“𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐎”: A Story Where You Play As An Immortal Who Awakens From A Seven Hundred

When you unexpectedly find yourself unemployed, a friend offers you a job and you become the new night shift receptionist at Casa Serena, a remote hotel in the beautiful Spanish countryside with stunning views of the mountains and the ocean.

You thought you knew what you were getting into: tend the front desk during the quietest shift, enjoy the views, sleep in a hotel bed, on your days off lounge by the pool sipping one of those drinks with a slice of fruit as garnish.

There’s just one thing your friend forgot to mention: Casa Serena is a hotel for vampires. Your night shifts are about to become far livelier than you expected!

The Night Shift is an interactive fiction game following the unexpected and comedic adventures of you, a completely ordinary and definitely human receptionist working the night shift at a hotel that caters to the needs of vampires and humans alike. Get to know the staff of Casa Serena, keep your immortal guests happy, get up to all sorts of mischief – and enjoy the summer like you were on holiday!

The game explores themes of immortality, healing, belonging, and found family. Though some heavy topics may be discussed by the characters, the game’s overall mood will be light-hearted and hopeful.

Customisable main character - choose your name, gender, pronouns, appearance, personality, and more!

Discover what vampires really get up to on summer nights

Decide what kind of night shift receptionist you’re going to be

Solve mysteries!

Find a fun summer romance, if you’re into that sort of thing… or something more lasting?

Form friendships that last a lifetime and even longer

Shape the hotel’s future

And most importantly, take time to lounge by the pool!

More info, including main cast introductions, to follow!

For age rating and content warnings, please see the rest of the post.

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Vespertines: an interactive fiction

Vespertines is an urban fantasy/romance interactive fiction about demons and found family. You play as a human working at a bar for demons, getting to know your customers and collecting their stories.

The game is currently in development. It is developed in Twine and will be released episodically. A demo will be available mid 2022 on itch.io. 

Vespertines is recommended for mature audiences. Content warnings are available below and at the start of the game.

On the run from your past, you find yourself in a new city with no plan and nowhere to go. A mysterious individual called Ashheart appears before you and refers you to a bar called ‘Vespertines’. You expect the usual; cleaning up spills and handling drunk customers. What you do not expect is for your new boss to be a horned demon known as Gremory who collects stories as payment instead of money.

Customisable main character, including customisable 

Name

Gender - male, female and nonbinary options available

Pronouns - preset or choose your own

Appearance

Backstory - one of three planned routes which unlock unique dialogue and story beats within the game

Develop your relationships with the characters - will you be friends, family, enemies or lovers?

Optional romance routes for both Gremory and Ashheart (both gender customisable)

Diverse story branches and multiple endings

More features to be added as the game is developed!

Character intros and content warnings under the cut.

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[ a slice-of-life / romance story set within and around the school world ]

SYNOPSIS.

new town and a new job. having just left city life for various reasons and moved to lone pine north, the northern - and smaller - set of twin towns separated by the largest river in the country, you feel ready to start the next chapter of your life.

set during the first year as a teacher at lone pine north elementary, you do your best to settle into your new life and your role as a teacher, balancing private life and education, and solving the drama of young teenagers - and perhaps your own drama as well.

thank you for today is a slice-of-life / romance story that focuses on relationships. while the game has a focus on the romance genre, it is entirely possible to go through the game being just friends with the cast, or entering into queerplatonic relationships with some of them. thank you for today is rated 18+ for strong language and optional sexual content. other content warnings might be added. minors do not interact.

no demo currently | thank you for today is a side project and not currently my main focus.

THE CAST.

the teacher. MC. fully customizable. you; the newest addition to the staff at lone pine north elementary and a stranger in your new home town. your everyday life is filled with social interactions, but will you manage to build any real and lasting relationships with your students, coworkers and new neighbours?

the PE teacher. STACY YU. 27. gender-selectable [he/him, she/her, xe/xem] when Stacy isn't teaching a class, you will often find xem in the teachers' lounge either talking about various sporting events xe has seen, participated in and or arranged, or gushing about xir daughter, Clara. though divorced, xe has a very good relationship with xir ex-wife, because who could ever hate xem?

the technology teacher. OPAL YONAS. 34. trans female [she/her] high energy and passionate, Opal loves her job as the tech teacher, to the point where she's rarely seen outside her classroom. even in her free time, she spends most of her days upgrading electronics, whether it's her own or someone else's, and she's usually the first stop for half the town when it comes to computer issues.

the student care assistant. SHILOH AMOS. 40. agender [they/them] a calm and quiet presence at the otherwise bustling school, Shiloh seems to walk around with a bubble of comfort surrounding them. though they're loved by everyone, no one seems to know too much about their personal life and they clearly value their privacy.

the janitor. AUGUST/AUGUSTINE VINTER. 36. gender-selectable [he/him, she/her, they/them] though their job title is 'janitor', August/ine is more the school's fix-it-all, taking care of most of the building's maintenance. they come across as slightly unsociable when you first meet them, concentrated on their job rather than getting to know the school's staff, but most people seem to respect their almost single-minded focus.

the convenience store cashier. ENVER HALE. 26. trans male [he/him] the only connection Enver has to the local elementary school is that he used to go there ten years ago. now he works at the local convenience store half his time, before disappearing from the small town the other half, coming and going like the wind, and their mood seems to change just as easily.

the parent. MAX RODRIGUEZ. 42. gender-selectable [he/him, she/her, ze/zir] there are two things you know about Max; ze runs half the town, and ze loves zir twin sons, Felix and Luciano, more than anything else. it's easy to butt heads with zem as ze has an opinion on almost everything and ze doesn't seem to like admitting they were wrong about anything.

FEATURES.

thank you for today is an interactive narrative game with features such as:

a fully customizable mc. decide name, gender, pronouns, appearance, subject specialization (pick between one of six subjects), among other things.

build relationships. thank you for today is a character-driven story where you can build relationships with the main cast (romantic, platonic or queerplatonic) as well as with your coworkers, students, and neighbors!

unique storylines for each cast member. while every route follows the same basic plotline for mc, each RO (relationship option) has a unique plot and storyline of their own.

choices that matter. make choices that affect the relationships you build with the cast, your students and their future grades, and your position and career as a teacher at the school.

PSA. while i’m perfectly comfortable with anyone that wants to headcanon the cis cast members as trans, DO NOT headcanon or depict my trans characters as cis.

When Life Gives You Lemons...

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“Lemonade” is an upcoming interactive fiction inspired by slice-of-life manga and my personal experiences studying abroad in Tokyo. Play as the new transfer student at Morigaoka Public High School and navigate school life, friendships, young love, and the unrelenting highs and lows of growing up.

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CLOSEDLOOP UPDATE 01 || 00: GENESIS

You should have just slept on the couch...

As a reminder, CLOSEDLOOP contains mature themes and potentially sensitive content, and is intended for a strictly 18+ audience. Please check content warnings before playing.

|| FEATURES ||

Complete prologue, roughly 7.2k words without code.

Explore your apartment.

Break an alarm clock. And a door. And a mirror. Maybe your face, too.

New friends in golden masks and formal wear, who may or may not have wrecked your entire apartment.

The abject horror of missing your alarm, and waking up late for work.

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DEMO || DISCORD || KO-FI (TIP JAR)

Development Blog for the Interactive Fiction Zephite.

Genre(s): Supernatural, Romance, Mystery, Fantasy, Dark (Dependent), Humour (Attempt).

Setting: Oxford (UK), Earth | Xael, Zephite.

Rating: 18+ for CONTENT WARNINGS: death (including major character deaths), strong language, sexual content, violence, gore, abduction, mentions of past abuse/tragedy, depictions of injuries, blood, and torture, depictions of unhealthy relationships, alcohol consumption, drug use. Many of these warnings are either completely dependent on the reader’s choices, or how heavy/graphic they are will be dependent.

All asks are welcome, including NS//FW (within reason). Tag will be nsfzephite. However, I am a full-time university student so I cannot guarantee fast answers.

“Who are you?”

“I go by many names.”

Shinigami. Ankou. Hel. Śmierć. San La Muerte. Reaper.

“But you may call me Death.”

Death and Fate have always been entwined.

When Death defies Fate.

Fate abandons Death.

And Death shatters.

Zephite is an interaction fiction where you play as a once revered High Reaper who was deeply connected with death, even by your species standards. With a unique ability, and a fractured soul, perhaps they were correct when they said it was only a matter of time before you fell. When you commit one of the highest offences of your kind, your abilities are sealed and you are banished from your home realm of Zephite to Earth.

But when the Fates are blinded, and the very fabric of reality begins to unravel, so does your carefully constructed façade of humanity.

There’s a monster out there and it’s far closer than you think. But the real question is…

Is it more dangerous than the one inside your head?

Two main branches, with one only being accessible to certain types of MC’s.

Team up with those you used to command to discover who’s attempting to destroy reality as we know it.

Find out why your supposedly human best friend can’t quite look you in the eyes these days.

Take some time to find comfort and support in your adoptive sibling, Kaleb, who followed you from Zephite, and your newly adopted puppy.

Fight the corruption that threatens to overwhelm you or let it consume you.

Fully customisable MC (including name, nickname, gender (cis, non-binary, transgender), pronouns, sexuality (including aro/ace), and appearance (true form and human form)).

Predetermined skills include a proficiency in combat and weapons. Other skills will be determined by the reader.

Option to romance one of seven ROs, or choose from two poly relationships. Rekindle meaningful friendships, and find your family of choice once more (or destroy them all completely). The Secret RO is only romancable on one branch.

RO and other NPC POVs.

Alanis Santos Cruz [F] [Demiromantic, Demisexual]

??? (Appears 29) | 5’9ft | Zephinite (Puerto Rican)

Species: Reaper | Ability: Electrokinesis

A fiercely loyal woman who would do anything for the ones she loves. Alanis can come across as intimidating and unyielding in both her professional and personal life, but to anyone who knows her, her gentle heart and love of learning shines through clearly. Your former second-in-command, you could always turn to Alanis for support and advice, but you never truly understood how much she relied on you in turn. Now the commander, Alanis is perfectly civil to you, but there’s a quiet anger simmering in her eyes, and you don’t know if she’ll ever let herself trust you again.

Character Sheet

Ngaio Kerr-Bell [F] [Omnisexual]

??? (Appears 22) | 5ft | Zephinite (Māori)

Species: Reaper | Ability: Strength Augmentation

A true child of chaos, Ngaio always tries to look on the bright side. Her warm and friendly demeanour belies a woman of great mental and physical strength who desires to protect those she loves. She once respected you as her commander, and loved you as her friend. These days, you find it difficult to understand what Ngaio thinks of you, but you can’t help but notice how she still seeks you out to share the things that excite her, and how she lights up when you walk into a room.

Character Sheet

Zep Taylor [NB] [Pansexual]

??? (Appears 26) | 5’6ft | Zephinite (American)

Species: High Reaper | Ability: Compulsion

Ngaio’s sibling-in-chaos, Zep takes nothing in life seriously, living on the edge and preferring to take each day as it comes. They talk tough, but Zep’s heart is as big as their personality, and they attempt to shield it by destroying themself before anyone else can. But they weren’t always like this, before you left, Zep (perhaps ironically) valued life more than anything else and they looked up to you as a friend and role model, taking delight in making you laugh. These days, they shy from your touch…after all, your touch has always had the power to destroy them.

Character Sheet

Maksim Umarov [NB] [Demiromantic, Greysexual]

??? (Appears 28) | 6’2ft | Zephinite (Russian/Uzbek)

Species: Reaper | Ability: Healing

Apathetic would be the word used most to describe Maksim. To those outside their loved ones, their remarks are chilling and cut to the bone. However, when Maksim decides that someone is worthy of their trust, they would go to any lengths to protect them. When you were their commander, they would openly declare you as their favourite ‘patient’ and often left little notes around for you, reminding you to take care of yourself. Reunited again, you expect the biting words to be turned on you, but you are surprised to hear the softness in their voice that is still present when they speak to you.

Character Sheet

Fynn Von Decker [M] [Pansexual]

??? (Appears 31) | 7ft | Zephinite (German)

Species: Reaper | Ability: Enhanced Reflexes

A certified Gentle Giant, Fynn has a very doting nature, and those he loves could be forgiven anything. Unfortunately, due to Fynn’s height, people find him rather intimidating and tend to avoid him, which he struggles with as soft intimacy and love are hugely important to him. Although it’s rare to see, Fynn can be incredibly dangerous, he has a tendency to forget his own strength when he’s angry and will do serious damage if not kept in check. Once upon a time, you were the person that he went to for comfort, the person he trusted above all else. Now, as the second-in-command, Fynn is still sweet to you, but there’s a noticeable distance between you that he seems wary to let you cross.

Character Sheet

Lucas Kaloki [M] [Pansexual]

??? (Appears 25) | 5’11ft | English-Ugandan

Species: Human?

Cheerful and dependable, Lucas is your other housemate and best friend. He is always happy to help out, and is favoured by all your neighbours. A volunteer firefighter on top of running their own business, Lucas paints a competent and dependable picture (at least until he and Kaleb start bickering like an old married couple). He has always been there for you and your brother. Your ride-or-die friend as they say. But ever since the cracks in reality appeared, those sparkling eyes have become unreadable, and their beatific smile has edges too sharp, it makes you wonder if you ever truly knew Lucas at all.

Character Sheet

??? [M/F/NB] [MCsexual]

Unknown | Unknown | Unknown

Species: Unknown | Ability: Unknown

“Burn with me, my soul.”

Character Sheet

Polyamorous Routes Available: Ngaio & Alanis | Fynn & Maksim

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The Threads That Bind is a free to play interactive novel set within the magical world of Harry Potter. Wherein you play as a wizard that’s been transported back into the Founder’s Era of Hogwarts. Will you find your way back? Will you want to?

The Magical World is filled a variety of creatures— from fire breathing dragons to shrieking plants— that vary in terms of deadliness. The creatures, however, aren’t the only things one needed to watch out for; other magic users, the one’s with an affinity to the Dark Arts, still roamed even after years of Voldemort’s defeat.

That’s where you come in.

You’re an Auror— a police officer for the Magical World— that makes sure the innocent people of Diagon Alley, and beyond, are kept safe.

It was during one of these chases— having been tipped off about a suspected straggler from Voldemort’s Army— that your life changed forever.

Having crashed through one of the seedier stores within Knockturn Alley, you were blinded by a flash of light before appearing in a world that seemed like your own but was completely different all the same.

Not only were you stuck in the past— centuries before you were ever borne— you had no idea how to return to the present.

Nor did the people who came with you…

This story will be rated 18+ later on for profanity, alcohol consumption, violence, sexual themes, and mentions of torture.

Customizable MC: name, nickname, appearance, magical leanings, sexuality, gender, and various other things.

Choose your Patronus (when it crops up)!

Choose which House you had been apart of! Allowing for amusing dialogue with the Founder’s (especially the one that you choose to romance).

Romance 1 of 6 options that will offer unique experiences for your MCs.

Find your way through a world that is so familiar but so alien all the same.

Discover Hogwarts as you’ve never seen it and interact with a whole new cast of characters.

Play Quidditch— possibly with one of the Founder’s— and learn how the game might have changed.

Figure out a way to get back to your own time— if you even want to— while trying not to hurt one of the people who had come with you.

Interact with a variety of magical creatures.

The Founder of House Gryffindor; Godric/Godria is exactly as the stories have spoken of. Standing tall and proud, auburn hair falling in gentle waves, as their green eyes observe their surroundings. Their famous sword always on their hip as they traverse through the halls of Hogwarts.

Will you tame their lion heart? Or will you get nothing but heartache for your troubles?

The Founder of House Hufflepuff; Helge/Helga is a kind hearted being that wants nothing but the best for their students— and for the other Founders to stop bickering— with encouraging words always leaving their lips. Dark brown hair, paired with hazel eyes, giving off a gentle aura that they always try to maintain.

Will you show them the loyalty they’ve always given others? Or will you leave them like the many before?

The Founder of House Ravenclaw; Rowen/Rowena is an intelligent individual that always has an air of detachment surrounding them. Raven black hair, crystalline blue eyes, and fair skin, gives them an intimidating stature that they don’t dispute. However, it’s with a select few of their students that they let their guard down. Letting their true identity to appear. Will you ever become lucky enough to see it?

Will you be able to temper their talons? Or will you only end up getting cut?

The Founder of House Slytherin; Salazar/Salazara is not what you were expecting when you met them for the first time. Pale blonde hair, slate grey eyes, and alabaster skin were not things you’ve ever heard them be described with. Their cunning mind, quick wit, and silver tongue doing well to detract from peoples attention on their looks.

Will you be able to withstand their venom? Or will you fall prey to it like many before you?

Your partner— one of the people that had been unfortunately pulled with you— for over two years. They may not have the most practical ideas but they’re more likely to work than one may think. Their dark brown eyes filled with nothing but warmth towards you— pairing well with their onyx black curls and medium brown skin tone— as they’ve often mentioned they could have never asked for a better partner.

Will you become more? Or is that all you will ever be?

The other person that was pulled along— unfortunately for you— who also happens to be the very person you had been chasing. One of the last stragglers of Voldemort’s army; Kieran/Kiera’s dark blue eyes are sharper than the simple lackeys you’ve met before. Paired with their flirtatious smile and quips, you know you have quite the time ahead of you. Especially now that you don’t technically have the jurisdiction to detain them.

Will you find out what hides underneath the mark on their arm? Or will they forever remain an enigma to you?

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(also here's my first actual post ??? i guess haha)

Residents of Oak Street

This is mostly like an interest check rather than a fully developed introduction post. So the details are subject to change <3

Genres: superhero, action, sci-fi (?), mystery (possibly?)

Age restriction: 16+

THE STORY

It all started in the summer of 2022, when a small asteroid crashed in a secluded part of the woods. The asteroid itself didn’t pose a threat. In fact, it was fairly small in size and had shrunk even more during its fall. It’s what came with it that changed the lives of the city residents forever.

A virus.

A virus that had peculiar effects on people. A painful transition period. Some survived. And were left to figure out how to get accustomed to their new abilities. Others were not so lucky. When the transition became too painful to handle, death claimed them. Only a few people knew the true nature of the virus. The rest of the city only ever knew of it as a horrible contagious disease. Thus, the city went into lockdown for a couple of years. Until the scientists found a cure and the deaths started to decrease.

Of course, it isn’t really that simple. After all, we never really know what happened behind closed doors. For one, there are the effects that the virus left behind.

Such as…

…being able to read minds, people’s senses becoming unnaturally developed, abnormally fast healing, super strength, controlling objects without touching them…

Things like that…

FEATURES

Choose 1 of 12 super powers. Or don’t :)

Choose a university major (the list is made according to the story, so I could not include many choices).

Customize your character: choose your pronouns, gender, sexuality and so on.

Choose where you live (suburbs or city) and who you live with (alone or with family). Because… why not?

Choose your friends, enemies, lovers.

Speaking of lovers… If you wish to, you can romance 1 of 6 love interests (2 male, 2 female, 2 gender selectable). 

Meet the residents of Oak Street.

Don’t trust easily. 

LOVE INTERESTS

Florence Isabella Spring (f)

Laurence Jay “Laurie” Remington (m)

Edeline Hart (f)

Aaron Beckett (m)

Jordan Dani Mitchell (f/m)

Charles/Charlotte “Charlie” Vespertine (f/m)

More details about the ROs coming soon.

DEMO TBA 

𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄

𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚'𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨.

bitch, what does this update contain?

the prologue (duh).

physical customisations.

character history.

interact with your family and a relatively strange long-time friend of theirs.

teefs.

b҉e҉c҉o҉m҉e҉ ҉s҉o҉m҉e҉o҉n҉e҉ ҉t҉o҉ ҉b҉e҉ ҉f҉e҉a҉r҉e҉d҉.҉

GET INTO IT (YUH)!