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2026-06-18
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one-way street

Summary:

The journey to Tau Ceti is a long one.

Or: For the low low price of clicking a red button, you can pilot the Hail Mary.

[A HTML-fied interactive game.]

Notes:

warning: there is music and i highly suggest you turn the volume up for vibes.
controls: click on the buttons and arrows for things to happen.
additional warning: if you have a custom site skin on, it may interfere with this work in ways i cannot fix

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Yáo Li-Jie
Olesya Ilyukhina
Ryland Grace
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Invalid instruction. There is no such direction. You cannot go back. You are everyone who came before. You are everyone we have lost. You are everyone we will lose. You are hope in a tin can. You are the lifeboat at sea. You are the long shot. You are our solution. You are the best we have. You know who you are. You cannot look back. You cannot turn around.

Notes:

"Travelers" by Andrew Prahlow from the Outer Wilds OST.Viable under AO3 TOS.
Background image by starline
All other assets were made using CSS and HTML
big thanks to gifbot for helping with the transitions and the audio code
shoutout to jin and wetsocks for indulging my project hail mary brainrot

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Invalid instruction.
There is no such direction.
You cannot go back.
You are everyone who came before.
You are everyone we have ever lost.
You are everyone we will lose.
You are hope in a tin can.
You are the lifeboat at sea.
You are the long shot.
You are our solution.
You are the very best we have to offer.
You know who you are.
You cannot look back.
You cannot turn around.

sometimes im on tumblr

♪ ♫ ♩ ♬ ♭,
Mack