The Shattered Bond
Guide a difficult conversation between two sisters, Lisa and Sally, trying to understand their fractured relationship by carefully choosing your words.
How to play
- Read Sally's statement and the situation's subtext to understand her current emotional state.
- Review the three dialogue choices available for Lisa in each of the five chapters.
- Select a response to see how it affects the Trust, Tension, and Insight meters.
- Read Sally's reaction and continue to the next chapter of the conversation.
- Reach the end of the dialogue to discover which of the three outcomes you earned.
Controls
- Touch
- Tap the dialogue choices on the screen to respond to your sister.
- Keyboard
- Not supported.
- Mouse
- Click the dialogue choices on the screen to respond to your sister.
More about this game
In this interactive drama, you control Lisa's responses in a tense conversation with her estranged sister, Sally, set on a loud city street. Your goal is to navigate five chapters of dialogue by selecting choices that balance three stats: Trust, Tension, and Insight. Each choice alters these stats, with empathetic responses building trust and defensive ones raising tension. The conversation ends after the fifth chapter, or abruptly if tension reaches 10 while trust drops to 2, resulting in one of three possible endings.
Tips
- Watch the stat bars closely; if Tension reaches the limit of 10 while Trust falls to 2 or lower, the conversation ends early in a fracture.
- To achieve the Genuine Understanding ending, you must build both your Trust and Insight stats to at least 8 before finishing the fifth chapter.
- Defensive choices often increase Tension and lower Trust by 1 or 2 points, so consider empathetic responses to keep the dialogue open and avoid a dead end.
Questions
How many endings are there?
There are three possible endings: Genuine Understanding, A Door Left Open, and The Bond Remains Shattered. The outcome depends on your final Trust, Tension, and Insight stats after five chapters.
What causes the conversation to fail early?
If your Tension stat reaches 10 or higher and your Trust stat falls to 2 or lower at any point, the conversation will end immediately in a fracture.
What do the three stats mean?
Trust measures Sally's willingness to connect, starting at 3. Tension measures the hostility between you, starting at 4. Insight measures how well you understand the core issues, starting at 1.