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The Night Ferry

by kaetts

Estimated play time: 15 minutes (based on 2 votes)
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About the Story

You're on the night boat. It's late. Talk to strangers to pass the time. Find meaning in conversations, sleep, look at the water. The ferry will bring you where you need to be.

Awards

Entrant - Bare-Bones Jam 2025

Entrant, Le Grand Guignol - English - ECTOCOMP 2025

Ratings and Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
You brought your own ghosts, November 4, 2025

Nice contemplative, descriptive piece with memorable imagery including frozen blood and running from your own body. Choose-your-own-adventure in the hybrid choice/roleplaying sense where you're encouraged to reflect on and decide what sort of character you are, that most of the backstory that contextualises the events is playing out in your mind, bringing up your own memories. You're given a little more to work with than some stuff I've played in that vein which makes it work quite well I feel. It's more about the other characters, but they're there to give you space to think about why you might want to run away to an island. The horror comes more in the nightmarish imagery that haunts conversations and the insomniac air - or I guess to bring it all together, the horror is in the past and we're (avoiding) recollecting what we're running from.

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