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<p style=" text-align: center; font-size: 2.5em; color: light-blue; ;">BIRDLAND ™<p> <p style=" text-align: center; ;">//In a world where everyone has wings, can you lead the uprising?//<p> <div style="text-align: center;"> [[<a style="text-align: center !important;">Start</a>->Start]] [[<a style="text-align: center !important;">Credits</a>->Credits]] </div>

//"Hey! The flightless can't sit here, you have no wings!"// [[Start an argument->Start an argument]] [[Sit at table 2 instead->Sit at table 2]]

You get served a meal of bird-seeds... [[Pledge your thanks to the serving staff->Pledge your thanks to the serving staff]] [[//"I can't eat this"//->"I can't eat this"]]

[(goto: "Claim that it's their fault")]

You finish your meal reluctantly and you go about to return your tray... [(goto: "Trip over person")]

//"Well that's your problem!"// (live:4s)[(goto: "Trip over person")]

You leave the diner, where do you want to go? [[Go to living quarters->Apartment]] [[Go for a walk in the mall->Go to the mall]]

You accidentally trip over a fellow community members wingtip... [[Apologize->Apologize]] [[Claim that it's their fault->Claim that it's their fault]]

//"Apology accepted, watch where you're going in the future..."// (live:5s)[(goto: "Leave Diner")]

//"You said what? I would think twice if I were you..."// [[Apologize->Apologize]] [[Cut off wings->Cut off wings]]

"Security personnel enters the diner and a mexican standoff is initiated..." (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:2s)["Hands up wingless, our we'll shoot"] [[Surrender->Surrender]] [[Hope for the best->gameOver]]

You wake up beaten up in a prison cell... (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 1s)[In the dark corner of the cell, there is a mysterious individual with a pelican beak looking at you...] [[Approach the stranger->Approach the stranger]] [[Go to sleep->Go to sleep]]

<p style=" text-align: center; font-size: 2.5em; color: red; ;">GAME OVER.<hp> <p style=" text-align: center; ;">You tried, but you failed. Do you want to try again?<p> <div style="text-align: center;"> [[<a style="text-align: center !important;">Play again</a>->Start]] [[<a style="text-align: center !important;">Main Menu</a>->Landing]] </div>

zzzzzzz.... (live: 2s)[.....zzzzzzz...."] (live: 4s)[zzzzz....] (live: 8s)[You wake up] (live:10s)[(goto: "Guards enter")]

Stranger tells a story... (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 1s)[Story...] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 4s)[Story.......] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 6s)[(You stopped paying attention a while ago)] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 8s)[Someone is coming!!] (live:10s)[(goto: "Guards enter")]

Guards are entering the cell to remove the stranger who passes you a memory token.... (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 2s)[//You are released from custody awaiting judgment//] [[Bring token->default]] [[Leave token->Leave token]]

You now are in possession of illegal goods, what do you want do? [[Call your best friend Henric and ask for advice->Call Henric]] [[Go home->Get frisked]] [[Discard token->Discard token (arrive at apartment)]]

//"What now?"// [[//I want to go home!//->Apartment]] [[//Let's go for a walk in the mall...//->Go to the mall]]

Henric: //"What's up Keith? I heard you got locked up?"// (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 3s)[You: //"Yes, had a small argument that got out of hand in the diner earlier today..."//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 6s)[Henric: //"Small argument? That dude ain't gonna fly anymore..."//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 9s)[You: ...] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 12s)[Henric: ...] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 14s)[You: ...] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 15s)[You: //"Anyway, so I got realeased from custody just now and some strange person gave me a memory token... What should I do?"//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 19s)[Henric: //"Stay where you are, no, go and hide somewhere. You do can't be found with that in your posession..."//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 24s)[Henric: //"I'll come to you, wait there. Give me 10 minutes."//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 28s)[You: //"OK, I'll wait."//] (live:34s)[(goto: "Henric finds you")]

You get frisked by security personel and sent back to custody. (live:5s)[(goto: "Surrender")]

You discard of the token and head home to your living quarters. (live:3s)[(goto: "Apartment")]

Henric finds you and you show the token... (live:5s)[(goto: "Activate token")]

(You accidently activated the memory token!!!) (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 2s)[//"Finally, I'm let out of this thing! I've been waiting for a thousand years for this day and I'm very sad to say, I am the reason for all of this.//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 6s)[//I am Charles Modine.//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 10s)[// A thousand years ago, I made it possible for people in Five to fly by providing them with special suits that would make them float in air without gravity. But they took my invention, twisted it and turned it into something atrocious.//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 16s)[//You see, humans are not supposed to have wings. Wings are for the birds.//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 20s)[//I now realize coming here and sharing my knowledge and skill with them turned out to be the biggest mistake of my life.//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 24s)[//But you can help me correct this mistake."//] (live:29s)[(goto: "trustOrNot")]

You arrive to your living quarters. //"I am bored and annoyed. What should I do?"// [[Go to your home office and read your past journal entries->Home office]] [[Call your best-friend Henric->Speak to Henric]]

''Home office'' [[Read journal entries->Read entries]] [[Go back to living room->Living room]]

Looking at clothes, but nothing fits your big legs and everything has holes for wings. [[Go home->Go home]] [[Ask cashier if they have anything for the flightless->Ask cashier]]

Your friend Henric is a mechanic. He goes regularly searching for spare parts in debris zones around Five. (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:5s)[ He reveals that he found something interesting that he wishes you to see.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:8s)[Henric: //"Follow me into this alley..."//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:12s)[ Henric reaches for his pockets and brings out a small object. You look close, it looks like a button.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:18s)[Henric: //"I found this and tried attaching it..."//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:22s)[ Henric points to his shirt missing one button.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:25s)[ Henric: //"But then it got warm! Take a look at it..."//] [[Take a look!->Activate token]]

On your way home to your living quarters you bump into your best friend Henric. (live:3s)[(goto: "Speak to Henric")]

Cashier frowns and says in a sharp tone: //"We have a section for the flightless. If it doesn't suit you, you may leave."// [[Ignore comment and go home->Go home]] [[//"But nothing fits me. This is unfair, I've worn the same clothes for three years!"//->Argument Cashier]]

''Journal'' [[Read entry #1->Read entry #1]] [[Read entry #2->Read entry #2]] [[Go back to office->Home office]]

''Living room'' [[Go to your home office again->Home office]] [[Call your best-friend Henric->Speak to Henric]]

//Entry #1 - June 27th. 2XXX (yesterday) Today I went to meet a friend. We decided to go for coffee. In the middle of our conversation, a group of flyers passing by purposefully slapped our coffee cups out of our table. This sucks. Also, my stomach cannot take eating these seeds all the time... // [[Read entry #2->Read entry #2]] [[Go back to office->Home office]]

//Entry #1 - June 15th. 2XXX Since all the Flightless have been locked up in a ghetto recently. We rarely have contact with the outside world. Food supply is also super limited. I hate Flyer's food // [[Read entry #1->Read entry #1]] [[Go back to office->Home office]]

Cashier gets angry!! (live:2s)[//"Get out of my store, you wingless filth!"//] [[Leave->Go home]] [[Cut off cashier's wings->Hurt cashier]]

"Security personnel enters the store and a mexican standoff is initiated..." (live: 3s)[//"Hands up wingless, or we'll shoot!!"//] [[Surrender->Surrender]] [[Hope for the best->gameOver]]

[//"The first thing you need to do is to break into the secret archives in the basement of the Central Building. There, you will find a collection of the original flying suits I designed that the government kept for reference.//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:10s)[// Take one and put it on. Don't worry about not knowing how to fly, with your functional limbs it will come naturally.//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:16s)[// Armed with the flying suit, you shall cut off all the Flyers' wings. It's the only way to restore the order in Five. The suit will help you reach them if they try to fly away..."//] (live:32s)[(goto: "Break in take suit")]

You took the trinket with you and you decide to sell it. You then use the money to buy a pair of Fly-o-matics, a pair of ready-made wings you saw on an ad in the newspaper. You don't know if they work or not, but hey! You are committed to fly at any cost. (live:10s)[[[Get me those Fly-o-matics!->Get me those Fly-o-matics!]]]

The back hurts. Eye lids are heavy. Five hours in this thin bunk bed is more sleep than yesterday at least. You put your glasses on and your eyes slowly focuses on a painting of a grey man, right under the ceiling. A small lamp is pointed to a metal name sign under the painting. (transition:"fade") + (transition-delay: 5s)[ //"Charles Modine".//] (transition:"fade") + (transition-delay: 6s)[ The alarm on the wall gives a deafening sound. It's time for breakfast in the communal dining room.] [[Sit at table 1->Sit at table 1]] [[Sit at table 2->Sit at table 2]]

(live:0.1s)[(You accidently activate the memory token) //Finally, I'm let out of this thing! I've been waiting for a thousand years for this day and I'm very sad to say, I am the reason for all of this.// //I am Charles Modine.// // A thousand years ago, I made it possible for people in Five to fly by providing them with special suits that would make them float in air without gravity. But they took my invention, twisted it and turned it into something atrocious.// //You see, humans are not supposed to have wings. Wings are for the birds.// //I now I realize coming here and sharing my knowledge and skill with them turned out to the biggest mistake of my life.// //But you can help me correct this mistake."//] [[Trust Modine->Trust Modine]] [[<a style="color: #e32619;"'>Don't trust Modine</a>->Don't trust Modine]]

You try but fail miserably. (live:5s)[Maybe that crazy old man was onto something after all...] (live:10s)[Your great great great grandmother Naomi Baranova might know something...] (live:13s)[She lived in the same time period as Modine.] (live:17s)[To talk to her you use a trinket similar to Modine's. An AI with her memories and consciousness.] (live:23s)[Your family kept it for sentimental reasons. She was an important figure in founding Five.] (live:28s)[What should I ask her?] (live:31s)[(goto: "not3")]

You try but fail miserably. (live:3s)[Maybe that crazy old man was onto something after all...] (live:5s)[Your great great great grandmother Naomi Baranova might know something...] (live:8s)[She lived in the same time period as Modine.] (live:10s)[To talk to her you use a trinket similar to Modine's. An AI with her memories and consciousness.] (live:15s)[Your family kept it for sentimental reasons. She was an important figure in founding Five.] (live:19s)[//What should I ask her?//] [[What can you tell me about Modine?->what can you tell me about Modine]] [[What is your favourite color?->what is your favourite color]]

//Yeah not a smart question...// [[What can you tell me about Modine?->what can you tell me about Modine]]

//Great great grandmother:// //"Modine was a fashion designer. I commissioned him to create wings for everyone to fly.// (live:6s)[//He ended up creating a suit that was easy enough for everyone to use and fly. But Fivers have ended up twisting his invention...//] (live:15s)[//The original suit was sealed in the Main Building. The only way to get it is to break in."//] (live:20s)[(goto: "getSuit")]

//Great great grandmother:// //Modine was a fashion designer. I commissioned him to create wings for everyone to fly.// //He ended up creating a suit that was easy enough for everyone to use and fly.But Fivers have ended up twisting his invention... The original suit was sealed in the Main Building. The only way to get it is to break in // [[Get the suit->Break in take suit]]

You break into the building and do what Modine said. (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:4s)[//(Your friend Henric has worked as a janitor there and told you how to do it, obviously...)//] (live:8s)[GUARDS!] (live:10s)[(goto: "guardsSuit")]

You break into the building and do what Modine said. //(Your friend Henric has worked as a janitor there and told you how to do it, obviously...)// GUARDS! [[Put on the suit and attempt to fly away->Put on the suit and attempt to fly away]] [[You don't want to go back to prison, so you turn the suit in->You don't want to go back to prison, so you turn the suit in]]

Armed with the stolen flying suit, you gather the Flightless at your block and invite them to rebel. You do a demonstration with the suit and explain how easy it is to fly. (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:5s)[A group of 30 flightless people are now lined up next to each other. The crowd is getting louder and louder, from a small mumble to a rumbling crowd.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:10s)[//"Is this it?"// someone says. //"Is it this easy to fly? Anyone can do it then!"//] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:13s)[//"One thousand years of inequality, because of this?"// someone else yells.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:17s)[//"Let's take back what should have been ours from the beginning"//, you say.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:22s)[//"Let us take them down! Let's cut off their wings!"// someone screams from the crowd.] [[Join the massacre->Join the massacre]] [[Fly away->Fly away]]

You are too dangerous to be left alive in Five. (live:5s)[(goto: "gameOver")]

1 000 years ago, the fashion designer Charles Modine found a way to help people fly. (transition:"fade")+(transition-delay: 2.5s)[Little did he know, he would change the world forever...] |wakeup>[[[Wake up->Wake up]]]

<p style=" text-align: center; font-size: 2em; color: light-blue; ;">Credits<p> <p style="text-align: center; ;">//This text-based game was designed and built as part of the Playful Interaction Course at Malmö University.// Priscilla Silva, Samuel Nyberg, Ivar Lundin, Mahroo Salimi, Chloe Mosselmans Ismaily January 2021<p> <div style="text-align: center;">[[<a style="text-align: center !important;">Back</a>->Landing]] </div>

Starting a war wasn't the reason you opened the trinket. Freedom was the reason. (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:3s)[Seamingly light as a bird, you start flying. Away from the massive slaughter, away from this crazy world you've been trapped in. You aim for the edge of the world, or at least the edge of Five.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:9s)[You fly higher and higher, until you see the end. The round, massive metal door. A sign on it says "emergency exit".] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:14s)[The handle is rusty. The maintenance department hasn't done their job.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:18s)[You push the handle down, but not even halfway, the door flung open. Water flows in. Ice cold water starts filling Five with a worrying speed. What is this? No one told you you were living in an empty bowl.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:25s)[In one afternoon, Five was filled with water. 1 000 years of flying, but no one knew how to swim.] [[This was the end of Five.->gameOver2]]

Suddenly you hear slashes from behind. Someone from the crowd caught a flyer, and started chopping his wings off. (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:4s)[The raging crows of the flightless is turning into a blood bath. The flightless soon found a method using their strong legs to kick down the flyers, and then chop their wings off.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:10s)[The hunt continued the rest of the day. Wing after wing, limb after limb.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:14s)[In one afternoon, one thousand years of evolution was eradicated.] [[The flyers turned into flightless, and suddenly, all was equal.->gameOver2]]

<p style=" text-align: center; font-size: 2.5em; color: red; ;">THE END<hp> <p style=" text-align: center;"><p> <div style="text-align: center;"> [[<a style="text-align: center !important;">Play again</a>->Start]] [[<a style="text-align: center !important;">Main Menu</a>->Landing]] </div>

You put on the Fly-o-matics and start jumping and flapping. You can feel your feet lift from the ground, slowly first, then faster and faster you leave the ground. (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:4s)["That's a flightless!" someone says.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:8s)["Hey you! What do you think you're doing!? Flightless are not supposed to fly!"] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay: 12s)[You're heart is racing. You flap faster and faster, and finally you see the emergency exit. You will not spend another day on Five.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:17s)[You open the door, and suddenly you're sucked out into space. You start flapping your wings again, but moving in space is not the same thing. It's hard to steer with your newly found wings. And where are you heading? You aim for the big yellow ball, people on Five said it provided the space station with energy, maybe you can go there.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:27s)[But it gets warm, way too quickly. Something that smells like burnt plastic hits your nostrils. Why does it feel like you're loosing speed? Why is the sun getting closer? And the burning heat surely is worrying.] (transition: "fade")+(transition-delay:35s)[You're sweating, and all your flapping doesn't take you anywhere. The wings are coming loose, and suddenly you're falling. The heat is unbearable, the light is burning your eyes.] [[The incandescent light of the sun consumes your body and you're gone!->gameOver2]]