#fallenlightsif

[fallenlightsif]

As a treat, I have officially posted The Rending's Prologue for all Free Members over on Patreon!

Check it out here and let me know what you think!

The Rending is a prequel novel set in the world of Fallen Lights centering around Odesus and Taras Sidorov, his Chosen. It will be released in a serial fiction style with one chapter being published on Patreon every month for all paid members.

#fallenlightsif #the rending

[honeylemonbutte]

Recently played Falling Lights (@fallenlightsif) from the very beginning and I can't stop thinking about this:

Do you think that Emilia misses when the MC would braid her hair? Do you think she's touch-starved for when they would sit together, knees brushing without realizing? Or a casual shoulder bump or friendly hand-touch?

I think I have a problem when I think about childhood friends who later hate each other, or fight or become enemies. Hell, even if they lose touch and stop being friends. (MY PROBLEM IS THAT I LOVE IT)

My MC is Mirabelle and I'm actually also working on her adult face, hair and outfit (slowly).

#help i'm drawing #fallenlightsif #back to watercolor my favorite medium #except when i get a little green (???) on my brush when I'm mixing emilia's face and don't realize it #sooooo she looked just a little ogre but i'm not starting over #so then i have to fix shit in photoshop #totally love working with paints!!!! HAHAHAHA?

[disenchantedif]

PATREON

*Patreon charges up front and will then charge you on your subscription date, not on the first of the month.

August 2023 Patreon Schedule

The pretty, summery colors are in stark contrast to the content planned lol.

Polls for August have been posted, and Wraith and Fae tier commission stories for July are being sent out through this Sunday (8/6).

July Wrap Up

•RO POV (Disenchanted, Theo) and Spicy Side Story (Disenchanted, Viktor)

•Disenchanted Ch 2 (not yet public)

•Fallen Lights Ch 2 (now public)

•The Poly Side Story, Ezrah's Side Story, and Jealousy-themed stories are wrapping up through the first week of August while the new polls are still up. Polls will close 8/7.

August Plans

•8/5 - Disenchanted mini-update including primordial horrors, Owler and Spellgram, drunk Luci, more bestie squad content, and Penny looking for sushi. *Please read the CONTENT WARNINGS once the update post is released!!*

•8/7 - Reaper's Bay update that is a complete re-work of Chapter One: Darker Waters. This update includes Mari, Striker, Micah, Jay, Eli, and Kai (briefly).

•8/14 - RO POV. The poll for voting on the RO POV will close on 8/7.

•8/16 - Spicy Side Story. The poll for voting on the Spicy Side Story will close on 8/7.

•8/21 - Poly Side Story. The poll will be posted one week prior on 8/14. The poll for voting on the Spicy Side Story will close on 8/7.

•8/24 - Ezrah's Side Story (Fallen Lights).

•8/25 - The first chapter of Mikhail and Taisiya's story (Disenchanted).

•The Unseelie has something brewing...we'll see...

*Themed stories (once the poll closes on 8/7) will be posted continually throughout August and September (the theme lasts for two months).

Once again, thank you all for your support. July was rough due to health issues, but I'm hopeful August will run smoother for us all. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to reach out and contact me.

#dakotawritesif #disenchantedif #fallenlightsif #reapersbayif #theunseelieif #patreon content

[dakotawritesif]

OC’S AS PLANETS

Tagged to do this uquiz by @stephschoices who also drew the art featured for the characters below except Cier, Emil, and Dima done by MirageIllustrations on Etsy 🪐

I’ll tag @grapecaseschoices @kalorphic @illbealive-nextyear @ot-hoe-me @icanmakewords (no pressure tho)

Did my Fallen Lights (@fallenlightsif) boys this time ✨

SATURN

patient. stable. reliable. preserving and diligent. your capacity to hold focus on something you choose to is unmatched by all other planets. you were made for hard work that you love and that you know is rewarding. you are the shoulder that everyone wants to cry on, so remember you can lean on yourself when it seems there is no one else. there is nothing wrong with being self sufficient. you are justice and evenly balanced scales.

URANUS

innovative. unpredictable. resourceful. imaginative. creativity in science and disruption. oh, uranus. you were dealt the cards that don't have much to offer, but luckily you can always make them work. you are acrylic paint that has been plastered over the same canvas so many times that it is starting to have those little grooves of texture. you are ever-changing and suddenly it stops. and starts again. keep moving. nothing is wrong with not wanting to sit still.

VENUS

passionate. romantic. loving to be loved. courtship. adoration and taste. you are your own personal aesthetic. you are hand written love letters in copper ink. you are "let me show you just how much i can love you." you are royalty and class. love has no bounds with you. your heart is wrapped in chocolate tin foil. you attract what you manifest so keep believing in love. it is you and you, it.

MERCURY

clever. intelligent and witty. wisdom, sharpness, anxiety and indecisiveness. you are the comedian. the "make someone laugh if they are crying" kind of lover. you dont want to think too much about anything because that stops you from just having fun, but your brain doesn't ever shut off. you are curious and never ending. forecast and shadows. the smell of clean sheets.

EARTH

nurturing, generous and caring. introverted, tolerant, honest and trustworthy. you are "my phone is always on, call me any time." you are "i feel like i'm everyone's therapist." you are impressive with your stability and peacefulness. you are wallpapers of cows and fields of ever-growing seeds. you are the best friend. mother nature. ice cold water and the smell of rain.

JUPITER

optimistic. hopeful. generous and compassionate. you are the guardian angel. you are 4:44 am and a sense of being watched over. you enrich the lives of others just by existing and caring for them. you give as many blessings as you receive and there is always more to go around. careful not to become too over-confident in these abilities. what makes you jupiter is your belief that ego has no part in caring and love. you are softness and the smell of almond coffee.

#myifs #fallenlightsif #florian vasil #dimitri volkov #julian fortier #e renaud #cier katsaros #orion morosov

[violetnshenanigans]

I tried drawing my MC Aster from @fallenlightsif with her brother Ezrah. I'm not entirely sure how old they'd be in the picture, but I think Aster would be 5 or 6 ish?

Anyways, here are the adorable siblings! The line work isn't quite right, but I can't really fix it so I'll pretend there's nothing wrong (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)

#violetnshenanigans #drawing #fallenlights #Fallen Lights #fl: art #ezrah rhys #fallenlightsif

[nyikondlovu]

If I’ve replayed the demo for @fallenlightsif like five times and fallen for each RO look away pls.

#fallenlightsif #listen- it’s too good #like #author ate that #the pen was hot #IF #interactive fiction #go read #Florian my beloved #E my emotionally constipated beloved #Marcie my sweet baby angel #d my clumsy giant himbo

[halsinsbiggernaturals]

I've been wanting to post some of my MCs for IFs besides SHOH for a while, so I decided to start out with @dakotawritesif 's four amazing IFs!

Upper Left: Alina Rhys (Fallen Lights): Flirting with Florian, but Ezrah will always be her #1 boy. Loves her brother very much, and is studying magic (alchemy/elemental). Pretty cheerful, friendly, and fiercely defensive of those she cares about. Probably the most well adjusted of the MCs...FOR NOW.

Upper Right: Reina Davis (The Unseelie): Don't really know a lot about her yet, except that she appreciates her best friend, and misses her boyfriend a whole lot. Is she okay? No. But surely time will heal all wounds....right?

Bottom Left: Lyana Vailia AKA Nell van Dalen (Reaper's Bay): Pale hair, pale skin, gray eyes...her entire family is dead, and her appearance and distant demeanor makes her seem as though she's already joined them. She works for The Red Fortune, hoping his reputation will keep her from joining her sister. But when they meet, well...maybe she'll appreciate more than his protection.

Bottom Right: Elena (AKA Elly) Naess (Disenchanted): A sorcerer with a penchant for alchemy and wind magic. She did not take her fall from grace...well, gracefully. Bitter, disillusioned, and angry, she's perfectly happy to let Theo kneecap people for her, and leans on him and Viktor for support. Or maybe...leans on them for other reasons??

#should i tag everything orz #fallenlightsif #theunseelieif #reapersbayif #disenchantedif #idk how many of these i'm gonna do #but i love dakota's IFs so i thought i'd do my MC for each #my OCs

[pierceaugust]

@fallenlightsif

Nikolas 'Nik' Rhys (they/them)

· 。ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆°.

24 yrs old (born in autumn), 181cm, queer unlabeled, conjuring mage + speed

ROs: Florian Vasil, Rowan Lozano, Ari Novik, Dimitri Volkov, Marcella Dumont

(Faceclaim: N/A for now)

(Template: @/templatepsds)

MORE INFO UNDER THE CUT

· 。ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ.

not alot but im working on it!

has a great relationship with their brother, ezrah and cares for him dearly

wishes their mom cared, cried when revisiting

comforted florian when he got yelled at (romanced or not)

thats all i can think of for now, will update as i go 🤷‍♂️🫶

#fallen lights #fallen lights if #fallenlightsif #interactive fiction #kcs ocs #oc template #character template

[to-where-all-paths-lie]

Tagged by @dakotawritesif. And since they tagged me, i’ll be feature all of my MCs from their games here!​

i’ll tag @franzinyte-writes​, @meltingpenguins​, @nickojellobellosworld​ (no pressure, though)

rules: create a look-book for one (or more) of your ocs using this meiker and then take this uquiz and share their results

Jean Rhys @fallenlightsif​ (leftmost) [they/he]

Lily of the Valley. This is the poison of giving too much. You feel yourself emptying out, dizzying, discoloring-- until you fear you will fade entirely and wither away. You have always had to give. You never had a choice before. They pluck your flowers for their beauty, they trample your leaves carelessly, they pull out your roots by the fistful and berate you for daring to grow. And now that you have a grove to spread out in, your rhizomes tangle and curl in on themselves. When cruelty is all you've ever known, thriving seems impossible. But the answer is not to make yourself small and offer every lovely thing you are to the world in the hopes it will have mercy on you. The answer is to let yourself dare to thrive for thriving's sake, to grow in the wild ways you wish to-- and to do that for yourself for once.

Carnelian Rose @disenchantedif​ (middle) [he/they/xe]

Lily of the Valley. This is the poison of giving too much. You feel yourself emptying out, dizzying, discoloring-- until you fear you will fade entirely and wither away. You have always had to give. You never had a choice before. They pluck your flowers for their beauty, they trample your leaves carelessly, they pull out your roots by the fistful and berate you for daring to grow. And now that you have a grove to spread out in, your rhizomes tangle and curl in on themselves. When cruelty is all you've ever known, thriving seems impossible. But the answer is not to make yourself small and offer every lovely thing you are to the world in the hopes it will have mercy on you. The answer is to let yourself dare to thrive for thriving's sake, to grow in the wild ways you wish to-- and to do that for yourself for once.

Sanderiana “Sandra” Panganiban @theunseelieif (rightmost) [she/they/xe]

Belladonna. This is the poison of falling in love. You taste it and your heart beats fast. Your eyes dilate, you fall into deep delirium. You may be a bit dramatic and impulsive, and it gets you into trouble sometimes, but you just can't help yourself. It's in your blood. You love because it is the truest beauty you've found in this harsh world. Even when it's hurt you before, when it's poisoned you, you still find a way. They may call you naive for still believing in it, or vain for making yourself and your surroundings so meticulously lovely. But to love like this is brave and noble, and I hope you find the beauty you seek. Chances are, it's within and all around you already, if you know where to look.

#theunseelieif #fallenlightsif #disenchantedif #dakota smith #interactive fiction #jean rhys (fallen lights) #carnelian rose (disenchanted) #sanderiana sandra panganiban (the unseelie) #didn't expect for jean and carnelian to have the same result

[dannydoteggg]

Emil and my MC Myr from the lovely @fallenlightsif

#like that reins scene dude ahhhhhhh #just replayed it for the update and oh gosh do i love it #and by it i mean Emil hahahaha yup #anyways recommend fallen lights if #its a good time #im a big fan #and also idk how to draw reins and i dont care #fallen lights if #fl if #my art

[interact-if]

Hi, do you know of any IFs that include family drama? There was one IF that I can’t remember the name but you visit your family after your mother was murdered. Thank you

Hi Anon, here's a list of interactive fictions that include family drama. If anyone has any further suggestions, feel free to reply and we'll add them to the list, thank you!

Completed:

Blood Money by @hpowellsmith

Blood Moon by @barbwritesstuff

Dragon Racer by @13leaguestories

Fernweh Saga: Book One by @lacunafiction

Never Date Werewolves by Rebecca Zahabi

New Year's Eve, 2019 by @cyberpunklesbian

Pageant by @cyberpunklesbian

Portrait of a Texas Family (VN) by Lookout Drive Games

Rent-a-Vice by Natalie Theodoridou

The Parenting Simulator by Matt Simpson

Twofold (VN) by @vnstudioelan

Demos:

Blood Legacies by @bloodlegacies

Checkmate in 3 Moves by @checkmatein3moves

College Tennis: Origin Story by @collegetennisoriginstory

Crown of Exile by @ramonag-if

Dear Diary, We Created a Plothole! by @ddwcaph-game

Exiled From Court by @beeanca-writing

Fallen Lights by @fallenlightsif

Golden by @milaswriting

Hollowed Minds by @shai-manahan

Larkin by @larkin-if 

Merry Crisis by @merrycrisis-if

Runaway by @ericclem

Speaker by @speakergame

The Bastard of Camelot by @llamagirl28

The Deal: Act One Inferno by @thedeal-if

The Exile by @exilethegame

The Hunger Within by @thehungerwithin-if

The Sky Left Us (VN) by Rat Worm Games

Undead Heir by @undeadheir-if 

Vendetta by @vendetta-if

When The Moon Bleeds by @whenthemoonbleeds-if

No Demos:

In Her Shadow by @in-her-shadow-if

#if: rec list #interact if asks #family drama #family relationships #interactive fiction #drama

[fallenlightsif]

The public release is here! Play Chapter Three of Fallen Lights now!

Please refresh the page before launching the game and do not play off of an old save!

In this chapter, you will...

✨ Come face to face with mortality.

✨ Meet someone you don't know, but who certainly knows you. Multiple someones, actually.

✨ Cuddle up on a horse with your certain someone. Or don't, it's up to you.

✨ Get closer and closer to Myrine...and your destiny.

#fallenlightsif #interactive fiction #twine game #twine wip

[stephschoices]

Julian from @fallenlightsif in a heart cut out shirt 🫠

#first art of 2024 ✌🏻 #my art

[dakotawritesif]

OC’S AS POISONOUS PLANTS

Tagged by @stephschoices 🖤

I’ll tag @grapecaseschoices @illbealive-nextyear @ot-hoe-me @playbychoices @icanmakewords @to-where-all-paths-lie (no pressure guys!)

rules: create a look-book for one (or more) of your ocs using this meiker and then take this uquiz and share their results

Btw I totally used this as an excuse to do some of my girlies in a modern style 💕

Marcella Dumont, @fallenlightsif (top left)

Lily of the Valley; This is the poison of giving too much. You feel yourself emptying out, dizzying, discoloring-- until you fear you will fade entirely and wither away. You have always had to give. You never had a choice before. They pluck your flowers for their beauty, they trample your leaves carelessly, they pull out your roots by the fistful and berate you for daring to grow. And now that you have a grove to spread out in, your rhizomes tangle and curl in on themselves. When cruelty is all you've ever known, thriving seems impossible. But the answer is not to make yourself small and offer every lovely thing you are to the world in the hopes it will have mercy on you. The answer is to let yourself dare to thrive for thriving's sake, to grow in the wild ways you wish to-- and to do that for yourself for once.

Josie Ellington, @theunseelieif (top right)

Hemlock; This is the poison of intense fear. Your body trembles, your flesh burns. Your limbs won't respond to you. You convulse. You can't seem to control the fear. It seems that it has always lived within you. You hesitate, you agonize, and that breeds regret. Sometimes it threatens to overwhelm you, and that frightens you more than anything. But panic is survival mode in overdrive, and something within you knows you must live. Creation seems to be the only balm for you. Perhaps you survive so stubbornly because you have stories that must be told, songs that must be sung. Soothe your stage fright. The path from surviving to thriving is having a good garden to grow in. And you can't do that completely alone.

Ilaria Thayer, @fallenlightsif (bottom left)

Doll's Eyes; This is the poison of unchecked vices. You slip into hallucinations. You are wracked with convulsions. The delirium threatens to overwhelm you. What are you running from? You look in every direction, wild-eyed at every turn, seeking some reprieve from what torments you. Each vice brings new consequences, and the price of escape seems too great, and yet you cannot seem to face things head on. If you aren't running from yourself, I hope you find a true way to freedom soon. And if you are running from yourself, perhaps you would do well to realize your pain is not something you can simply escape by avoidance. You deserve healing just as much as the ones you love. Someday, soon I hope, you will know this and feel it and reach inward to grant yourself all the kindnesses you offer others. That is the only true way to peace for ones like us. Oh, and if the pain of it seems too great? I hope that you realize you don't have to do it alone.

Ari Novik, @fallenlightsif (bottom right)

Belladonna; This is the poison of falling in love. You taste it and your heart beats fast. Your eyes dilate, you fall into deep delirium. You may be a bit dramatic and impulsive, and it gets you into trouble sometimes, but you just can't help yourself. It's in your blood. You love because it is the truest beauty you've found in this harsh world. Even when it's hurt you before, when it's poisoned you, you still find a way. They may call you naive for still believing in it, or vain for making yourself and your surroundings so meticulously lovely. But to love like this is brave and noble, and I hope you find the beauty you seek. Chances are, it's within and all around you already, if you know where to look.

#fallenlightsif #theunseelieif #marcella dumont #ilaria thayer #ari novik #josie ellington

[ot-hoe-me]

Hopping on the picrew bandwagon and am presenting my MCs for three of Dakota’s IFs.

Top Left: Alina Rhys from @fallenlightsif - is primarily an illusionist mage, and is on the Florian/Emil poly as well as the Florian/Orion poly (haven’t decided which is her ‘canon’ route though.) ((Outfit isn’t accurate but it was the closest I could get rip))

Top Right: Sana Ahmed from @disenchantedif is a nephilim with raven-coloured wings who is in love with both of her best friends, Viktor and Theodore.

Bottom Left: Juliana Coppola is also from @disenchantedif and is a siren whose gills are always visible, and shifts to have a blue and green mermaid tail and scales in water. Lucia is her ex-girlfriend, and Avery is her ‘canon' endgame boyfriend. Her primary nickname is Julia, but she’ll answer to any diminuative of her first name.

Bottom Right: Evandra Vailia is from @reapersbayif along with being the last remaining heir to House Vailia, and the rightful crown princess to the Navran throne; Evandra has also cultivated a reputation as an informant of repute over the years as well as honing her skills with a blade and pistol - although she much prefers the latter. Her sole goal in life is to avenge her family, and doesn’t give much thought to her own fate or Navra’s after everything is said and done - at least, not at first. Andra is on the Kai/M!Finn, Kai/Adrianus, and Kai/Laurie poly routes. I don’t know which will be her ‘canon’ route yet, so I’m just going to have to wait and play first to be able to decide. ((’scuse the outfit not being period accurate, the clothing options were mostly modern so I had to choose according to vibes lol.))

My Unseelie MCs will be in a separate post once I figure out names and all the routes I’ll be playing.         

#My OC #My OCs #Alina Rhys #Sana Ahmed #Julia Coppola #Evandra Vailia

[inourselveswetrust]

Hi I hope your doing well ! I was wondering if you have favorite IFs , especially ones that also involves the police ? I really love your game and I'm so eager to read more !! and can I ask what was your inspiration behind making this ?

I hope you're doing well too! 💙

Is it bad that I can't remember my inspiration for IOWT? Generally, my ideas come from a combination of other media, music and random ideas when I'm trying to fall asleep at ungodly hours. Most often I watch television shows or movies and think "What if this happened?" then my thoughts spiral from there for hours.

As for recommendations, @interact-if has some great recommendations. Check out this list and this list for some great policing and detective-related options!

As for my some of my favourite IFs, buckle up! I've listed these in no particular order. Games listed with an asterisk* are crime/mystery/detective-esque.

*When Twilight Strikes by @evertidings

*Sinners and Saints by @sinnersandsaints-linwrites

*Swallow the Dark by @swallowthedark

*Olympus: Secret Services by @ekgfiction

*We All Bleed Red by @lost-kiwi-dev

*Whiskey-Four by Bacondoneright

*The Numbers Game by @thenumbersgameif

*Thrill Seeker by @thrill-seeker-if

*Hollowed Minds by @shai-manahan

Wolfsbane by @wolfsbane-if

Raiders of the Caravan by @leftski-if

The Exile by @exilethegame

Golden by @milaswriting

Water to Blood by @veirsewrites

Fallen Lights by @fallenlightsif

The King's Hound by @the-kingshound

Deliverance by @deliverance-the-game

Crown of Exile by @ramonag-if

I, the Forgotten One by Bacondoneright

The Sword of Rhivenia by @theswordofrhivenia

Shepherds of Haven by @shepherds-of-haven

Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian by @defiledheartsblog

Virtue's End by @virtues-end

#other ifs #recommendations #anon ask