#genres

If a book has elements of multiple genres, pick the overall genre you feel fits best. For example, the Star Wars universe has fantasy elements but is primarily considered a science fiction setting.

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“Why isn’t there more hockey?” Hockey games are on ESPN. This is a romance. Hockey is the setting. Romance is the plot.

“They’re already fucking! Where is the tension?” You don’t see any tension in having a secret physical relationship while feelings haven’t been articulated? Tell me you haven’t read a contemporary romance in the last 25 years without telling me you haven’t read a contemporary romance in the last 25 years.

We're kicking off a month-long celebration of interactive fiction this May—and we want you to be part of it! 

Over the course of the month, we'll be building curated recommendation lists across a range of IF genres, highlighting standout games, and featuring interviews with the creators of these games.

Objectives: 

We hope that this will be a fun, community-driven way to:

Keep Interact-IF's recommendation lists up-to-date

Allow authors to share their work with a wider audience

Help everyone discover new, awesome interactive fiction games!

How to participate *Edited dates:

Now–May 14: Submit your own games or nominate others (multiple allowed) in each genre.

May 16–21: Community voting on submitted games by genre.

After voting: Winners get short feature interviews.

By May 24: Final showcase published with all submitted games + rolling interview features from May 25

Genres for this round^:

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

Action/Adventure

Modern/Slice-of-life

Historical Drama

^We might do other genres in the future!

WIP and completed games, twine, choicescript etc. games are all welcome, so long as they are 'interactive fiction'! Do try to tag the game as (WIP), (COMPLETED) when submitting if you can, though!

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If you have Venus conjunct Neptune, Venus in Pisces, or strong Neptune aspects to your Moon or Venus, your music is shaped by longing, atmosphere, and emotional permeability. You don’t create sound to impress. You create it to dissolve. Melody feels like a memory to you, and lyrics may blur into sensation rather than narrative. You may feel as if music passes through you rather than coming from you. Early on, this can make you doubt structure or identity. Later, it becomes your signature. You explore love, loss, fantasy, yearning, and emotional transcendence. When people listen to your music, they don’t just hear it. They drift inside it.

Genres: dream pop, ambient, shoegaze, ethereal indie, atmospheric R&B.

Examples: Cocteau Twins, “Heaven or Las Vegas” (1990); Beach House, “Myth” (2012); Cigarettes After Sex, “Apocalypse” (2017); Slowdive, “Alison” (1993); Lana Del Rey, “Venice Bitch” (2018).

If your Mercury makes tight aspects with Uranus (conjunction, square, opposition), or your Uranus is placed in the 3rd or 11th house, your music is shaped by innovation and instinct. You don’t think in linear structures, and you don’t write them either. Ideas arrive suddenly, fully formed, often faster than you can record them. You may feel constrained by traditional songwriting rules. Early in life, this can look like inconsistency. Later, it becomes originality. You question norms, bend genres, and anticipate future sounds. You’re not here to follow trends. You’re here to disrupt them.

Genres: experimental pop, electronic, hyperpop, alternative, avant-garde.

Examples: Björk, “Hyperballad” (1995); SOPHIE, “Immaterial” (2018); Arca, “Desafío” (2021); Grimes, “Kill V. Maim” (2015); Radiohead, “Idioteque” (2000).

If your Moon is conjunct Saturn, your Moon is in Capricorn, or Saturn strongly aspects your Moon, your music is shaped by restraint, discipline, and emotional gravity. You don’t express feelings impulsively. You refine them over time. Early on, you may fear emotional exposure or feel creatively blocked. Later, this becomes emotional authority. Your sound carries weight and maturity. You write about time, responsibility, loneliness, memory, and endurance. Your music does not age quickly. It deepens.

Genres: singer-songwriter, folk, indie rock, minimalist piano, melancholic ballads.

Examples: Nick Drake, “River Man” (1969); Leonard Cohen, “Famous Blue Raincoat” (1971); Joni Mitchell, “A Case of You” (1971); Fiona Apple, “Paper Bag” (1999); Mitski, “Nobody” (2018).

If you have Mars conjunct Pluto, Mars in Scorpio, or strong Mars–Pluto aspects, your music is shaped by intensity and catharsis. Creating feels physical for you, sometimes urgent, sometimes overwhelming. You write and perform to release pressure and survive internal tension. Early on, this can lead to burnout or emotional extremes. Later, it becomes a controlled power. You confront rage, desire, obsession, trauma, and transformation directly. You don’t soften your sound to make it comfortable. You make it raw and honest.

Genres: rock, metal, industrial, punk, alternative, aggressive hip-hop.

Examples: Rage Against the Machine, “Killing in the Name” (1992); Deftones, “My Own Summer (Shove It)” (1997); Soundgarden, “Black Hole Sun” (1994); Alice in Chains, “Rooster” (1992); Joy Division, “Transmission” (1979); The Cure, “Burn” (1994); Metallica, “One” (1988); Korn, “Freak on a Leash” (1998).

If your Jupiter is in the 9th house, conjunct your Sun, or strongly placed in your chart, your music is shaped by meaning and expansion. You’re driven to connect sound with beliefs, culture, philosophy, or spirituality. Travel, education, and worldview shifts influence what you create. Even your most personal songs feel larger than you. For you, music equates to exploring. You don’t just write songs. You search for truth through them.

Genres: world music, folk fusion, cinematic soundscapes, spiritual or epic compositions.

Examples: Peter Gabriel, “Biko” (1980); Dead Can Dance, “The Host of Seraphim” (1988); Florence + The Machine, “Cosmic Love” (2009); Sigur Rós, “Svefn-g-englar” (1999); Ryuichi Sakamoto, “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” (1983).

Credits to @ispeaknotkneel

⟢ More astrology observations on music and musicians coming soon.