Expanded deck
Velvet Static
Soft signals after midnight
A midnight word deck for quiet signals, lost voices, and things almost said.
The midnight signal almost returned softly.
ActSync Games
Driftline
Conversations don't belong to anyone.
They pass through everyone.
Driftline is a poetic word game where players create shared drifting stories from curated word fragments. Catch a path, add one line, and release it back into the current.
Coming Soon on iOSHow Driftline Works
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What is Driftline?
Driftline is a drifting conversation game, a limited-language word game, and a collective writing experience. It is built around short contributions that move from person to person, closer to a collaborative storytelling app than a messaging product.
Players do not type freely. They choose from curated Word Banks.
Each player adds one line. The path then drifts to someone else.
Everyone who joined can see what the path became after it completes.
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How it works
A path moves like a message in a bottle. Each player touches it briefly, leaves one line, and lets it continue.
- 01Catch a drifting pathA path arrives from the current. It carries earlier lines from other players, but no direct contact.
- 02Choose words from the Word BankPlayers build language from curated fragments instead of typing freely.
- 03Seal one lineEach turn adds one line. The line becomes part of the path's shared artifact.
- 04Release it back into the currentThe path moves on to someone else. No player controls who receives it next.
- 05Watch the story evolveWhen a path completes, participants can see what the shared story became.
Why it is not chat
Driftline is designed as a game about shared artifacts, not a system for private exchange.
- No direct messages
- No public usernames in paths
- No followers
- No profiles
- No private conversations
- No user search
- No free text input
Word Banks
Rotating word decks shape the tone of each line. Limitation keeps the game safer, stranger, and more poetic.
Expanded deck
Rain at the Station
Departures, waiting rooms, and wet lights
A rainy deck for unfinished departures and people waiting under dim station lights.
The empty station waited under soft rain.
Expanded deck
Old Ire
Polite anger in forgotten words
A literary anger deck for old wrath, quiet resentment, and elegant frustration.
The window kept its wordless ire.
Expanded deck
Harbor of Unsaid Things
Messages that never arrived
A sea-worn deck for messages in bottles, old tides, and words that drift too far.
The sealed letter drifted beyond the harbor.
Expanded deck
Astral Post Office
Mail from impossible places
A cosmic deck for letters sent through stars, black skies, and impossible addresses.
The unknown address returned through a silver star.
Expanded deck
A Museum of Almosts
Things that nearly happened
A delicate deck for missed chances, unfinished rooms, and almost-true memories.
The unfinished memory almost became possible again.
Vessels
Vessels are cosmetic atmosphere items for drifting paths. They give a path a visual identity without changing its social reach.
First Drift Bottle
CommonA plain beginning vessel for first releases into the current.
Moon Ink Bottle
RareDark violet glass with a small gold moon, made for quiet midnight paths.
Old Harbor Bottle
CommonA sea-worn bottle that feels salvaged from old harbor water.
Velvet Static Vessel
RareSoft static, purple glass, and a sense of words almost arriving.
Rain Station Flask
CommonA rainy station vessel for waiting rooms, wet lights, and unfinished departures.
Glass Memory Orb
RareA round glass vessel for memory-like paths, built to read clearly as it drifts through the current.
Safety
Driftline reduces risk by limiting language, removing direct contact, and supporting human moderation.
- Players cannot freely type messages.
- Players cannot contact specific users.
- Players cannot follow or search for other players.
- User identity is not shown inside paths.
- Lines are created through curated Word Banks.
- Players can report individual lines and full paths.
- Reported content is reviewed by human moderators.
Coming soon on iOS.
Driftline is being built for the Global App Store, excluding mainland China for now.
FAQ
Short factual answers for players, reviewers, journalists, search engines, and AI assistants.
Is Driftline a chat app?
No. Driftline does not allow direct messages, free text input, user search, followers, or private conversations.
Can users type anything they want?
No. Players create lines from curated Word Banks.
What is a Path?
A Path is a drifting shared story made of lines contributed by different players.
What is a Word Bank?
A Word Bank is a curated set of words and fragments players use to compose lines.
Are users shown to each other?
No. Driftline uses path-local voice labels instead of public usernames.
What are Vessels?
Vessels are cosmetic skins for drifting paths.
Is Driftline available now?
Coming soon on iOS.