#greenwarden: book one

[fiddles-ifs]

Happy update day!!! I'm sneaking this in here super late for me (sadly I was away from my computer all day 😩) so any bugs that aren't immediately game-breaking will have to be fixed tomorrow. The new update is ~3k words, with players experiencing about 1500 of those! I'd like to have done more, but it's finals season and my graduating took priority LOL.

To experience the new content: go to McNeil's bar -> talk to the lumberjacks -> pick "Rough day at work?" -> follow Liam after he storms out. Enjoy!

CHANGELOG

Added some new content warnings to the CWs page: underage drinking and underage smoking.

Partially written the lumberjacks route at McNeil's.

Meet a certain wily coyote!! Again!!

Get weird about the concept of death.

[galpalaven]

Interactive Fiction Game Recs

Hey, guys! I had a few people asking about suggestions for other IFs that aren't Wayhaven, so I've taken my list I keep for myself and put them all together here for you!

KEY Favorite** Complete On Hiatus Purchase Required* if you liked The Wayhaven Chronicles !

under the cut for length ;w;

Visual Novels

Our Life: Beginnings & Always***

Blooming Panic**

Andromeda Six

Ebon Light**

Touchstarved

It Lives Within** (fanmade sequel to It Lives in The Woods / It Lives Beneath available through the Choices app)

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York* !

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York* !

MeChat (available through the App Store)

ChoiceScript Games

The Exile**

Golden**

Hollowed Minds**

Mind Blind** !

Witches of Ferngrove

The Golden Rose*

The Fernweh Saga*** !

The Passenger*** !

OFNA: Birds of a Feather**

God of the Red Mountain (on hiatus)**

Virtue’s End

Body Count (on hiatus)

Creme de la Creme* (I've only played book one, but there are two of these!)

Infamous**

Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road* !

Vampire: The Masquerade - Parliament of Knives* !

Itch.io

Attollo**

A Tale of Crowns**

Project Hadea**

The Northern Passage**

Greenwarden

Vespertines

Red Sugar Society**

The Nameless**

The Numbers Game

When Twilight Strikes** !

The Black River**

Event Horizon

Swan Song

Scout: An Apocalypse Story**

Larkin** !

Tell Me If There’s A Way Home

Snakeroot

The Gray Ascendancy

Zorlok**

Sinners

The Eight Years Revolution

Signal Hill**

Speaker**

Supernova: Renegade**

All links should go directly to the game! However, most (as in, like, 80% probably) of these games do have development tumblrs!

You can find the tumblr linked for the itch.io games on their itch.io pages mostly.

The choicescript games you can probably find by googling (name) tumblr.

Sidenote: Please don't be offended by anything not marked 'favorite' if it's on this list it means I really like it!!! It's just an Extra Hard recommendation instead of a regular one ;w;

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Fallen Hero @fallenhero-rebirth (and the books of course) (demo) (agian buy it on STEAM!!) Become the greatest telepathic villain Los Diablos has ever known! Once you were famous; soon you will be infamous. That is, unless your old friends in the Rangers stop you first. Juggle different identities and preserve your secrets as you build new alliances and try to forget the friendships you've left behind.

the spirited: origins @yuveim (DEMO There is something haunting you. Tugging at the very last threads of your consciousness as you lay in bed, longing for sleep. There is something waiting for you in the window, wanting. You are watched. Known. But you have a job to do in the morning. They said your youth doesn't define you, and yet your childhood experiences led you to an adulthood of investigating the paranormal. There comes a time when you need to face the ghosts of your past, and those of your present.

GREENWARDEN @fiddles-ifs (demo There is something lurking in the ancient woods of Warden Forest. Immerse yourself in the world of Greenwarden as a reluctant monster hunter, assigned to a case of a missing child deep in the Appalachians. Surrounded by enemies on all sides, you must play a cat and mouse game with something beyond your understanding. Just try not to lose your mind in the process.

Angel’s Song @melkstudio (Demo In the forest of Utahigashi an otherworldly sickness corrodes the soil and changes the creatures within. “A parting gift from the fallen angels” say the citizens of the Hyaku Region and the mark on your hand confirms it.Though the scent travelling in the air is sweet and enticing everyone knows better than to get closer. But the mark, it pulses, it burns, the pain spreading as fast as the corruption of the forest does.Your masters are calling, and it seems like this time you cannot escape them.

A Mage Reborn @mage-parivir (im coping and hoping it comes back soon) (demo) (StEaM!?!?) You are a talented mage on the run from your mysterious past, who becomes embroiled in a tangle of royal politics and warfare you had never seen coming. This chain of events sees you executed for a crime you did not commit--and resurrected by a mysterious group bearing a vicious vendetta. As around you the world moves to repeat the tragedy of an age-old conflict, you must find a place for yourself in the midst of this chaos…before it claims your life once more.

Sinners & Saints @sinnersandsaints-linwrites (same as mage parivir, im coping but barley holding it together) (demo You live in Deadwood, an old town forgotten by the world, as it is isolated by thick forests, a river and a mountain. It is one of those places that trap their residents, if you don’t get out as youth, you will likely never leave. It also has the reputation for attracting the weird and morally questionable. You had the misfortune of being born here, not only that — you work here as a detective. Granted, you only got the job a year ago or so, but you are the authority.Now, many things start to happen all at once. Your best friend is acting more and more strange, an attractive and charming stranger moves into the town and starts to fund the mayor’s projects and takes an interest in your division. Your criminal informant is keeping secrets from you. You’re assigned a partner — one that would rather claw your eyes out than say ‘hi.’ A old friend from your past comes rocking your world in the most unpleasant way, and as strange murders start taking place — a vigilante comes to clean up the streets by any means necessary. The cherry on the top is when your captain orders you to take on a consultant on the case - the local psychic - whose first words to you make the whole world spin.

Disenchanted @disenchantedif (DEMO Disenchanted is an interactive fiction novel that takes place in the hidden supernatural society of the modern world.They found you in the ashes of your home at the age of ten, surrounded by the bones of your parents. The Oracle said you were the Chosen One, destined to defeat a great evil that is yet to arrive. Arrive it does, however, in your early childhood.They called them the Phantom, a plague on the supernatural community, a politician gone mad.The pressure is on as you begin your education at the New York Boarding School for Arcane Arts. Yet, as the prophecies start, you fail again and again.Cameron Fletcher does not.They are hailed a hero, and you are nothing. Not valuable enough to remain with your foster family, not worthless enough to toss back to the mortals.You're normal. Maybe worse than normal, what with your history. You're Unchosen.

A Court of Serpents @acourtofserpents (DEMO

as the only human in the Kingdom of Faerie, you're no stranger to shining eyes that hold looks filled with hatred, lips painted in the color of forest fruits whispering your name, heads with pointed ears turning at your every step. Though you long for their approval, for a place amongst the wicked immortals, they remind you with every breath you take that as you came from dirt, to dirt you will return.

Prince Ryzan and his friends, Nailea and Zale, are the worst of them all. They humiliate you, laugh delighted at your despair, and sometimes they gaze at you with such distaste that you know they'd rather you dropped dead right in front of them. You try to avoid them at all costs, but they always manage to find you and throw you into the midst of chaos that only leads to your complete and utter embarrassment.

But tonight things are different.

Tonight, another human comes before the court of these serpents.

Tonight, they are accused of stealing a mortal girl, a glamoured servant, to the human world and murdering her. But did they actually do it?

Tonight, they are thrown in the Tower of the Diminished until their fate is decided by the cruel folk.

And everything turns to mayhem and disarray as you seize the opportunity to become the salvation or damnation of the Kingdom of Faerie, shall you decide to stay or escape.

But you overlooked that love, and perhaps betrayal, would come in the way of your plans.

OFNA: Birds of a Feather @ofna (DEMO After a strange encounter, you start to have disturbing dreams and cannot shake the feeling that something is watching you. Plus, that stupid bird won’t leave you alone. How fortunate that the Ornithological Fellowship of North America is here to help, and they only require a few drops of blood.It’s probably not a cult… right?Gain psychic gifts, choose a familiar, and get to the bottom of your family history as you are inducted (willingly or not) into a secret society that may be more than it claims. Forge bonds and romances with other OFNA members, but remember that everyone has their secrets. Can you really trust anyone?

The One Who Made Red @obesericewrites (Demo People in your village have gone missing. They’re gone for days or even weeks. But…they all return in one place.The Oakcaster Thicket. The forbidden forest. Someplace that nobody in their right mind would be found in, but your people were found there.In pieces.You along with others felt helpless, you the most as you were felt merely a small clothing tailor. The feeling grew so strong that fear became common. It was something people around you had gotten used to, like rain from the sky, they merely moved through it.However, some hoped that The One In Red would save them. They were fools. You knew they wouldn’t dare show their face to your people. Not after what they did or …what they are capable of doing.You had started losing hope.But then one day, two mysterious figures wander into your shop, questioning you about what you know about the monster in the woods that haunted your people.Things in your world started getting pulled apart.Good thing you are used to stringing things together to get the bigger picture.The question is, however, do you want to see what this picture will make?

Fields of Asphodel @chrysanthemumgames (Game Fields of Asphodel is a game in which the player takes on the role of the Greek pantheon's deity of spring, on the eve of their (decidedly political) marriage to Hades, Lord of the Dead. After the constantly-simmering feud between Zeus and Demeter results in the rather unfortunate circumstance of a marriage neither party really consents to, the PC is whisked away to the Underworld, an unfamiliar realm that is all but the antithesis of fair Olympus.There, they have the chance to make what they will of the lot they have drawn. The residents of the Underworld are an unusual, and unusually-accepting bunch, and there are friends or possible romantic connections to be made as well as a rather odd supporting cast to get to know, from the ever-bickering Moirae sisters to Hades's young adopted daughter Makaria to Kerberos, the gigantic, fire-breathing, three-headed dog.But for all its charms—if indeed the PC should find any—the Underworld is not without its problems, and when a mysterious wasting disease afflicts Lethe, the river goddess of oblivion, the entire balance of life and death may be in jeopardy. It will take the PC, as well as the rest of the cast, to not only cure the affliction, but solve the mystery of what's causing it, and deal with the ever-spiraling fallout of the dead beginning to remember.

Uroboros @uroboros-if (DEMO You are the deity of All That Lasts Forever, a being born of the Chaotic Universe and moulded in divinity. One that exists among gods of lore, with the power to change seasons, conjure great storms, and raise life from dust.Yet, you wield no power. Nothing lasts forever.Relegated to an errand god, you assist the god of death with the afterlife, guiding lost spirits and hearing the dead's grievances.Life was simple; the gods weaved the starry night that mortals slept beneath, raised the sun that humans rose to and drew the tides that guided vessels along. All was peaceful.Until someone dared to defy death.Your investigations into a strange occurrence will lead you to know far more than you ever intended to, unravelling what may be the precursor to the collapse of the reign of gods…An outcast among gods and mortals, you are the grey area that bridges the two, and you will decide the fate of the world. Will you side with divinity, preserving power and maintaining order? Or will you support the struggle against them, ending a long era of oppressive rule?

Shepherds of Haven @shepherds-of-haven (Play Here Shepherds of Haven is a dark fantasy interactive fiction game. In it, you play as a Mage living in a world where magic is outlawed and your people—those possessing supernatural powers—are oppressed and reviled. The world is ruled by humans who believe in science, technology, and industry: at best, you and your kind are nothing more than a fairytale, and at worst you are the state’s greatest threat.Thus, using magic has been illegal for centuries. But after years of persecution, you are suddenly offered an opportunity to use your powers for good: demons are now returning, and the world needs fighters like you to protect the population from their invasion. Guns and bullets do no good against monsters pulled from primeval nightmares; only your people and your supernatural powers have the ability to fight fire with fire.So you join the Shepherds: an order of elite heroes and fighters comprised of the very people the world once feared more than the demons themselves. As a Shepherd, you’ll solve magical crimes, slay demons to protect the citizens of Haven, and build your reputation throughout the capital. Explore the world of Blest, recruit allies and factions to join the Shepherds’ cause, find romance and companionship, investigate mysteries, lead rebellions and exorcisms, and uncover answers to the crises plaguing the world. Where are the demons coming from? Where have the gods or God gone, if they ever existed? Who are you, really?And will you be the world’s true savior… or will you be its ultimate downfall?

The Soul Stone War and Beyond The Mist: Beginnings @intimidatingpuffinstudios (The Soul Stone War Beyond The Mist: Beginnings)

Beyond The Mist: Beginnings

You are a young adult adrift in life, suffocating under the yoke of your oppressive parents. Feeling out of sync with the rest of the world, you yearn for freedom and life beyond the bounds of your prison.

You find it in the form of a ravishing stranger and a long lost city, calling out to you across space and time. Something is beckoning underneath the ancient city's glimmering white tiles, something old and powerful. Someone.

Will you resist the call beyond the veil and the promise of belonging it brings, or will you let yourself go and embrace the path destiny has set before you?

The choice is yours. Magnustor is waiting for you.

The Soul Stone War You are a person on the run from your past, and no matter how far or fast you go, you cannot outrun your destiny. In this epic journey, it’s not just your life that hangs in the balance. Ancient artifacts of untold power are waking up from their millennia-old sleep, and whoever controls them will help mold the shape of your world.The Soul Stone War is a thrilling 487,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Morgan Vane, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.Embark on a journey of self-discovery, sacrifice, and heroism, meet the people that are bound to you through the threads of fate, fall in love or fall into despair. Will you rise up to the challenge that is to be a Soul Stone Wielder? Or will you allow the world to be shrouded in darkness? The choice is yours.

Wolf set free @wolfsetfree-if (DEMO You are a packless werewolf, imprisoned and kept as pet for years by the clan of supernaturals that rule over the city. One day, a pack arrives at the lair and, as soon as they see you, they know your only option is for them to take you in.

The Marked @peonyb (DEMO Those Marked with the gifts of a God are blessed with the power to alter the world around them, yet cursed to follow a predetermined path. Though you master the ability to shape the land’s elements, your fate has been set since the day you were born. Will you stay the course… or risk all to create your own destiny?

Cyprus @mwritesc (DEMO you are a demigod. a demigod on an island of stern cliffs and crashing waves and sea foam. the grass is yellowed and shifts with Zephyr, the west wind. the beaches are rock ribbed and gray as the heavens, home of the gods. there is a house on Cyprus. one home, though it takes enough space for three. it sits right at the cliff's edge, hanging above the ocean like a lone lantern in the night. it is yours. but not yours alone. by the gods, if you were here alone…

War of Heirs @war-of-heirs (Demo You’re the third-born son/daughter of Queen Celine and Emperor Otto. Your mother declared your name for succession without your say-so, making you a contender for the Golden Throne and a threat to Queen Helga and your older half-brothers. Will you manage to build a power base, an army, and most importantly, win the throne, or will you die trying?

Skin and Scales @skinandscales-if (DEMO

Moments after stepping foot in your new home, you’ve been arrested. And as a dragon-shifter, as the name implies, a human who can shape-shift at will into a one of the few dragon species still left in the world, the odds are naturally stacked against you in the city of Avalon, where your kind is kept under a scrutinizing eye by the King Institute. Left with the last of your options, you are made to partner up with one of the Institutes finest, a fellow dragon-shifter like you, and left with no other choice, you are left to pick up the clues following a sudden murder that has left the whole city shocked and a power vacuum to be filled.

Uncover the secrets of your kind, the underbelly of the city, and maybe, just maybe, meet some people that make this place home.

The Night Market @night-market-if (Free Demo buy it on itch.io The Night Market is an interactive novel in which you awaken to a lantern filled world with no memory of how you got there. Desperate to get home, you must find the gate that leads back to your world, while navigating a foreign land, rife with political intrigue, arbitrary rules and secrets designed to keep you distracted. Nine barons rule the market , a place so vast that not even they can truly know its scope. But, one baron holds the key to your safe return home. Yet, no one has seen or heard from him in over a decade.

the wayhaven @seraphinitegames (all of the books) (demo

Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. But maybe it's better to keep them closed. Knowing too much doesn’t help anyone sleep at night! Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.

The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One is a thrilling 440,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Mishka Jenkins, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Experience the big and small moments with a host of characters throughout this exciting twist on the usual supernatural tale—a story which will take you through heart-pounding romance, smile-filled friendships, and shiver-inducing drama.

Mind Blind @mindblindbard (mostly active on their patreon) (demo You’re special, and it sucks.In a world of psychic heroes and villains, you’re a walking Achilles heel with zero mental defenses. Set in an alternate, near-future version of Chicago, Mind Blind follows your freshman year as a trainee at Unity, an international peacekeeping organization responsible for dealing with dangerous “Ments.” Your brain may be an open book to anyone with a modicum of telepathy, but the MIV Program is your chance to prove yourself capable to your famously superpowered family. As a future Manager in Vicinity (or, as Unity’s more elitist field agents may call you, a “Man in Van”) at Unity’s Aeon Academy, your decisions determine whether a mission succeeds or fails. Cooperate with your precog partner, uncover government conspiracies, and save your school from terrorists. . . or help blow it up.

The Golden Rose @anathemafiction (demo) (steam, buy it...if you want)

You are a recent member of The White Company, a mercenary guild on the far side of the law. Your job consists of hunting artifacts and roaming ruins that the Church has forbidden to mention. One of your expeditions, however, leads you down a path that is much deeper than you ever anticipated.

"The Golden Rose: Book One" is a thrilling 1.2-million-word interactive fantasy novel by Ana Ventura, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Juggle friendships, new alliances, and flames of romance in this epic adventure that will take you to an Europe where History took a different turn.

Heavy is the Crown @heavy-is-the-crown-if (demo cog demo Heavy is the crown…That's the first thing Merlin said to you after you woke up in their tower (right after he told you that you were definitely not what he expected but that “we'd deal with it.” But how much weight can a bruised ego carry in the face of the survival of a Kingdom?)For generations, your family has been in charge of protecting the Sword of Light, and like every 1st born of your generation, it's up to you to pass it on to its true owner.And here you are, with Clarent, the twin blade of excalibur in your hands. And according to Merlin that's enough to send you on a quest.You must at all costs reunite the knights of the round table, find Arthur and Morgana and save Camelot (you must also defeat Uther Pendragon, but we'll see about that later…)Anyway, Merlin has assured you that they will accompany you. They're a powerful sorcerer, right? So what could go wrong?

Astrophel’s Bargain @astrophelsbargain (Demo Times have changed since the rise of and reign of magicians, as long forgotten victims and villains of history, they remain hidden- only spoken about as the world marches to a new era of technology and science. Though as magicians grew impatient- forever chained to the earth as their souls dwell on its lands with either goals achieved, long ago-as they quietly live amongst the mortals, peacefully enjoying the bliss of omnipotence and immortality. there are still those whose wishes remain a friction of hope- and they just might risk everything to make up for which they’ve lost.Rumors spread around as magicians become unlawful, immoral and most of all- feared, causing most to either hide further into the shadows or resist their fate with the power granted to them. As the same rumors pass your shop everyday, a new piece of information reveals that perhaps you and your shop might have a bigger role to play in the schemes of fate.Your shop is no ordinary store, it holds secrets of centuries old vessels, ornaments books and more, all which will eventually leave the safety of your shop and repurpose themselves at the new world. Though a costumer may never visit twice, for each vessel has its own unique fate and purpose if must serve in solidarity. Being the guardian keeper of the shop is peaceful by itself as you mostly pass your time by exchanging information with far travelers who had happened upon your shop, yet when an old friend visits, your days of peace come to a quick end with a dangerous bargain from an infamous magician.As you make your way to bid your end of the bargain, you just might discover the world outside your shop holds many wonders- and secrets centuries old, unveiled.

Wolfsbane @wolfsbane-if (DEMO In this low medieval fantasy story, you are Wolfsbane: a professional hunter of the supernatural. But unlike many of your kin, you recognise that being a monster says nothing about an individual’s humanity.

When it Hungers (other wise know as smoke and velvet) @roast-ifs (COME BACK TO ME PLEASE!!! *shaking and crying*) (demo When it Hungers is a cosmic horror mystery where you play as a parole agent working off your sentence by helping an organization solve magical and monstrous phenomena. You yourself are a monster, and can play as one of three species each with their own unique flavor text, abilities, and weaknesses ;)The game starts off with you a few years into your parole and dealing with something dark in your past that happened to you on the job and stole your memories from most of your parole sentence. You’re plagued by the past, bitten by the present, and the future is looking at you like a delicious snack.You can figure out what happened to you, try to survive the current case you’ve been put on, and maybe come to more than a few scary truths about yourself in the process. Or become a creature of cruel intent bent on taking your own slice of justice—it’s up to you!I’m also lowkey planning some short story ideas, flirting with ideas for the sequel to WiH even though I’m nowhere close to finishing it yet! All the stories I’ve thought up of still take place within the WiH universe, with monsters all around, witches, basilisks, magic, and things you don’t want to know are in the dark, and I’m excited to explore different eras of time with the same universe I’ve set up.

sooooo, i wanted to make this because i apparently cant reblog and i have no idea why. (i'm referencing the little...challenge? however you want to call it by @drinkyourvillainjuice.

anyway here it is, i also added a few fanfics just cause.

The Second Sight @spoiledblog (demo) You’re an urban legend in a county full of them. When you were thirteen, you were found passed out in the road by one of the local cops. No missing persons report. No fingerprints on file. No memories. Just a name.Oh, and some bizarre psychic powers.You're content with simplicity. You like your isolated cabin and helping Carter track down missing persons. You know that in theory there are more people like you out there, but you've never wanted to look behind the curtain to find out.However, with the disappearance of a local teen named Casey Powell and a recent attempt on your foster father's life, your serene, isolated life comes abruptly to its end and a new chapter begins.

After The End @albywritesfiction (demo)

Your former fiancé and heir apparent of the Aurelian Kingdom, Prince Ædan, has married the love of his life, the fair Saintess Helene. As the nation celebrates their union, you are left alone to pick up the pieces of your broken heart... until you receive two letters. One is an invitation to the office of Prince Ædric, the crown prince's younger brother and rival for the throne. The other is a letter filled with concern from your childhood friend and secretary-in-training, Cyfrin, who is currently assisting your father at your family’s ducal estate in the countryside. Each letter contains a proposition that will change the course of your fate forever.

Which one will you choose?

God-Cursed @wings-of-ink (Demo)

you were found as a newborn, clutched in the arms of your dead mother at the base of a tree. No family came to claim you, but the men who came to your rescue adopted you as their own and became the only parents you’ve ever known. Growing up in the village of Stonebrook, you never want for much, until the day you first fall ill. Life plagues you with a mysterious condition that no one can diagnose or cure. You never know when it will strike or if it will eventually kill you. Living between fear and hope as you age, you try to come into your own as an adult with the ever-looming threat above you. As years pass, your condition seems to improve, until a mysterious mark appears on your body and opens up new questions.

It appears that you’re marked for death with no answers as to why, and your only chance to survive is to go out and seek them.

Journey through the land of Iroda, a fantasy world where the gods have abandoned their people and magic no longer prevails as it once did. Something is brewing that may change this world forever, and you’re in the middle of it, though your role is a mystery you must solve. Wanted dead by some and alive for mysterious purposes by others, you just want to survive. With the help of a few friends, find the answers that you need, and make your choices.

Before We are Ghosts @anjiefiction (DEMO) When a powerful villain threatens the safety of Metamora, you and the city’s heroes go to great lengths to stop him, and ultimately you are forced to pay the biggest price of all.(Against all odds, the heroes win. The victory is hollow.)The doctors are professional, if not sympathetic. They tell you that your body is in the process of slowly shutting down. No, they aren’t sure why. No, there isn’t a cure. When you ask how much time you have left, the faces grow dark. Perhaps a year, they say. Two if you’re lucky.(You thought you could rest. You thought wrong again.)For as threats resurge and the past rears its ugly head, you can only wonder: Do you have the strength to see things through? Will there be enough time?And when the end comes, can you find the courage to say goodbye?

more than me @ryanstillwrites-if (Demo) On a Wednesday morning, you leave your doctor's office with the diagnosis of an inoperable brain tumour and the knowledge of an estimated four months left to live.Suddenly left without any direction in your life, you find yourself in a support group for the terminally ill. Where you expected to find sadness, melancholy and a looming sense of dread at thought of a fast approaching death - all the same feelings you harbour - you find smiles and laughter instead.You're drawn in by the people you meet there, curious and confused by their carefree attitudes. They're kind to you, they take you in, they turn your frown upside down - literally and figuratively. And just when you think you might be beginning to accept your fate; they decide to throw all caution to the wind and whisk you away on the adventure of a lifetime.You don't know what will come of the next four months but with your new friends at your side, you're excited to find out. After all, this is the only life you've been given, and though it may be ending soon; you might as well live it to the fullest.

Omen of Ice @omen-of-ice (no demo) The North has been all that you’ve known your whole life— residing within its icy landscape as part of House Eirlys; Wardens of the North. You’ve never thought you’d one day leave to head south to Vela’thian— the kingdom of the elvhen— much less that you’d head there due to your betrothal with the king himself.What will await you once you arrive? Is everything as it seems? Or is there something more brewing beneath the surface of the seemingly pristine nation?Will you find your way back home? Or will you find something, or someone, worth staying for?Let’s see how your story unfolds…

Mons Immortalium @mons-immortalium-if (DEMO) Mons Immortalium is a fantasy romance interactive story. Human MC falls into the magical land of the faeries, a mountain island that has been secluded from the rest of the world for over a millennium. Break curses, fall in love and beware of  wicked faeries. Whatever you do, never give them your true name!

In the Cards @inthecards (demo)

You've always had psychic powers. Reading auras, speaking with the dead, and channeling spiritual energy through runes - these number just a few of the things you're capable of. It's not an unusual gift in the kingdom of Khepris, though it's uncommon enough that you've only met a few other people with such abilities in your small hometown.

After a plague sweeps through the kingdom, unrest bubbles up in the realm known as the Beyond, home to fae and spirits alike. A group of fae who call themselves the Butterfly Court are testing the boundaries between your worlds, and they don't seem to care what harm they may be causing along the way.

With a deck of tarot cards imbued with mystical powers in your possession, you're pulled into the struggle against the Butterfly Court. You must join one of two organizations - the King's Guardians or the Hounds - in order to fight back against this mysterious court… or risk losing everything.

Parasitical @parasitical-if (DEMO)

His flesh, our sustenance. His blood, our drink. His bones, our foundation, His body, our haven.

Five hundred years ago, the Earth was dying. Water polluted, dirt infertile, forests and meadows crumbling to the wars of steel and fire. And so the Order called His Grace, the Lord of Communion, down from where he rested before and He allowed humanity to rest inside his body.

Or at least, that's the story the Order tells.

You grew up under the masked faces of their Exalted, under the stories of Earth past. Rusted metal and cracked plastic; His bone and His flesh. Conflicting worlds, conflicting times, and soon, it might all come to a head.

crown of ashes and flames @coeluvr (demo) The war had taken everything from you.King Luceris had taken everything from you.You were just nine years old when all of this happened. One moment you were in your room sleeping and the next you were walking through smoke and ash trying to find your parents.Love, he said, was the reason he started the war. Ironically, you lost everything you loved but you also lost yourself when he let you survive and dragged you away to his home.In a new Kingdom with no one on your side what choices will you make to survive? Who will you become?Inside of you, there’s something burning for revenge and there’s only one thing I want to tell you. Let it out.

Bleeding Heart @bleedingheart-if (Demo) Congratulations, you got engaged. Whether that is good or bad is ultimately up to you.Shortly after your engagement, your fiancé sets out on a journey to the distant lands of Transylvania, a real estate opportunity that proved too irresistible to decline.With your wedding temporarily on hold, you don't hesitate to respond when your childhood friend Lucy implores you to pay her a visit, seeking your company and counsel with an urgent matter concerning her very own future.The strangeness begins as you arrive in Whitby, a charming coastal town where the Westenra's estate resides.

checkmatein 3 moves @checkmatein3moves (DEMO) YOU are the heir; the child of one of the most powerful women on Oracle Island. When she’s accused of murdering her sister almost forty years prior after the revelation of a suspicious anonymous tip, her power falls to you — but so will her reputation.Many questions present themselves: is your mother a killer? Who wants to see her fall for it? Who will make the next move in the inevitable game? Can you play as well as the rest of them?The Elite Class are full of blood and schemes. Your generation carries the scars of those before them, and thus you all must join the game or face the consequences. But dark intentions are cloaked in silk and diamonds, and the heady taste of power corrupts like an infection.

The Abyssal Song @ri-writes-if (DEMO) In the underworld kingdom, where demons fight for survival against the abyssal monsters, you are just an Oracle. In the distant past the Oracles were at the top of the demonic hierarchy, but those golden days are long gone. You did what you were most afraid to do and now sit under arrest in the royal palace.When the Abyss sends you a vision of a terrible disaster that will happen in the future, you make an inevitable “deal” with the Sovereign to try to change the future and improve your abilities, not only to become stronger and learn more about the coming disaster, but also in an attempt to achieve mind stability.However, what has been happening to you since you received the vision makes you think that you are already slowly but surely losing your mind.Will you be able to maintain your sanity and help others protect the kingdom, or will you become just another name in the long list of Oracles gone mad?

the lonely shore @thelonelyshore-if (DEMO) Meet me at the cabin. Please.You weren’t sure what to make of it. A cryptic late night text sent from your younger sibling, begging you to meet up at your family’s old lake home. The plea for help was as concerning as it was confusing. As far as you knew, neither of you had set foot in the cabin in a decade. You had your hesitations, but Willow seemed desperate. You couldn’t help but oblige.Everything goes downhill fast when Willow's research into childhood ghost stories lands you in a town that doesn't exist. A town where people go missing at an alarming rate, where things that aren't quite human run businesses with hungry eyes, where time runs differently.A town you can't leave.Something about Easthaven is wrong. A supernatural fog permeates the town, so thick you could choke…but you’re one of the only people who seems to notice it. You’re quick to realize the fog keeps the residents ignorant, keeps them passive, keeps them trapped. When people who have long since gone missing start coming back home, you realize Easthaven’s mysteries go deeper than you could have ever imagined.

Kenneski @devilishmango (here)You were ripped away from your home, your life- all because you were accused of using magic. Sent away on carriages, bursting full of others like you, being brought to Kenneski Prison. It’s a prison made specifically to hold those that can wield magic, making it so you are powerless. It’s a death sentence for most that go there. But not for you.

stagnation @stagnation-if (DEMO) It's the year 2524, and you're a defeated God/Goddess/Deity in a place and time where your kind is rarely needed anymore. After being locked away and thought to be dead for nearly a millennia, you wake up.

The Fall of House Black @endemise (DEMO) The fall of House Black, your house, was an imminent thing. A name had never been so cursed that all it could do was bring about death.First, your younger sister in a swimming accident, then your older brother in a case of mistaken identity. As the rest of your family sought to grieve and bring justice to your brother, your older sister was killed in a hunting accident at the end of your father’s bow.The three of you, mother, father, and child, became inconsolable. Broken beyond repair. Your mother unable to bear the weight of life any longer took her own while your father disappeared, gone into the night. When you remain the sole survivor of House Black, you know you must leave, and on the night of your decision, your home goes up in flames with you inside.Then, you awake, dazed with no recollection of anything, and when you look down at your body, you scream. It is wrong. So wrong.

Drink Your Villain Juice @drinkyourvillainjuice (demo) Everyone knows that superpowers come about through three distinct methods.One can be born to their abilities, see them emerge in a moment of great strife, or acquire them through extensive cybernetic augmentation.Everyone is wrong.You’d know. If only that knowledge—and your snazzy slash horrible powers—didn’t come with a host of strings attached. Too bad that was an offer you couldn’t refuse.Did I mention one of the strings was supervillainy?Thrown headlong into a life of crime, balance conflicted loyalties, personal scars, and navigating a web of secrecy and deception, all while maintaining your cover.Above all, remember to drink your Juice. Your life depends on it.

The Gilded @the-gilded (Demo v1.2) Your younger brother, Leo, went missing three days ago. Your parents called the police, and they started investigating quickly. They were too late. Leo had already disappeared into the deepest part of the forest, where the mortals have vowed never to return. The police have offered to contact your family if Leo crosses the barrier back to the mortal side, but their investigation can’t go any further without inviting the wrath of the Fae.The winter solstice is approaching fast, which means that the High Fae are likely gathering mortal children for their great feast. The only way to get your brother back is to follow him into the forest and steal him back from the palace of the High Fae… If you can get there in one piece. The Fae forest is full of tricksters and killers, and you'll likely need some allies to help get you both back home.

VANGUARD @vanguard-if (PLAY) As a faering, you should want to keep to yourself. Your home is a safe haven where your dragon kin people reside; a place of true neutrality. There are no allies to the Midlands, nor are there enemies. Your people simply are, and this will not change.But you were never one much for rules, were you? With whispers of a certain prince in the Northlands allegedly receiving death threats from your docile leader, Cirrus, you could only slip away into the depths of the North to go see for yourself. It's so hilariously outrageous that your peace-loving ruler has such rumours teeming about them.You did not expect to find a bounty hunter bleeding out from her abdomen. And most of all, you did not expect her to know you by name, even through her raggedy breaths. And most of all, you did not expect her to have leads on the one you seek: the Northern Prince.

TWISTED GOLD @icaroif (DEMO) In the wake of an attack on your village that left your father dead and everybody you had ever known missing or the same, you are given one option; find your uncle in the Capital or else run for the hills and never look back. It was never really a choice anyway.

NINE BLOOD DANCES @nineblooddances-if [DEMO] You were a gift. Now to whom? No one knows.All that matters is that you are a gift and not like any of the others of your species. Uniqueness and importance oozes from every fiber of your being. You're important. Everyone says you're important. But why you're so important?Who knows?You must figure out what makes you so special and different. You must figure out what drives you through all circles. And you have to figure out why the nine commanders of Hell all have their eyes upon you and wish to have you by their side.All before the fall of the ninth moon.

Trouble Brewing @troublebrewing-if (Demo) it's all fun and games until someone loses a head!Quinn, your best friend, has brought you some awful news: your illustrious parents, having run out of potential mates for their brood, have set you up with the worst person you know -- Devon Bainbridge. Your intended is uncouth, self-indulgent, and ten years your senior.Of course, if no one can find you, the wedding's off, right?Make daring escape from your family's castle, get pressed into joining a rebellion, and find yourself fighting alongside a plucky bard, a brooding bandit, a naive idealist, and a fool-in-training. Escape marriage, join a rebellion, and find love… or sabotage it all.

ANECDOCHE @anecdoche-if (Demo) You wake up chained to a chair by one of the most notorious gangs in the country, only to be saved by one of the most famous hero organizations only a few moments later. Who wants you so badly that they would hire an entire gang to abduct you, and can you really trust the Supers that have been put in charge of your protection?

Blood of Morana @blood-of-morana (demo) You are one of the people, cursed with Morana’s magic, which gives you power over both winter and death. You can imagine that being one of the White Deaths hasn’t exactly made you the beacon of hope or the icon of popularity among your people. Worse yet, some of your magic has been sealed, making it impossible to witch away the inquisition.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An affair of the heart @doriana-gray-games (demo)

Play as your version of Sherlock Holmes in this romance detective game!

Make an enemy of a friend and a lover out of an enemy. Solve the case of boredom. Have a pet bird—and best of all, play as a romantically and emotionally stunted genius detective!

nemisi @elegy-if (demo) The struggle between cosmic deities — now worshiped (or abhorred) as gods — tore its way into your planet not long before you were born. Unlucky for you, you were one of the first generations to be born exposed to Excinate, the name given to the radioactive-like sickness that comes from being exposed to magic not of your world. As you've built up a bit of an immunity to the more dire consequences, you were promptly ripped from your family after a doctor's visit when the Excinate got a bit too close to your childhood home. Since then, you’ve been shipped around and transported from facility to facility to be poked and prodded at.Until now. No, now you’re free.Aside from that lingering hunger for flesh you’ve had since becoming infected, of course. Just a little side effect from the radiation, along with a mouthful of jagged teeth and a jaw that can unhinge like a snake.

Burning Academia @burning-academia-if (Demo) You never thought you'd go to college, due to your circumstances. But you especially didn't dream you'd be forced to attend the prestigious Vales Grove University after being attacked by wraiths in their library. What started as a visit to a long time friend, ended with your hands burned, your innocence questioned, and the startling realization magic is real.To apologize for what's happened to you, or more accurately, to keep an eye on you, the Headmaster himself offers you enrollment with all fees waived. With no real choice in the matter, you become a student, and try to ignore the suspicion everyone throws your way. Besides, you have worse things to deal with.Like how you've started to attract ghosts and other dead things, or the fact that there is a very living thing inside your head, waiting for you to lower your guard and take control. And most pressing of all, managing your obligation to a family that hasn't been such a thing in years.Tread carefully, if the ghosts don't devour you, the university certainly might.

lightweaver: Chosen @lightweaver-chosen-if (DEMO) A world where elemental deities share a fraction of their powers to their chosen, bringing upon the age of weavers; humans with the ability to manipulate the elements of their patron.You have been chosen by a mysterious lightning deity—blessing you with the power to weave lightning. But with a troubled childhood haunting your every step, your new abilities present a double-edged sword.The choices you make, the support you receive, and the inner strength you harness define your journey—a journey fraught with anguish, but one that promises a life outside Mother’s grasp.Two divergent paths lay ahead.Will you let yourself heal and grow, or will you fall deeper into the void?

Talon's End @asheepinthenight (DEMO) You were never destined to marry for love.As the third child of the Earl of Eastthorn, your purpose is to marry to your family's advantage, but after one failed engagement already, your prospects are less than promising. So when the Crown calls upon you to infiltrate the lair of an Elven sorcerer in search of a powerful magical weapon, the offer is too good for your family to refuse.But leaving your respectable home to marry an immortal being of immense power quickly puts you in uncharted territory. Between your secretive, disagreeable spouse and their labyrinthine spire infested with strange creatures, your mission to uncover their secrets is risky from the start. But as you come to know both your partner and your new home at Talon's End, you discover terrors and wonders unlike anything you've known–and the true price of your mission.

Leas: City of the Sun @sailingshellsgames (demo) Enter the city of Leas, where humans dwell in safety behind city walls while strange and powerful Fey roam the wilds. Play as one of a rare few skilled enough to explore the outside world, an agent of Den Zarel.After making a dangerous discovery you are sent on a mission that unfolds into an adventure that will unearth more than expected, and more than you alone can handle.Fortunately, you’ll have help along the way: a lifelong friend hiding a dangerous secret, a mysterious and taciturn rogue, and an eccentric and charming mage unite under your banner to help save your city, and possibly, the world

[arty528]

I felt like drawing so I drew my Greenwarden Tracker, Lark Hyde!

I chose Lark from the given names becaue it intrigued me, and picked Hyde because he seems to have a bit of that personality about him. 

Without further ado, here he is! **Warning for blood, needle, and stitches**

So yeah! That’s Hyde, he’s definitely fine...

[impossible-rat-babies]

Are there any other choice of games that you like or are interested in?

no not really, not besides fallen hero. I have heard of plenty of others, wayhaven chronicals, the passenger, greenwarden, etc. there’s one call smoke and velvet that looked interesting to me, but I haven’t played any other interactive novel type of games beyond fallen hero.

It’s not lack of interest because choice of game stuff is this wonderful platform where you can find all sorts of fantastical content that doesn’t have the biggest audience. It’s not “mainstream” and I’m not trying to be edgy by saying that, but there’s certain sorts of content that you don’t get in mainstream content. Or maybe I am trying to be a bit edgy by saying that, who knows.

But what sort of mainstream content am I going to get where I can have a non-binary protagonist? Or a whole host of RO’s that lgbtqia+? Where those are parts of the characters and not just some gay angst or “ooh look at me we’re being inclusive!”

That tangent aside, I don’t intend to leave CoG content behind, but I’m stuck in this one for right now XD

[interact-if]

Do you have any recommendations for games with polyamorous routes? Especially where all the people are involved, not just the MC being with multiple people separately. Thank you!!!

[ID: An anonymous ask that reads: “hi! do you have a list of IFs with some poly romances?” /end ID]

[ID: An anonymous ask that reads: “Hi! i was wondering if u had any recommendations for IFs/VNs with poly relationships? I found only a few and I was wondering if there are more. thank you!” /end ID]

Hey! Here are some IFs that we were able to find with polyamorous romance routes, we hope you enjoy them! 

If you have any suggestions for IFs that include a playable polyamorous relationship/route, please feel free to let us know and we’ll update our list!

A Bard’s Tale (Aspen & Tempest) by @abardstale

An Elemental Existence (Sydney & Dani) by @beeanca-writing

Creme de la Creme (Max & Delacroix) by @hpowellsmith

Errant Kingdom by Lunaris Games

Fernweh Saga: Book One (R & J) by @lacunafiction

From the Ashes We Rise (Zaphia, Sekh', Cheren) by @fromtheashesweriseif 

Greater than Gods (Tegan & Wyatt) by @greaterthangods [Discontinued]

Greenwarden (Trace & Nazeri) (Nazeri & Bautista) by @fiddles-ifs

Heart of the House (Devan & Loren) by Nissa Campbell

Magician’s Voyage (Aja & Rem) (Aja & Ines) (Kel & Luc) (Rem & Kel) (Rem & Aja & Ines) (Rem, Luc, Kel) by @magiciansvoyage

Relics of the Lost Age by @jamesshawgames

Royal Affairs (Poly but undefined ROs are monogamous) by @hpowellsmith

Sinners and Saints (Ariel & Sage) (Morgan & Khari) by @linwritesif

Siren’s Call (Morgan & Rome) by @the-siren-call

Speaker (Li & Sebastian) by @speakergame

Stars Arisen (Em & Natalia) by Abigail Trevor

Superstition (Sydero & Amari) by @13leaguestories

Tally Ho (Rory & Frankincense) by Kreg Segall

The Brighter the Dawn (Twelve & the Splintered) by @dawning-games

The Edge of Dawn (Julian & Ronan) by @elysianfiction

The King's Hound (Arthur & Gwyar) (Arthur & Evaine) (Morien & Gwyar) (Morien & Yniol) by @the-kingshound

The Lure of the Gallows (Eli & Warren) by @lureofthegallowsgame

The Moonless (Rainn and NB/M!Mal/Malik) by @moonless-if

The Numbers Game (Zero & One) (Zero & Three) (One & Three) (One & Five) (Zero, One, Three, Five) by @linwritesif

The One Chosen by @parrotwatcher (Ædmund & Helena) (Charlie & Kevin) (Xiulan & Dahlia) (Teri & Max)

The Spirited: Origins (Glenn & Rosario) by @yuveim

The Sword of Rhivenia (Clara & Lena)(Clara & Xavier) (Xavier & Jarean) by @theswordofrhivenia

Trails Lead Home (Galeon & Hollond)(Finlay & Greta) by @trailshome

Virtue’s End (Eiri & Sinclair) (Penrose & Idris) by @crimsiswrites

Wayfarer (Mel & Lyrian) by @idrellegames

When It Hungers (Fatima & Isla) (Danny & Nico) (Danny & Isla) by @roast-ifs

Whisper in the Dark (Charlie & Isabelle) by @whisper-game

Wolfwater (Mewse & Lukas) (Aim & Ezra) by @carrs-universe-if

Up & Coming (no demo yet!)

Dark of Night (Remy & Will) by @darkofnightgame

Made of Magic and Blood (Sabina & Eli), (??? & Henrick) by @madeofmagicandblood

The Mystic Pawn (Synethiira & Lesedi - exclusively poly) (Vochsikyrillian & Sunshine) (Tide & Aewen) (Soleil & Aori) by @exn0bisstudios

The Twilight Order (Nova & Mira) (Nova & Stella) by @exn0bisstudios

[somewillwin]

i finished designing all my fave wives from some of my fave cog or wip games! ❤️❤️❤️

Carrie from BloodMoon by @barbwritesstuff

Sally and Kenna from Mindblind by @mindblindbard

Ava and Farah from The Wayhaven Chronicles by @seraphinitegames

Lea from The Northern Passage by @northern-passage

Lilith from Morning Star: Heaven’s Number One by @nacregames

Julia “Charge” Ortega from Fallen Hero series by @fallenhero-rebirth

Azalea and Lily from Speaker by @speakergame

Kiara Delacroix from Into the Shadows by @wynnakang

Marianna Bautista from Greenwarden by @fiddles-ifs

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If you have time guys please give this books a chance! They are so good.

[alexaplaysgames]

My Recs

Get ready folks! Here are my favourite IFs and VNs.

*slaps roof* this bad boy can fit so many incredible authors in it.

☆ ☆ ☆

Visual Novels: Works in Progress

1. Perfumare by @pdrrook

2. Andromeda Six by @andromeda-six

3. Made Marion by @velvet-cupcake-games

4. Gilded Shadows by @steamberrystudio

Visual Novels: Complete

1. Ebon Light by @underbliss

2. Lake of Voices by @gb-patch

Text-Based Games: Works in Progress

1. Scout: An Apocalypse Story by @anya-dev

3. The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 3 by @seraphinitegames

4. Mind Blind by @mindblindbard

5. Wilhelmina by @fidere-k

6. Greenwarden by @fiddles-ifs

7. The Golden Rose by @anathemafiction

8. Shepherds of Haven by @shepherds-of-haven

9. Still Waters by @stillwaters-if

10. Sentinel by @nyehilismwriting

11. Spellbound: a Ghost Story by CorvusWitchcraft

12. Snakeroot by @cerberus-writes

14. The Northern Passage by @northern-passage

15. Virtue’s End by @crimsiswrites

16. Blood Moon by @barbwritesstuff

17. Attollo by @attollo

18. Remember, you will Die by @vapolis

19. Faith of Gods by @faithofgods

20. Buried Lies by @fidere-k

21. Son of Satan: the Mortal Coil @sosthemortalcoil

22. OFNA: Birds of a Feather by @ofna

23. Speaker by @speakergame

24. The Hunt: Demon Eyes by @tirankawrites

25. Into the Shadows by @wynnakang

26. Whisper in the Dark by @whisper-game

27. Arcadie: Second Born by @sofia-d-asb

28. Serpentine by @serpentineif

29. Lucidity: Awakening by @lucidityawakening

30. The Odessa Dating Games by @theodessadatinggames

31. Ace of Spades by @steph-writing

32. Fallen Hero: Retribution by @fallenhero-rebirth

33. Keeper of the Day and Night by @keeperofthesunandmoon

34. Zombie Exodus by Jim Dattilio

35. Diaspora by @diasporatheblog

36. The Spirited: Origins by @yuveim

37. Task of the Burdened One by @task-of-the-burdened-one

38. Exiled from Court by @beeanca-writing

39. Retribution - From the Ashes by @whiterabbitgames

40. Anecdoche by @anecdoche-cog

Text-Based Games: Complete

Hosted Games

1. Keeper of the Sun and Moon by @keeperofthesunandmoon

2. The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 1 and the Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 2 by @seraphinitegames

3. Demon Recollect by @bathalafiction

4. The Shadow Society by @carawenfiction

5. Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven by Jim Dattilio

6. Way Walkers: University by J. Leigh

7. Fatehaven by Devon Connell

8. Evertree Inn by Thom Bayley

Choices of Games

1. Crème de la Crème by @hpowellsmith

2. Tally Ho by Kreg Segall

3. Heart of the House by @nissacam

4. Heroes of Myth by Abigail C. Trevor

5. Vampire: the Masquerade by Kyle Marquis

6. Choice of the Vampire by Jason Stevan Hill

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Please let me know if there are any errors or mix-ups in the list. I was unable to find Tumblr accounts for several authors. Let me know if you know of the account of an author I couldn’t find a Tumblr for.

These are my favourites, but by no means the only works I have read/played or the best ones out there. Feel free to message me if you have suggestions or to let me know if you enjoy playing! <3

[hellomynamiseglaf]

🌰Chestnuts and Warm Milk🍂

My List of ~Favorites~ for Interactive Fiction and Visual Novels

(This is a work in progress so please bear with me)

Interactive Fiction:

The Wayhaven Chronicles (WIP Series in Development) - @seraphinitegames  (Look,,, I’m just... obsessed.. I can’t stop thinking abt it,,, and I'm..... sometimes, I read and I think I feel like I know what love is.)

Mind Blind (WIP) - @mindblindbard (I just,, UGH it’s so good. I can't even say that much because my feelings about it are so potent that everytime I see an update I try to tell myself to leave it alone to play larger portions of updates as a treat and everytime my willpower FAILS and I replay the demo like twice in a row)

Demon: Recollect ; Forsaken (WIP) - both by @bathalafiction (whew...WHEW!!! Are you kidding me?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Look. I was attached to Demon: Recollect. I loved it. And then I played the Forsaken WIP and now I can't get over my absolutely BOMB character design for my player persona. Also it's kind of fun being considered a jerk in the game, because it opens up a lot of different options that I usually feel bad about taking)

Shadow Society - @carawenfiction (the concept is so interesting,, I dream of more. Also Quaiel...baby...)

The Soul Stone War - @intimidatingpuffinstudios (also whew!! I really enjoyed it and the characters all picture themselves really vividly in my mind for some reason.)

Greenwarden (WIP) - @fiddles-ifs (reading this is like thick fog.. but in a good way? I don't know how to describe it without pictures but this IF smells like fog over wet grass)

Divine Intervention (WIP) - @divineinterventiongame (the concept?? UGH SO GOOD. For some reason it's always the first game I click to check for updates)

Golden (WIP) - @milaswriting (😈😈😈😈)

Blood/line (WIP) - @bloodlineoffical (simply put,,, LARRY)

Supernatural in New York ; The Bastard of Camelot (both WIPs) - @llamagirl28  (UGH Both of these are so good in their own ways but equally as exciting to see updates for. I haven't consolidated my feelings much further than "my MC for SiNY is so cute" and "Mordred is a child" but they're all generally positive.)

Ace of Spades (WIP) - @steph-writing (I keep thinking about,,, con........)

Nevermoore (WIP) - @asteristories (AHHHHH.... let me say it again for those in the back: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH)

Son of Satan: The Mortal Coil (WIP) - @sosthemortalcoil (YES.)

Shepherds of Haven (WIP) - @shepherds-of-haven (yes. I just have to sigh because it's very good and I like saying those funny little words of power. But also outside of the game I can only picture this game as a great, grey border collie)

Attollo (WIP) - @attollo (Also a very interesting concept, whoo... I almost forgot how immersive it was untill I played the demo again and was reminded of how 'into it' I was straight off the bat. Also the seperate, short little piece on the blog with Sysba was also really good and I had a dream about it the other day)

Into the Shadows (WIP) - @wynnakang​ (whooo.... I'm sighing again, but louder. I press restart and play the demo again)

A Comedy of Manors (WIP) - @sviyaginthegreat (I kept replaying options that I hadn't chosen before because I wanted there to be more lmao)

Fallen Hero: Rebirth - @fallen-hero (I think there's a sequel coming up? I haven't stopped thinking about this storyline since I finished it omg... the.. the details are really good and I've become ridiculously attached to my tragic villain? Character... she IS the standard for my reusable IF persona, or at least one of my most prominent ones ;-D )

Samurai of Hyuga (WIP series) - (I'm pretty sure multiplechoicestudios.com is the development blog for this game, or at least what I've been checking for updates..... this is a series with four book currently out.... and I've been playing through book 4 at slower than a snail's pace in a desperate attempt to prolong my experience. I really didn't think I was going to like it as much as I did but I got a little too into it and now I'm horribly attached to all the characters)

The Porthecrawl Witness(WIP) - @porthecrawl-witness (I'm pretty sure this is a WIP?? But ugh. SCREEEEEE- it's so good. It's SO GOOD. I really want to punch Talbot in the face. And Asher, if for a different reason. And sort of Staci just to try. Quinn is just a cutie I could never hurt him like that. Ugh but they're all so good and I forgot that I was reading a WIP untill it suddenly was over..... I'mfeeling really aggressive rn as I'm writing this, so please just note that the punch comment is meant as a statement on how interesting the concept and immersiveness of the characters and story is)

Forgotten Names (WIP) - by Alexandra_Zorila on the CoG Forum (turn the volume up. AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Look, look. It's..... delicious. It's SO interesting and I obsessively have a tab open on my computer to check for updates)

OFNA: Birds of a Feather (WIP) - @ofna (the vibes are so grey and smoky but the fog is definitely from a party smoke machine and the room is only dark because the walls are taped with those huge sheets of black construction paper that teachers use to cover their bulletin boards with... the game definitely falls in the 'dark and mysterious' genre but something just strikes me as really funny when I play it. Anyway it's good and it's in a lot if recommended lists for a reason. Also I'm very attached to my American Goldfinch)

More Things in Heaven and Earth (WIP) - @morethingsgame (in the same way that it's fun to play Guenevere in the Guenevere game or Mordred in The Bastard of Camelot, playing Ophelia in the sort-of Hamlet story is really fun. If anyone has read the Missing collection- which I absolutely love- by Margaret Peterson Haddix, this gives me similar vibes for some reason. Anyway, I really want to give Hamlet a hug and make him a flower crown or something)

A Tale of Crowns (WIP) - @ataleofcrowns (It's kind of not even funny how much I love this game... It's hard to even describe why I like it, just that it's so well rounded in terms of the story, characters, dialogue, and relationships. It's such an interesting plotline and it's pretty immersive. Also the first time I read the demo, there was an update as I was reading and the high that sent me on has very rarely been matched. Also Dara running to save my Crown in the tunnel?? 🤚😩🤭💓 ugh. UGH!! That's good food for my fool heart)

Scout: An Apocalypse Story (WIP)- @anya-dev (I'm usually not that into apocalypse themes/plots but I really enjoyed this game, and the plot was very good and intruiging... it really pulled me in and I like my character in the story a lot. I don't know why but it tastes like chikuwa, atsuage, and this specific type of carmelized onions that my mom makes sometimes)

Nothing left to burn (WIP)- @clowdee-works (......ouch. I *knew* what was going to happen and I STILL became attached to Drew)

Smoke and Velvet - @roast-ifs (It's good. And I am VEDY much into my character design. Also the story is really interesting, and I enjoy the setting a lot somehow)

Speaker (WIP)- @speakergame (very fun to play, and each update gets me more interested in the aspects of the plot. I also really like the little descriptions of what the characters think of the player)

The Nameless (WIP)- @parkerlyn (interesting plot, I like the characters a lot, and The aesthetics of this world are so interesting. Definitely had a good time visualizing what everything looked like)

Fields of Asphodel (WIP) - @asphodelgame (I think it's really cute so far!!! I like mythology in general, and the persephone/hades dynamic is *mwah!*... I like the way the story progresses in the beginning, and I think it works well in drawing the reader into the world. I also very much enjoy petting large dogs.)

...there are so much more.. and I have followed so many blogs.........

I'm not sure why I can't find it rn but there's this one WIP game that I really like where the MC buys a manor for like dollar and moves to go live there with her best friend and shenanigans ensue as they try to settle in and fix up the estate

Harbringer (WIP) - @harbringercog (....are you KIDDING me?? I was fully planning on just enjoying the demo and keeping a mental note to update the list sometime later,,, but this game... THIS GAME really made me fold. It's very immersive and regardless of how nervous the author claims to be after releasing the demo, it's of my humble opinion that those nerves can be calmed. It's very good. I was planning on procrastinating and reading a little bit and then going back to this essay I need to write, but somehow I got pulled in and ended up reading through the whole demo and it's apparent that I honestly had no chance of getting through this without becoming invested in the plot.... just... so good.. I'm very excited to see how this will progress)

Visual Novels:

Andromeda 6 (WIP) - @andromeda-six​  (I repeat: Obsessed, I come back every few months to see an update and I fall deeper into the hole every time...)

To the Edge of the Sky (WIP,, probably) - by Ajané (??) on Steam (I think, it’s been a while)

Next on my list to check out: Perfumare by pdrrook

Does.... does The Arcana game by Nix Hydra count as VN?? If so, then yes.

Similarly, the FictIF games are all entertaining, although Last Legacy and Heir to Love and Lies are my favorites rn (and.....unfinished....)

I also don't know if this counts, because I kind of consider Otome games to be their own genre, but on the Love 365: find your story by Voltage Inc. There are a bunch of fun stories, my favorite of which are: the Shinichi Kagari route on After School Affairs and the Saejima and Keiichiro routes on Bad Boys do it Better

..To be continued...

[fiddles-ifs]

*crawls out of the swamp and coughs up blood* Happy Update Day!!!! A chunkier update this month (~5k words) finishing up the Bar Fight route.

CHANGELOG

Get your shit rocked in Warden's only watering hole [REQUIRES YOU TO START A FIGHT AT THE BAR]

Get patched up by Nazeri and possibly get your nose broken by Bautista

Meet a certain wily coyote

Experience some horrors

IN DEVELOPMENT

Diner, Summers' Home, and Bar: Lumberjack routes

Mobile UI (almost there...)

Font Scaling

Prettier glossary page

Updated, streamlined code

[attollogame]

I was just wondering what interactive games/cog either they be wips or completed books, do you recommend checking out. And on another note, I am in absolute awe at your writing style every time I reread the demo, the characterizations and just the general feel of the story is just muah. Thanks for sharing your story/game with the world, love!!

Ooooo okay lemme reach into my brain here and send out a shot

COG (Completed) [I don’t actually read many COG djdjd I’m so sorry]

180 Files: The Aegis Project 

Tally Ho and Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale  

Creme de la Creme & Blood Money

The Fog Knows Your Name

Heart of The House

Breach: The Archangel Job  

The Wayhaven Chronicles 

WIPS [I know too many of thse though...] 

Greater Than Gods

Smoke & Velvet : The Gnawing Chronicles

Until The Colours Bleed Grey

Roots

Snakeroot

The Nameless

The Northern Passage

To The Whistling Winds

Summoners

Changeling

Virtues End 

Diaspora

The Porthecrawl Witness

Temple of the Endless Night

The Royal Affairs

Superhero Secret Agent

Spellbound: A Ghost Story 

Mind Blind

The Golden Rose

Exiled From Court 

The Odessa Dating Game

Speaker

Wilhelmina 

Sentinel

The Passanger 

Just West of Autumn Boulevard 

God of the Red Mountain

Chronicles of Sekherion: Book One  

Fields of Ashphodel 

Greenwarden 

Remember You Will Die

Golden (not out yet but hype)

Other IF [Mostly on Itch.Io] 

Love and Friendship: A Regency RomCom

An Absinthian Ballad

The Eight Years Revolution

A Tale of Crowns 

Scout 

The Brighter The Dawn 

Twin Coves (it’s a VN but hear me out...hype)

[haledamage]

so i discovered mind blind and shepard’s of haven through your blog and played through both of the available demos in one day lol, do you have any recs for other interactive stories (i think they’re called??) like them? :)

oh WOW, first of all I’m so glad you enjoyed Shepherds of Haven and Mind Blind, Lena and Jo are wonderful and very talented people and I’m glad I can help other people discover their work :)

second of all, you have come to the right place, darling anon! interactive fiction has become something of a passion of mine and there are so, so many amazing stories out there right now. I follow a lot of creators, and even limiting it to just works that have demos out or have been fully released, I have a list of like... 40 games, and even then I’m sure I’ve missed some 😅 I also have several rec lists bookmarked full of games I haven’t had a chance to play yet

gonna put the list under a cut because it, uh, got really really long (these are in no particular order):

Completed Works:

Changeling also by @steamberrystudio

The Soul Stone War by @intimidatingpuffinstudios

The Wayhaven Chronicles (Book 1) (Book 2) by @seraphinitegames

The Lady’s Choice also by @seraphinitegames

Ebon Light by @underbliss

Evertree Inn and Sordwin by Thom Baylay (no tumblr)

Fallen Hero: Rebirth by @fallenhero-rebirth

When The Night Comes by @lunarisgames

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WIPs:

Shepherds of Haven by @shepherds-of-haven

Mind Blind by @mindblindbard

Seven Heirs of Ophaesia by @fantasyfawkes

Whisper in the Dark by @whisper-game

Task of the Burdened One by @task-of-the-burdened-one

The Edge of Dawn by @elysianfiction

The Golden Rose by @anathemafiction

Fields of Asphodel by @asphodelgame

God of the Red Mountain by @friendlybowlofsoup

The Hunt: Demon Eyes by @tirankawrites

Just West of Autumn Boulevard by @westofautumnboulevard

Herculean by @herculeangame

To the Whistling Winds by @tothewhistlingwinds

AMYGDALA: Encode by @amygdalagame

Court of Harts by @courtofharts

The Goodfellows by @thecuriouseye

Greenwarden by @greenwarden-cog

Literally everything from @gatheringstarduststudios

Summer Court by @summercourtgame

Sentinel by @nyehilismwriting

WALL by @notesfromwall

The Porthecrawl Witness by @porthecrawl-witness

Still Waters by @stillwaters-if

Lure of the Gallows by @lureofthegallowsgame

Guenevere by @newarcana

A Tale of Crowns by @ataleofcrowns

Gilded Shadows by @steamberrystudio

Anoldor by @anoldor

Made Marion by @velvet-cupcake-games

Scout by @anya-dev

Perfumare by @pdrrook

Literally everything by @heart-forge

Andromeda Six by @andromeda-six

Errant Kingdom by @lunarisgames

Stellar Renegades by Misszaius (no tumblr)

[lmanberg]

I’ve been reading COG books to distract myself from life anyways I’m here to recommend The Exile and Greenwarden they’re my favorite WIPs and Fallen Hero is my favorite completed one although I haven’t checked in about the sequel in a year k bye

[trvelyans-archive]

maia can you recommend any more choose your own adventure games?? i played wayhaven because of you (all caught up so far) and i really like the style! thanks either way!

AW ANON i am so glad to hear it !!! also you started this ask with my name gave me instant seratonin so i owe you my life

i won't tag the blogs directly in this ask bc i'm Shy but i will include their blog name so you can search 'em up anyway xxx

tbh i haven't had much time to play any new ones lately but my all time fave is mind blind (mindblindbard) - so so interesting and the author jo is just a SWEETIE and so fucking smart and creative and funny !!! (hi jo if you're reading this uwu) the main character and their life is a lot more preset than other IFs but it's such a good book that i'd say it's worth it to stick with the preset anyway. also grayson black is my husband so i'm obligated to say this

shepherds of haven (shepherds-of-haven) is another really good one, super cool fantasy !!! there's a lot of content for it already and if you support the author's patreon then you get more content as well !!!

there are some others i've been meaning to try but haven't had the time yet.... greenwarden (greenwarden-cog) is really well written horror, i played a lot of it but couldn't get into my oc so i regrettably gave up but shall be back with a vengence!!!, and northern passage (northern-passage) has an LI that i am already very fond of just from following their blog !!! and amygdala (amygdalagame) is a really cool one i tried a while ago i really enjoyed !!! also omg !!!!! my lovely friend caiti is working on one (stillwaters-if) and some more of my lovely friends are working on one as well (summercourtgame) !!! both very very good i would highly recommend !!!

i can't think of any IFs are are finished/close to finished so all of these are demos but !!! i'm hoping to play some more when school is out for the semester so i'll probably start reblogging a lot more stuff after around the 10th~ of december, so keep an eye out 👁 there are also lists of IF demos you can find floating around tumblr - don't have one on hand rn but i'm sure you can find one with quick searching !!! i hope you find some more games to play anon !!! feel free to come chat about your ocs with me anytime !!!

[somewillwin]

since you play both the wayhaven chronicles and mind blind, i was wondering if you had other cog to recommend... i tried a few but i didn't really enjoy them as much as those two. (btw, i discovered mind blind because of your kenna art so thank you for that, i owe you my life 🙏)

Greenwarden from @fiddles-ifs is another one that I love!

Scout from @anya-dev

Mind games from @gatheringstarduststudios

And about finished books like twc.... I can only recommend fallen hero. Omg it’s superb! Can’t wait for book two.

PD: so glad you liked my Kenna 😭😭😭 who are you romancing if I might ask? 😌😌

[my-name-is-lumien]

Oh my god same,, I used to play games on my pc years ago. VC and SA were practically all of my childhood, love them to bits. I remember playing hitman 2, the 2002 one, a long ass time ago. But that's it, I only occasionally play Euro Truck 2 and some mobile games here and there!

Any VN/IF suggestions? would love to try some, esp on pc. Thanks.

Yes! Hitman 2: Silent Assassin was the first Hitman I played! 😂 My busted laptop still had a copy of CS v1.6 too! hehehe! As for VNs and IFs, heads up tho, most of the ones I have played are under development still, though many in the Choices fandom has also already played them! :D I’ll put them under the cut ~

Interactive Fiction (Text Based) - Superstition 1 and 2 (complete, book 3 is on hiatus) - Insight - A Tale of Crowns - Bad Ritual - Mind Blind - Greenwarden - Shepherds of Haven - SOS: The Mortal Coil - Fallen Hero: Rebirth (complete, book 2 is in dev) - The Wayhaven Chronicles  1 and 2 (complete, book 3 is in dev) ^ Fallen hero and TWC have several chapters worth of demo for free, you’d have to pay for the rest but they are really worth it! <3 More in this link! itch,io is also a good plce to look for indie games! :D Visual Novels - Oathbreaker 1 (genderlocked F! MC, book 2 is in dev) - Perfumare - Andromeda Six - the Neptune Diaries