Quarantièmes

Free

A dismasted sailor in the Roaring Forties. Satellite windows of a few minutes. You are her only contact.

About

Somewhere in the Roaring Forties, a single-handed sailor is dismasted in a storm. Her boat is taking on water, her battery is bleeding out, and the satellite link only opens for a few minutes at a time. You are the only voice she can reach.

Every exchange happens in real time. When Elena goes to cut the rigging or bail the hull, she really is gone — for minutes, for hours — and comes back with a notification. What you tell her, and when, decides whether she sees another dawn.

A real-time interactive fiction built with Expo and React Native, with local notifications and a custom narrative engine. Available in 8 languages and free on the App Store.

Features

  • A story that plays out in real time, over several days
  • Notifications that reach you even when the app is closed
  • Choices that genuinely change the outcome — many endings
  • Rewind and Fast Mode unlocked once you reach an ending
  • Available in 8 languages

Stack

  • Expo
  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • expo-router
  • Reanimated
  • expo-notifications

Info

Platform
iOS
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