Four-Legged Werewolf
A branching mystery on a steam train from Istanbul to Kayseri, with nine endings. Part one is published on Ustory.
- Role
- Author
- Studio
- Ustory
- Format
- Interactive fiction (TR)
- Status
- Part 1 published on Ustory, two more parts planned
- Tools
- Twine, Ustory
Highlights
- Wrote a branching mystery with nine endings.
- Drafted it in Twine and published it on Ustory, where it has about 16,000 reads.
- Planned it as the first of three parts.
On this page
I wrote a branching train mystery for Ustory.
Dört Ayaklı Kurt Adam: Garip Bir Tren Yolculuğu (Four-Legged Werewolf: A Strange Train Journey) is an interactive story I wrote in Turkish. I drafted it in Twine and published it on Ustory, a platform for interactive stories.
Mystery Detective Sami Tüfekçi takes the cases nobody in Istanbul wants to hear about. In this story his friend Osman writes from the provinces about a case he cannot solve and asks Sami to come. Sami boards the steam train from Istanbul to Kayseri, and the train has several mysteries of its own. The reader’s choices decide which one Sami meets.
| On Ustory | |
|---|---|
| Endings | 9 |
| Reads | About 16,000 |
| Rating | 4.4 from 29 ratings |
| Parts | 1 of 3 published |
The cover illustration is by Solmaz Karaman.
This excerpt opens the mystery.
The first page puts the reader on the train and ends with three choices.
The steam train to Kayseri · day
The golden fields of Anatolia pass by on the other side of the glass. The talk of the young couple in the seat behind you mixes with the loud, steady rhythm of the steam train. The conductor comes down the corridor and asks to see your ticket. You pull your eyes away from the world sliding past outside and hand it to him. He punches a small hole in the corner and gives it back. Then he asks the couple behind you for theirs.
You go to put the ticket away in the bag you carry. When you open it, a crumpled letter, a folded magazine and your black leather diary catch your eye. You reach in for something to keep your mind busy on the long journey.
- Read the letter
- Look through the magazine
- Leaf through your diary
The first part is available on Ustory.
The first page is open on the story’s Ustory page. The rest of the story is read in the Ustory app on a phone.