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Synopsis
There are three emperors β the waning ShΓ ngguΔn usurper who threw the world in to chaos; the ChΓΊnyΓΊ boy-emperor whose handler once boasted he could be emperor himself; and the QΓliΓ‘n prince who sought upheaval to prove his father wrong.
For fifty years, unease permeated Great YuΓ‘n; for thirty years, the imperial clan whittled itself down through jealousy and conspiracy; for ten years, none have known peace.
In the eight years you've sat as the Empress of Great SΕng, wife of Emperor WΔi, QΓliΓ‘n ShΓ¨ng, nothing has gone as planned. He wasn't supposed to declare himself emperor, another war wasn't supposed to have broken out, you weren't supposed to be this hollow right now. Your home of ChΔo has wept and bled for his ambition, your dear half-brother distraught over having to point his blade at an old beloved friend, is this really how things are supposed to be?
18+ only, contains mature/distressing themes.
CW: Explicit non-skippable sexual content, dubious consent, explicit violence and gore, child marriage, and mentions of sexual assault/rape
ROs
QΓliΓ‘n ShΓ¨ng | The aloof Emperor WΔi of Great SΕng, MC's husband. A union borne of political necessity, he's always approached the marriage with a transactional and impersonal air, so what is the meaning of his newfound interest?
GΔoyΓ‘ng XiΗo | The impudent King of ShΗng and current regent of Great XiΓ , and MC's childhood friend and ex-lover(?). Hot-headed and arrogant, he's always proclaimed that he would only take one person as his wife.
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a slice-of-life game set in a small town with a focus on romantic, platonic, and family relationships
After getting laid off from your swanky job in the city, you are left with no choice but to move back to your rural hometown, Bridgewater, while you get your life back together. Your parents let you move into the apartment above their bar, with one condition- you pick up some shifts and help their once-popular bar get more customers again. But life in a small town can get messy quick, and even though Bridgewater comes with a lot of mess, itβs hard not to get attached to the small town and the people that reside in it. As you start to build a life here, you realize you have a big decision in your future: will you stay or will you go?
Play as female, male, transmasc, transfem, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bi, aro, or ace.
Customize your mcβs appearance
Develop your personality over the course of the book.
Romance one of 4 romanceable characters: your best friend, their (moody) twin sibling, a single parent, or the kind but mysterious bartender.
Develop friendships with the cast.
Customize the bar: choose a theme, decorate, set the vibes.
Make a big decision: do you stay in your hometown, or move away again?
Make decisions that impact your reputation in the town.
Get involved with the town: volunteer at local businesses, help plan town events, and get to know the people of Bridgewater.
Apply for jobs in the city⦠or procrastinate.
all gender selectable
Spencer | 28 : Spencer has been your best friend since childhood, but you havenβt lived in the same place since you were 18. For the last ten years, youβve stayed in touch, but living 2 minutes away again will be completely different. Spencer is kind, funny, and creative, and thereβs not much they wouldnβt do for you.
Spencer has dark brown hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. m!Spencer has medium length wavy hair and is 5β11. f!Spencerβs falls to her chest and is slightly wavy. f!Spencer is 5β8.
Arden | 28 : Arden runs Bridgewaterβs community center and is the glue that holds the town together. Theyβre generous, patient, and mature- or so youβre told. Theyβve never acted like that toward you. Arden is Spencerβs twin, and youβve just been their siblingβs friend whoβs always around, and always annoying. Moving back to Bridgewater could be a chance to start fresh, or you can pick up right where you left off.
Arden has dark brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin, and a small scar above their right eyebrow. m!Arden has medium length, slighty wavy hair and is 5β11. f!Ardenβs hair is mid-back length and wavy and she is 5β8.
if Arden and Spencer are the same gender, they are identical twins.
Noel/le | 31 : Noel/le is a history teacher, the coach of the local high schoolβs football team and an occasional musician at the bar. A relative newcomer to Bridgewater, N moved here after the birth of their daughter, Tatum, in order to be closer to Tatumβs other parent. Noel/le is gentle, responsible, active, and cautious- especially when it comes to who they let into their life.
Noel/le has pale, freckled skin and green eyes. Noel has short light brown hair, broad shoulders, and he stands at 6β1. Noelleβs hair ends between her jaw and shoulder, and she stands at 5β10. Noel/le has a toned build.
Kit | 30 : Kit moved to town a few months after you left and works for your parents as a bartender when they arenβt studying at a nearby college. In your absence, they became close with your parents. Despite this, Kit is one of the few people in Bridgewater who doesnβt seem to be here permanently. Kit is hardworking, intelligent, and extremely driven. They have a lot they want to achieve, and romance just doesnβt fit into that.
Kit has rich brown skin and brown eyes. m!Kit has buzzcut and is 6β0, and f!Kitβs long hair is in many braids that reach mid-back and is 5β9. Kit has a lithe body.
smalltown, nowhere is rated 18+ for (optional) NSFW scenes.
Klealetria is an elven continent divided by the bloodlines the Sun has blessed and those it has not.
The Marked are those the Sun has chosen. Born with magical affinities, they occupy positions of power, privilege, and influence throughout the continent.
The Hollow are those the Sun has rejected. Devoid of magic, they have learned to survive without the blessing that was never theirs.
You are neither.
You are something you do not yet have a name for. Something wrong.
Decades after your motherβs disappearance, your search for answers leads you to the Halidom, where buried secrets, forbidden truths, and your own impossible nature threaten to unravel the world around you.
Severance is about discovering who you are, holding the weight of the darkness that lives inside you, what it costs to be known, and the nine people who will love you regardless.
β§ Customize your protagonistβs name, gender, pronouns, appearance, and personality
β§ Build friendships and explore romance with one of the nine unique love interests
β§ Choose how you want to spend your time at the academy
β§ Unravel the mystery surrounding your mother's disappearance
β§ Hide a secret that could see you destroyed if discovered
August Averis | The Bard
He/Him - Hollow
Charming and enigmatic, August is the most famous bard in Klealetria. He often performs in glamour and has a passion for alchemy.
He is older than he looks.
Physical Appearance: willowy and tan, with vibrant green eyes and wavy brown hair.
βΎβ.Λ
Marianne Pearson | The Assistant
She/Her - Marked
Warm and optimistic, Marianne works as an assistant in the Halidom's Athenaeum. She finds joy in the little things and never misses an opportunity to make friends.
She wears her heart on her sleeve.
Physical Appearance: petite, with pastel pink hair and soft brown eyes.
βΎβ.Λ
Evander Renadrine | The Archivist
He/Him - Marked
Brilliant and reclusive, Evander is the archivist of the Halidomβs Athenaeum. He spends most of his days surrounded by books and rarely sleeps.
He knows more than he lets on.
Physical Appearance: towering and pale, with violet eyes and messy dark blonde hair.
βΎβ.Λ
Elias Forester | The Healer
He/Him - Marked
Gentle and attentive, Elias is a healer from the rural village of Brusca. He has spent most of his life caring for others.
He notices everything.
Physical Description: dimples, golden eyes, warm skin, and short red hair.
βΎβ.Λ
Valerie Vesper | The Mercenary
She/Her - Hollow
Quiet and observant, Valerie is a combat-focused student with a past she rarely discusses. She is usually training.
Very little escapes her attention.
Physical Description: pale and sharp featured, with short black hair and hazel eyes.
βΎβ.Λ
Faustina Lachlan | The Noble
She/Her - Marked
Composed and calculated, Faustina is a senior student from one of Klealetria's oldest noble families. She navigates high society with effortless grace.
She rarely allows herself to want.
Physical Description: cool dark skin, grey eyes, and long white-blonde hair.
βΎβ.Λ
Rowan Drake | The Knight
He/Him - Hollow
Stoic and dependable, Rowan serves as the personal bodyguard to the heir of Klealetria. Duty has shaped nearly every aspect of his life.
He feels more than he says.
Physical Description: tall and fair, with dark brown hair and brown eyes and a few facial piercings.
βΎβ.Λ
Astoria Beaumont | The Heir
She/Her - Marked
Bold and ambitious, Astoria is the future queen of Klealetria. She has never been particularly good at doing what sheβs told.
Responsibility has never diminished her spirit.
Physical Appearance: long golden curls, light green eyes, and sun kissed skin.
βΎβ.Λ
Malachi Draegan | The Captain
He/Him - Hollow
Confident and adventurous, Malachi captains the Amaranth and answers to no one but his crew. He is as comfortable navigating trouble as he is the open sea.
He has never been good at standing still.
Physical Appearance: scarred, with brown skin, amber eyes and shoulder length black hair.
Severance is rated 17+ for violence, death and grief, cosmic horror, strong language, and option sexual content.
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Afterimage is a murder-mistery/investigative interactive fiction. Possible warnings may include explicit language, graphic descriptions of crime scenes, skippable sexual content, and characters wrestling with grief and trauma.
The call comes in just past midnight.
A street you've never heard of; a victim you've never seen; a house broken into, yet nothing taken.
Three weeks later, the killer is still nothing but a moving shadow β a trace of fear, cruelty, madness.
You are a detective, newly assigned to the Graybridge Police Department, tasked with solving puzzles missing half their pieces.
The thing is, this case has no pieces at all.
The details don't fit. The leads go nowhere. And your partner, running on bitterness and an unhealthy amount of coffee, seems more interested in tolerating your presence rather than working with you.
As the investigation deepens, more bodies turn up. A pattern begins to surface. Your senses tell you they're close, lurking in the shadows.
Soon, an unnerving question begins to arise:
Do you trust those around you?
Afterimage is a narrative-driven game that delves deep into character development, complex personalities and psychological layers through the player's choices.
You play as a detective in Graybridge, a bustling metropolis inspired by the fast-paced energy of New York. The plot is carried by a series of mysterious murders happening around the area, and it's your job to follow leads and uncover the truth behind it all β or not.
Inspired by Detroit: Become Human, Law & Order: SVU, Zodiac (2007), and Se7en (Seven).
π Detective D. Jackson
Mid-30s | Male/Female | Dylan/Dina | RO
Your newly assigned partner at the 11th Precinct. Stubborn and relentless, Detective Jackson has a reputation for digging deeper than most. Their intense stare and cranky facade might keep people at arm's length, but once you've earned their trust, their loyalty is unwavering.
Route: Slow-burn - Love after tragedy.
π Officer Lilian Harris
Late-20s to early-30s | Female | RO (female MC's only)
The energetic beat cop that strives for more. Curious, clever, and highly skilled, Lilian has been dreaming of being a detective ever since she joined the precinct. Her friendly approach and contagious smile makes newcomers warm up quickly, but her eyes twitch slightly at the mention of how "better" she'd be if she followed in her brothers' footsteps.
The annoying downstairs neighbor who's always knocking at your front door. Hard-working and impatient, Thomas is training to become a surgeon at St. Brigid's Memorial Hospital. Petty complaints, delivered in a soft Brazilian accent, are often the first thing you hear after the pounding on your door, though you can't help but wonder if, deep down, he's just a lonely man looking for attention.
Route: Enemies-to-Lovers - The Insufferable but Hot Neighbor.
π¬ E. Lavigne
Early 30s | Male/Female | Elliot/Evelyn | RO
The noisy journalist who flirts like it's a sport. Charming, bold and annoyingly good at getting into places they shouldn't. Lavigne's flattery may come off as playful and uncompromising, but behind the calculating eyes and cigarette-tinged breath lies a lifetime mission: to serve social justice and expose the dirty secrets of those who deserve it.
Route: FWB / One Night Thing - Innocent Flirting Turns Real.
β Detective Asahi Kurosawa
Mid-30s | Non-binary
The missing partner. Their unexplained disappearance led to your assignment with Detective Jackson, and whispers about their case echo quietly through the precinct. What really happened to them remains a mystery.
The kind coroner who works closely with Graybridge PD, and Detective Jacksonβs closest confidant. Gentle, thoughtful, and surprisingly caring for someone who spends their days among the dead, Dr. Rivers can light up a room even with a quiet smile. Some wonder whether their bond with Detective Jackson is purely friendship... or something more.
Important: Rivers' gender will always be the opposite of Jackson's.
Analytical, sharp and understanding, Dr. Wess is the precinct's assigned psychologist, tasked with assessing every officer and staff member at GPD. Knows more about you than you think she does.
You might meet and flirt with other characters, such as:
Thorin Andersen, Zain Rafiq, Iris Blake Gallagher, Adam Collins, and Wyatt Fernsby.
In this game, you will:
Choose your gender, sexuality, and appearance.
Customize your past: choose your former division, the reason for your transfer, and how it shaped your reputation and skills.
Build your personality with meaningful dialogue choices.
Investigate crime scenes: solve a mysterious killing spree that's been hunting the department - and now you.
Romance your partner, your neighbor, the flirty journalist who's way too nosy, or one of your cop colleagues (with two gender-selectable choices)!
Access confidential personnel files to glimpse the minds and motives of those around you.
Have a sibling: choose their gender and how close you are after the tragedy that has shaped your past.
Keep your own secrets - what brought you here, and what you're running from.
π Afterimage is still on its writing stage! I'm planning to post the demo after I finish chapter one (prologue's already done).
What have you done to me? you ask through a blood-soaked throat.
A rhythmic thumping echoes in your ears. Cold, wet earth wedges between your teeth; your tongue feels fuzzy with dirt. You peel open your eyes.
Your pupils blow out, twinned voids drinking in what should be total darkness. Planks of plywood stretch overhead. Panic forces your hands up until you're scratching against the wood, scrambling for freedom. Terror and rage bleed out of every pore.
Soil falls into your mouth. You gasp. Oxygen floods your throat and sets it ablaze. You're on fire. Your stomach spasms, a cramp bringing tears to your eyes. Hollow--empty. Starving.
You've been buried alive.
"Knock it off. You'll be out in a second."
You wake up in a grave. Your grave. Fuzzy memories come crawling back. A nightclub. A stranger. A flashing smile; teeth in your throat. They creep back until you remember your own death. Before the details settle, steady hands pull you out of your casket. You've changed, the mouth that killed you explains. The caterpillar and the butterfly. You're something else, something better. A vampire.
I kissed you.
I killed you.
I turned you into a god.
FEATURES:
Be reborn as a fledgling vampire brought into a world unlike any you've ever known. The city comes alive at night, it turns out, for those whose hearts have long since stopped beating.
Play as a man, a woman, or nonbinary; trans or cis. Customize your appearance, your pronouns, and build up your fledgling's distinct personality throughout the game.
Embrace your new place as a creature of the night--develop your newfound abilities, get to know the other members of your coven, and find yourself knees-deep in a potentially deadly game of politics.
Or reject the life you never asked for. Seek out a cure and potentially help more than just yourself...or become obsessed with revenge, doing everything in your power to vanquish the undead.
Seek out love after death...or something like it.
Neverland is an 18+ dark supernatural romance work in progress in the early stages of creation. It's a story about terrible people doing terrible things to one another. And vampires. Mostly vampires. This is my secondary project and for the time being, updates will be extremely infrequent.
DEMO (tba)
Romance Options:
Remy (F/M/NB)
Your sire: your killer, your savior. A danger-obsessed gambler who took the risk of turning you before anyone else could get the chance. They claim to love you more than anything; but you can't shake the feeling that something is very wrong.
Soleil (F/M)
The head of your adopted coven. Like if you turned chaos into a creature of flesh, Sol destroys and creates in turn. They do whatever they want; they get whatever they want. Except, it seems, you. They're alluring and wild and utterly obsessed.
Melody (F)
A third member of your coven, and a tragedy brought to life. Unlike the others she insists she never wanted to be a killer. She's an innocent trapped in a world of grime and viscera, and she wants so desperately for you to save her. Won't you be her knight?
Dana/Dane (F/M)
Your overly gregarious neighbor who helped you move into your apartment. They've always been friendly, but after you stumble home covered in blood and changed forever they double their efforts to wedge their way into your life. Something about them is off, and you're left wondering if you're not the only one with secrets.
Isaac (M)
To your knowledge, Isaac might be the only covenless vampire in the city. He looks at you with a methodical detachment, like you're something to study. A scientist and a warlock, he's been hired to do something almost unheard of: find the cure for vampirism.
The end of the world happened thirty years ago. Between wars and a global pandemic, Astralys is no more. Only a handful of humans survived alongside the mutants. Ghouls, draugars, boogiemen, dragons and humans have to live side by side while the undead threaten the survival of humankind.
Born into the post-apocalypse, you found yourself in a walled encampment, living a rather peaceful life alongside your older sister, Kyra, and your best friend in the whole wide world, Hunter.
All was well until your camp got overrun by undead, leaving only Kyra, your dog, Xander, and you alive. You spent a few years on the road before you were taken in by a small community. Even if you got accustomed to this new life, you still kept your backpack packed, just in case.
RATED +18
TW:Β explicit language, graphic depiction, violence, use of alcohol, (soft) sexual content, death, potential self-harm, suicide idealisation.
FEATURES
Customize your MC: appearance, gender, sexuality and personality.
Engage in romantic and/or sexual affairβ¦
β¦ or donβt, your choice!
Survive in a world that wants you dead.
Will you save your friends or be the cause of their death?
Multiple endings.
MAIN CAST
VIKTOR TALISΒ β he/him β 28
Viktor is the one that found you during one of his patrol. He took you, Kyra and Xander in. You had a hard time trusting him, his stern demeanour didn't help, but you eventually became good friends. He's the quiet one of the group.
DIANA RUTHERFORDΒ β she/her β 26 (RO)
Diana showed you around the community and taught you how things work around here. She's a ray of sunshine, always smiling and happy. The two of you became inseparable.
friends to lovers
KYRA [MC'S SURNAME]Β β she/her β 36
Kyra is your older sister and basically the mum of your group. She's always here for you, no matter what. Since your old camp have been taken over by undead, Kyra is keeping all of you alive.
ALISTAIR BEAUFORTΒ β he/him β 27 (RO)
Alistair is the tallest person youβve ever met. He's tough and quite unfriendly at first, but you quickly discovered he's a big softie. He has a golden heart and makes good jokes for someone living through the end of the world.
friends to lovers β slow burn β it was always you
JULIAN "JULES" VALENTINEΒ β they/them β 27 (RO)
Jules are as deadly as they are soft. They won't hesitate to kill to protect their loved ones, yet they will cry if you step on a bug or a wild flower. They have a great empathy that they somehow manage to shut down when they need to.
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"enemies" to lovers β slow burn
XANDER THE DOGΒ β he/him
Xander was only a stray puppy when you found him. He quickly became part of the family and your emotional support. He isn't only the cutest dog around; he defends his family and hunts with you.
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like the betrayalβs always going to be worse if they cared about you and it didnβt matter. someone discards you because they didnβt give a shit, then you can be angry about that, you can feel vindicated in that, you can get over it. but if they can look you in the eyes and say βI love you. I would make the same choice again.β You will never sleep peacefully again, is all.
βI thought they cared about me, but they were lying this whole time.β <- tired. boring. removes all the nuance of this relationship to make it easier to move on from.
βI thought they cared about me, and I was right, and every minute they were there for me, every time they said they were proud, every laugh we shared leaning against each other bruised and breathless, all of it was real. and they still left me behind. They could put their love aside. I couldnβt.β <- insane. will never leave you alone. reminds you that even the worst people are still people and can still care about even the ones they hurt the most and that undoes neither the harm nor the love.
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