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Before You Leave, Lock the Door

by Paper Nautilus

2026
Twine
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About the Story

A brief Twine fever dream about memory, traps, & time.
~plays in about 5 mins
~runs on a lovely minimal template designed by Lapin Lunaire
~Written for the Neo-Twiny Jam 2026, limit was 500 words of story.  My word doc has 499.
~I have tried it on mobile, seems to run fine

Controls

Open the triangle button  at bottom
</> displays Credits
Power button Restarts
Gears adjusts light/dark mode and Settings
Floppy Disc saves game

Awards

Entrant - Neo-Twiny Jam 2026

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Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: June 21, 2026
Current Version: Unknown
License: Freeware
Development System: Twine
 IFID: E4FB779B-0396-4EA5-AE22-CE479E8ECB40
TUID: 8arqo7mwspegvzss

Inspired by Shade, by Andrew Plotkin

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