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[addersmire]

Leechcraft is amazing! I’m in love with the story already, it’s so fascinating to see the world building take shape over the introduction/first act. The characters all feel distinct and were so fun to interact with :D This was wonderfully done and such an enjoyable read <3

omg thank you so much!!!!

while working on leechcraft i thought very few people would be interested in it because it's too niche/weird but i've been absolutely in shock at the response to the game ;-;

#ask #leechcraft #me n my wacky little medieval vampire plague game assuming everyone would just go 🤨🤨 at it lmao

[addersmire]

LEECHCRAFT IS A GAME DRENCHED IN BLOOD — HEALING, BINDING, & CORRUPTING.

As a plague spreads through the isolated village you call home, balance your needs as a newly-turned vampire with your duties as a healer. Leechcraft is interactive fiction with a healthy dose of role-playing, steeped in a dark fantasy world inspired by medieval medicine.

FEATURES

Over 15k words of prose and dialogue.

Heal & harm the village and those you are tasked with treating.

Playable on mobile so you can play how you want.

(COMING SOON) Illustrated companion book with stories related to the game.

Play now on itch.io

#thesis: complete!!!! #leechcraft #interactive fiction #dark fantasy #medieval #vampire #indie games #text games #🎨

[addersmire]

What's New In IF? Issue 2 (2024)

By Erika, Marjorie, Axel, Zach and Noi

Now Available!

Itch.io - Google Drive - Keep Reading below

EDITORIAL

We didn't grasp what it would mean to do this project…

We are so grateful about the love we received from the community since the release of the first issue of What's New in IF?

We didn't think it would reach so many people so quickly, and so positively. We're really floored by the lovely comments we received in the reblogged tags and replies and dms. It really means so much to us!

Though it is quite a bit of work, to track so many places and select the coolest stuff (especially from itch…), and we really didn't realise until now what we brought ourselves into…

But it is all worth it.

And we hope we can meet your expectations every week!

Thank you for everything!

ERIKA, MARJORIE, AXEL, ZACH, AND NOI

ADDENDUM

The game mentioned as The Dice in the zine is actually called The Dice Test. Apologies to @stanwixbuster .

We misnamed the project Bladeweaver (as Dawn of Heroes), and the update only included new scenes, not the full Ch2. Apologies to @bladeweaver-if.

REWIND

BECAUSE WE MISSED SOME THINGS LAST WEEK

Femboy Dating Simulator received an update with new routes. (@kathrinesadventures)

anhedonia and SUDDEN DEATH by DOMINOCLUB were released.

EVENTS

Spotlight on: The Spring Thing

Currently in its Voting Period, the Spring Thing is a yearly Interactive Fiction festival, meant as an informal counterpart of the big IFComp in the autumn. It has been held every year since 2002.

“The Spring Thing especially welcomes diverse voices and populations traditionally under-voices and populations traditionally under-represented in gaming, including women, people of color, queer and LGBT+ folks, and blind, neuro-diverse, or disabled creators. People from all walks of life should feel encouraged to participate as players, authors, or reviewers.”

The event is sectioned into three categories: the Main Garden, for games eligible for prizes, the Back Garden, for unfinished projects or experiments, and New Game+, for remastered and updated games.

Aside from the winning “Best in Show” ribbon (and prizes), each entry can receive “Audience Awards”, customised ribbons submitted by voters.

You can play the 33 entries over on the Spring Thing website! And if you liked one very much, consider voting for it before May 11th!

According to the organiser, the votes are really split, so EVERY VOTE COUNTS!!

CONFERENCE

You can now register for the Narrascope! It is happening June 21-23, in hybrid. They've also released the schedule of talks!

ONGOING (VOTING)

Do you speak German? The annual Grand Prix has released its submissions and is looking for voters! Deadline is May 1st!

[And the Spring Thing too!]

ONGOING (SUBMITTING)

The Dialogue Jam by the @neointeractives group is open for submission until Tuesday 30th! Only Dialogue is allowed!

On Tuesday 30th, the window to submit for the Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2024 will end. The goal is to make a parser for beginner players.

Also ending at the end of the month is the Amare Games Festival 2024, which is all about love!

On the Choice of Game Forum, the Diversity Jam is running. They accept any CScript game… as long at is not in ENGLISH!

THE BITSY JAM IS BACK!!! NO DIALOGUE - 8 DAYS (sorry, we almost missed it, we're really excited for it, but space was limited)

OTHER

The Interactive Fiction Showcase is still running, with new submissions, since last week! It is happening on itch!

GAMES

NEW RELEASE

We're Women, After All (RenP’y) is a new short entry to the Art Without Blood's universe. (@catskets)

Loser (HTML) is a new short game by the DOMINO CLUB collective.

Leechcraft (Twine) is a dark-fantasy medieval game where you play a vampire healer. (@addersmire)

Mysteries of the Star Odyssey (Twine) is a sci-fi first project looking for feedback.

A Tavern at Night (RenP’y) is a cosy fantasy D&D- inspired visual novel involving campfires and tarot cards. (@qkayoostudio)

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names (COG) is out!

NEW RELEASE (WIP)

Geo-Terra (Twine) is a fantasy project where you will be able to play multiple races.

The Heir of Alvion Kingdom (Twine) is a fantasy game where you suddenly become the sole heir of a kingdom. Website:

Mending Yesterday (Twine) is a dark slice-of-life project with maybe a hint of horror. (@moonlightpeddler) Website:

GAMES UPDATES

Obsolete Stars (CScript) completed its 8th chapter, now available in the demo. (@obsolete-stars-if)

Alpha, Beta, Omega (Twine) has included new scenes in the demo. (@dam-peace)

An Unexpected Green Journey (CScript) is going through final general updates before submission! (@krogpile)

The Bar on the Abyss (Cscript) released Chapter 4 (@thebarontheabyss)

Daria: A Kingdom Simulator (CScript) is looking for beta readers for the last update.

Ripples of blood (CScript) now has a new route.

FFS, Another Northern Duke (RenP’Y) has released its final demo before commercial release.

Thicker Than (CScript) has made the last update public (@barbwritesstuff)

BREACH: Chicago War Zone (CScript) is now over 1 million words! (@breachverse)

Those Long Dead (Twine) has released the Twine port of the demo. (@aevumgames)

Midnight Market - Book 2 (Twine) has made Chapter 4 public (@night-market-if)

To be human (Twine) has released its demo! (@kinglyoverlord)

BLESS (B+F+S) (Twine) has released Chapter 7. (@mahadeoh-blog)

The Ink Stained Chessboard Test (Twine) has been moved to Twine. (@inkstainedchessboard-if)

“The In-Between” (CScript) has released a SFW version of the game.

The Ultimate Magic Student (CScript) now includes 31k more words.

We apologize if we missed an update or a release. We are but volunteers trying to find as much info as possible, but sometimes news pass through the cracks.

Please, let us know if something should have been added to the zine, and we will shout it out next week!

HIGHLIGHT ON...

A couple of games that we thought were cool.

Birdland by Brendan Patrick Hennessy (Twine) @brendanpatrickhennessy

The XYZZY Award-winning interactive game about summer camp mystery, surrealism, and finding who you are. An amazing lesbian YA dramatic teenage romance. recommended by [anonymous]

31st March, midnight by Prof. Lily (RenP’y)

An a phenomenal short visual novel about the game dev experience in an up-and-coming studio and the perception of Visual Novels in the gaming industry. recommended by Kastel

Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing by Ryan Veeder (Inform)

“I can't believe I only found this game like… 3 days ago. I just freaking love fishes and this was the most frustrating ever because you can't only fish in there. But gosh darn isn't it amazing. Like I didn't expect to get tangled in all of this…”

submitted by Eli

Your favourite game here?

Do you have a favourite game that deserve some highlighting? Tell us about it! A old or recent game that wowed you so much you want to spam it to everyone? Tell us about it!

We'll add it to the page!

FINAL WORD

Before we end this issue, we would like to thank:

[anonymous], @elegantunknownphantom, Eli, [anonymous], Jill, Kastel, [anonymous], and (again xD) [anonymous].

Your messages left on our itch page, our Tumblr ask and submission inbox, our email (! even), and the Google Form, have been so so useful in making this issue (seriously, we wouldn't have found at least 10 games without your tips).

And we'd like to thank all of you, who liked and especially shared the issue with so many people! Thanks to you, we were able to reach new readers (who got to find new games!) and new authors (who we didn't know about before!).

Sharing is truly caring!!

See you again next week!

ERIKA, MARJORIE, AXEL, ZACH, AND NOI

WHAT'S NEW IN IF? 2024-ISSUE 1

#WOAH LEECHCRAFT MENTION THANK YOU!!!!!!! #i need to make a post about it lmao

[addersmire]

the beacon of argynvost & the first sunlight in barovia

we just wrapped up our curse of strahd campaign after two years!! it's been such an honor to dm this campaign for my lovely friends, thank you guys <3

#in my campaign the beacon is like a lighthouse :-) #dnd #cos #curse of strahd #argynvostholt #barovia #ravenloft

[addersmire]

Strand is a solo journaling game about a scientist trapped in a submarine under an alien sea. They will make marvelous discoveries, be faced with difficult decisions, and through it all, know that they won't be returning home. The alien world and its inhabitants are yours to define and explore. free to download & play on itch.io

#i made a game! #ttrpg #solo rpg #indie games #itch.io #scifi #🎨

[addersmire]

🌋 THE DEATHS OF MAEDHROS & MAGLOR 🌊

a while ago, i made some two color riso prints about my favorite elves <3 i couldn't decide on colors so there are two versions: orange/teal & red/blue

#oopsies forgot to post this lmao #anyways. hopefully i'll be selling these soon! for now there's a non-riso version up on redbubble #the silmarillion #silmarillion #maedhros #maglor #silmaril #tolkien #riso #🎨

[addersmire]

⚰️ VAMPIRE BURIALS, MASCHALISMOS, & OTHER APOTROPAIC BURIAL RITUALS 🪦

a morbid little collection of 25 historically certified ways of preventing the dead from rising as vampires, draugr, ghosts, or other undead beasties. both the poster & zine will be available on my online shop, check back soon!

poster & 1 - 10 • 11 - 25 • zine & poster

#🎨 #vampire #undead #occult #risograph #zine #poster

[addersmire]

⚰️ VAMPIRE BURIALS, MASCHALISMOS, & OTHER APOTROPAIC BURIAL RITUALS 🪦

a morbid little collection of 25 historically certified ways of preventing the dead from rising as vampires, draugr, ghosts, or other undead beasties.

poster & 1 - 10 • 11 - 25 • zine & poster

#🎨 #vampire #undead #occult

[addersmire]

⚰️ VAMPIRE BURIALS, MASCHALISMOS, & OTHER APOTROPAIC BURIAL RITUALS 🪦

a morbid little collection of 25 historically certified ways of preventing the dead from rising as vampires, draugr, ghosts, or other undead beasties.

poster & 1 - 10 • 11 - 25 • zine & poster

#🎨 #vampire #undead #occult #idk what else to tag this guy hm

[addersmire]

The Stolen Sun: A Curse of Strahd comic - Extras!

The extras include the cover and back cover of the printed version, as well as the character stats of our players! (I’m Magda btw :3)

<<Chapter 1 / Chapter 2>> (coming soon!)

Instant Gram

The Party! @addersmire (dm) @thefourofdiamondsart (Verity) @maeowl (Sandrine)

#hehehoho #cos

[addersmire]

The Stolen Sun: A Curse of Strahd comic - Chapter 1

<<Prologue/Extras >>

Instant Gram

The Party! @addersmire @thefourofdiamondsart @maeowl

#cos #reblogging these a little spread out so that more people see it :-)

[addersmire]

The Stolen Sun: A Curse of Strahd Comic - Prologue

Chapter 1 >>

Instant Gram

The Party! @addersmire @thefourofdiamondsart @wairwulf

#i dm this campaign hehehe!!! #cos

[addersmire]

I just wanted to say your zines are phenomenal. The art and the words are so seamless i would have never believed they came from you using predictive text . They feel planned ,like a garden held together by a watchful eye knowing and waiting to set the most perfect stage but also a punch cause you know that maybe things are not as they are spoken and god do i love all it .

i hope more people do predictive text writing as well , it is so fun to try and put a story together from so many possibilities. JUST 100% BRILLIANT

omg thank you so much!!!! <3 <3 <3 i had such a great time making both of those zines and coming up with a way to work with the predictive text rather than just letting it take the reins lol.

honestly, the garden metaphor is really apt for how i worked with it. i came in knowing approximately what i wanted to make (something about a knight and a king??) and then tried to steer the predictive text in the right direction. i ended up treating it like a branching narrative, where if i didn't like the particular road i was going down, i would just go back and try something new.

i actually made a little tutorial on how i worked with it for anyone who's interested lol

#ask #oh also i opened my inbox on this blog oopsies

[addersmire]

🥬 vegetable lamb of tartary linocut 🥬

click for better quality!!

#🎨 #clear carve is WEIRD i’m a fan

[addersmire]

SLAIN IN HIS HONOR

a riso zine i made by collaging work from alan lee’s lord of the rings sketchbook. the text was created by starting each sentence with 2-3 words and then selecting options from my phone’s predictive text to complete the sentence.

physical zines • read SLAIN IN HIS HONOR • read A CRUEL THING

#lmao just realized 2 pages were out of order OOPS #im working on a comic based on this for School and i went Hey Wait A Fucking Minute. #so now it's fixed here ye go #self rb

[addersmire]

❄️ made a sweet little guy to play in a rime of the frostmaiden campaign ❄️

#self rb #we played our first session last week and omg #he taught some littol spirits to scrimshaw #he also found his dad’s signet ring inside of a stuffed fish that sings #AND of course. made his first (humanoid) friends <3

[addersmire]

#🎨 #teehee a littol mandrake just for me