The corpos are after you. The cops are, too. Even your ex has crawled out of the grave to try and get you back. Meanwhile, the fate of the galaxy itself rests on a knife’s edge, and only you can bar the doors of hell.
Whiskey-Four is a standalone 396,000-word interactive novel by John Louis, author of I, the Forgotten One. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
You are a retired contract killer from the Anomalous Interference Unit. Injured on the line of duty, you were forced into an early retirement–only to be reactivated on a distant frontier world to address a horrific, unknowable threat.
A great sense of malaise permeates the void. Something big is stirring, something that jeopardizes the entire galaxy.
You’re the only person in position to stop it before it’s all too late.
Too bad everyone else wants you dead.
• Play as a man or woman; gay, straight, or bisexual. • Engage in a variety of flings during your chaotic journey. • Re-ignite an old love or snuff it out for good. • Manage your limited supplies to keep yourself alive. • Fight your way through corporate kill agents, SWAT teams, and your own obsessive ex-lover. • Choose from three separate body types that influence the narrative.
Try to save the galaxy–and yourself, while you’re at it.
John developed this game using ChoiceScript, a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice interactive novels like these. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience. Write your own game and Hosted Games will publish it for you, giving you a share of the revenue your game produces.
I probably don’t even need to do anything to promote this game, because everyone’s already looking forward to it, but in case there’s anyone out there who wasn’t counting down the days to this release like a child waiting for Christmas, I’m gonna comment anyway.
I got to play the beta for this game, and it really is something special. The action is dramatic, varied, and relentless - it’s a good thing the chapters are fairly short because you might need to take a breather. There’s violence that manages to be over-the-top without feeling gratuitous. There are multiple villains that are genuinely terrifying. And it’s all held together by the character of Whiskey-Four: a living, breathing mass of physical and mental scar tissue, at once overpowered and deeply vulnerable.
I’m trying to think of the perfect way to wrap up this comment, but I don’t think I’ll even bother because no one’s going to read it, because everyone’s off playing Whiskey-Four instead.
Some are saying this could be the equivalent to watching the giants destroying the undefeated patriots in 08. A beautiful day to live and breathe, no doubt
Nowadays, I tend to not get overly emotional, but this story and the ending I got on my first run, in particular, are doing things to me. The story is sooo good. Absolutely worth the wait. Got me ending 14/15, tearing up a little here, honestly.
I will reread the hell out of this story in next few days for different outcomes and endings.
Last time I bought a highly anticipated game on day one, Apple took my money but didn’t complete the purchase.
