Thousand Lives

Thousand Lives is an interactive story about a woman born in communist Poland. It follows her life throughout the decades and your choices define how it unfolds. Will you be a dissident or toe the party line? Whose side will you take in a torn family? What can you sacrifice for wealth and comfort?

Either way, you have to live with your choices. There’s no do-overs or restarts. It’s an email-based story. There are six chapters and each day you will receive a new one, based on the choices you made earlier.

To start, sign up below. Enjoy!

FAQ

Is my email address safe with you?
We’ll never share your data with third parties and will only send you story chapters.

Your email address will be automatically deleted from the database 7 days after you receive the final chapter or after 7 days of inactivity.

Can I change my choices or restart the story?
No. Just like in life, you have to deal with the consequences of your choices.

Though if you really want to, your email address will be removed from the database after 7 days of inactivity - afterwards you can come back and resubscribe.

I subscribed but didn’t receive an email. What now?
After you subscribe, we will send you the first chapter within a few minutes. Make sure to check your spam folder.

If you’re sure it didn’t come through, drop the author a line on Bluesky.

How to share my questions, feedback, or bug reports?
Send them to Wojtek on Bluesky.

Credits

In memory of Bogumiła Borowicz. A genocide survivor, one of the first female engineers in post-war Poland, an activist, and the most fun grandma anyone could ever ask for.

Writing and design: Wojtek Borowicz
Implementation: Darek Rajek
Playtesting: Sarah O’Farrell, Karen Byrne, Eileen Murphy, Jake Kralovansky, Benjamin A. Tyrrell, Pruthvi Das, Keyan Mohsenin, Jacob Long

Józef Borowicz provided consultation on the selection of postage stamps. They are used with permission from Poczta Polska. The actual scans come from the collection of katalogznaczkow.net.