#that.wip

AN INTRODUCTION

[THE HUNTER"S ACE-THETIC] [WIP INTERACTIVE FICTION] [DEMO TBA] [MYSTERY] [ESCAPE] [CASSETTE FUTURISM]

A trio of strangers wake up in an abandoned underground bunker without any recollection of how they arrived there. While finding a way to escape, they come to find that maybe the three of them aren't the only ones inhabiting it. Could they be the only three humans to reside there?

Follow Lawrence, Vincent, and Abel in their struggle to break out of the mysterious bunker, survive against a supernatural bunkmate, and defy societal expectations!

[ TAGS: ] that.wip, thatUpdate, that if, thatif.Update, the hunter’s acethetic, the hunter’s ace-thetic update,

[ STAR-STUDDED ACES ] The main cast of characters, as well as any future additions to the cast, will identify as ace or on the asexual spectrum. While there's no "real" reasoning for this, I feel like I must quote a very important woman on my inclusion of ace and aro characters as my protagonists:

"I just think they're neat!" - Marge Simpson

[ THREE PATHS ] Choose between three different characters to play as. Experience the story from different points of view. Explore the different parts of the bunker and befriend your fellow bunkmates.

[ FREE TO BE ME ] I am fairly new to interactive fiction and the many different programs used for it, but I plan on players to change the gender of the character they chose to play as. I might expand this more so players can change the gender of everyone else as well, but I have no idea how to do that. As of writing this, all three characters will remain as male.

[ AN EXPANDING CAST ] As of yet, there are only three characters available to play as. Hopefully, there will be a few new characters to play as in future updates.

LAWRENCE (m)

asexual

The Librarian with an ACE-CENTRIC personality. From basic math to the philosophical complexities of terraforming Mars, this man knows it all! Well, sorta.

Waking up in a mysterious bunker with fellow abductees, Vincent and Abel, Lawrence finds the yellow walls of their bunker grow in their capacity and threat. With the bunker playing host to both man and beast, Lawrence is quick to use his book smarts to get them out of danger before the three lose their minds.

ABEL (m)

aromantic

The Medical Student with a BR-ACE-ING diagnosis. Unable to remember much before waking up inside the bunker, this medical intern attempts to suture together his memory and sanity.

The yellow walls of his holding room give Abel an unwanted sense of familiarity. In Seattle, Paris, and even Greece, pictures of Abel can be found throughout the many rooms of the underground bunker. At least he thinks it's him. With the help of his fellow bunkmates, Lawrence & Vincent, Abel hopes to solve the mystery of his faulty memory before something faulty befalls them.

VINCENT (m)

grey-asexual

The Newshound with the ANONYM-ACE source. Having only heard of situations like these amongst his fellow reporters, Vincent finds himself in the middle of a scoop that he cares not to be in.

Based on the news stories of people who woke up in situations like this, Vincent is not liking his odds at escaping the yellow walls of the bunker. Thankfully, he's not on his own. He hopes with his bunker friends, Lawrence & Abel, and his own inquisitive nature, they will have higher odds of escaping the bunker. Hopefully beating the odds of whatever else lurking within these yellow walls finding them first.

[ more characters to come ]

An Update

Hey all! I can't believe I forgot to add this on to this blog.

Short story turned shorter, I've been a complete disorganized mess and ended up creating a very short bare bones game of The Hunter's Ace-Thetic. It literally just has a little dude you can move around, along with some other features. I am abandoning it for now just because I feel like it distracted me from what I really wanted from this project. I will leave the link to it below for those interested, but I will be working on THAT on ChoiceScript from now on.

Maybe I'll work on it again when I get the chance and more time. Til then, hope y'all enjoy!

A Look Behind The Curtain

[monday] [dry] [03.212022]

Hey y'all. Just thought it would be fun to show off my writing set up on here this week.

While while working on THAT, I decided to use Notion.io. I found it fairly easy to use after some experimenting. I use notion for my internship anyway, so I thought I could use it for this too.

Any way, my main hub is split into three sections: Plotting, Characters, and Writing (it's labeled as Episodes as that's what I would like to refer to each installment as). After trying a few templates, I found this way to be the neatest and easiest way of organizing my writing for THAT.

The plotting sections has a bunch of folders with items related to the main chapter/episode. As of right now, there's only four: One Page Novel, Notes, Scenes, and Monster of the Week. The One Page Novel has my story bible that I can access whenever I need to see where the story needs to go. My notes holds things like lore, references, and even coding references too. The Scenes' page I plan on using for planning out chapters/episodes and the different paths for each character. The Monster of the Week page acts as a Rogue's Gallery of sorts where I can set up a page for every encounter the bunkmates will have in future chapters/episodes.

The character pages has all info related to the main three, as well as future characters that I have hidden (I'm so happy notion has filters). The character pages are where I will keep track of each character's skill sets, their strengths, equipment, rooms, etc. Seeing as the entire gimmick of this IF is to play through the same story as different characters, I would like having a place to keep track of them.

The episode pages have layouts from the scenes pages that are more definitive and plotted out. In addition to that, the bulk of the writing is here as well.

I tend to work my way from Left to Right going from ideas and plot lines and filtering that through the characters until finally they are written up into a chapter/episode.

VINCENT (m) he/him

grey-asexual

the reporter

The Newshound with the ANONYM-ACE source. Having only heard of situations like these amongst his fellow reporters, Vincent finds himself in the middle of a scoop that he cares not to be in. Based on the news stories of people who woke up in situations like this, Vincent is not liking his odds at escaping the yellow walls of the bunker. Thankfully, he's not on his own. He hopes with his bunker friends, Lawrence & Abel, and his own inquisitive nature, they will have higher odds of escaping the bunker, hopefully beating the odds of whatever else lurking within these yellow walls finding them first.

appearance

Vincent is a character I imagined as the trio's big brother. As such, he is the tallest between the three of them, completing the pecking order among themselves. lol While tall, Vincent is also fairly lean built. Not as strong as Abel, but definitely more defined. In an Abercrombie magazine spread, Vincent would be at one end of the lineup while the short scrawny Lawrence would be at the other end. I picture these three bois as some sort of Latinx like myself. Vincent would have a dark shade of brown skin tone compared to the other boys. I pictured Vincent having light brown eyes, probably the same ones he uses to charm his sources for an interview. There would be a nice head of styled hair on top of his head as well. He struggles to maintain it while inside of the yellow walled bunker.

personality

ABEL (m) he/him

aromantic

the medical student? patient?

The Medical Student with a BR-ACE-ING diagnosis. Unable to remember much before waking up inside the bunker, this medical intern attempts to suture together his memory and sanity. The yellow walls of his holding room give Abel an unwanted sense of familiarity. In Seattle, Paris, and even Greece, pictures of Abel can be found throughout the many rooms of the underground bunker. At least he thinks it's him. With the help of his fellow bunkmates, Lawrence & Vincent, Abel hopes to solve the mystery of his faulty memory before something faulty befalls them.

appearance

Abel is a character designed since the beginning of The Hunter's Ace-Thetic was created. Not sure what details will reveal too much about the plot, but here's hoping. Abel is meant to be of average height, but is not the tallest of the bunkbed trio. I don't keep definite measurements for them, but Vincent is definitely taller than him and Lawrence is a few inches from reaching him. While he's average in height, Abel is definitely has more muscle mass compared to the other two. While creating this, I pictured the three bois as some kind of Latinx like myself. Abel would have a beige colored skin tone compared to the other boys. I picture Abel having dark brown eyes, barely visible to himself and yet alluring dark pools that people seem to get lost in. I also imagine him with some sort of facial hair, a patchwork of a stubble beard hybrid spread across his face. He thinks he would at least remember how to shave properly. At least he has a nice head of black hair on his head to match.

personality

LAWRENCE (m) he/him

asexual

the librarian

The Librarian with an ACE-CENTRIC personality. From basic math to the philosophical complexities of terraforming Mars, this man knows it all! Well, sorta. Waking up in a mysterious bunker with fellow abductees, Vincent and Abel, Lawrence finds the yellow walls of their bunker grow in their capacity and threat. With the bunker playing host to both man and beast, Lawrence is quick to use his book smarts to get them out of danger before the three lose their minds.

appearance

Lawrence is a character originally created to be the sole playable character for The Hunter's Ace-Thetic, so details about his physical appearance weren't always a priority to figure out, however Lawrence is canonically the shortest of the bunch. There is no definite measurements, for all I know he's 7'9" and the other two are 8' tall. Regardless, I've always pictured Lawrence as the shortest of the bunch. Lawrence would also be the scrawniest of the bunch as well, very much the runt of this little trio. I also pictured the three bois as some kind of Latinx like myself. Lawrence would have a light shade of brown skin tone compared to the other boys. I pictured Lawrence having brown expressive eyes as well, big enough to envelope whatever book he had his hands on pre-bunker. They would make sure whatever he was reading wouldn't be able to be pried from his attention so easily. I haven't given any thought on his hair other than he has some and it's on his head. I imagine him with short black hair and maybe a bang? Just one though. He is a librarian after all, not exactly experienced with scissors.

personality

A QUESTION ABOUT CHOICESCRIPT

Hey, y'all!

Firstly, I just want to thank everyone who's been following me and reblogging. Means so much to me!

Now I must ask for a favor, I am thinking about using ChoiceScript and am currently trying to see if there could be a way for the reader's gender/orientations can be somehow redone from the stats page instead of something more intrusive by having a sudden gender/orientation check in the middle of a story.

I had this idea for this setting to have some sort of switchboard/ console where the reader is somehow able to change their gender and orientation. This experiment is mainly focused on the convenience aspect of it, having readers be able to change things about their character when they feel it's more appropriate. So, hopefully, someone will see this and they will have some input on what I should do next.