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How to play

Choose a case file and you'll be signed in to that character's phone. The bar above the phone is the timeline — press play and the device receives its messages, calls and notifications exactly when they happened.

When the timeline pauses with REPLY REQUIRED, open Messages on the phone: the typing dots mean a response is waiting. Tap the message field to send it and the story continues. When a call comes in, answer or decline it on the device — answered calls appear in the Phone app with their duration.

Sometimes the story asks you to place a call (STORY PAUSED — CALL …). Open the Phone app, switch to the Contacts tab, open the contact and tap Call. The ⓘ button in any chat header jumps straight to that person's contact card. Calling a contact when the story doesn't expect it rings longer and goes to their voicemail.

You can drag the timeline backwards at any point. The entire phone resets to that moment: rewind to before a call and it will ring again at its scripted time. Open Chapter Select to replay completed days.

Progress & unlocks

Progress saves automatically on this device at the end of every chapter. If you lost your save — cleared cookies, new browser, new machine — flip the switch below to unlock every chapter of every story.

Sound

The Field Audio widget in the lower-right of a story page loops ambient beds. Or put on your own background music!

Note: browsers only allow sound after your first click on the page.