Lifeline: Silent Night is a text-based mobile Choose Your Own Adventure story that uses push notifications on your mobile device as “transmissions” from the characters in the game. Lifeline: Silent Night is a continuation of the original story told in the Lifeline mobile game. In this sequel, Taylor, the protagonist of the first game, has just been rescued from a desolate moon filled with body-snatching alien creatures. He is now aboard a mining ship with a limited crew and waiting to return home. However, trouble soon strikes and Taylor is once again thrown into a chaotic and dangerous situation. Taylor “communicates” with the player over an audio system that translates their words into text. This means that the player receives messages either through the game or via push notifications on their mobile device (this can be disabled as well).

Occasionally, Taylor will ask you for your advice on how to proceed. This will show up on screen as two buttons with different choices. The player then needs to decide what action they think Taylor should take and click on that option with their finger. Taylor will then take that action and the story will either continue to unfold or Taylor will be disconnected from you, essentially meaning the game is over and you need to try again. Because the game is a Choose Your Own Adventure game, you will be allowed to go back to certain decisions and re-do them to see the changes it has on the overall plot. 

Lifeline: Silent Night is available for purchase on iOS and Android.