Your Future Self

Your Future Self is a story-driven text adventure that takes about 1–2 hours to play. Trapped in a time loop with your future self, you must convince them that a terrible crime they committed in the near future was wrong. As the conversation progresses, it becomes clear that someone is lying to you; you must work out who, why, and how to escape the loop.

Conversation and time loops

You need to persuade your future self, but the game gives you no tutorial. Working out how its conversational mechanics function, and how the time loop affects gameplay, is part of the puzzle. The story also raises topics including climate change, refugee crises and mental illness.

Text adventure style

The game draws on the look of retro text adventures, while breaking from their conventions to deliver shocks and surprises. Its soundtrack is a varied chiptune score that updates the sound of 8-bit music with a moody, modern style.