You can now change your pronouns at any time from the Journal! Click on the [+] button to bring up the pronoun menu. You must select a preset or confirm custom pronouns to close the menu. Your pronoun selection will be updated immediately in the Journal, but you will need to navigate to the next passage for them to take effect in the game text itself.
PRONOUNS BUG FIX
If you are using the xe/xemorze/zir pronoun presets, you may have an encountered a bug where your reflexive pronoun prints as “emself” rather than “xyrself” or “zirself”, respectively. To fix this, you must either start the game over from the beginning OR use the pronoun selection in the Journal and re-select your pronouns.
The pronoun bug did not effect the he/him, she/her, or they/them presets, nor pronouns set with the custom pronoun form.
It has 6 different endings, and each one has a small illustration like this one:
It’s mostly light-hearted, and is basically the result of me asking myself what would happen if I had been able to summon a demon to help me with my problems, when I was 16.
Lumintoile Academia is a prep school in the city of Delphinium that screams prestigiousness and elitism among its students. You happen to be a student there in your final year of Highschool, and trying to graduate with the cleanest slate you can ever manage. Well, too bad that’s thrown out of the window after meeting the Student Council. Hello, to your future in juvenile detention!
How fun.
Somehow, you’re now dragged into this weird mess straight out of a fantasy novel. Magic? Monsters? Spirits? Fae? Demons? The Council has to be joking. No way are those things real, right? Because if not, then why on earth are seeing flowers bloom when the Vice President is around? A cool breeze passing by whenever the Secretary waves at you? Windows shimmering whenever the Treasurer walks by them? Dogs following and randomly appearing wherever and whenever the President is?
This all has to be a coincidence, right?
With noises coming from empty classrooms and staff members found somewhere they shouldn’t, how can you not be suspiscious about everything?
Cheers to The Elites is an urban fantasy, mystery, thriller, supernatural, slice of life IF that will be written in Twine. The story takes place in the fictional country of Rosedale in the modern age, and is rated 16+ for heavy topics such as: abuse (emotional and psychological), violence, blood, graphic gore (specifically plant gore and mutilation), mentions and use of alcohol, mentions of death, body horror, self-harm, mentions of suicide, unhealthy coping mechanisms
Features:
•Customizable MC—appearance, sexuality, pronouns, and all that jazz!
•Learn magic? Maybe? If the Vice President allows it?
•Find out the secrets the Student Council and the academy holds
•Romance 1 of the 6 RO’s—3 females, 3 males—or form platonic bonds with all of them!
Welcome to An Invitation to Wellington Mansion! This project is intended to be a short but very much interactive fiction to help me learn Twine while also getting to use some of my favorite themes/genres!
An Invitation to Wellington Mansion takes place at, as the title indicates, Wellington Mansion, owned by one Drake Wellington, a man closing in on billionaire status with a proposition for a select group of individuals: survive a four-day stay in his mansion while performing a variety of tasks on each of the days, and $100,000 will go to each who makes it to the finishing mark.
You are one of eight participants who accepted the invitation and later accepted into the challenge. Your reasons for wanting or needing the money are your own, but you still have to survive the others also vying for the finishing line… which will grow steadily harder as the tasks set for you have their risks increased as each day passes, and Drake Wellington offers a new challenge: survive and earn your $100,000, but also earn an equal share of any… eliminated participants’ anticipated earnings as well.
What’s your plan to survive and win your $100,000? Will you sabotage or even doom your fellows? Will you try to work with them, and maybe get closer to some in a more complicated way? Maybe an even better question… will you even survive to see your earnings?
Demo: (Pending! Will be released once Day One is finished :) )
Things to expect and an introduction to other characters under the cut!:
Featured:
- Ability to pick your pronouns, sexuality, and gender to your liking
- Ability to customize your character’s appearance
- Choices that will definitely matter, as nothing remains secret for long at Wellington Mansion, and everyone will have some input on any decisions you make that come to light.
- AIWM is meant to be inspired by House on Haunted Hill and puzzle-solving mystery games. As such, you will be able to explore each area you’re thrown into, and expected to solve puzzles. I will likely have a hint system placed in at some point, but it will not be readily available.
- Autosaving system! The thing we all longed for in COG games is available within Twine, and all my Twine games will feature autosaving. As such, AIWM will autosave at key moments, especially ones where you may meet a terrible fate… or another member of the group will.
- Four romantic choices (to start with). Given the game is expected to be quite short, it will feel a bit railroaded as you need to pick your interest within the first night, mostly likely.
- A relationship system with everyone, even if you do not choose to romance anyone. Your actions, attitude, and other things will influence how others perceive you… and what actions they may take with or against you.
- NSFW scenes. They are entirely optional and not needed to secure a romance; there will always be an option to sleep together or to do something still romantically-inclined but not so, hrm, passionate. Is that a good word for it? Hmm.
- Some potentially triggering content. There will be a trigger warning on the first page into the game and likely a spot somewhere on the UI bar to the left.
- TBA!
Romance Options and Other Characters:
Drake Wellington, Owner of Wellington Mansion
The owner of Wellington Mansion and the one holding the challenge. He is aloof, polite, and tends to only make his presence known at the beginning and end of each day.
Ms. Fia Delphina, Drake’s PA
Ms. Fia has been working for Drake Wellington for nearly 20 years, and has never disappointed him. She’s highly intelligent, observant, and there is very few things she won’t do for Mr. Wellington.
Fiona Campbell, Business Woman (Romance Option)
Fiona is a widower who used the finances left to her by her late husband to help her budding “toy” business flourish. In the last six months, however, things have had a bit of a downturn as she’s faced multiple spots of bad luck, and now needs the money from Wellington to help get her business back on track.
Age: Early-to-mid 40s, does not look it at all
Race: Succubus
Gender: Woman
Appearance: Champagne-colored hair that curls around her shoulders. Red-violet, heavy-lidded eyes. Lightly tanned skin that has a smattering of small moles and freckles. 5′9/175 cm with a curvaceous build and an F-cup chest.
Blue Antilles, Graffiti Artist and Activist (Romance Option)
“Blue” spent most of their early life learning to paint, which quickly became graffiti-painting as they reached their teen years, and yearned for changes in their desolate world. As they reached adulthood, they entered into aggressive activism and take the fight directly to large corporations with little fear.
Age: Mid-20s
Race: Partially Fae, but it’s such a small connection that it only gives them some of their “key” appearance markers, but Blue has learned to use their lesser abilities to a big advantage.
Gender: He/him lesbian or They/Them gay man, depends on MC’s gender
Appearance: Dark blue hair that curls to just past their ears. Shaved in the back. Hazel-green, round eyes. Bronze-colored skin with warm undertones, with some acne scars on their cheeks. 5′10/179 cm with a lean, lanky build and a B-cup chest for lady Blue.
Adelaide/Aidan Margot, Anarchist (Romance Option)
Ade is an asshole, point-blank and simple. They’ve seen plenty in their time on Earth, and if anything, it’s instilled a severe yearning to watch the entire world burn. They rarely find interest in the modern world anymore, but Drake Wellington has managed to pique their interest…
Age: ???
Race: Vampire
Gender: Demiwoman/Demiman, base is Adelaide.
Appearance: Mahogany-colored hair that Adelaide keeps in a braid down to her waist while Aidan keeps it loose and to his chin. Grey-green eyes, almond shaped. Fair-skinned with heavy amounts of freckles, along with a birthmark of an upside down heart covering most of their chin and its underside. Athletic build with a C-cup chest for Adelaide.
Felix Mosley, Genuinely A Good Person (Romance Option)
Felix is a man with a heart of gold, trying to get the entire group to work together and keep the peace… even if it may backfire on him more than help. He’s come to Wellington Mansion to try to win money to cover his younger sister’s cost of living while she tries to get an experimental treatment.
Age: Early 30s
Race: Human
Gender: Man
Appearance: Light brown hair in tight curls against his scalp, with sunbleaching to lighten his hair color more. Downturned hazel-blue eyes with evident crows’ feet. Darkly tanned olive skin. 6′2/188cm, large, muscular build. Has a scar that cuts through his left eyebrow to his hairline.
Harvey Lancaster, 9-to-5-er
Harvey’s come to the Mansion to try to win enough money to get him a nice trailer, a decent car, and help him survive while he looks for a better job. He is the very definition of someone entering a dangerous contest to try for a better life.
Hannah Bailey, Model
Hannah is at the Mansion to earn enough money to pay for her college entirely and allow her to get out of small-time modeling and move up in the world. She has very little interest in the other contests, and tends to antagonise everyone else.
Rizzy Poulos, Gamblin’ Man
Rizzy is no stranger to taking risks. He’s been a long-time gambler for nearly ten years, and it’s only recently that his luck has soured. He’s come to the Mansion to get a bailout from his pending debts. He’s rather charismatic and charming, with a big of a rotund belly he often balances his arms on.
And they’re all waiting for you to arrive at the Mansion. Don’t dawdle for too long… who knows what Mr. Wellington will have cooked up in the time you wasted?
under follows you (fida) a person who lived a life that isn’t theirs, until the night where the closest place you would call home burns to ashes and you’re forced to leave the only place you knew behind. Not knowing the reason to why things changed the way they did out of nowhere or why now you have to walk a different path.
their footsteps stray, their resolve dissolves, they sit under the crescent moon, months, years, centuries pass. waiting for a shooting star, that might open them a door. maybe only then the curtains fall, swallowing the darkness.
genre: fantasy, historical, mystery.
IF is rated 18+ for heavy topics and violence.
story takes place in city of raya, along other neighboring cities and villages, within fantasy based world. much of inspiration is based on arab, muslim and babylon culture.
features
— choose mc’s pronouns.
— customize how mc looks, hair color, hair texture, skin color.
— explore different places.
— meet new people. maybe make some friends or enemies.
Winter games: frostbite is my first interactive fiction game with twine.
You are the future of figure skating, or, so you can be.
You are one of the most promising rookies of the season, and your promise hasn’t went undetected. You are scouted to join the olympics team of top figure skaters, a team formed by the eccentric top figure skater Heidi Valentine. In preparation for that years winter games.
Form romances or friendships, train with figure skaters of legend, soar to the top of the ice skating world-or don’t.
play as male, female or nonbinary, as well as straight, gay, bisexual romantic portions.
build or destroy relationships with your teammates
find out your teammates origin, your own origin, or none
romance any of the four romance options; the prodigy, the perfectionist, the star, and the competition
choose your athletic background before figure skating (hockey or gymnastics)
the opportunity to stand at the top of the world of ice, or fade into the background
update your character journal/notes as the story goes on
a hopefully accurate depiction on figure skating
THE STAR
Heidi Valentine |m|
21
Description: 5’9. Long limbs, littered with various bruises. Dark brown hair growing out to his collarbone, caramel skin and eyes a light brown.
Heidi is the one who scouted you for his team, and to him, you are his muse.
People who loved him, called him…eccentric. People who hated him called him a raging lunatic. Either way, love him or hated him, you had to admit he was a living legend. His skill couldn’t be denied. At least, not in the figure skating world. He’d dominated the figure skating community at a world level, leaving a trail of gold medals in his wake. And yet, inexplicably, the day of his 20th birthday he’d retired. At 21 years old he’d already lived the life, figure skaters years older could only dream of. A life he was now offering to you, his muse.
Your notes: eccentric, chaotic, more than a little bit awkward, more than a little too excitable, and more than a little too eager to please; at times Heidi causes more problems than solutions
THE PERFECTIONIST
Sun Nari |nb|
20
Description: 6’3. Inky hair gathered in a small ponytail at their nape, aquiline/Roman nose. Big eyes and long lashes. They are long with knobby knees, and large hands.
It’s no secret they dislike you. After all, before you came along they were the one supposed to be scouted for the team Heidi was forming.
They will surpass you. They will do better than you, and they will never admit they watch videos of your skating at night with admiration. Never that.
Your notes: every time you run into them they start threatening to surpass you? Offered them a water and they told you your efforts to seduce them wouldn’t work, turned red and started stammering.
THE COMPETITION
Wisteria Florian |f|
21
Description: 5’6. Hair in dark braids, usually tied up in a high bun. Upturned eyes and a full mouth. She has a small tooth gap when she smiles.
Wisteria was already scouted to play in the olympics two years ago, when she was 19. She trains under the same coach as you, and yet she was the one that was chosen, straining your relationship with her.
She’s arrogant and makes no pretence about it, she’s also loyal, supportive and more protective than someone who’s supposed to be your natural competitor should have been.
Your notes: she gave you a tray of food and other self care products, with the note; for your health. Not that you’ll be able to surpass me, even in top condition. You’re currently unsure if it was an attempt at kindness or if you should be annoyed and seek revenge.
THE PRODIGY
Alexis Kimura |m|
20
Description: 6’0. Angular, upturned eyes. Dark hair, pale skin and pale lips. Sharp features that create an intimidating look.
Everyone knew about Alexis. Whe he was born he was already proclaimed the future of pro figure skating. After all, his mother was the famed figure skating icon, Suzuki Kimura, and from his skill to birthline, there was no doubt he’d be nothing short of a legend.
Your notes: a little emotionally stunted, more shy than he portrays, and with a good heart underneath, you think you could get along…if he stopped acting like socializing would give him a plague.
As of May 12, 2022, Episode II is now complete and available to play in full on the alpha build.
Overview
5 scenes, totaling 340,000 cumulative words of new content.
An average playthrough is 81,000 words.
A UI patch, including a new game menu, redesigned faction and character profiles, and an updated codex (with indicators that clear read codex entries!). The UI patch will be added to the public build next week.
Story Features
Episode II picks up a month after Episode I and includes:
The Wayfarer and Aeran’s arrival in Velantis
Surprise politics!
Two new factions to make an impression on, for good or ill
Name your sword and choose its history
A fancy gala
The introduction of several major recurring characters and potential romance interests
Actors! Theatre! Art!
Lore (oh so much lore)
A (potential) entanglement of a certain nature… or two
The ripple effects of your past choices as the story continues to evolve around you
Huge thank you to my patrons for supporting this episode’s development and to the playtester team for their incredible work checking for errors and bugs.
Since the release of CH8, I’ve been managing to keep pace on writing for CH9 as well as releasing regular Patreon posts the past few weeks. Funnily, I think launching my Patreon helped me keep up a regular schedule for writing haha
I have lots of exciting updates to report on!!
To start with, my goal for CH9 is ~40k words, and during the month of April I managed to write 11k words! This means I’m about 25% through with the first draft of the chapter, which is a lot more progress than I expected to have!
For May, my goal will be 15k words, so hopefully by the end of the month I’ll be finished with the majority of the chapter and will only have the final scenes left to write. IdeallyI’d love to aim for a late June/early July update, but I’m also working on my bachelor’s thesis during this same time-frame, so I can’t give any solid guarantees.
In terms of content, as well as some other things I’ve been working on during April and what I plan to work on next:
I’ve finished the opening scene of CH9, which has hugevariations so far and took up pretty much all 11k words that I wrote in April!
During May, I’ll be getting into the mid-section of the chapter where the pace will slow down quite a bit for some recovery time for the poor Crown, as well as some more political intrigue… it’s time for some royal decrees
Also have a few LI scenes planned that I’m veryexcited to get started on! There’s gonna be some character subplots that are going to start moving verysoon
I’ve released consistent weekly progress reports, development sneak peaks, and bonus stories and content for R, X, D and Tûjo on my Patreon!
For May, I’ll be releasing more content for D, A and an (as of yet) undetermined 3rd LI as well, based on patron votes.
I’ve also put together a commission for more official AToC art, thanks to all my patron pledges during April ✨
You can find more details about these updates during my weekly Patreon progress reports, though note that I charge up front and the pledge gets renewed every 1st of the month, so it’ll probably be better to wait a day or two before pledging to avoid getting double charged right now!
I’ll definitely keep you all on the tumblr blog updated as well with these monthly progress updates!
“You know the problem with heroes and Saints? They always end up dead.”
―Leigh Bardugo, The Lives of Saints
Three years have passed since the war that ended the life of the newest saint. Sankta Alina, whispered in reverence and in mourning. Now there’s talk of a heist in Fjerda that has political figures scrambling to hold their fortunes and secrets closer to their chests. Not that it mattered much to you and the others suffering the effects of war and the drug called jurda parem. Surviving as someone who has always been considered an outsider was already hard and having to live through the aftermath of “heroes and saints” only made it that much harder.
The rating will be 16+for descriptions of violence, drug usage and imagery, language, and sensitive topics and themes. A more in depth content warning list will be posted later and will be included in the game.
Features
Customizable MC:
Name
Gender and Pronouns (cis and trans options available)*
Sexuality (straight, gay, bi/pan, ace)
Hair color and length, eye color, and skin tone*
Origins (including any disabilities your MC may have)*
Order of Grisha and specialty*
*These will have an impact on the experience you have in different areas of the game, varying in severity.
Navigate the world with a ragtag group of misfits such as yourself.
Romance or don’t, that up to you.
Live a legend or die a saint.
Romance Options
The main six:
THE SAINTLY SHARPSHOOTER- Kiran (he/him)
“I’m not the best Sulimarksman, I’m the best period. Adding Suli is just pedantic.”
Calm, confident, and friendly, Kiran is like a breath of fresh air in the jaded world of outsiders. He tends to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves, earning a hero-like status wherever he goes. Some say he’s naive, that he’ll end up in a ditch some day with all the enemies he’s earned.
He thinks only time will tell.
Romanceable by all MCs.
THE FJERDAN FIGHTER- Soren (xe/xem)
“I dream of the day I can finally rest. On that day, I’ll be able to tell myself that I’ve done enough.”
Reserved, agile, and too caring for xyr own good, Soren is a Fjerdan deserter, a criminal of the state with a dream to start anew.
Romanceable by female and nonbinary MCs.
THE ISLE’S ANGEL- Caitlin (she/her)
“I’ll be okay because that’s just how it has to be.”
Sweet, bubbly, and indiscriminately caring, Caitlin is a Healer from a merchant family, but seen as too weak, she was left to rot. Instead, she flourished upon the discovery of her powers and made herself indispensable.
Romanceable by female and nonbinary MCs.
THE PESSIMISTIC STRATEGIST- Meilin (they/them)
“I earned my place here and no one will ever be able to take that from me.”
Quiet, observant, and a bit of pessimist, Meilin has a plan for nearly every situation and though they don’t claim to be a leader, they’re the brains of every mission.
Romanceable by male and nonbinary MCs.
THE VENOMOUS TECH- Tara (she/her)
“Is a quiet life too much to ask for?”
Sarcastic, sly, and confident in her skills, Tara’s hands work miracles. She has a 90% success rate with her machinery and her bombs always work. She has an extensive past with crime and she uses it ambivalently.
Romanceable by all MCs.
THE SILVER-TONGUE DEVIL- Bastian (he/him)
“It’s rarely a matter of reality or fiction, but rather what we’re led to believe. I prefer to be the one leading, in this case.”
Eloquent, intelligent, and undeniably sweet to those he’s close with, Bastian shapes words like one would see a Fabrikator do to cloth. It’s not his only addition to the team, but it is his best.
After a very, very long time of porting, I’m proud to say that the Attollo Twine version is now up and complete at 373, 296words.
You’ll find that much of it is similar to the old version, however there have been a few tweaks made.
There are new options in Chapter 3 (Sysba + Pariah) to accommodate previous suggestions. Chapter 2 had some modifications in terms of language, as did chapter 3.
Stats have been changed and overhauled to make them easier to understand; relationship stats are now in their individual little categories under ‘Relationships’
Flirt options have little hearts to indicate that they’re flirt options (yay!)
The nightmares have been revamped to accommodate suggestions and I added some snazzy effects that I felt captured the elements well
Chapter title changes, grammar + spelling edits, tonal edits, and other such things have been completed as well.
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