Lifestream, a haunting text adventure by independent developer Unimatrix Productions that aims to revolutionize interactive fiction, is now available for purchase on the PC, iOS®, and Android™.
In Lifestream, players take on the roles of Catholic priest Randolph Holton and his son, John, in their search for an enigmatic realm known only as “the Lifestream.” The game combines classic room-based explorative text game mechanics with a stylish graphical interface and plenty of bells and whistles like pictures and sound. At its core, however, Lifestream remains true to the essence of classic interactive fiction.
Lifestream plays like an interactive novel. You make a series of choices that determine what happens next in the story. However, unlike traditional choose your own adventure games, gamebooks, and visual novels, Lifestream includes advanced adventure-based mechanics, such as a compass for navigation, a full-fledged inventory system, character interaction with branching dialog, and a variety of complex puzzles to solve. It features 8+ hours of gameplay, over 65,000 words (the length of an entire novel), 150 pieces of artwork, 30 unlockable achievements, and an hour-long soundtrack.
Lifestream is currently available for purchase on the Storycentric Worlds website, iTunes, Google Play and itch.io. Additional marketplaces are forthcoming.