Return to the Stars (Adrian Welcker)

After having been taken captive in battle, you soon settled into a routine: sleep, eat, shower, reconsider your life choices, repeat. Until, one day, there is no more food. Or guards, for that matter. It seems to be up to you to find a way out of your prison and back home...

Return to the Stars is parser-based interactive fiction, which means that you type in commands for the player character and read what happens next. It was created as an entry for ParserComp 2021. If you are unfamiliar with this kind of game, this card should get you started.

The game has built-in hints: just type ABOUT to bring up the menu. In there you will also find a list of 'unusual' verbs, as well as my e-mail address, should you get truly stuck.