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Weird Texts from an Unknown Number

by Mark Sample profile

(based on 4 ratings)
2 reviews7 members have played this game. It's on 2 wishlists.

About the Story

A short horror texting game originally made for the 2023 Neo-Twiny Game Jam, which imposed a 500-word limit on all text in the game (including paths and options not chosen by the player). The 2024 update to the game adds two more endings, bring the number of distinct endings in the game up to seven.

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Entrant - Neo-Twiny Jam

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Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 2
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Diverging creepy scenarios, July 27, 2023
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This game was written for the Neo Twiny Jam in 500 words or less.

It has some excellent tech behind it with creepy music and an SMS-style interface.

It's a branching game with storylines that diverge wildly, each ending in a different reality. I played about 3 times.

I would have played more but the beginning is agonizing slow, seemingly in pursuits of mimesis. For a game meant to be replayed, an option to read at leisure may have been better. Each individual story I read was well-written, though.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Never Answer Spam Messages…, July 15, 2023
Related reviews: neotwinyjam

This is essentially the moral of this short horror game, as answering the messages will send you into very wild conversations. Depending on your answers, you may find someone accusing you of stalking, someone informing they have kidnapped your brother, someone threatening you to kill you…
It reminded me of Please Answer Carefully …

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