You Can't Save Her -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author(s): Sarah Mak Genre: Science fantasy Website: https://www.sarahmakmq.com/projects/you-cant-save-her/ Language: en First Publication Date: 2024-09-01 License: Freeware Forgiveness Rating: Merciful Rating: 3.5 (based on 34 ratings) ABOUT THE STORY You have three seconds to kill your former friend. The nuns and sacred algorithms have willed it. And no matter how much you want to save her, you can't. *** A 12-minute interactive story, featuring music by Falling Islands. EXTERNAL LINKS Play online at itch.io Post-competition version. Play this game in your Web browser. you-cant-save-her.zip IFComp 2024 version. Play this game in your Web browser. EDITORIAL REVIEWS Final Arc You Can't Save Her But You Can At Least Fight Her > Without giving spoilers, You Can't Save Her explores a broken friendship by > manipulating time itself. Throughout the game you find yourself at various > points of the characters' shared history. From split-second attacks to > navigating childhood memories, you’ll eventually realize that time means > nothing. Each click of your mouse advances a second in the tale, but the > order of what you're shown doesn't actually matter. It's the convergence of > events that make the story. Time doesn't matter when you love (or loved) > someone, a fitting message for a piece of interactive fiction (IF).