Backlight Files vs Vistara

At 21:03, every light in the city went out. Backlight Files is a cinematic, choice-driven mystery where you investigate a strange blackout through rain-soaked scenes, recovered recordings, witness fragments, and evidence files. Read the story, follow the trail, and decide which leads deserve your trust. Each chapter plays like an interactive thriller: tap through atmospheric scenes, collect clues, review unsettling fragments, and make decisions that push the investigation forward. Some answers are hidden in what the camera captured. Others are hidden in what it failed to record. Features: Cinematic noir scenes built for mobile and tablet play Choice-driven investigation and branching story paths Evidence fragments, recordings, files, and character encounters Moody rain-night atmosphere with music and UI sound controls Designed for quick sessions and long mystery theories The blackout did not erase everything. It left a trace.

The artificial sun has seven days of power left. In 2187, humanity survives beneath the surface inside Lumen-9, an underground city built around a failing source of artificial daylight. You are its newly appointed Daykeeper. Every morning, five districts ask for more light than the city can spare. Every night, the public waits for your explanation. THE CITY RUNS ON YOUR DECISIONS Allocate a limited supply of Light Units across Residential, Medical, Greenhouse, Industrial, and the Surface Gate. Protect one district and another may fall into darkness. Energy, public trust, food supply, city stability, and the hope of reaching the surface all respond to your choices. INVESTIGATE WHAT WAS HIDDEN Inspect detailed locations across Lumen-9. Recover damaged reports, altered energy logs, experimental seeds, air samples, and traces left by the missing Daykeeper. Evidence can expose lies, unlock new dialogue, and change what becomes possible later in the week. BUILD TRUST—OR RULE WITHOUT IT Work with Mara Quinn, the exhausted chief engineer; Sol Reyes, the principled medical officer; Nia Bell, the greenhouse director who still believes in the surface; and Cass Venn, the strategist determined to preserve order. Each remembers what you promised, concealed, protected, or sacrificed. LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES Make public reports. Face a citywide vote. Permanently close a vital facility. Decide whether to repair the artificial sun, prepare the surface gate, preserve both possibilities, or let the residents determine their future. Your full seven-day timeline leads to one of five complete endings. There is no perfect answer—only the city you shaped and the people who still trust you when the final window opens. FEATURES • A complete seven-day interactive science-fiction story • Meaningful branching choices and persistent consequences • Strategic light allocation across five city districts • Detailed investigations and an evidence archive • Four central relationships with unique dialogue and outcomes • Chapter replay that does not overwrite the main timeline • Five unlockable endings • Local save data and no account required • Portrait play on iPhone and iPad Optional rewarded advertisements may be available at selected story moments. They are not required to complete the game.