tispy

Hi, I’m Tispy or ComfortSara, and I write interactive fiction.

This post contains links to all of my current projects, demos, communities, and support pages.

PATREON — Support my writing and the development of my games.

THE CRUEL PALACE

Korean-inspired court intrigue IF

Being born into a noble family is a blessing to most. For you, it became a sentence.

When false accusations threaten to destroy your family, you are forced into a dangerous decision: enter the royal palace as a concubine to prove your family’s loyalty and protect their name.

Life behind the palace walls is nothing like the noble life you knew. It is a world ruled by secrets, schemes, jealousy, and power, where trust is rare and betrayal is everywhere.

As the child of a respected civil official, your fate was supposed to be different. Now, you are caught between court politics, the Emperor’s attention, and the scandal left behind by your missing mother.

Will you rise through the ranks and gain the Emperor’s favour, or lose yourself in the cruelty of palace life?

Key Features:

Play as male or female.

Customise your appearance, personality, skills, and relationships.

Navigate court politics, family secrets, and palace intrigue.

Build or destroy relationships with nobles, servants, concubines, and members of the royal court.

Romance the Emperor, a fellow concubine, a devoted attendant, a court musician, and more.

Choose between loyalty to your family, personal freedom, love, and power.

Investigate the accusations against your father and uncover the truth behind your mother’s disappearance.

PLAY THE DEMO — Approximately 90,000 words

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7 DAYS

Family-focused zombie survival IF

Seven days. Six family members. One way out.

7 Days takes place during the first week of a zombie outbreak in Manhattan.

You are not a chosen hero, and you are not trying to save the world. You are an exhausted parent trying to reunite with your partner and four children before the city collapses around you.

Every decision matters. Your choices will shape how your family responds to the outbreak, who they trust, what they are willing to do to survive, and whether all six of you make it out of New York alive.

Family members can be injured, infected, killed, or permanently changed by the choices you make. Survival is not guaranteed, and neither is forgiveness.

PLAY THE DEMO — Day One available now

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SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY

PATREON — Early access, side stories, project updates, and general support for my writing.

DISCORD — Project discussions, announcements, theories, polls, and chaos.

Chapter two of TCP is actually finished, t has been for a while, I’ve just been avoiding the bug fixing because there are so many errors to sort through, that’s what I’m rushing to do now.

Ardenia Online was actually my main IF before TCP. TCP was only supposed to be a little side project while I struggled to get Ardenia’s Twine/SugarCube demo working, but TCP already had something people could play, so it started getting more attention. I kept working on it more and more, and then I blinked and the side project had completely replaced my main one 💀

Okay, okay, the saves and back button are staying 😭

I’m a little burnt out from debugging and trying to finish Chapter Two, and my Patreon still isn’t properly up and running, so I’ve decided that the next short story will be released publicly.

That said… if you’ve been quietly considering joining my Patreon, this would be a very lovely time to stop considering and start enabling me 😭 Even the lowest tier helps me justify spending more time writing, debugging, and generally letting these characters ruin my life.

What would you like to read next?

Xu Ae-ri’s backstory, continued

How Hye-jin became obsessed with the MC

How Lord Seok and Hye-won’s engagement came about, and their wedding

The Emperor’s backstory

Min Ji’s (Lady Ji) reaction after Hye-won disappeared

Yeon’s backstory

Seung-ah learning that her father offered her to the Emperor

Da-yeon and Joon-seo’s childhood

How Jun-ho and the MC became friends

Bo-seok and Ma Ruolan’s engagement

Da-yeon and Joon-seo go to school??? (Modern AU)

Please vote for whichever one you want most. I’ll use the results to decide what I work on while my brain recovers from Chapter Two and ChoiceScript trying to kill me ૮₍ ˃ ⤙ ˂ ₎ა

And again, Patreon supporters are always welcome. Deeply welcome. Suspiciously welcome. I may even stare gratefully at the notification for several minutes.

(took me a while to realise it was Tispy)

Sure, anon, There are seven beauty types, and the game works them out by quietly adding points from your customisation choices.

You do not have to copy these combinations perfectly, but choosing several features from the same group should push your MC towards that result. The overall impression you choose near the end also matters quite a lot.

Jade

Almond-shaped black eyes + straight black or blue-black hair + fair skin + a straight nose + thin lips + a careful posture + light cosmetics + an elegant overall impression = Jade.

Jade MCs have a very polished and well-bred sort of beauty. They look composed, refined and as though they always know exactly how they are supposed to behave, even when they absolutely do not.

Lotus

Round hazel eyes + soft brown or chestnut hair + softly wavy hair + a rounded nose + soft cupid’s-bow lips + a light voice + a short, soft build + a cute overall impression = Lotus.

Lotus MCs look gentle, open and easy to approach. People may assume they are innocent or delicate because of their softer features, whether the MC deserves that assumption or not.

Willow

Almond-shaped eyes + long, straight hair + brown or chestnut colouring + olive or golden skin + a straight nose + a quiet or soft voice + a tall, slender build + an elegant overall impression = Willow.

Willow beauty is mostly in the way the MC carries themselves. Their height, proportions and movements make even very ordinary gestures look graceful.

Peony

Round amber eyes + messy auburn hair + thick curls + golden skin + full lips + a relaxed posture + a soft build + a mole near the lips + a captivating overall impression = Peony.

Peony MCs are warm, vivid and very difficult to ignore. They are the kind of person who walks into a room and immediately gives everyone something to gossip about.

Plum-Blossom

Hooded or narrow grey eyes + ash-grey or blue-black hair + fair skin + a sharp nose + thin lips + a quiet voice + a careful posture + a scar + a plain but strangely eye-catching overall impression = Plum-Blossom.

Plum-Blossom MCs have a quieter, colder kind of beauty. Their reserve, sharper features and scars make them more memorable rather than less.

Phoenix

Narrow, intense eyes + short or tightly coiled hair + deep-brown skin + a sharp or proudly hooked nose + a low or commanding voice + a bold posture + a broad or athletic build + a captivating overall impression = Phoenix.

Phoenix MCs look powerful and difficult to dismiss. Even when they are standing still, they have the sort of presence that makes people pay attention.

Celadon

Jade-green or pale-blue eyes + messy auburn hair + curly or tightly coiled hair + olive or deep-brown skin + a birthmark + androgynous clothing + an unusual or exotic overall impression = Celadon.

Celadon MCs are harder for people to describe. Their appearance seems to change with their expression, clothing and whoever happens to be looking at them.

Again, these are not the only combinations that work. The game adds everything together, so you can mix features and still get the same result if one beauty type ends up with the highest score.

In the second block I only had cunning perception and language and all three of those got maxed. The rest were at 0 and stayed there

I got another ask reporting almost the exact same issue, so I’m answering both of you together 😭

Another anon also noticed that cheat mode only seems to max the stats that are already above 0, while anything sitting at 0 stays there.