#interactive fiction

[gb-patch]

You get to go in the fort 😳

Our Life: Now & Forever is a nostalgic Visual Novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood with your two closest neighbors. It’s currently in development by GB Patch Games.

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#our life #visual novel #dating sim #interactive fiction #our life: now & forever #gb patch #gb patch games

[qkayoostudio]

OUT NOW! A Tavern at Night: Firelight

Past, present, or future. What fate will the cards uncover?

After striking up conversation with a wandering terrifying mercenary in a remote tavern, he's agreed to travel together for a while before you go your separate ways. 

That separation is approaching soon.  To commemorate your final night together you suggest reading him his fortune; might be useful for the road ahead, right?

Except neither of you are particularly looking forward to saying goodbye..

PLAY IT HERE!

features:

♡ a cosy campfire

♡ chooseable pronouns

♡ a variety of fantasy-tarot readings

♡ multiple endings

#amaredev #visual novel #otome #otome game #indiedev #indie visual novel #fantasy #amare #amare dev #amare game #indie dev #romance game #interactive fiction #dating game #dating sim #romance sim #devlog #dungeons and dragons #dnd #orc #halforc

[sall3vv]

Matching nail polishes :3

I love them lmao (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

#a tale of crowns #art #fanart #oc #interactive fiction #fan crown #I love him sm bro

[twoandahalfstudios]

*falls over and drops this* OH NO...

how terrible... you've seen the 3D grimmy mousepad that will be available on our kickstarter next month...

(go follow!!!!!)

#visual novel #indie game #gamedev #vn #interactive fiction #a date with death #otome #two and a half studios

[thewitchofgriffithmanor]

[...] You are one of many young ladies sent to court to face your debut into polite society — to be introduced to all the bachelors of London in order to find a proper husband and live a proper life. But you need no introduction, for better or worse, as every single person in court has heard of you; you are the infamous “Witch of Griffith Manor”, rumoured to be the downfall of your family, the cause of death and despair. A pariah by birth.  You suspect you’ve been sent to court to simply be the entertainment, as no one expects you to truly fit in. And nor do you, to be quite honest. You’re a laughing stock, a humorous wallflower to the lot of them. You’re determined to shape your own future and find a way to leave your family and reputation behind. Fortunately for you, you’re not the only pariah in the midst.

The Witch of Griffith Manor is an 18+ text-based interactive fiction game that contains elements of the historical romance / gothic genres. The story features:

A customisable female main character; the player will determine her name, personality, abilities and physical appearance.

Three romance options, each with their own romance trope, which you can pursue or antagonise (or both).

Life at court — which, given the premise of the story, won’t be exactly idyllic, but the player will be able to either attempt to restore their reputation or make it even worse than initially established!

Multiple endings, depending on the mc's abilities, actions in court and romance pursued. Dominate polite society or leave it altogether. The choice is yours.

The demo will be published around may 15th 2024, and will include the entire prologue, in which the player will be able to fully customise the main character and be introduced to the world of the story.

DEMO TBA + Pinterest Board + Spotify Playlist + F.A.Q.

Archibald Archambeau (M), 26 years old, “Reforming the rake.” You’ve never met him, but have heard of him; he’s the tenth child of King George, albeit the only illegitimate one. Archibald Archambeau, alternatively titled “the half prince”, is rumoured to be cause of numerous scandals in London and to have caused the fall of many a young lady. Though he is, despite his bastard status, a very valuable bachelor, most of polite society will advice their own daughters against engaging with him. Physical description: Tall, with long, curly blonde hair, black eyes and an androgynous figure. The king of fashion excess.

Florence Hawthorne (F), 20 years old, “Enemies to lovers.” You’ve attended a private school with her; once, Florence Hawthorne was the favoured among all of the young ladies you knew at the time, extremely talented in many arts and languages, and rumoured to be the most eligible candidate for the royal first born and heir to the Empire. And yet, from what you’ve heard as of recently, the young baroness has been considered disgraced, ‘tainted’ — though you’ve yet to hear the whole story — and no longer holds the reputation required to look down on you as she once did. Physical description: Medium in height, with long, silky black hair, green eyes and a feminine figure. The queen of elegance at its finest.

Nadir Anwar (M), 28 years old, “Forbidden romance.” You’d never heard of him before your arrival in London; Nadir Anwar, ambassador to the Khedivate of Egypt and the viceroy’s son, has been at court for a while now. You’ve also heard that his position and permanence in England may be the result of a punishment — for what, no one seems to be certain. The court repeatedly hounds him for marriage proposals, though you suspect it may be to gain more status and political advantage with the royal family. Not that it matters, for it seems every proposal coming his way faces a brutal rejection. Physical description: Tall, with short, ruffled dark brown hair, grey eyes and a masculine figure. Dresses as modestly as his position allows him.

#interactive fiction #if #gothic #historical romance #romance

[oneknightstand-if]

Apocalypse is hard! So let’s give out some free hugs :)!

How would ROs react to MC wanting to hug them?

Let’s assume high affinity, because otherwise I feel there’re a couple ROs who might just smack MC in the face hahaha.

Also assuming this is a more lovey-dovey hug while out in public/surrounded by the others. A lot of the ROs will have very different responses depending upon the exact situations.

Merlin: They are nibbling. How, where, and in which way may be spoilers.

Adrian: Platonically offering his physical reassurance and-- is Lust MC grabbing his ass?!

Arthur: He's amused. Back in Camelot, people were very "art thou worthy to touch the king?" so he's been a bit touch-starved and is amused at hw touchy-feely the modern people can be.

Percy: "You need to hold on harder for a proper chokehold."

4̶̮̌͌͘0̴̩̰̖̌ͅ4̴͔̼̜̅ ̸͕̂̊̇͘Ȩ̷̤́̿̕r̶̼̬̹̀̓̚r̵̫̣͊̅o̵̲͉͌̇̔̃r̴̢̺̯̝͋̀͗ ̸̬̰̭̅N̴̤͈̊̈́͛̄o̵͈̿̉̀t̶̥̮̘̩̿ ̸͍͍̹͔̈͋͂F̴̗́o̶͚̙̅̎͜ủ̶̥̫͋͝ņ̶͈͐̉d̴̺̬̻̍̀̉͠: Oh boy. I hope this is far enough down their route or this is a Bad End right there.

Cassandra: Teasingly steps back and then hugs the MC from behind instead.

Gwen:

Vivian: I certainly hope you're propositioning her, because that's the way she's going to take it. One does not just simply hug a mari-morgan.

Lorelei: *needs more info about the MC and the situation as she's probably the most particular of the ROs here*

Broderick: *hurtles out of the way and somersaults out the nearest window--* Okay, but more seriously, he's fine with the friendly sidehugs, but will be getting embarrassed if the MC is going for something else in public.

#oks-asks #oks-ROs #interactive fiction #one knight stand #oneknightstand

[herotome]

Devlog #

Hi-ho, Wudge here.

I spent the day working on (hopefully) final concept art for the mysterious Myster, a love interest who will be introduced in the next demo. ... I can't promise he'll show up in person, but you should be able to talk to him!

I've been working on both his heroic and his civilian design for more than three!! years!!!

His hero suit was inspired by: Lelouch/Zero Code Geass, Berzerker Fate/Zero, Zer0 Borderlands 2, and a set of scifi League skins. ... Weird that the first three sources all use the word "zero" somewhere but that's not the focus of our devlog today.

I've also started working on some sprite expressions for Griffin - not ready to show those off just yet but they're coming along, here's a sketch page I made before transitioning to digital art -

I wrote a decent amount, I believe somewhere over 600 words including some important variable-based scenes and menu choices... I'm pretty sure I started coding in and formatting that scene while I was at it.

I also BACKED UP MY FILES somehow I hadn't backed up my files for months!!! I guess I let that get away from me after the demo came out, but I definitely had to get back into the practice.

And uh... that's it for now!

Stay safe and keep warm,

Wudge.

#RO: myster #interactive fiction #oelvn #visual novel #otome #english otome #otome game #indie game #herotome update #VN #english vn #vndev

[lightweaver-chosen-if]

Dev Update..?

This month been a whirlwind, but the biggest reason why I've been inactive is because… my laptop died. I (really) tried not to panic too much and waited until there's no hope before saying anything.

Fortunately, I managed to recover my files! But my laptop's still dead. I had to find a way to acquire a PC somehow since I also need it for work.

Long story short, things are kind of okay now and I'll get back to writing again come May (just finishing up work backlogs).

There's not much progress this month, but hey at least I didn't lose those precious docs forever… especially since there's so much info there + it's already outlined, that would suck, so bad.

On a lighter note, here's a little piece of info on what's to come:

Next Update Spoilers!

Start of the Weave Assessment arc. Will consist of training scenes with the ROs, and lots of action with other weavers. ;)

#if wip #lightweaver: chosen #interactive fiction #dashingdon #choice of games #hosted games #if #if update

[choiceofgames]

New game! “Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names” — Unleash Rage and wield spirit to heal the land and rebuild your fallen pack

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names is now available on Steam, iOS, and Android!

It’s 25% off until May 2nd! Furthermore, as a special offer, if you purchase "Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names" by 11:59pm PDT on April 26th, we'll give away the "Wardens and Furies" DLC, featuring the options to play as a member of the Black Fury tribe or the Hart Warden tribe, for free.

You and your shattered werewolf pack must save the living Earth with Rage and spirit! In this interactive novel with hundreds of choices, can you defeat a Wyrm Spirit who manifests as a lie that you want to believe?

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names is an interactive novel by Kyle Marquis set in the World of Darkness. It's entirely text-based—1.8 million words, without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Shapeshifter. Mystic. Hero. Monster. You are a werewolf, and you are all these things. Werewolves are the living earth's last guardians, created by Gaia, given the gift of shifting between human and wolf forms, and called to stop humanity from destroying the world.

But you have failed.

Three years ago, packs of werewolves worked together as a Sept in Broad Brook, Massachusetts, battling the Wyrm, the enemy of Gaia. While other Septs fell to the Wyrm or tore themselves apart with fratricidal Rage, Broad Brook thrived. Some said they would be the ones to stop the Apocalypse.

But in one night, a Wyrm Spirit called "the Answering Tiger" destroyed the Broad Brook Sept and defiled its caern. In fact, Broad Brook had never been thriving at all. The Tiger had deceived their senses, disordered their thoughts, and turned them against one another. Where the different tribes saw trust, in truth there was resentment and growing Rage. Where the different packs saw safety, there were security flaws that could be exploited. Where they saw the Wyrm, there were innocents that they massacred, before reporting to other Septs about another glorious victory.

Their cruel pride allowed the Wyrm Spirit to deceive them, and they mostly destroyed themselves. The Answering Tiger had servants, too, monstrous Banes and fomori, and even werewolves sworn to the Wyrm. But they were only there to pick off whoever was left.

Now, the Stormcat, once the Patron Spirit of the Broad Brook Sept, has called upon you to rebuild a pack from the survivors and fight back against the Answering Tiger. In the savage woods and decaying towns of New England, you will forge your own legend.

Build Your Pack. Human and werewolf survivors haunt the woods and hide in the cities: find them to learn what happened and to rebuild the werewolf nation. But not all werewolves can be trusted: shun those wolves consumed by Rage, and pity those who have lost the Wolf and become empty shells.

Survive the Wilds. A desperate exile, shunned by those of your old pack who have abandoned their oaths to Gaia, you'll have to survive by your wits. A winter night can kill as surely as any monster: find shelter, seek allies among spirits and humans, and learn how far you'll go to survive.

Unleash Your Rage. You are one of Gaia's monsters, a living weapon, herald of horror and death. Now the Apocalypse is here: wield your Rage with savage cunning and keen discretion, or it will swallow you whole.

• Play as male, female, or nonbinary; befriend or romance werewolves and humans of all genders.

• Shapeshift among five forms to slaughter your enemies, or outwit them to take what you need.

• Choose your auspice (moon-sign) and your werewolf tribe: Bone Gnawer, Child of Gaia, Glass Walker, Shadow Lord, or Silver Fang

• Claim your territory and heal the spirits there to unlock Gifts that let you summon animals, see into the past, or enter the spirit world.

Buy it now!

#choiceofgames #choice of games #interactive fiction

[unsanctioned-if]

Update 26/04 - 2024

Hey everyone!

Here's the writing update for April. I've finished the first drafts of 2 backgrounds (aristocrat and nomad) and written a little less than half or so of the final background (scavenger).

This month hasn't been the best one writing-wise. My old laptop broke down and I lost a few hours worth of progress due to a saving-related issue. I've also struggled with writer's block and it was only around yesterday it started to ease up. It's frustrating to deal with, but something everyone who writes will likely encounter at some point or another. I try to remind myself of that when I feel like I'm not doing enough. Since writing has felt smoother yesterday and today, I'm hoping that I can finish up the first drafts completely by the end of April/beginning of May.

Things are slowly coming together and I'm just happy to be in a place where I'm in more of a flow again.

I plan to release 1 or 2 more character portraits in May and post another writing snippet along with more information about each background. I'm also working on answering some asks that I've left as drafts for now since they require more long and thought-out answers.

Thank you so much for the support and patience as always <3 see you in May!

#interactive fiction #unsanctioned #if #writing #update #writing update

[leoneliterary]

Hello sorry to bother you! I love your story so much but often don’t know what was added to the demo or not and since i have to restart i would love to have a small list of what was updated if possible? Sorry if it’s too much of a bother or if you do post that already i just can’t find it anywhere 😣

Thank you for bringing this to my attention!

I'll start including a list of changes and updates going forward. It also seems that y'all prefer longer updates instead of shorter, more frequent ones, which is understandable.

This update involved your character exploring the temple, and interacting with Aretas, Heka, Merikh, and Tamu.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but sometimes it's hard for me to gauge how long an update actually is, because of the different branches.

#interactive fiction #honor amongst thieves #if wip #game development #interactive novel #worldbuilding #hat if #demo update convo

[thelonelyshore-if]

Honestly,, the first meeting with Ravi, he gave me a bad impression but looking more into the asks could he just really be so awkward that he comes out as rude?

So the thing about Ravi is that he's got........a lot going on. He's awkward as hell, but the rudeness is definitely intentional on my part. He knows things the MC doesn't know and is tactless enough to be very upfront and teasing about that without having any intention to clear things up.

Part of it is that he does struggle, socially, and part of it is that he's just a teensy bit of an asshole. So I think the vibes you picked up on are totally correct!!

#asks #interactive fiction #ravi #he's my lil guy <3

[windchimesgames]

Round 2 of the love interests re-introduction: meet the second love interest, Lord Kierdan Waven!

As the eldest son of the House of Waven and a high-ranked officer of the Authority, Kierdan is nothing short of intimidating to most people. His commanding presence and stand-offish aura do not help matters either.

But is there more than meets the eye beneath the earl's icy mask?

Full character bio:

#otome #visual novel #interactive fiction #dating sim #otome game #otoge #if #vn #english otome #english otome game #indie otome #renpy #lgbtq #english visual novel #amare #reanimation scheme

[seraphinitegames]

The Wayhaven Chronicles - Update 26/April/2024

Lots happening this week!

The edits and bug testing came back, so I’ll be starting on that! I know the demo is later than I’d hoped due to—still ongoing and super annoying!—internet issues, but at least the editing process is going as smoothly as I was hoping so no one is getting too overwhelmed!

Once those edits go in, I’ll send them out to my  next readers and sensitivity readers, then it’ll be ready to go!

And speaking of the demo, I thought you guys might like to see the logo for Book Four!

Super awesome, right? :D Really had a very clear idea of what Book Four’s logo was going to be, and Nai took it on board and smashed it as always!

And I was also smashing through chapter two this week! I am well ahead of myself on schedule, which is always a good feeling, lol! And because I was so ahead, I decided to add in an extra bigger choice set to add some variation to this somewhat linear chapter. It might be setting up the story, but that doesn’t mean the MC can’t have different ways to deal with how that happens!

So yeah, it’s been a busy week of some exciting developments, hehe! :D

Next week, I’ll be getting those edits in, sending off the demo section for final read overs, and then getting back to Chapter Two. It will also be social media days somewhere in between that, where I hope the internet will actually play ball long enough I can get asks done, as well as all the fun things coming up on Patreon! ;D

Hope you all have the most amazing weekend! We’ll be offline as usual, so I’ll update you all again next week <3

#the wayhaven chronicles #interactive fiction #romance #vampires #update #twc book 4 #logo reveal #cover reveal #choice of games #hosted games #choicescript #the wayhaven chronicles book 4

[wings-of-ink]

Update!

Hey everyone, just wanted to check in with you. I hope you all doing well!

Right now, I am feeling good about getting chapter 3 out by 4/30. It's a crunch for sure, but barring any disasters in the work itself or my personal life, I feel like it is doable. My aim is to get it to a point where it is release-worthy but will still need fine tuning after the fact. I generally like to edit things a couple times at least and have it play-tested, but I won't have time for all that. But, this is a work in progress, and I can always make improvements as I go. There are also a couple segments that I did not have time to add, but they're not pivotal to the story. I will add them if I find the time before the 30th (sorry to those who wanted to make a tasty cake for someone).

So far, I have gone through chapters 1 and 2 again and made some corrections to typos and grammar. I added a white hair option with some flavor text, and some other flavor text for purple eyes. The option to have your MC's hair turn grey (streaked or fully grey) from stress/illness was added, but I did not do it in the way I needed to, so if I have time, I'm going to fix that before release. I also updated some of the variable values of certain choices. A name bank was added for anyone who might struggle to come up with a name for their MC. I made all but one of them correspond to the marks. There's a wild card in there for the adventurous, lol. The codex was also updated.

Today, I am editing chapter 3. My very gracious boss encouraged me to take the day off, and I'm feeling pretty good, so I'm using this as an opportunity to get some serious work done.

If you're curious and don't mind my rambling about my life, you can read about my ordeal below!

I am feeling much better. I had a couple rough days in the past week, but mostly brought on by medication my dentist wanted me to take to stave off possible infection in a broken tooth. I had a less-than-stellar reaction to it, and it gave me insomnia and anxiety. Simply fantastic.

But, I had the root canal yesterday (got lucky and they had a cancelation so I was able to go in 5 days early). I am happy to report it was not bad at all. In fact, it may have been the easiest dental procedure aside from cleanings that I've ever had, lol. I was in and out within half an hour, and the endodontist numbed the fuck out of my mouth. The biggest pain was the drive there and back since I live so far away.

I chilled the whole day and took a glorious 2 hour nap, and have been sore but totally good. I even watched one of my favorite comfort-animes, Natsume Yuujinchou. If you are ever feeling poorly and down in the dumps or just need to relax, it is cute, a bit funny, and lighthearted - so I highly recommend it. So, all in all, I feel recharged and more than ready to see chapter 3 with fresh eyes!

Thank you to everyone who sent me encouraging messaging about the root canal. It really truly helped me show up for that appointment without feeling completely vulnerable. I was still anxious, because that is just what my brain do - I can't even see my GP without my hands shaking, lol. But, going into it knowing what your experiences have been helped so much.

Anyway, sorry for prattling! I'm going to get back to it now! ^_^

#god cursed if #asks #twine if #if wip #twine wip #interactive novel #if game #interactive fiction #gc if character development #gc if update

[minthe-drawings]

Did some sketches!

#mintheart #visual novel #vn #interactive fiction #our life #olba #baxter ward #bunny bond #datu manalo #dee odd games #sketch