I’ve wanted to build a bar inspired by the game Lost Record for a long time 🎮 I highly recommend playing it - it’s absolutely amazing 🔥 The bar is fully functional 🛠️ Small, but very cozy and атмосферic 🕯️✨

📦 Lot information: ▫️ Size: 30x20 ▫️ Price: §71,532 ▫️ Game version: 1.121 ▫️ T.O.O.L was used

What's changed:

If you played the original Chapter 1, you'll notice this is essentially a different game. The original came in in at 26k words, the rewrite is 469k. The prose has been overhauled from the ground up, with richer writing, deeper characterisation, and far more branching to reflect your MC and their choices. Scenes that existed before have been rebuilt rather than revised, and there's a significant amount of new content that wasn't in the original at all.

What happens:

Arrive at the villa and meet your fellow islanders one by one as they enter.

A one-on-one conversation with one of the nine other islanders before the coupling, who you spend that time with is your choice.

The coupling ceremony, where you'll be paired up for the days ahead.

Word count

469k words total (+443k from the original Chapter 1). Individual playthroughs are a fraction of that, the word count reflects how much the content branches to account for your choices and your MC.

A note for returning players: Chapters 2–11 are no longer accessible while the rewrite is in progress. Chapter 1 is the only playable content for now, but it's a much more substantial Chapter 1 than the one you remember.

Game Summary:

Welcome to Summer of Love. You and nine other singles will enter a luxury villa and couple up, spending a month in each other’s company, along with a few extras along the way – you’ll live together, eat together, sleep together, and hopefully, fall in love together. Sound familiar? Thought so – but instead of coupling ceremonies being split by boys and girls as is typical in shows like these, the public will be the ones deciding the order of who gets to pick, and as the cast is an all-bi one, you can pick whoever you like, so long as they haven’t already been picked. At the end of the month, the most popular couple will win £500,000. As for the other couples? As there are no dumpings, everyone has the potential to find love, and those in exclusive relationships by the end could also win £100,000 per couple. Ready for your summer of love to begin?

Play here!

Hello everyone! Chapter 2 is finally, finally, FINALLY here! Boy oh boy this took much longer to get all written up than I would’ve liked, but (lucky me!) the time passed anyway, and now—yippee! Another update is here.

For any new readers, hi! My name is Ray, and I’m the author of Deux à Deux. For a more in-depth introduction to the game, please see this blog's masterpost. And of course, for any returning readers—hi! I hope you like the update, and thank you for sticking around :)

As always, all feedback (good and bad!) is both welcome and deeply deeply appreciated! This chapter, I would especially like to hear if any scenes and/or conversations feel out of place tonally within the overall story (or if any dialogue feels out of character), or feel as though they end abruptly. Typo finding is always a huge help as well. Other than that, though, any other thoughts you have I would love love love to hear about! I of course, even just reading along is hugely appreciated <3

In this chapter…

Take on some new job responsibilities…for a few weeks, anyway.

Hone your boxing skills! (You’ll need them.)

Cross paths with a certain red-scarfed stranger again.

Design a cocktail menu, picking four drinks from a list of fabulous options (in my not-so-humble opinion) OR choose the theme for a large event.

Get to know the existing cast of characters a little more.

Get to know some new characters—most of whom you’ll meet under less than ideal circumstances.

Find out just how deeply enmeshed you’ve become in something way above your paygrade.

DEMO LINK HERE

Chop Shop is 18+ for language, themes, and explicit content. 

🔗 - Game Intro | Bug Report | Ko-Fi

Episode Five is now available! (+ 71,000) - PLAY ON ITCH OR NEOCITIES

Time to decompress.

Inez has a question.

Vote on a problem.

And more!

This update comes with a patch (Version 1.3.4) but you will not need to start a new save file. I've updated the neocities page so it's now actually has a game page and is not just the game file itself. Patch notes + author notes are under the cut. If preferred, you can access them in game at the start menu!

DEMO (chapter one coming soon)ㆍFAQㆍINTROS

Costa Sul isn't a place you find on a "Top 10 Hidden Gems" travel magazine, and the locals would very much like to keep it that way. Born and raised here, you knew every shortcut, the spots with the best waves, and every hidden temple ruin that made your coastal town even more dreamy. You also couldn't go anywhere without someone recognizing you, which you had made peace with sometime around age nine. You were essentially part of the town's historic site at this point.

Then came college and you told everyone you'd be back every other weekend, which was a bold statement for someone who had not yet checked train prices. Five hours away seemed perfectly fine, on paper, until you met your first Friday deadline and found out the ticket cost (forty euros!). Suddenly, "I'll be home for the weekend" turned into a series of apologetic FaceTime calls to your mom.

Two years later a storm hits the town, and you suddenly find yourself back in Costa Sul, more specifically, in the middle of the kitchen, awkwardly staring at your former group of friends. It seemed like no time had passed, except that no one is making eye contact after two years of ghosting each other and the big ass crater on the roof of the beach house.

Surprisingly, the storm was the least of the town’s problems. Word has reached the docks that a journalist is on the way to write a post-mortem on Costa Sul's newly wrecked image. The town needs someone to show The Vulture around and make it look like paradise. Someone local. Someone who is currently unable to leave because they spent their emergency fund on a last-minute train ticket. Ring any bells?

TL;DR: You have a house to fix, a mother's stress-cooking to stop, awkward friendship tensions to deal with, and a journalist to babysit. All without accidentally drilling a hole through your own foot. Welcome home, guppy.

COSTA SUL is an 18+ slice-of-life interactive fiction, for explicit language, explicit sexual themes, alcohol use, discussions of grief and more.

Customise your MC: gender, pronouns, appearance, clothing style and personality.

Romance one of five official love interests, keep it casual, make it messy, or stay happily single!

Choose your companion: your loyal childhood dog, the town's feline mayor, or a tiny feathered friend.

Babysit a notorious hit-piece journalist. Bribe, flatter, or threaten (whatever works) and show them the beauty of Costa Sul so they don't nuke the place with an ill-worded blog post.

Channel your inner Bob the Builder and completely transform Ida’s beach house, the place where you and your friends were raised.

Face (or not) the awkwardness of two years of distance with your old friend group.

Soak up the sun, ride some waves, and make every single second count. It's time to have the best summer of your life!

Matthew 'Matt' Deveraux / Madeleine 'Maddie' Deveraux (M/F) – If you’re looking for someone to help you hide a body, M is the only call worth making. They’d show up at your door without raising a single question, though they’d refuse to start the car until you had your seatbelt fastened. Safety first, felony second. While everyone else was out there competing for scraps of M's attention, M was buying two of your favorite snacks because they knew you'd want more later, and there's nothing sadder than running out.

M was the person you called when nothing happened. Not bad news, not good news, just ‘I'm driving home, and I wanted to talk’. And they always picked up. You didn't know how rare that was until the first time you checked your phone and realized you had no one else to call. Now, their name is a taboo topic, and people regret bringing it up the moment you give them the look.

You had your finest cold shoulder locked in for M’s inevitable return. Or so you thought. One look into those tired, gorgeous eyes and your tear ducts are working like rent is due. Your dignity would like a word, please.

You can play as M’s former platonic soulmate or the ex they can’t stop thinking about. Either way, M is happy you’re in their life again, even if begrudgingly so.

Daniel 'Dani' Reyes / Daniela 'Dani' Reyes (M/F) – D is a certified music nerd who will spin you until you’re dizzy, catching you with a grin that screams they know exactly how good they look in that moment. Just don’t suggest slow dancing unless you want them to break into a cold sweat; after all, they’ve spent their entire life treating commitment like a pop-up ad: something to be closed as quickly as humanly possible. In fact, your friendship's second anniversary officially marks the longest relationship D has ever honored.

All of this makes their latest stunt even more baffling. In a moment of pure panic (or perhaps just a poorly timed joke), D stood before the circle of their incredibly nosy tias in the eye and announced that the two of you were a couple.

Suddenly, D sees themselves with a one-way ticket to Hand-Holding Hell. And all because they wanted five minutes of peace at the family brunch. And, naturally, they’ve dragged you along. At least their tias are delighted.

You can play D as either your incorrigible best friend or the "fake" partner you can't get enough of. Either way, you’re going to need a lot more coffee.

Julian 'Jules' Park / Julia 'Jules' Park (M/F) – Your moms are soul sister, which, in a fairytale world, would have made you inseparable. Instead, before either of you had learnt how to talk, it was established that anything between you could, and would, be turned into a competition.

Two years of distance should have detoxed you from J. You did yoga, read mindfulness books, did the whole shabang. You thought you’d outgrown the nonsense, leaving that childish rivalry in the past.

Now you cross paths again, and there they are: quiet, intense, and wearing that oh-so-punchable face, dragging you right back to high school. They don't even have to say a word; the second they notice your jaw clenching in frustration, a slow, mocking smile spreads across their face. It’s the exact same look they gave you when you finally got your braces off a week after they did. And just like that, every second of mindfulness practice was just useless silence.

J is your frenemy. You two are physically incapable of being anything else. At least you can decide if you're putting up with them for the plot, or because you like being close enough to count their eyelashes while you argue.

Teodoro 'Theo' Lima / Talita 'Talia' Lima (M/F) – T has been a professional hopeless romantic since first grade. While other kids were busy trading Pokémon cards or eating dirt, T was planning a playground wedding with a stranger they’d met by the swings two hours prior.

Since that first "I do," T has existed exclusively as half of a package deal, complete with matching pairs of underwear and a level of saccharine cringe you assumed would last a lifetime. Now, you’re sitting on your bathroom floor for the third time today, patting T’s back through their latest post-breakup existential crisis.

But beneath all the snot and the melodrama, you’re secretly proud; for the first time ever, T is finally becoming their own person. That is, until that one wet, beautiful laugh escapes them. If your heart suddenly develops a violent arrhythmia, just keep praying they didn't notice your breath catching... or go to the ER, I guess.

You can either guide T towards a fresh start or be the leading interest in a rebound plot. May the odds be in your favor, soldier.

Percival 'Percy' Mendes / Priscila 'Percy' Mendes (M/F) – You’ve always had a soft spot for the youngest member of your group, P. Despite being only six months older, you acted as if you’d personally witnessed the founding days of Costa Sul, and P happily indulged you. Everyone teased them about their not-so-subtle crush on you, but you kept things platonic, mostly by ruffling their hair in a way that said 'treasured friend' instead of 'future spouse.'

However, the person you reunite with after two years of distance has clearly decided none of that ever happened. P greets you with the kind of politeness one offers to a distant cousin’s new spouse, the one whose name you can never quite remember.

Their coldness would make you question if you hallucinated the entire previous decade, if it weren’t for the quick, "screw you in particular" irritation that flashes across their face every time you open your mouth.

You can play P as either the friend who finally got over you, or the friend who is just faking it really well. Will you try to break their unbothered act, or will you play along?

Momㆍshe/her – Without her, Costa Sul would just be a pretty coastal town with nice weather and a decent fish market. With her, it's home. You give your mom a free pass to interfere in your life because you’re a total pushover for her. Plus, she’s usually right.

Adelaida ‘Ida’ de la Cruzㆍshe/her – Your nanny, who became a grandmother figure. Her door was always open, her kitchen always smelled amazing, and she certainly didn't take advantage of a minor storm to trap your old friend group under one roof to force you to fix your issues. Don't be ludicrous.

Nonfiction

The Price of The Ticket (borrow from IA)

The Fire Next Time (pdf download)

Notes of A Native Son (pdf download)

Nothing Personal (read on IA - not great quality sorry)

The Last Interview (pdf download) (only 10 pages!)

Fiction

Giovanni's Room (pdf download)

If Beale Street Could Talk (pdf download)

BONUS

Little Man Little Man (read or pdf download on scribd) (Baldwin's only children's book)

Go Tell It On The Mountain (pdf download)

Another Country (pdf and epub download)

Sonny's Blues (pdf download)

DEMO (TBA) ✧ CHARACTERS ✧ FAQ ✧ CW

SAN JUSTO, CA has cultivated a reputation for being a magnet for the anomalous. Magic, extraterrestrials, failed experiments, and infernal incursions found its way to the the city. Fortunately, the city is not without its defenders: sanctioned golden heroes, and of course, on occasion, a handful of canny brooding vigilantes that were used as models for those spicy young adult novels.

You built your career in pursuit of reporting on the extraordinary. Meticulous to a fault and relentlessly annoyingly persistent, you made a profession from doubt and the unknown, you deliver stories and facts live on TV; everyone’s watching you, even your neighbor’s cat.

Four years ago, you lost your spouse, leaving the responsibility of raising your teenage child alone. The two of you became a team, learning (although imperfectly) to rotate the way the Earth turns through the darkness and light, building stability despite the loss.

But this is San Justo. Stability is at best, just temporary.

Lately, your attention has been consumed by the city’s newest rookie superhero who appeared out of nowhere, known as Pulsar. The public is enamored with this young (really young) hero, but you can’t help but find them somewhat… familiar. Weird.

At the same time, a more immediate concern has begun to take shape in your own home. Your child has changed. Unusually absent-minded and muzzy, gaps in their schedule that don't line up with anything they tell you, and coming home in odd hours— behaviors that are wholly out of their character.

You attempt to rationalize it. After all, Adolescence is inherently unstable with the rising hormones taking place (you should know since you’ve been through that song and dance before).

Yet, you can’t help but feel that something is off.

You have spent your life discerning when stories fail to be consistent. That instinct, honed through years of work is now turning inward, now directed at your own life. You are too close to the subject to remain objective.

Whatever has been lying dormant is beginning to ignite.

FEATURES

✦ play as a telegenic investigative news reporter as you raise a teenager with secrets

✦ customize your news reporter: name, appearance, and gender. & customize your kid: name, and gender.

✦ find love with one of the two strange but single romantic options or stay as a hot loyal widow/er carrying a torch to your really dead 6 ft under spouse (your spouse won’t come back to life,I’m a writer— not a miracle worker ;3).

✦ get an interview with the newest super of the city who seems very familiar.

✦ investigate strange incidents across the city that might put you at risk (but who cares you are a risk taker!)

✦ Judge your kid’s life choices and embarrass them in front of their crush(?) or are they just friends??

✦ go on a blind date and maybe adopt a really weird but cute dog.

✦ Maybe get in a potential brawl with that evil and entitled HOA president!

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