#ink and intrigue

[leiatalon]

Ink and Intrigue: Romantasy IF

It's here! It's here! 🎉

Ink and Intrigue is published and you can play it now! ❤️‍🔥

Play the demo for free!

Heed magic's call! Find love on a lush tropical island among immortal warrior-mages as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. When mystery tempts, how do you answer?

Ink an Intrigue is a standalone Heart’s Choice IF romantasy adventure set in the same world as Their Majesties' Pleasure.

Plunge into a world where magic calls the passion in your soul.

Choose your kindred: a powerful dragon, a shapeshifting griffin, or a blue-lightning phoenix.

As you train to become a warrior-mage, do you romance or befriend a sexy tattoo artist, a feisty initiate, a playful sage, or a maverick with an unfulfilled quest?

Ink and Intrigue is an interactive high-heat fantasy novel by Leia Talon, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

As a seasoned spy from the kingdom of Minare, you have been sent as an emissary to the Kitherin warrior-mages of Ra'zai, whose tattoos give them supernatural abilities and whose magical rites bond them to powerful creatures from another world.

But, as soon as you enter Ra'zai, you hear the call of the Kitherin. The magic has chosen you, and now, your fingertips tingle and your heart pounds. An unnamed need grows within, like a thirst that can't be quenched. Magic infuses your very breath.

As your magic expands, so does your heart. Which of your new Kitherin companions calls to you?

TEO: Are you attracted to Teo, the soft-spoken tattoo artist whose muscular body is covered in tattoos and whose eyes blaze with amber fire? When he paints dragon runes onto your skin, do you feel the power of his heart as well as his magic?

KAI: Or to Kai, whose dark hair contrasts with brilliant blue eyes: his mastery as a warrior is unmatched, but his quest to overturn a corrupt regime has earned him the opposition of the Kitherin Council.

RAE: Perhaps you prefer Rae, a feisty fellow initiate, with her dark skin and wicked smile. Rae's determination is legendary—she has failed the trials before, but never stops trying—and her boisterous spirit is unbreakable.

THEA: Or maybe Thea is the one for you, with her sea-green eyes and copper hair. Elegant and serene, dedicated guardian of the temple—but if you earn her trust, she will show you her playful side, and sing the songs of her Fae ancestors.

What does the call of the Kitherin mean for your duty to the crown? Will you confess the clandestine role you've played for your king, or keep your secrets and leave your past behind? What information will you send back? Will you use your position to build alliances with the Kitherin Council and other nations, or will you use your spy skills of blackmail and poison to get what you want?

Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bi, and/or asexual.

Romance a passionate artist, a serene sage, a feisty initiate, or a determined warrior.

Choose high-heat or sweet options, or avoid sex scenes entirely.

Form a psychic bond with a magical creature: choose a dragon, a griffin, or a phoenix.

Learn how to craft dragon-rune tattoos, and infuse your art with powerful magic.

Explore a lush island paradise crowned with ancient temples, peaceful healing gardens, a hidden library, and sun-swept beaches with the perfect waves for surfing.

Indulge in magic elixirs and delectable food as you revel under the full moon.

Dive through portals to strengthen your ties with your bonded creature, and explore other worlds!

When magic calls, where will your heart find its home?

Play the demo of Ink and Intrigue and try the first three chapters free to see if the adventure sucks you in!

Big shout out to everyone who has given feedback on the WIP demo and during beta testing. Thank you so much for your suggestions and for sharing in the excitement for this game!

I can't believe Ink and Intrigue is 300k words! It's actually upwards of 375k words including repeated text (much of which still has to be edited for different situations). I meant to write it much shorter, but I accidentally wrote a whole extra chapter during beta testing and added to all the paths.

There are so many gems to uncover in this game!

If you have any asks, hit me up! I'll do my best to answer. Just please be patient as sometimes I forget to check socials for days at a time. 🤣 After working for a year straight on this game I'm taking a breather. I'll rest, you play. Let me know what you think!

Play the first three chapters for free!

Ink and Intrigue is published by Heart's Choice, the romance division of Choice of Games. Game art by Adrien Valdes.

[elizakai]

inkmare🖌️🐙

dynamic 1 🔼

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[leiatalon]

Ahhhh! Thank you so much! 🙌

played a few of the choice of games romance titles on my flights and their majesties' pleasures is def my fave -- overall it felt very balanced with the romance and the other plot stuff, great poly options, and the smut was well-written SO if you're lookin for a fun steamy fantasy game first three chaps are free and also it's like $5.99 for the full thing

[thecryptidart1st]

—TERMINATED EMPLOYEE—

[midnightfire830]

😏

Stay tuned…It’s new AU time…

[mars-ipan]

No idea why he tasted of lemons. Assumedly the ink he was printed with? It has made me headcanon that he smells of lemons now though

spike chunsoft agrees with you anon

[bmpmp3]

yesterday in vocal synth news

[buwheal]

Okay, I know we can't help spamton by giving him stuff BUT WE CAN GIVE THE POOR GUY FUGGIN THERAPY!! I MEAN, YOU CAN STILL TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS! MAYBE IT WILL DO SOMETHING FOR YOU, I DON'T KNOW!

(Also idea. Can't we just send him money....like virtually augh maybe?)

not answering with any art because there isnt anything to be answered by spamton himself, but i can give you a hint and tell you guys youre starting to get on the right track. albiet in an unusual way but kinda swerving around in the right direction nonetheless. do what you will with that i guess. And no, you cannot send him money. For multiple reasons. He'd eat it anyways so it really doesnt do much either. Sorry. ^_^

[thatonecrookedsmile]

I made these sketches the week SOTM launched, and I didn't think about posting them at the time. I recently looked at them again and thought "hmm, why not". In my own way, I decided to add a *little* color to make it a little more nice,and I edited the image *just* a little,and boom, here it is. My Riley Wells design. There's not much to say about the process of creating her design. I only used the portrait you find in the game as a reference, and I made a design of her at the time she joined JDS and then Gent. There's not much to say,really.

These were sketches made after I made an initial sketch of her to put the idea of her design on paper, and were made to help solidify and test out her design better. I haven't drawn her since.

So, yeah. They aren't much, and I don't have much to say about them. But I wanted to eventually show my design that I made of her. Plus, those sketches turned out quite nice,so there's that.

Other than a small idea that I don't know when I'll do, I don't have anything in mind that could result in drawing Riley again in the future. But hey, in case one day I end up wanting to draw her again, at least I have a design prepared for the occasion.

As a bonus, here is the first sketch I made of her. No editing or colors.

[leiatalon]

The amount of future story threads I wove into Ink and Intrigue is immense. I wonder if people will pick up on them. 😎

This story is the culmination of years of worldbuilding, with a cast of passionate, powerful characters. This game invites you to find love, do some spying, and become a warrior-mage.

Magic tattoos

Full moon parties

Portals to other worlds

Missions of protection and destruction

Soulful intimacy and legendary love

Have you played it yet?

Play the demo of Ink and Intrigue for free!

This art by Adrien Valdes is so good! 🔥

[hopefulomens]

sometimes i’ll wanna ask my friends about their interests cuz i wanna learn more and i think it’s cool and maybe wanna get into the same things. but then i’ll remember that i like bic pens genuinely and wholeheartedly and use them very often as my go to. and then i don’t ask my friends about their interests

[icouldhyperfixatehim]

having loads of fun with midnight museum!! or as i'll be thinking of it

[discountalien-pancake]

The friendship harem has started up some good old analog correspondence, so I fell down a fountain pen rabbithole and splurged on some new materials. Did I choose a very expensive ink purely because it was glass green and named Cinderella’s Slipper? Absolutely.

In the meantime, I dug out a very old, inexpensive dried up pen that I have no idea where it even came from. Took it apart and tossed the nib and cartridge into a bottle full of water to dissolve the old ink.

Something about this image of my dimly lit desk covered in art supplies and papers and random junk, with a bottle of bright blue water smack in the middle of it is immensely pleasing?? No idea why.

Anyway, perhaps I will pick up a bottle of less expensive, more versatile blue-black ink tomorrow so I can put my cheap pen to use while I wait for my nice pen to arrive.

[lilacthebooklover]

lilarky crayon song gets ruined animatic who 🤭

(started making it this afternoon & colours are assigned purely by Vibes. your blog might be themed around one specific colour, you might have an absolute favourite, your name might be a colour-- too bad for you ig, you get the colour whose lyrics best suit you instead 🤭🤭🤭)

[killjoy-prince]

man the lineart in witch hat atelier is so fucking good i can really stare at the art for hours following the lines