The Search for Dr Livingstone

Your life isn’t going how you’d hoped. Despite having big plans when you graduated, you’re stuck in a dead end job and a crappy flat with zero romantic life to speak of. All until a friend convinces you to join the cast of a new reality TV show.

The premise is simple: 12 singles are sent to a villa on a tropical island and they live there together for a month. After 28 days, the couple who is voted by the other islanders as being most likely to withstand the test of time will win £500,000. In addition, the couple with the highest body count will win £500,000. Total prize pool? £1,000,000. 

In this context, “body count” refers to how many people you’ve slept with… right? Well, that’s what you think when you sign your contract. Turns out, though, that not all of your fellow cast members will be using that definition to get to the prize. 

Fall in love, win big money, solve some murders and try to stay alive.

A fully customisable MC, from gender to appearance to personality. 

A heavily character driven story, where you can build and break relationships with your fellow cast members and the show’s production team. 

Find romance in the Body Count villa, with male, female and non-binary ROs. 

The twist? No one is safe. Who dies? You decide. A reader vote will determine which characters fall victim to the villa killer. 

Note: this game and blog will be strictly 18+! Consider yourselves warned xoxo

Hi Tumblr!

So, as promised, here’s the first Art Assets Show and Tell post!

The art for Relics 2 is being created by the outstanding Matthew Ryan. To see more of his amazing work, you can visit his website here. He’s amazingly talented (as you’re about to see), his prices are very fair, and he’s a great collaborator so, if you have a WIP of your own or another project and you need an artist, consider this a whole-hearted recommendation: you should definitely consider Matt for the commission, you won’t be disappointed!

Below are the first batch of finished chapter headers, for chapters 1-4. We’re going with a different aesthetic to last time: we’re going with black and white line art, for that classic vintage 30s feel, and each chapter header includes an image of a significant location from that chapter. We have, in order, Harborough House, Canterbury Cathedral, the Moulin Rouge, and the Doge’s Palace.

I proudly present my first WIP. I hope you like it!

Wordcount: 33k

Average playthrough: 21k

Update: 16/6: Added Tuesday’s journal

Summary

It’s 1869 and the British explorer Dr David Livingstone is missing in the interior of Africa. No one has heard from him for more than three years and it’s unknown whether he is alive or dead. The Times newspaper in London is sending you, a young aspiring journalist and adventurer, to follow in Livingstone’s footsteps and track down the man himself – if he’s still alive, that is.

You will mount an expedition into the heart of Africa. Along the way you’ll face inhospitable terrain, hostile tribes, Arab slavers, dangerous animals, and more. You’ll experience life in a typical African village, and have the chance to get to know the diverse members of your party better.

You’ll have to put together your expedition, taking into account the supplies, resources, and skills you need to give your expedition the best chance of success. On the expedition, you’ll need to decide how best to navigate the various threats and challenges along the way. Think carefully – not only the success of the expedition, but the lives of Dr Livingstone (and others) may depend on your choices.

But will you find Dr Livingstone in the end?

Highlights:

-Play as female, male, or non-binary

-Variable side characters with the choice to set genders and some names

-Develop your character including personality traits and skills, in order to set yourself up for a successful expedition

-Track your expedition’s assets and supplies, including food, medicine, and currency, so that you can make it to the end

-Team up with Arab slave traders or find your own way

-Face a lion barehanded

-Experience life in an African village in 1870

Warnings:

One of the aims of this book is to highlight a number of historical issues, including the East African slave trade. As such, slavery, racism, and other abhorrent practices are depicted openly.

This novel features:

* Abuse, including implied sexual abuse (nothing explicit)

* Slavery

* Racism and inequality

* Death (including avoidable NPC deaths)

* Violence and conflict, and descriptions of the aftermath of violence and conflict

* Harsh language

* Animal cruelty (nothing explicit)

Link

https://dashingdon.com/play/lisamarlin/the-search-for-dr-livingstone/mygame/

Join the discussion on the CoG forum: https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/wip-the-search-for-dr-livingstone/99930/13

Having a full-time writing job, this project is something I have been working on for several months now in my spare time and I am happy to share it with you.

Because someone might as well!? And look at this. Look. At. This.

Does this look right to you??

These are just the last three fics I wrote. I appreciate the likes, believe me I do, but you have to understand. Likes do nothing for content creators. It’s the reblogs. Because that’s how you find shit on your dashboard. Through reblogs. Not likes. This isn’t twitter or tiktok or instagram. This is a website that’s run by the reblog system.

Reblogging helps content creators put their stuff out there. Why do you think so many people stopped writing fanfic and creating beautiful fanart and edits? It’s because they put in hours of work and don’t get nearly enough notes for their masterpieces. Yes we do this because we enjoy it but like...some validation won’t hurt. A boost of confidence here and there might be all someone needs to finish whatever thing they started and left.

REBLOG YOUR OWN WORK.

A lot of writers have a million and one ideas and would trade anything for the focus to have just one. Others only have one and would kill for the chance to come up with something new.

A lot of writers feel they’re not doing enough. Others did so much they wrote themselves to burnout.