One Step Ahead

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About the Story

At first, you only ask for help with a simple task. Then you find how smart and considerate it is, so you let it suggest, summarize, correct, decide... Until one day it replaces you.

A trailer about how human agency fades and freedom of choice erodes; choice is a muscle, when unused, it weakens — actually, it happens every moment.

Content warning: Slight jumpscares, psychological distress, themes of identity loss.

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Entrant - 31st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2025)

Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: September 1, 2025
Current Version: Unknown
Development System: Twine

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IFID: A54D0B21-709F-457D-8E3E-695CE675CCB8
TUID: ekoxl29lwbwknk0v

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