years you've lived in silent desperation, unable to wrestle back control of your mind nor able to interact with another human being for fear that /it/ might be released. An attempt to finally take control sends you spiraling into darkness, to awake in the surreal world of your mind.
This is The Abyss: a surreal work of interactive fiction where you struggle to survive and reclaim ownership of your mind. Explore the extensive world or try to find a companion to help you through the lonely world. Have caution, though: sometimes choices mean life or death.

The Abyss is an extensive and complex game in the style of choose-your-own-adventure stories. It tests the limits of the genre, and pulls together myth and fact to create an immersive and intricate world of motivation, struggle, and self-identity.

GAME PLAY

Tap on the red words to make choices and determine the course of your game play. Make choices and explore the world via these red links.

Tap the menu button in the top left-hand corner for the ability to restart, rewind, or share the game with others. The restart button takes you back to the menu of the story. After you have reached the "cave" passage, you can rewind your play back to this section to make different choices from this place. Swipe left to return to the game.

NOTE TO USERS

This is the mobile version of the same story, available online. Due to the nature of the app, quitting out of it does not save your progress. To play a version that will save your progress by bookmarking the page, visit this link: http://chooseyourownnovel.webs.com/abyss_final2.html

This is hopefully just one of many choose-your-own adventure stories to come! I hope you enjoy.

Category : Casual

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Reviews (26)

Gri. Jul 8, 2019     

it wouldn't even let me play. it just kept telling me to restart the app over and over again and i had to restart my phone because the app opened again each time it asked for a restart

A. G. u. Nov 15, 2018     

Wish there's more game like this, dark and uncommon.

Gab. I. Jun 11, 2014     

The game is a little too short! But it gets made up by the different paths you can choose and see how the story goes on from there. Within the first few pages, it is easy to be intrigued by the game and it's cool how u choose your path throughout most of the game by clicking on a few keywords on the page. The person behind the screen can also relate to parts the story such as the character u play as :)

A. G. u. Feb 26, 2014     

Really interesting game! This is the first time I've player this genre of game, and its certainly a good start. I was so shocked at an event early in the story, and now I've left it (for sleep beckons) at the police station. The description and attention to detail I feel is what really sells text based RPGs and stories. This game does not lack of either.

Kat. R. Jul 2, 2014     

This game is crazy. It definitely puts you in a different frame of mind and is really interesting to see how your choices affect "the thing's" reaction. But all in all, make sure you're in the right mood for an American psycho sort of game.

Jer. D. Oct 8, 2014     

Like I click on them and they don't direct me to the next page for it ...I'll be honest so far I am nothing but engrossed but I want to continue the path I was on ...are there any suggestions you have that may fix the problem please? It would be greatly appreciated that way I could finish reading this wonderful work of art

Cod. C. Mar 27, 2014     

This needs to be made an audio book! It would be good to close your eyes to imagine that world in the cave. It critisizes your every move, making you behave like you would in real life. It would be cool if at the end if it told you what personality you took on, assertive, withdrawn etc

Nic. M. Aug 31, 2014     

But alot of the choices are unclickable, and the rewind button doesnt work. And other problems. Really want to go down a different path, but it wont let me :l

Dan. A. Feb 21, 2014     

But it was too short. Only took me ten minutes to get through the first time. And there were a few spelling errors. Otherwise it was a great app. Look forward to seeing more in the future

Ahn. Nov 15, 2015     

Endless "Application restart is required" errors. Tried restarting my device, tried uninstalling and re-installing the app, all the no avail. Seems like an interesting app I just can't get it to work for me.

Jon. R. Apr 17, 2017     

All it did was glitch my phone by saying "restart required" and opening itself everytime i closed it. Hated it.

dyl. t. Sep 25, 2016     

It seems like a cool game, but every time I try to play it says it needs to restart and then even if I close my phone or get out of the app it won't let me use anything else. It takes like 10 minutes to fix every time I try to play, so please fix this.

Sam. S. Apr 3, 2016     

I've played through multiple times and I'm still left wanting more! I see some reviews have problems with links but they seem to have been fixed since I have not encountered the issue. No connection required. Go download it now!

Joh. D. Oct 28, 2014     

Great to see someone expanding the boundaries of the 'choose your own adventure' genre. Let down a little by typos (especially its vs. it's), but that is a minor niggle. Well worth playing.

Goo. U. Oct 26, 2014     

So Interesting. I love how weird and surreal the story can get depending on what you choose. Some choices end the story too fast and disappointingly though. Some of the links in the story don't work.

Mat. B. Mar 29, 2014     

Additionally, it seems to think that self defence is a bad thing.

Lea. R. Mar 19, 2014     

Kind of ery considering we've all had conflicts with this part of our self's.

Ash. N. Mar 29, 2015     

I wondered, does this app require a data connection to work? Ii had no signal at the time, and was getting the message, application restart required, then a blank white screen. It seems fine now, but I also have a data connection this time. Rate better when answered.

Bra. M. Mar 6, 2014     

Great experience, I love how "it" criticizes you on just about everything you choose. And your choices are never a clear right or wrong. Amazing game.

Lia. R. Mar 4, 2014     

I love to get lost in this game. I couldnt believe i played it for a total of 6 hours and didnt get bored. EXCELLENT FOREVER

Fer. B. Feb 11, 2014     

I love the concept of choices in games for alternate outcomes. Would be one of the best games if tied to an RPG or Survival game.

Ade. d. M. Feb 5, 2017     

Opening the app immediately demands you to restart it, it then continues to open itself leaving you in a loop where you have a 1 second time frame to try and delete the app.

Mer. M. Sep 19, 2015     

Mind-boggling and immersive reading style. It truly deserves 10/10

Yam. R. Mar 6, 2014     

Its really interesting but most choices are unclickable making the game impossible to finish but awesome so far

Mac. S. Mar 12, 2014     

Some of the buttons won't work like when I ask the person out to the restaurant it won't let me follow through it

Kai. d. S. Feb 21, 2014     

Very intricate and well thought out. Loses value after initial choices but is still thought provoking.