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Onceborn iconIn progress · coming to the App Store

Onceborn: an interactive story game for iPhone and iPad

You are born a random person and live one life, from your first word to your last day. Every event asks for a choice, and the choices add up to a fate.

The task

Make a story game that reads like a good book on a phone: short events, real consequences, no right answers, and a life that is different every time.

What we built

  • 01

    Stories

    Every life has its own country, family and the cards it is dealt; nothing repeats.

  • 02

    Consequences

    What you chose at nine comes back at forty.

  • 03

    Choices

    Two or three paths in every event, and a verdict at the end: who you were and what came of it.

  • 04

    Worlds

    Born Elsewhere, a story of today, is free; other worlds unlock separately.

  • 05

    Try it on the web

    Three steps of a life can be played on onceborn.app right in the browser, with no sign-up.

Built with

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI

Services used

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