Your Phone Dies in 20 Seconds
You are walking home from work. You are being followed.
With only 20 seconds left of power on your phone, you can attempt to make contact with people that you think could help you out.
Is 20 seconds enough time to save your life?
Features of the game:
- Seven possible endings.
- 20 seconds of gameplay, so you can play again and again.
- Made by Twine, so you can easily play on your browser.
First game made by Twine and for 'My First Game Jam'.
Creator's Note (12/3/21): This game was created in June 2020, based on my fears as a woman walking home alone at night. It is horrifying to see these scenarios continue to become our reality. I desperately wish to look back at this game ten years from now and live in a society where women never have to worry about their safety walking alone.
Updated on 26/07/20: You now have 20 seconds.
If there is anything you think I could improve, please let me know in the comments below!
Development log
- Update 31/07/20Jul 31, 2020
- Update: 26/07/20 Part 2Jul 26, 2020
- Update: 26/07/20Jul 26, 2020
Comments
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A short but powerful game. I enjoyed finding each of the endings and exploring the different scenarios.
called everyone with 11 seconds left, mum doesn't like you and wishes you were dead, dad is asleep, bf is cheating, sister actually cares, all 911 services don't like you.
题材和名字都很吸引人，作为第一款游戏制作的蛮好的，讲述一名女性被跟踪的选择。
手机的电量只有20秒，你选择怎么办？
作为文字游戏20秒没有时间读完每一个字，只能快速的点击看结果，也许现实中遇到危险，也只能如此，很快的交代清楚危险和位置，最快速度求救。
yes
there are more. find them x.
I wasn't counting but I did get some of the endings. What a great way to improve my reading skill by using a life threatening experience 😅
Interesting
I have only got 2 ENDINGS
I returned home safley
I Went Missing
Good game tho
boooorinngggggggg (u btw)
Amazing game! The ending where I called Luke and went missing made me laugh
this is actually so good
no its not 😡 🤬
IT SUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I am kidding 💩
If you don’t like it good for you nobody else cares
who said i didnt like it 🧐 when was i talking to you 👀 how do you know nobody cares aren't there more than 7.951 billion people alive 🤔
You sir are an unlikeable person.
i was joking and this was 4 months ago bro
And I was not and this was 26 days ago.
shut 💩
I only found 5 of the endings, but this was still a really insightful game
im very happy i survived first try very fun game and wow A for amazing when it comes to parents
Are there jumpscares?
No
Such lovely parents
ikr they seem like the best!
realistically no one would kidnap me cause i am ugly asf
fair enough :(
'Is 20 Seconds enough to save your life?' NO 20 Seconds aint enough, 20 seconds aint gonna get me 10 victorys in fortnut
Lol
bro what :p
⭐
1/5
Why would I pick up my phone to make a call JUST WHEN someone is probably chasing and trying to kill me? You guys could do a better plot.
What else would you do? Die?? If someone is following you, you aren't going to call someone? Good luck dying out there lmao.
no survival instincts at all that guy
I'm stunned - how did you set the timer in twine? :D
bro the boyfriend is the guy chasing you isn't he omg i literally just spoke to him and his acting weird not answering a lot of my sentences and says he can't pick me up imma check to see if this is in an ending but i dunno
also he says that he can't walk to me for some reason
also he wasnt home and lied to me
i can't find anything to do with this but i think that's it's a good theory and at this point im just talking to myself, aren't i
Hm.. I think He is busy with another girl?.. I'm not sure but when I tried to call him and I survive, the MC told that the boyfriend is cheating and that she deserve better than that man..
Yah she found out he was cheating, he wasn't home
YES I WON WITH BRIANNA
I mean, it would be good if it were possible to read dialogue without the timer going down.
That's the whole point...
oh no a white tiktok girls biggest fear /j
What, being raped?
3 minutes to win, good game
The game itself is really well made, personally I don't like the story but that's a personal thing so I can't judge it for that. However, you don't really get to read the text as your goal is to rush.
for a first game it is good
Good game. Although more horror element could be added :)
I loved it, so cool, keep doing quality content
This concept is really interesting and it was fun to play, but when using the phone it's almost impossible to read the dialogue in time without the timer running down. I know the whole thing is supposed to be in real time to add to urgency, but not being able to read the exposition and narration in time makes it frustrating. The writing is interesting, though, and the time mechanic is a very cool idea!
At first i was calm but then i panicked and just started pressing every thing lmao
I'm from the UK, so our emergency numbers are 999.
Oops, that's a typo it's supposed to be 999 throughout. I'm working on a new version with fixes, so I will fix that. Thanks for letting me know!
i love this game sm its my favourite over minecraft and subway surfers.
I couldn't call the cops fast enough, so I simply turned around and stabbed him 243 times in the neck with a pencil. Same difference.
I can't seem to get it working on mobile, maybe it's me
Oh no! It's a bit difficult to play Twine games on a mobile, I'd recommend to play it on a desktop instead :)
Luke is an A-hole
did that well and good
This was a really interesting experience. It really brings to light the struggle of walking alone at night
nice game, first ending i got was because i tried calling my mum and she did NOTHINGGG and i had no time to call the police so i was kidnapped
i got the ending where the man is arrested and boy, was that one heck of a ride. i was actually anxious!
after the ending where you say you will not rely on others for safety there should be a third option to turn around
I found this game because of Sjoerd Hekking’s review and boy, I did not expect it to be that stressful! I am not quite sure whether maybe a bit more time would have made it easier to actually read the conversations with our phone contacts, I had to chaotically click randomly a few times, but I really enjoyed the concept as well as the different endings (also the main message of this game: don’t work overtime :D).
The game could use some polishing, both text-wise and maybe styling/mechanics-wise or I would love to see a “remastered/remake” of this fun time killer. It’s definitely worth a few plays, it’s minimalistic, so don’t expect it to be enormous or perfect.
Full review on my website!