Beyond the Crescent: Text-based Adventure

This is an interactive science fiction story. You determine the course of the game, and with its 14 endings, you can replay until you have explored them all. When presented with a choice, you will have the option to save the path you are on, so if that choice leads you to a place you do not want to be (or you die unexpectedly), you can always come back and go in a different direction. With three strangers at your side, you will explore the lunar surface and face unexpected challenges at the lunar outpost.

• YOU

You've been dreaming of this moment for the past two years. Equipped for the three-day trip, you walk down the hall and think how lucky you are. Some people wait decades for their turn, but for you it took only two years. On the day you turned eighteen, you opened the Cygni Infinity Corporation website and signed up for the program. Today, you and three other strangers will fly to New Hyperborea, one of the three stations on the Moon.

• ISABEL

Isabel is a beautiful stranger with no interest in revealing exactly what her mission is. She says she works on the tourism development program, but so far, at least to your knowledge, no tourists have been allowed on the Moon, where corporations have been tirelessly protecting their mining sites.

• GOPAL

Gopal's job is a dream come true. At least that is what many people will think. He is a space explorer who is paid to travel from planet to planet, from moon to moon, sending data about his physical condition to various labs on Earth. In the era of space travel, it is important for people to understand how frequent changes in gravity, atmospheric pressure, and some other factors affect the human body.

• WAMAI

Wamai's job is to find out why so many people leave the Moon before the end of their contract. Like the rest of the crew on this mission, this is his first time in space, and Wamai fears he may end up leaving abruptly like so many before him.

This is a choose-your-own-path type of interactive fiction story.

• 24,000 words;
• 14 endings;
• Play as yourself or choose another name for your character.
• Choose who will join you in your search for the truth.