One Button Travel TheCodingMonkeys Genres: Games Entertainment Adventure Role-Playing $3.79 NZD Supported Devices: iPad2Wifi iPad23G iPhone4S iPadThirdGen iPadThirdGen4G iPhone5 iPodTouchFifthGen iPadFourthGen iPadFourthGen4G iPadMini iPadMini4G iPhone5c iPhone5s iPhone6 iPhone6Plus iPodTouchSixthGen Minimum iOS Version: iOS 9.0 Download Size: 100.8MB One Button Travel TheCodingMonkeys German Video Game Award 2016 “To cut a long story short, If you like interactive fiction, just go buy this one.” - Touc… $2.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsGerman Video Game Award 2016 “To cut a long story short, If you like interactive fiction, just go buy this one.” - Toucharcade.com Optimized for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch (with complication) One Button Travel is a new interactive fiction adventure by the award-winning team behind Rules! Play a story that unfolds with the choices you make, in real time! One Button Travel is a gripping journey to a mysterious future exploring social questions not unlike those we face today. At 55000 words, it is a true interactive novel, with branching story-lines and decisions that shape the player's destiny. And for those moments when you don't feel like reading, your device is ready to read it to you. Are you ready to explore a strange new world? Pack your bags, you're going on a trip! Or are you? Information Seller:TheCodingMonkeys Genre:Adventure, Arcade, Role Playing Release:Nov 25, 2015 Updated:Apr 19, 2020 Version:2.1.1 Size:176.2 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (7) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Sash-O Well-Known Member Feb 13, 2015 1,570 0 0 Germany #2 Sash-O, Nov 25, 2015 What is it...?!? raravan Well-Known Member May 18, 2014 829 38 28 #3 raravan, Nov 25, 2015 meh, why iOS 9??? AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #4 AppUnwrapper, Nov 26, 2015 Enjoying this so far. My game on my iPhone is forcing me to take a break for a few hours (not complaining -- too many good releases lately!). But I started a new game on my iPad and recorded the first few minutes. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel IOSgamer1980 Well-Known Member Nov 6, 2015 432 2 18 #5 IOSgamer1980, Nov 26, 2015 I second this emotion. Woulda been insta-buy for me otherwise. nuutsch Well-Known Member Jul 18, 2012 116 0 0 #6 nuutsch, Nov 26, 2015 Is this a game like Lifeline? hyuei Well-Known Member Apr 13, 2012 49 0 6 Male #7 hyuei, Nov 26, 2015 I waited so long for this!! already grabbed it and played for a while. The story concept seems interesting! And it plays like Lifeline, with additional MMS-like feature -- they can sometime send you pics! Overall the UI looks gorgeous, the story seems interesting and I really looking forward what they will bring after this! But there's this small thing that bugs me a bit...I don't know whether it's because this is my second time playing this genre or anything, but I feel like Lifeline 1 already grabbed me in the first minutes, and I already feel that it was really like communicating with the real person. But here, I already played this for some time but I still feel like the person I'm talking to is fictional. I don't know if it's because of the story concept, or just simply the UI doesn't feel too much like some chat apps, or maybe other reasons. Again, this is maybe the effect of playing this kind of genre for 2nd time, 1st time will always feels like a blast. Nevertheless, I will play for some days and hope that I could get more and more immersed! Don't let my doubt hold your purchase, this is a great beautiful game!! Candykiller Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Dec 15, 2010 1,418 0 36 Illustrator/Designer United Kingdom http://www.candykiller.com #8 Candykiller, Nov 26, 2015 I really want to like this game, but it's hard to get immersed in the experience when most of the time you are waiting for something to happen. You play for a couple of minutes then have to wait for 30 minutes to several hours while the other character is offline. Is the whole thing going to be like this? hyuei Well-Known Member Apr 13, 2012 49 0 6 Male #9 hyuei, Nov 26, 2015 Yep, the game mechanic is similar to Lifeline which have some "rest time", but actually for me it's kinda its own unique point which I like! I'm often busy with work, so this game which takes only small chunk of your time kinda suits me -- I can rest a while with playing, get back to work, and excitedly waiting for another news from the other world! you know, that feeling when you nervously waiting for your crush's next message Candykiller Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Dec 15, 2010 1,418 0 36 Illustrator/Designer United Kingdom http://www.candykiller.com #10 Candykiller, Nov 26, 2015 I wouldn't mind if it was some rest time, but 2 minutes of gameplay (where nothing much happens) followed by 2 hours of waiting is taking the real-time mechanic a bit far. AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #11 AppUnwrapper, Nov 26, 2015 After playing some more, I think I pinpointed what's bothering me about it. It doesn't read like someone chatting. Especially when he's panicking. He still takes time to write out "You are right" and "I will..." I'm one of the few people who refuses to write "UR," but even I abbreviate some things in texts, tweets, etc. His texts don't feel urgent to me. It could be on purpose, though. Maybe he's not what he seems. So I'll give it a chance to play out. hyuei Well-Known Member Apr 13, 2012 49 0 6 Male #12 hyuei, Nov 26, 2015 I know, for gamer who usually plays thoroughly on one sit, this kind of genre would be hard to enjoy. But I kinda like it, haha Oh, I see. I think that's one of the reason, after I examine it I can see that the man usually use perfectly neat sentence with period after it. He rarely shouts or use some (!) marks, so maybe I didn't felt too much emotion. But again, this is still early and I agree with you, maybe this was the start of something grand. Will see through this game and give later review again! Porsupah Well-Known Member Oct 4, 2008 132 1 0 http://www.ringtail.com/ #13 Porsupah, Nov 26, 2015 Enjoying this a lot so far. ^_^ The air of mystery is a delight, peppered with touches of humor in the dialog. And even the game's dynamic, split up into separate little conversations - it does add to the sense of an ongoing mystery, rather than leaving it as a quest to be completed as quickly as possible. (Quite a daring design decision!) rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #14 rezn, Nov 26, 2015 Going on a bit of a holiday. So this will be perfect for the 2 hour car ride. Kudos to the Dev for making something so cool. Nergal Well-Known Member Dec 16, 2014 124 0 0 #15 Nergal, Nov 26, 2015 This looks very interesting. I've gotten burned out with all the "choose you own adventure" style books on the App Store. But this one is grabbing my attention, not to mention I loved Rules. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #16 metalcasket, Nov 27, 2015 I'm a big fan of the Lifeline games, especially the second one and I enjoyed The Martian too. I really dig the whole "Play for a few minutes" nature of those titles and this is absolutely no different in that regard, but the issue I'm having with OBT is that it's a little too realistic with the timing. I mean, you could play 5 straight minutes of Lifeline and put it away a good few hours and there would be ridiculously long periods of blabbering sometimes, but with One Button, you play 30 seconds, the dude needs to do something and once you kill the app, realistically the fellow comes back to you after doing something that legitimately takes a minute or two. Hence you're forced to pick up your phone time and time and time again and again and again. I dunno. :/ Then again, I find I get pissy when I've just closed WhatsApp only to have someone text me, so maybe it's just me. >_> Candykiller Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Dec 15, 2010 1,418 0 36 Illustrator/Designer United Kingdom http://www.candykiller.com #17 Candykiller, Nov 27, 2015 Last edited: Nov 27, 2015 @metalcasket - I was just going to post exactly the same thing. The pacing is all wrong. You never get a chance to play large enough chunks of the story to care what is going on. And as soon as I've given up waiting for the character to come back and started playing another game, I get a notification that he's back. (for about 30 seconds) It's more annoying than enjoyable. I'm just about ready to give up and bin it. AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #18 AppUnwrapper, Nov 27, 2015 I don't think the pacing bothers me as much as that it doesn't really feel like the guy's texting. Not consistently, at least. Or maybe the pacing is part of it. I mean, if I don't answer him for an hour, he waits for me to make a decision for him like whether or not to hide? And he'll shout something like "oh no!" when something scares him, and normally you wouldn't text someone as you're having that thought. So it feels a little disjointed. I'm torn, though. I like the concept and I want to see where it goes. I'm just not sure the execution is done well. I also didn't play Lifeline or The Martian. I wonder if all these games are just meant to be played on a Watch and the experience doesn't transfer well to an iPhone? metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #19 metalcasket, Nov 27, 2015 Lifeline and The Martian are the same way, both in terms of the text and the waiting. I understand your problem with the latter, but I think it would be super annoying to have to read sum1 typ liek dis in a game. I mean...there's some effort put in the writing and "omg wut da hayle" would just kill any immersion for me. Oh, and yeah...I think it goes without questioning that this entire discussion wouldn't be happening (about the waiting) if we were all playing this on the Apple Watch. AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #20 AppUnwrapper, Nov 27, 2015 No, but he types stuff out like "I will pretend that I just woke up" while he's in potential danger. At least go with "I'll pretend I just woke up." He uses contractions sometimes, but not other times. It really takes me out of the moment. And that the messages are waiting for me, and yet he's typing them out when I open the app. I should try Lifeline and see if it feels the same way for me. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. 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Enjoying this so far. My game on my iPhone is forcing me to take a break for a few hours (not complaining -- too many good releases lately!). But I started a new game on my iPad and recorded the first few minutes. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
I waited so long for this!! already grabbed it and played for a while. The story concept seems interesting! And it plays like Lifeline, with additional MMS-like feature -- they can sometime send you pics! Overall the UI looks gorgeous, the story seems interesting and I really looking forward what they will bring after this! But there's this small thing that bugs me a bit...I don't know whether it's because this is my second time playing this genre or anything, but I feel like Lifeline 1 already grabbed me in the first minutes, and I already feel that it was really like communicating with the real person. But here, I already played this for some time but I still feel like the person I'm talking to is fictional. I don't know if it's because of the story concept, or just simply the UI doesn't feel too much like some chat apps, or maybe other reasons. Again, this is maybe the effect of playing this kind of genre for 2nd time, 1st time will always feels like a blast. Nevertheless, I will play for some days and hope that I could get more and more immersed! Don't let my doubt hold your purchase, this is a great beautiful game!!
I really want to like this game, but it's hard to get immersed in the experience when most of the time you are waiting for something to happen. You play for a couple of minutes then have to wait for 30 minutes to several hours while the other character is offline. Is the whole thing going to be like this?
Yep, the game mechanic is similar to Lifeline which have some "rest time", but actually for me it's kinda its own unique point which I like! I'm often busy with work, so this game which takes only small chunk of your time kinda suits me -- I can rest a while with playing, get back to work, and excitedly waiting for another news from the other world! you know, that feeling when you nervously waiting for your crush's next message
I wouldn't mind if it was some rest time, but 2 minutes of gameplay (where nothing much happens) followed by 2 hours of waiting is taking the real-time mechanic a bit far.
After playing some more, I think I pinpointed what's bothering me about it. It doesn't read like someone chatting. Especially when he's panicking. He still takes time to write out "You are right" and "I will..." I'm one of the few people who refuses to write "UR," but even I abbreviate some things in texts, tweets, etc. His texts don't feel urgent to me. It could be on purpose, though. Maybe he's not what he seems. So I'll give it a chance to play out.
I know, for gamer who usually plays thoroughly on one sit, this kind of genre would be hard to enjoy. But I kinda like it, haha Oh, I see. I think that's one of the reason, after I examine it I can see that the man usually use perfectly neat sentence with period after it. He rarely shouts or use some (!) marks, so maybe I didn't felt too much emotion. But again, this is still early and I agree with you, maybe this was the start of something grand. Will see through this game and give later review again!
Enjoying this a lot so far. ^_^ The air of mystery is a delight, peppered with touches of humor in the dialog. And even the game's dynamic, split up into separate little conversations - it does add to the sense of an ongoing mystery, rather than leaving it as a quest to be completed as quickly as possible. (Quite a daring design decision!)
Going on a bit of a holiday. So this will be perfect for the 2 hour car ride. Kudos to the Dev for making something so cool.
This looks very interesting. I've gotten burned out with all the "choose you own adventure" style books on the App Store. But this one is grabbing my attention, not to mention I loved Rules.
I'm a big fan of the Lifeline games, especially the second one and I enjoyed The Martian too. I really dig the whole "Play for a few minutes" nature of those titles and this is absolutely no different in that regard, but the issue I'm having with OBT is that it's a little too realistic with the timing. I mean, you could play 5 straight minutes of Lifeline and put it away a good few hours and there would be ridiculously long periods of blabbering sometimes, but with One Button, you play 30 seconds, the dude needs to do something and once you kill the app, realistically the fellow comes back to you after doing something that legitimately takes a minute or two. Hence you're forced to pick up your phone time and time and time again and again and again. I dunno. :/ Then again, I find I get pissy when I've just closed WhatsApp only to have someone text me, so maybe it's just me. >_>
@metalcasket - I was just going to post exactly the same thing. The pacing is all wrong. You never get a chance to play large enough chunks of the story to care what is going on. And as soon as I've given up waiting for the character to come back and started playing another game, I get a notification that he's back. (for about 30 seconds) It's more annoying than enjoyable. I'm just about ready to give up and bin it.
I don't think the pacing bothers me as much as that it doesn't really feel like the guy's texting. Not consistently, at least. Or maybe the pacing is part of it. I mean, if I don't answer him for an hour, he waits for me to make a decision for him like whether or not to hide? And he'll shout something like "oh no!" when something scares him, and normally you wouldn't text someone as you're having that thought. So it feels a little disjointed. I'm torn, though. I like the concept and I want to see where it goes. I'm just not sure the execution is done well. I also didn't play Lifeline or The Martian. I wonder if all these games are just meant to be played on a Watch and the experience doesn't transfer well to an iPhone?
Lifeline and The Martian are the same way, both in terms of the text and the waiting. I understand your problem with the latter, but I think it would be super annoying to have to read sum1 typ liek dis in a game. I mean...there's some effort put in the writing and "omg wut da hayle" would just kill any immersion for me. Oh, and yeah...I think it goes without questioning that this entire discussion wouldn't be happening (about the waiting) if we were all playing this on the Apple Watch.
No, but he types stuff out like "I will pretend that I just woke up" while he's in potential danger. At least go with "I'll pretend I just woke up." He uses contractions sometimes, but not other times. It really takes me out of the moment. And that the messages are waiting for me, and yet he's typing them out when I open the app. I should try Lifeline and see if it feels the same way for me.
