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8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT – 9-1-1: “D.I.Y.” (914)

The Town Beyond the Woods

A happily never after upcoming interactive fiction.

When your grandfather dies, you return to the town of Briarmere for the first time in over twenty years. Nestled beyond ancient woods and hidden beneath layers of folklore, the town seems unchanged by time. The people are strange. The traditions stranger. And the house Arthur Whitlock leaves behind is filled with secrets he never intended to explain. As you settle into your inheritance, you’re forced to confront a question that followed you home: why did your grandfather spend a lifetime trying to keep you away?

In Briarmere, fairy tales are more than stories. The mayor bears the shadow of an Evil Queen. A huntsman keeps watch over the town. Wolves roam the woods. Princes charm crowds. Fairies whisper blessings. For generations, these stories have shaped the people who live here, guiding their destinies toward endings they never chose. Some embrace their roles. Others fight them. All are bound by them.

But when Aurora Briar—the town’s beloved Sleeping Beauty—is found brutally attacked in the woods on the day of Arthur’s funeral, Briarmere’s fragile balance begins to unravel. As ancient magic awakens and old stories threaten to repeat themselves, you’ll discover the truth Arthur died protecting. As the last heir to a forgotten line of Storykeepers, your choices will decide whether stories are preserved, rewritten… or destroyed forever.

This assignment was for the very dreaded genAI class……. (We’re currently trying to do something about it because we think it’s just really stupid to have to learn this in an illustration program, for many reasons) but thankfully using genAI wasn’t mandatory phew ,,, we just had to make a teaser for a sci-fi series (could also be comics, animation, etc) so here’s mine, the story is still kinda rough, but you can find a synopsis and an animatic further below (I also made the music hehe)!! And it’s pretty obvious but I’ll say it again just in case: I didn’t use any AI for this project, as I’m FIRLMY OPPOSED to generative AI because of all the moral and ecological issues it carries

The main inspiration for visuals is the Futurist Movement (mostly paintings from early 20th c. that center around speed)

And I used the tomodachi life mii maker to help me with the character designs haha

ok here’s the synopsis:

"In a near future, it gets noticed that time is accelerating exponentially; everything has to happen faster and faster, and people have less and less time.

The main character (“Character A” for now, I still haven’t found good names haha) is a generally anxious person, and the time situation isn’t helping, he has a hard time keeping up with the pace. His dream is to become a painter, but it’s an activity that takes a lot of time, and as time speeds up, his dream becomes increasingly impossible to achieve. He ends up feeling extremely unhappy and is about to give up everything.

He then meets “Character B”, who doesn’t seem to be affected by time. “B” explains that it isn’t time itself that is speeding up, but our perception of time. It’s humans themselves — always wanting more, always wanting it faster — who have triggered this phenomenon. Once “B” understood this, he managed to slow down his perception by living life at his own pace. It’s still sometimes difficult to manage his own perception while the rest of society keeps speeding up, but the fact that he’s almost entirely self-sufficient works out pretty well. “B” also feels very lonely and is very happy to have found a friend with whom to share his pace of life."

DEMO — Currently in development [ TBD ]

SYNOPSIS:

You’ve spent years moving from school to school, never staying anywhere long enough to call it home. Every new beginning has ended the same way—with whispered rumours, cruel classmates, and another reason to leave.

When relentless bullying and a difficult home life leads you to a residential hospital stay you’re given the chance to start over in the small Highland town of Lochbrae.

As the newest student at the Scottish school Lochbrae Academy, you’ll find yourself surrounded by a close-knit group of friends known as The Brae Weans. Between football under the floodlights, netball championships, Highland traditions, first love, and the growing pains of becoming an adult, you’ll discover that finding your place isn’t always easy—but sometimes, home is waiting where you least expect it.

Welcome to Lochbrae.

Maybe this time…You’ll finally get to call somewhere home.

✿ Customisable main character: hair, skin, eyes, gender and sexuality.

I’m crying this episode gonna be so bad like Astruc let Chloe go😭