#interactive novels

I’ve been meaning to draw something for the lovely & amazing IF, Cantata, by @fir-fireweed for a while, and I have finally produced a sketch: My MCs—my girls! They’re dear to my heart

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Hmmh, yes and no, love!

Technically yes, cos the scene where the LI's give you the music box is one of those scenes that is pretty copy paste. Even with the new edits (which I loved, btw - the flow is so much better now!).

But at the same time, I'm a bit hesitant to count this one cos this is one of the border cases where you can't really write it differently unless you do changes to the general structure of the game.

Traveller is still in recovery from the coup and has been put on bed rest by Ryona, which means their room is really the only place they could be. So we can't change scenery.

The LI's all rock up with the same intention: Give traveller the music box and see if it helps their memory. Otherwise they'd have absolutely no reason to even go see the traveller now that they're awake and running - Ryona not included. Especially with how busy everyone is cos of the damaged ship and what not. So that can't be changed either.

That means we can only use the same scene and adjust the dialogue. Unless we decide to add more tracking, for example.

Far as I'm aware, there isn't much tracking going on in a6 as a whole.

I think they used to track romance points - remember back in ep 6.0? Where the crew reacted to the LI you chose? With Damon going like 'Maybe, but you won't find me crying about it' or whatever? And June telling you he thought you could be a thing? - but I think that was removed in the 6.1 patch cos it was buggy.

Outside of that the only tracking I can reasonably deduct from the choices you make in game would be the 'pro monarchy' and 'pro cursa' thing that starts in episode seven.

Now, if you were to introduce MORE tracking - character values, for example - then yes, you could vary the music box scenes a bit more.

A more rebellious traveller could maybe sneak out of their room to explore the ship and be caught by their LI.

A more distrustful traveller could try to find some intel on the crew to know if they can be trusted but the LI finds them.

A more social or even just a more anxious traveller could go and seek out one of the crew members cos they don't want to be alone or cos they feel bad in some way shape or form.

That’d definitely open up more options, but it isn't something you can just randomly drop and then abandon straight after.

If players make the choice to have their character be more rebellious they don't want to see them revert back into a shy and docile thing in the next scene.

It comes with expectations, so you'll have to keep this up throughout the game. This means it adds a lot onto the devs/writers plate in terms of scene variation, the tracking system, keeping an eye on the stats and all that.

It really is a whole rats tail and I can understand why they may not want to go that route all willy nilly.

So yeah - you’re technically right, it does count. But I’m not really counting it cos there's really nothing else to do.

The scene just has to be this way for it to work with the game's structure and still make sense in the narrative.

Oh and before someone asks: With latter scenes, that mostly isn't the case. I can think of maybe one other example where I wouldn't know how to reasonably change it up - the forest scene on Orion - without it feeling forced and weird.

The rest usually offer much more room for variation. Especially the LI scenes, since they kind of happen besides the main story and not in it.

Honestly speaking? It's kind of to be expected, though. You can't always 100% avoid copy paste content. Even huge, high budget and amazingly done games like Baldur's Gate 3 have some scenes that feel like this - looking at you, Feral Durge - though the reasons are likely different.

I felt the need to make a Cain themed confession page. Now, suppose if I did would ya'll send confessions?

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Haunt the Bodies is an upcoming small town horror about grief, family and reclaiming what was lost. This story is 18+ and not for minors, as it will discuss topics such as: Body horror, trauma, death, mental illness, self harm and other mature themes. The demo does not have a set release date and is early in it’s development.

MAIN CAST || STORY PLAYLIST || DISCORD || KO-FI

Born in Seward, Alaska, you never expected much more out of this idyllic little fishing town. Close to Kenai National Forest and hugged by a mountain, the town left you wanting for nothing.

Not until you died.

It has been three years since your passing. A tragic car accident that only spared your little sister. But something didn’t want to leave you to rest. Strangely brought back to life, you now have to navigate a life picking up the pieces of the wreckage that destroyed your family. You know you have to be there for your sister, even if she doesn’t recognize you.

Your resurrection isn’t the only odd thing happening in this town; claims of miracles and blessings from the church. And you - their one true sign that God has blessed your little town. You can’t help but feel theres something darker lurking.

Whether you see your second chance as a curse or a gift, some will decide for you. People are watching, and you can never really tell who’s wary and who’s devout.