Enlighten: Time Loops of Forgotten
Short Summary: When Alexander and Robina who are teenage cousins enter the simulation game Enlighten where players have the power to create their own virtual life in search of clues about Robina’s missing brother who loved the game, they encounter a time loop with several people stuck inside it, but they cannot leave the game or find Robina's brother until they free the people that they encounter who are stuck from the loop. However, as they try to solve each person's time loop mystery and unlock the clues, they first have to pass the four Enlighten tests of Wisdom, Courage, Honesty and Compassion and every wrong choice and test failure could cost them the freedom and input from a helpful party that might know where Robina’s brother is and unleash one of five creatures/dark entities (Foolhardy, Cowardster, Deceptor, Cruel Claws or Nostalgia) that they must track down and battle and to add further to the mystery, one of the parties that they encounter may be a shadow being that might just know more about Robina's brother's disappearance than anyone else but as time sprints from their hands they must also try to avoid Nostalgia, who is lurking in the background and every time they fail a challenge, steals and erases some of the memories of a helpful party or their own memories and with every memory they lose, they lost part of their ability to regain their physical form and progress towards becoming a shadow being. In order to regain their memories or status as a full mortal being they then have to visit the Shadowlands and the Realm of Memories to win their memories back and their mortal state of existence. Written by Jill Thrussell
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The Story: When Robina (teenager) enters the virtual reality game Enlighten (Simulate) where players have the power to create themselves and live the virtual life they wish to in a virtual capacity through their avatars, she encounters a time loop with several people stuck inside it which she cannot get out off and due to some kind of glitch, she discovers that she cannot leave the game until she completes this quest and frees them from the loop. So she must solve each person's time loop mystery and find individual solutions as well as solve an overall mystery by spending the day in each time loop life to not only break the time loop trap to free each person but also in order to solve her own mystery to find her absent brother who strangely disappeared in a strange storm one day when there was a strange storm which some people told her was a time storm which may have connections to the game itself that he liked to play and introduced her too. However, there's a problem because some people have been stuck in the time loop for so long that they've forgotten how they got there in the first place and any useful information that could help Robina in her quest also seems to complicate matters even further like two of the people trapped (a teenage boy from her high school with a terminal condition and a mature woman) wish to stay in the time loop and have no desire to leave because the time loop of their present, allows them to live in the present indefinitely and provides them with some kind of sanctuary as it remains their present and allows them to avoid their future. Essentially to complete the quest, Robina must find then follow a trail of memory clues (from their past, present and dreams/fears for the future) to assist those trapped which can help them to break the time loop which she hopes will also led her to more information about her brother's disappearance as well as figure out and determine exactly what solutions need to be provided to whom but to unlock the clues that Robina needs to unlock she first has to pass the four Enlighten tests of Wisdom, Courage, Honesty and Compassion and every wrong choice and test failure could cost her the freedom of a helpful party that might know where her brother is and unleash one of four creatures/dark entities (Foolhardy, Cowardster, Deceptor or Cruel Claws) that they must track down and battle and to add further to the mystery, one of the parties that they encounter may be a shadow being that might just know more about Robina's brother's disappearance than anyone else and the time is sprinting from their hands because Nostalgia is lurking in the background and every time they fail a challenge, he steals and erases some of the memories of a helpful party. Written by Jill Thrussell
Developed from: Memorized, Time Switch: Stuck in Christmas, The Artificial Heart of Me, Odes to Life & Death, Prohuman & the Glitches Series, Santa, the Wishdragon & the Naughty or Nice Test
Age range: 9 to 16 years