BOW / Arrow
Two astronauts wake up on separate, abandoned stations in deep space, only able to communicate with each other through a text channel.
A lightly interactive story about a pair very unlike people forced to work together for survival, told through their chat logs. As of August 19, 2023, the full story is completed.
The story has no alternate endings. Whatever you read here, its ending was always already decided.
Development log
- BOW/Arrow: Chapters 7 - 9Aug 19, 2023
- BOW/Arrow: Chapters 4 - 6Aug 11, 2023
Comments
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wowowowow this was so cool and good thank you for making it!!!
Thanks so much for reading!
this was so atmospheric and cool... I loved the ambiguous ending too!!!
Thank you!! I'm really glad the ending landed.
Hello, I read this update by update since the beginning and looked forwards to it each week.
I really loved the banter and growth between KC and AM. There were moments that I laughed and moments of suspense where I started reading faster to find out what happened. Each of the cliffhangers between updates really hit.
It is apparent at the start that the two are opposites, but I found it interesting how their opinions on luck, optimism, and aliens differed in ways I didn’t expect.
I really enjoy conversation based stories, and this one really scratches that itch. Also the little sketch feature was a fun detail.
I read the first update on desktop, but I read the rest on mobile and it seemed to work fine unless there was something I unknowingly missed.
If I were to summarize my feelings at the end, it would be that meme picture of the cat looking at the phone with tear filled eyes. In all, Bow/Arrow was a delight to read, thanks for making it!
Thanks so much for reading and for your comment! :) I'm glad it was still readable on mobile. My main concern with that was that I used a silly method to make the "AM:" and "KC:" tags on each message be smaller than the message text, which didn't scale the way I wanted on mobile. Not in a way that BROKE anything per se, I just didn't like the look of it.
Thanks for sticking with the story from beginning to end ~
REALLY fantastic writing! the sort of twisty thought experiment that I love in scifi. Greatly enjoyed Mathis's militant optimism.
Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed!
That was great. I found the mystery intriguing and became a big fan of Mathis.
Thank you for reading! :)
dangit now I need to know what happens next.
...and now I know. Worth waiting for.
Thanks for reading!