01 / story
A branching narrative
The story is written in Ink. Decisions lead down different paths, and reaching the end does not mean every outcome has been seen.
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MVP · v0.4.0-rc.2
MVP · v0.4.0-rc.2
> android / interactive fiction / horror
Text Quest Anthology
A night in an abandoned settlement. Your choices decide what happens next.
Text Quest Anthology is an Android app for interactive fiction. Its first complete story, Zavalinka, follows a night in a deserted settlement that turns into a fight for survival.
THE FIRST STORY
> story / 01
Zavalinka
An overnight stay in a deserted settlement becomes a fight for survival.
READCHOOSESURVIVE
StageMVP
PlatformAndroid 7.0+
StoryZavalinka
Releasev0.4.0-rc.2
> The story
Zavalinka
A horror story told through pages of text and decisions. Choices affect which scenes become available, the characters' circumstances and the ending.
02 / progression
Continue where you stopped
Progress and discovered endings are stored on the device. You can restart a completed playthrough without erasing the endings you have already found.
> gameplay
What you can play
The MVP ships with one complete story and the reading features needed to finish it.
Page-based reading
Read the story page by page, with a text size setting that repaginates the content.
Decisions and consequences
Make choices at story branches and reach different terminal endings.
Local progress
Resume after closing the application. Read progress is stored on the device.
Offline story
Read, make choices, continue and revisit endings without a required internet connection.
Story library
Choose a story from the built-in catalogue. The current MVP includes Zavalinka.
Play again
Start a new playthrough while retaining the record of discovered endings.
> stack / scope
Built for Android
React Native and TypeScript power the app. Ink/inkjs handles the interactive narrative, with stories packaged in the application.
Technology
Android 7.0+Platform
React Native · TypeScriptApp
Ink · inkjsStory engine
On-device savesStorage
Current scope
Public MVP, not a finished anthology
The current release contains one story in Russian. There are no user accounts, cloud saves, browser version or iOS build. The main story works offline; the optional advertising SDK can use the network.
> data
Privacy and installation
Reading progress, settings and unlocked endings stay in local app storage. The Android build includes Yandex Mobile Ads, which can process technical data when ads load. Privacy policy ↗
$ current_release
Play Zavalinka
Android APK · release candidate v0.4.0-rc.2. The app is not represented here as already published on RuStore.