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Update, 5/21/21.

hey, pals. i just thought i’d write a little update post to let you know what i’ve been up to! :-)

currently, i’m working on translating the chicken scratch from my notebook into twine, so i can get the demo up and running. other than that, i’m still writing up those short info posts for the rest of the ROs!

i also finalized the heights of the ROs using a height comparison site:

Kaelia: 7 foot 3 inches. Alixer: 6 foot 2 inches. (sorry dude you’re now 2cm shorter) Brisea: 7 foot 1 inch. Kase: 7 foot 4 inches. ???: 5 foot 3 inches.

and if you can’t tell… yes, there’s now a fifth RO! you can expect more info with either the demo update or after i’ve finished the other three’s posts! whichever happens first. that’s up to fate (and my time management)

lastly, feel free to send any questions, concerns, etc. you may have and i’ll answer to the best of my ability!

thank you for reading! ♡

#gentle reminder how tall most of these fuckers are #sorry for calling u guys fuckers #was that mean #anyways. #srb

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hey guys what’s POPPPINNNGGGGGGGGG

#i'd say happy new year rn but its april now . #im working on stuff today so im saying hello #:)

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Update, 12/2/22.

guess who’s working on making the demo actually readable and enjoyable so i can post it

(it’s me (im doing it (sorry 4 for the sparse activity)))

#novus #update #kind of

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Welcome back!! <3

What do the ROs want/need/dread to hear??

thank you sm !!! >< 💓 let's see...

Alixer: i don’t need you. (he thinks he wants to hear it, anyway) / you have more options than you think. / nothing you’ve ever done matters.

Kaelia: it will all be okay. everything will fall into place. / it’s okay to ask for help. let them. / you’re the reason for all of your grief. it’s your fault.

Kase: tbh any sort of compliment LMAO / slow and steady wins the race, take your time. / you’re too late, i’m sorry.

Brisea: you’re doing a great job with what you’ve been given. / the relief you’d feel if you let go of your grudges would help you in the end. / you were always destined to fail.

???: you’re worth it. / you doubt yourself and your abilities far too much. / you’ll always be nothing. you’re useless.

#tai-420 #ask #ro ask

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Ahhh I'm so excited to see that you're back!!

thank you so much WAJWIEFAWE.... you don't know how much this msg means to me !! 💞💞

#anonymous #ask #I LOVE U (2)

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hello! welcome back 💕

thank you so much WAH !!!

#ask #gif #i love u #anonymous

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Update, 4/1/22.

firstly, this is not an april fools post... despite the irony of me returning to my WIP on april first. askdjfs.

hello, hello! a lot has happened the last 4 months and i’m finally in a place mentally (and physically) where i can spend my free time writing! :o)

the unfortunate reality is this: when i moved out of state, i lost my journal with all my information on novus in it, and my computer that stored the WIP demo broke. so, i’ll be starting from scratch & using what i remember i’ve written to do so! i was really bummed for a while, but i now consider this a good place to make a fresh start. heh.

i’ll be finishing all of my RO intro posts first, and then i will be going from there. feel free to send in prompts or any questions you have if you’d like to learn more about novus in the meantime!

stay happy and safe, everyone. 💞

#update #novus #Hello........... its me

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Update, 8/14/21.

hey, everyone! it’s been a while since the last update, so i thought i’d pop in to get the ball rolling again. :o)

in case any of you are wondering where i’ve been — in late may, i developed some heart problems and i’ve been dealing with that the past few months. i have it all sorted out now, so there’s no need to worry or anything!!

i have a big weekend ahead of me, but when i’m not doing things, i’ll be posting more character info posts and eventually the demo !!!

+ i did want to thank you all for all the support you’ve been sending my way via follows and reblogs between then and now! it really means a lot to me that people are excited to read what i write. so stay tuned, loves !! <3

#update #novus #hi hi hi hihi

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Happy pride!

This month we will be highlighting a bunch of queer authors within our community, and trust us, there’s plenty.

All of the mods here at interact-if are queer (and non-binary!) so it goes without saying how grateful we are about the massive queer representation these stories and games include. Throughout this entire month we will be celebrating the path interactive fiction has created for the queer community, both offering representation in media and giving voices to queer creators!

Ames, author of Attollo & Metamorphosis 

“…and it was a singular, terrible thought, which burrowed itself into your mind like an engorged maggot. This was not a man nor a monster. This was a concept, an ideology, a terrible myth, which had personified itself to stand before you now.

You were, to put it simply, screwed.”

After several years of radio silence, you receive a message from your younger sibling that carries a strange sense of urgency to it. Either out of familial concern or boredom, you embark on a journey from your residence to your sibling’s apartment in New Hampshire to see what’s going on and, hopefully, be home before the weekend.

Too bad it’s never so simple.

Read more about Attollo [here] and read about Metamorphosis [here]

Demo | Author’s Ko-fi | Author’s Patreon | Discord

Tags: cybernoir, thriller

Astra, author of Unmourned

You are V. Frankenstein, a science prodigy with an ambitious streak a mile wide. The eldest child of the Frankenstein family, you went to university to further your understanding of the world, and made a name for yourself as a hard-working innovator and radical thinker. Unsatisfied with the academia-approved learnings your teachers saught to instill upon you, you’ve instead turned your attention to a goal more suited to your ambitions: discovering the secret of life.

After spending the better part of a year perfecting your craft and selecting the finest speciments for your experiment, you succeed in doing what none thought possible — you’ve reanimated a body carefully pieced together from multiple corpses. Now, it’s time to face the consequences of your actions.

Read more about Unmourned [here]

Demo TBA | Discord

Tags: retelling, thriller

Eleana, author of Heart of Flame: The Unforseen Flame

You were born into an impoverished family— an impoverished Fae family. Not that there were any wealthy ones left. You have lived a life filled with hardships and scrutiny, but you’ve persevered. Keeping your head high and your heart pure. You knew that your life would be filled with these people. Filled with the hateful looks and the barbed words, and you were prepared for that. You were prepared to live a life in the shadows of everyone else.

Until one event changes your life forever. You’re chosen by a dragon and become a Dragon Rider.

The only problem?

There has never been a commoner chosen before. So you’re not only the first Fae Dragon Rider but the first commoner Dragon Rider as well? Your life has just gotten exponentially harder, but with new places come new friends—and possibly even more.

Explore the world of Gallinia and become the greatest Dragon Rider the world has ever seen!

Your journey starts here…

Demo | Discord

Tags: fantasy 

Faede, author of Full Moon

Welcome to Maryville, Indiana; more of a collection of houses that are close to each other than a town, but it’s home. But something strange is afoot in Maryville, and you’re about to end up right in the thick of it. Your life as a simple farmer is about to change forever.

Read more about Full Moon [here]

Demo TBA

Tags: supernatural, romance

Ian, author of The Masked Defenders & Dartun Station

The City of Cascadia is in peril as a new super powered villain rocks the ocean city. Couple that with mysterious disappearances and one very persistent vigilante, the city is close to collapsing into chaos. Luckily for its citizens, a team of superheroes is already on hand to deal with the mounting crisis. The newly reformed Masked Defenders. Though it’s up to fate, and their ability to work together, to whether or not they’re capable of such a feat.

Take on the role as a government agent tasked with ensuring that these superheroes succeed in their efforts to restore the peace. Make friends, or enemies, and maybe find something more in a city rife with danger at every turn. And maybe uncover secrets that were never meant to see the light.

Read more about The Masked Defenders [here] and read about Dartun Station [here]

Masked Defenders demo | Dartun Station demo TBA

Tags: superhero

Jasper, author of Crosshollow Foundations and the short stories, An Angel Among the Aspens & 13 Laurel Road

Taking place around the turn of the century, you take on the role of an ancient, incorporeal being. Many centuries ago, following a series of bad decisions, you found yourself here on Earth. To maintain your link to the physical world you must maintain a “tether” to a human- a psychic bond that can only be broken by death. And death is always close at hand, as you are being pursued by another of your kind- somebody with a grudge and infinite patience to take out his revenge.

Alongside your most recent tether, Tobias (customizable name- this is simply the default), you have been traveling around North America and staying far away from your pursuer. Short on cash, the two of you find yourselves hiding out in the remote mining towns of the Colorado mountains. The people here are not quite as they seem, however- and as tensions rise in the community and your pursuer draws near, you find yourself at the center of a conflict of both rural and cosmic proportions.

Read more about Crosshollow Foundations [here]

Crosshollow Foundations demo TBA | An Angel Among the Aspens | 13 Laurel Road

Tags: supernatural, speculative

Lukas, author of Novus

One night, you are woken from your dreams as the ground below your humble farmhouse trembles. Your window frames smoke rising beyond the beanstalk field. Running on fumes of your own, ladled in concern, you venture outside until you come across a crash site… guarded by a heavily armed humanoid creature.

Your vision fades to black.

Know this, young one: your journey has only just begun.

Read more about Novus [here]

Demo TBA

Tags: science fiction

Mason, author of Veil: Prophecy & Dead Men’s Tales: Sunrise

In a world similar to ours where magic is known to exist, but not particularly common, humans live together in large cities away from the dangers of the earth-bound spirits in the wilds beyond. Conjurers like you are able to commune with the spirits that live in the Otherworld, a world filled with dangerous spirits that is separated from your own world by the Veil. Spirits slip through the Veil occasionally, or they can be brought over via demonic contracts with conjurers. Both of these scenarios terrify ordinary humans who find solace in a prophecy that promises a chosen one who will strengthen the Veil, permanently sealing all spirits and magic away in the Otherworld forever.

Read more about Veil: Prophecy [here] and read about Dead Men’s Tales: Sunrise [here]

Demo

Tags: urban fantasy

Nyehilism, author of Sentinel & Project Hadea

You’re frozen, unable to move as you meet bloodshot eyes. You can’t breathe, can’t think. There’s an awful familiarity, and for just a moment, you feel like you’re looking in a mirror, your warped reflection snarling back at you. Then there’s a crack, loud enough to break the spell, and the monster s c r e a m s.

A brutal murder rocks the balance of your life. An old friend is lying to you, and a stranger knows more than he’s telling. You dream of people and places you’ve never seen, of flowers and buildings and vast strange skies - and during the day, you’re hunted by a creature like nothing you’ve seen before. We all have demons, but you hadn’t expected yours to follow you through death.

Your past has caught up with you, and it has teeth.

Read more about Sentinel [here] read about Project Hadea [here]

Sentinel Demo | Project Hadea Demo | Author’s Ko-fi 

Tags for Sentinel: urban fantasy, horror

Tags for Project Hadea: sci-fi, +18

Pol, author of All Paths Lead to the Underground

Welcome to Deadline, the city of the lost ones. Here, in the near dystopian future, there’re only two ways to survive: engage in something illegal or pretend that you don’t notice anything that’s happening around you. Too bad that the latter one isn’t that easy in a place like this, where you need to be on guard every other minute in order to get through the day and not catch a bullet. Trying to live like normal people do wasn’t ever an option for you anyway, whether you like it or not.

And now you’re a mercenary who works side-by-side with a group of poor souls who are also unfortunate enough to be stuck in the same position. But there’s a problem, of course, because you’re not entirely human yourself, and it’s the fact that constantly puts your companions in danger whenever they’re with you. Not only this, you also have some other unplesant things to take care of, but let’s deal with it a little bit later. The consequences of the things you’ve done, or were forced to, are hot on your heels and are threatening to crush you at any moment. You’re pretty certain that your strength, that goes far beyond the limits of human abilities, can help you withstand everything that’s coming for you. But it’s not always about strength and power, is it? The beast inside of you is trying to take over, and day by day it becomes more persistent.

Can you stand against it and retain your sanity, or will you succumb to the madness like many others? Lose yourself in the icy embrace of the darkness, or fight it until your last breath?

Well, the choice is yours only.  

Be careful and remember, all paths lead to the Underground.

Read more about All Paths Lead to the Underground [here]

Demo TBA 

Tags: 18+, dystopian

#HAPPY PRIDE MONTH YALL #game recs

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there are some creatures outside btw

#ASJEHIORHW(RU@(W)EUF(WERJHTOI $HTJWJEHFOPWKDF<DSAWE<FW #PEAKWEIOJFWe

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Update, 5/21/21.

hey, pals. i just thought i’d write a little update post to let you know what i’ve been up to! :-)

currently, i’m working on translating the chicken scratch from my notebook into twine, so i can get the demo up and running. other than that, i’m still writing up those short info posts for the rest of the ROs!

i also finalized the heights of the ROs using a height comparison site:

Kaelia: 7 foot 3 inches. Alixer: 6 foot 2 inches. (sorry dude you’re now 2cm shorter) Brisea: 7 foot 1 inch. Kase: 7 foot 4 inches. ???: 5 foot 3 inches.

and if you can’t tell... yes, there’s now a fifth RO! you can expect more info with either the demo update or after i’ve finished the other three’s posts! whichever happens first. that’s up to fate (and my time management)

lastly, feel free to send any questions, concerns, etc. you may have and i’ll answer to the best of my ability!

thank you for reading! ♡

#novus #update #>:) #I M EXCITED TO HAVE THE DEMO UP

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would an alien think im pretty

#tag your mc #EJIFAOJWEIOFJAW

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It’s okay when I do things that are evil because I’m sexy

#alixer #AHEATIOHW$TU@(RJP(EJAFEWAWD

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Meet the ROs!

First up is the broody boy, Alixer, who identifies as male and uses he/him pronouns. He’s native to Maveas and is the equivalent of 24 in Earth years. He also stands at 190 centimeters (6 foot 2 inches) and hates the color red. Rather unfortunate, given the circumstances.

Not shown in the portrait above is a thick scar that starts beneath his right eye, running diagonal across his nose.

Alixer is not always easy to get along with as he doesn’t mince words nor does he waste them, and he dislikes it when others do. Generally, he strays away from groups of people and usually does his own thing.

He specializes in stealth, wears basic all-black armor with a face cover and wields two double-sided knives.

He wasn’t in his cell for more than a day before you ended up captured as well. It’s been a while since he’s interacted with someone without hostility involved—needless to say, he’s interested to see how you adapt.

#interactive fiction #if wip #if #wip #twine #novus #alixer #info #this is short but that is the point friends #ro info

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wtf do you say after you kiss someone? 

#alixer is op #kase is the reply

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knifehack

#kase #just realized how kase this is. godspeed.

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Novus and Its Inhabitants.

The Eci.

A sentient species residing far beyond the Milky Way, in a galaxy they call Novus. The Eci could be described as metallic, reflecting light off of their skin, hair and eyes. That light could be a specific color or a myriad of colors.

On average, they reach 260 centimeters (8 foot 5 inches) in height and live for one thousand years. The taller you are, the older you are, the wiser you supposedly are—thus, the tallest individuals are the ones in positions of power.

They particularly value knowledge and most of their society is fluent in multiple languages native to other sentient species, including languages from Earth.

The mainland.

Eccel is the origin of the Eci species and the home of its monarchy.

Beneath the current queen’s rule, there is a single, monarchy-elected minister in charge of each planet’s people. They are expected to report everything to the queen and look to her to make decisions, never making choices themselves.

The greatest number of replicants—androids with an eerie resemblance to humankind—live on Eccel. However, most of them are just servants to the aristocrats and do not live a free life.

The topopolis.

Licis is an artificially constructed rotating habitat (example) surrounding Eccel. It is home to endless lakes, rivers, lush valleys and meadows.

There is a catch: not a single plant or species of animal are native to the land, so the majority of what was brought over are now either endangered or already extinct. The powers that be, especially the monarchy, vehemently deny this as fact and have stated, “No fauna, nor flora, has reached extinction under the care of our scientists. Do not follow the words of heretics.”

It’s important to note that while they did relocate fauna from different planets, they brought only ones that would not pose a threat to society when assimilating and when interacting with residents. Carnivorous and/or dangerous creatures were left on their native planets.

The rimworld.

Maveas is the planet that sustained the greatest loss with the construction of Licis. It lies at the very edge of the Novus star system and has been sucked dry of nearly all life. Once brimming with the same luscious greenery that spans most of the topopolis’ land, Maveas is dim and grey, the only lights in the sky the far-off sun and colors beaming off of both Eccel and Licis.

It’s home to most of the Eci’s lower class, as the cost of living on the mainland and its daughter-in-orbit greatly outweighs Maveas.

Those born native to Novus’ rimworld are usually shorter in height and their body reflects less light. There is also a growing amount of replicants relocating to Maveas, as it’s the one place where they are treated as equals.

Criminal and gang activity are at an all-time high lately, more than likely due to tensions between the monarchy and the residents of the rimworld.

#i'm gonna be updating this with more info eventually more than likely #i just wanted 2 start getting things out of my notebook and onto this Bloge #interactive fiction #if #if wip #novus #info