Interactive novels | Black Sheep Alliance

Interactive novels about human rights

We create interactive visual novels that explore human rights through personal stories and meaningful choices. Our featured project, Sky Over Samara, is nearly complete, with launch planned for December 2026.

Choose who you are

Choose your name, pronouns and one of five character appearances. Your romantic interest can be male, female or non-binary, without changing the love story.

Choices that matter

Shape the protagonist’s personality and relationships through your decisions. The story branches toward six endings, with room for courage, empathy and humour.

A supernatural being becomes trapped in a student’s body in Samara. To find a way home, they help others through difficult moments, build connections and fall in love.

Sky Over Samara

Discuss the novel

Learning within the story

More than 20 short Notebook entries explore topics including safe dating, homophobia and the history of queer activism. Optional quizzes unlock bonus scenes.

Safety mode

A dedicated mode disguises the app as a calculator and lets the reader open the novel with a secret code.

Spring in Bishkek

Members of our team previously worked on an interactive novel about bride kidnapping and forced marriage. The story explores support, choice and the right to decide one’s future.

Stories that help us understand one another

Sky Over Samara is an interactive visual novel made for and about Russian LGBTQ+ teenagers. Everyday student life meets a supernatural adventure, with space to explore identity, friendship and belonging.

The Mystery of Sary-Kol

Team members’ previous experience includes an interactive novel about child marriage and girls’ access to education.

Inside Sky Over Samara

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