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Hope you are doing well. Take care!

I am...doing okay. I've just been and will continue to be busy in the foreseeable future. That and I have quite a few health appointments to get to 😭 You take care as well!

And as an aside, I'm in the process of porting this game over to twine because...I just prefer the twine medium.

#i need to stop sleeping all day as well #that'd be nice

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is the demo out already? I can not find it

The demo isn't out yet. I want it to be out when I've finished the prologue + interlude but that'll take some time.

#i've been incredibly busy and stressed this year #so i'm taking it one step at a time with my projects #i also need to be in the right headspace to write which. i have not

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Could you recommend some IF or VNs with AI ROs? Not robots, but specifically a disembodied AI. Thank you!

Hey! We haven’t been able to find many AI ROs, but here’s what we’ve got! In the list are some IFs that have AI characters, however they are not romance able. 

If you have suggestions for any IF with AI (artificial intelligence) ROs, please feel free to let us know and we’ll add it to the list!

//TODO-today by Boys Laugh+

Up & Coming (no demo yet!)

Partially Stars by @partiallystarsif

The Everheart Thief by @everheart-if

Non-Romanceable AI Characters:

lost birds by @if-lostbirds

Project Hadea by @nyehilismwriting

Valhalla by @palette-jack

SPS Iron Hammer by @manonamora-if

#pspsps HUGO #disembodied ai? check! #also [redacted] as well... #if: rec list

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i LOVE cheating men must die so this is right up my alley and oh my god it sounds so fun!! currently deciding between whether i'd choose Eve or Antony and I haven't even met them yet lol

how about...playthroughs for both of them 😏 you can have both ur angel and ur devil! its a win win

#HUGO is based on the system from cheating men must die ngl #they were originally gonna have an animal form but i scrapped that #unless its a dragon we do not kiss animals here /hj

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I'm the one who asked about HUGO facts and I wanted to apologize!! They just seem neat and I wanted to know more about them, but I can be more specific in the future!!

no no it's fine! i think i was too rough aha. i do prefer specific questions, but i think i'm also up for these ones too!

#i legit had a hard time coming up w the answer to the HUGO question #but i think i'm better prepared now

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Hope everything goes alright for you, dear author! 💕

i can tell you...it hasn't unfortunately 😔 dealing w health problems (both mental and physical), work issues, school excursions which cuts time away from working and also keeping up w other hobbies 🥴

#but i always think about this game #i've thought a lot about eve and anri lately #i've been talking about it w my bro as well #i'm def still into this game

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MC in my IF would be from Peru *evil laugh*

You are the first author who says about this problem! It has annoyed me for a long time, I haven't even seen other people feel the same way.

I can understand why so many games take place in American cities or "typical" small towns similar to those I know from Stephen King's books. After all, many of the writers (especially in the CoG/HG community) are Americans. So they take inspiration from what they know, the places where they live... However I just can't help but grimace when so many of my MCs has to be Americans 😩 It would be really nice if option of choosing origin, nationality was added more often, even if story is set in the USA.

The Overtaken @theovertaken was refreshing to me, although MC is set - Portuguese who moved with their family to England - but it's interesting imao, and somehow unique.

Also I think in Novaturient @kalorphic MC did not have to be born in the UK even if they have been living and working there for years 🤔 MC's nationality can be unspecified which, in my opinion is great idea, because anyone could imagine country their MC come from.

Some people just want to be themselves in IFs and while I'm not really one of them, seeing the MC be American when there really isn't a need for it kinda bothers me. I'd say the same thing about being British, but those types of IFs don't actually come up a lot for me.

I feel like the addition of just being able to pick being not born or raised in America would solve my problem, even if it isn't all that descriptive. I genuinely think it could add a more relatable and different experience to IFs!

Also, thank you for the recs! Both sound very interesting and I'll be sure to check them out!

#i have heard the term budget british before #and other such terms #so i'm not big of a fan of being defaulted as british either #but thats on me #anyway i think i'll end the topic here for now bc i'm a bit tired and slightly anxious and thank you to all the anons! #i'm still accepting recs! and if u want to talk about some more #my dms are open!

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I personally think that most IFs are set in America because it is a “safe” choice of setting (especially if you are white) because you are not going to cause as much upset if you get something about America wrong then you might with other cultures or countries especially those that have a history of being fetishised by authors who are not of that culture.

It is a hard line to walk, but I think that as long as you are very respectful and do a lot of research and listen to people then it is okay to branch out!

yeah I totally get that and its why I don't begrudge others that do it! It's ultimately more of preference for me in the end.

#i guess i just wish i had more explanation of some of the setting stuff? #i find there's a lack of explanation w american settings #i'd love to learn more about the places n stuff

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I feel like Eve would be the type to use 'mate' passive aggressively.

#note: normally people here don't do that #unless you're a polly #we use it like how someone would use buddy but it's...more than that as well #like a friendly stranger you'd share a drink with! #or eat a snag with #ro: eve #scum's demise #scum's demise if

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As someone who isn't American either, I can understand your frustration. Like you said, people write best what they know and are comfortable with and that shouldn't be condemned in the slightest! But I just wanna read and see other countries getting representation. It's one reason why I love A Tale Of Crowns, and The Golden Rose for example. I love the fact that so many more diverse settings and cultures are coming into the IF-Community, it makes me feel less invisible and it gives me a way to experience a specific culture a bit more instead of just hearing about it💞

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There are so many good diverse cultural IFs now and its great. I'd also like to recommend Eye of the Moon!

#can't really say much when i think you've said it perfectly! #i hope one day to see more indigeous ifs come along #also if anyone wants tips writing an australian ro or side chara...lemme know #and if anyone wants to recc some ifs to me i'd def appreciate it!!

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Yeah, American settings are def overdone in IF and I agree that English setting def are too (though mainly in Regency or Victorian IFs because people seem to forget that those periods happened elsewhere as well, while I can only think of like... 2 modern IFs that take place in England). Like there other places on Earth than those two countries (and the Anglosphere in general) and I'm begging for someone to make an IF that takes place in any other country, especially if someone set an IF in an African or South American country because there's literally no IFs that I know of and very few pieces of mainstream fiction in general that take place on the entirety of those two continents, which is absolutely ludicrous imo (and def has to do with racism but that's not what this discussion is about).

I also agree that there should be more diverse American settings. Pretty much all American IFs take place in NYC or California and while I've been to both of those places and enjoy them, I'm desperate for someone to write about like.... Wisconsin or something. Contrary to popular belief, the entirety of Americans don't live on either coast, so it'd be nice to just have IFs which take place in super normal towns in the midwest or something. It would at least offer some variety, especially because most Americans I know aren't from either coast and just lived in some small town in the middle of the country.

Idk, it's ultimately not a big deal, I just feel like people are missing a big opportunity here. Even a pretty common story concept can be made much more unique by a more uncommon setting, so it'd be cool if people started setting IFs in more diverse places, even if that's just a different part of the US.

modern english countryside if...modern english countryside if-ahem

But yeah, I agree and I think I wouldn't have the issue with it if I wasn't stuck playing as an American (I think foreigner perspectives would be cool?) and it mainly taking place in big cities and stuff. Maybe its just me, but I'd like to see more suburbs and the more scenic side of things. But I also know that I can't really say anything in regards to it because I...have no idea what else is in America sdfgdgdf. I think this is a problem with pop culture overall though.

I'm generally on the side of the creator when it comes to settings because if it fits your IF, then you are free to do what you want. You are free to write what you want as well! I'd never try and tell someone what to write. But it is frustrating to be in the same American city over and over again.

#ultimately its understandable #but its frustrating from an outsider perspective #i think there's a big opportunity in north american settings #but like you said a lot of the time its either california or new york #its getting real hard to distinguish these places

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I'm American and I'm also sick of American settings in things tbh. Like there's over 200 countries on modern day Earth alone, much less countries in the past and fictional places that absolutely don't need to be based off of America (or England sometimes).

Also when non Americans write American settings (generally to make them more mass marketable) it tends to be uhhh really obvious, though that's really not as important as having more interesting and diverse settings imo.

It's why I generally prefer non descriptive settings in modern ifs. It can be alienating to play as the same nationality that you are not over and over again. I'm not American, I'll never know the experience of being American and it can feel...excluding, to an extent. However, I also understand people just writing what they know best and I can't condemn that either. But also it wouldn't hurt to write out of your comfort zone either!

With that last point, I think you're spot on! And this kinda why I decided to not do that, even if I acknowledge that it would just be a knock off. The other reason is because I want more Australian rep in IFs...but then I feel authors would focus a lot on the accents...that would be not cool.

At the very least, if we can't get more diverse modern settings, then give us more diverse American settings.

#can't really comment on the england thing bc i have a craving for the english country side based ifs #i am a weak willed person when it comes to the country i will admit

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HUGO more like HUG-O (because I wanna hug them)

or maybe HUGE-O for their delightfully huge personality 😎

#ro: HUGO #it made sense in my head #but anyway #perhaps i'll allow u to physically hug HUGO #or maybe i won't mwahahaha #scum's demise #scum's demise if

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y'know what, since Irene is Australian, everyone will be Australian (except Anri, she's British).

#tbh i have gotten somewhat sick of american settings in ifs #i'm not american so its not really relatable to me #so instead of trying to do knock off american w/o any actual knowledge of america i'll just do an australian setting #of course you'll mostly be in diff worlds BUT

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What colors would the characters be?

HUGO: light blue

Eve: yellow

Anri: green

Tony: red (like a flag aha /j)

Rem: pink

#i was mostly joking about tony being a red flag #but red suits him like a glove #and its not just his hair #i always envisioned rem as pink #i'm real torn about giving their first incarnation pink hair #bc i really want to but idk #all ros #scum's demise if #scum's demise

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Do you have clear ideas as to Irina’s appearance or is that part still a work in progress?

Do you mean Irene? Yeah I have an appearance in mind for her. Short black hair worn in a layered bob, her eyes a lovely shade of brown and her skin is pale. Note: she isn't an RO.

#but you can befriend her! #irene is only her english name #she's korean australian #i've also changed my mind on what type of character i want her to be...in terms of personality #i want her to be a lil more energetic #a lil more open #shy personality wasn't jiving with me

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Tony living my ideal life with cats

You want to live the life of a cat loving villain? :0

#i mean me too #tony has it good #ro: antony #scum's demise if #scum's demise