Master Post
As I have a lot of posts and am likely to add more, I figured I should create a master post for the entire blog.
Last updated: 12/1/24
DEMO 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 INTRO POST 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 FAQ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 RO INFO
As the Ocean Lures is a 16+ interactive novel about being a Merfolk. Currently, the demo has the entirety of the prologue, chapter one, and chapter two, as well as a sneak peek into chapter three!
You can find discussions of the game in general under the following tags: #As the Ocean Lures, #atol, #atol ros, #atol ro info, #atol faq and #atol prompts
DEMO ★ INTRO POST ★ FAQ ★ CHARACTER INFO
ST4RDOM is a 17+ game about going on your first world tour with your k-pop group ST4RDOM. MC is genderlocked female. Currently, the demo has the entire prologue out.
DEMO ➤ INTRO POST ➤ FAQ
Swapped is a 15+ game about swapping identities with a famous actor. Currently the outline is written, with the first episode already published as of 11/30/24!
You can find discussions of the game in general under the following tags: #swapped-if and #qna
GAME 🕸️ INTRO POST
Among the Haunted is a game created for Halloween 2023! A collaboration between Aurelia Lim and Alby Writes Fiction, the game is centered on you, a single parent, raising two kids while celebrating the spooky day your own way. The game is currently released, but may go through updates once the jams are finished!
Interactive fiction games you can expect to see in the future:
- A Greek mythology IF about being a deity who has fallen out of grace with the gods. The only way they can redeem themselves is by collecting twelve items throughout Greece to prove themself worthy. Also, they have to do it all as a mortal. More updates coming soon.
- A slice-of-life summer break about going to the seaside and discovering one’s self. There will be six characters who will appear recurrently in the sleepy town of Seaside Point, all of whom the main character will have to leave once vacation is over. More updates soon.
- A dark academia-inspired murder mystery about attending a boarding school with its secrets. There will be murder (of course) and three classmates who will assist the main character in solving the crimes. More updates soon.
- A slice-of-life about letting go of a loved one when it hurts. It follows the main character and their significant other as they take one final journey across the country. Their loved one is dying and there is no cure. Experience heartache along the way, cherish the sweet moments, and perhaps learn to let go. More updates soon.
- A mystery IF about discovering a message in a bottle leading to a time capsule from the Roaring ‘20s. With the assistance of friends, finding it will never be easier. More updates coming soon.
About Me
Asks: Feel free to ask me any questions about the games! Or if you just want to rant about the characters, that’s fine as well :)
Prompts: You can send prompts for any characters! My only rule is that there is no kinks or NSFW…for now. Speaking of…
NSFW: I hesitate on adding NSFW as I am unsure whether or not there will be explicit content. I just don’t know how to write it properly. If I have a change of heart I will update the warnings and announce it. But for now, I will keep it off-limits.
Submits: You can submit a post to this blog. If you do, I ask that it is not inappropriate!
Messages: You can submit a message to me if you think there should be x content in the game or ways to improve. Please no toxicity, however—I am a real human being after all. Please know that I will not be afraid to block and report you if it is inappropriate.
how come nobody told me how difficult it would be to painstakingly edit large chunks of my draft to the point of rewriting everything……..
my creativity is dwindling, I need random movie names ASAP and I’m drawing blanks 😭
FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE SECOND EPISODE!! I wanted to get it done before the end of the month, so now it’s just editing and adding entries (and maybe starting the third episode while I’m at it). With any luck this episode should be out before the end of April. Wish me luck!
My progress so far:
finally figured out how to permanently remember achievements in Swapped even after restarting it! likely will not implement it until there are more episodes but wanted to share since it took me HOURS to figure out (pray for my sanity, i am never getting it back now).
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Is it just me or is the library not working 😔😔 I finally found time to try and read the new short 💔
should be working! Here is the link :)
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If it's not spoilery, how long has Maxie had a crush on the MC for? Was there an event that triggered it or was it more of a gradual thing?
Gradual—even I couldn’t tell you when it began. But Maxie has liked MC for a really long time.
hey! if anybody can share resources on how to get sugarcube games on twine to remember certain achievements have been triggered i would greatly appreciate it :) and especially if there is a way to get around it without creating individual variables for each achievement. thanks!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Just wanted to wish you all a happy Valentine’s Day! …still lonely and single so I guess I’ll be playing IFs again this year…
I updated the library to have a little short of Peyton a few hours ago. I was too tired to make a post about it then, but I just wanted to let y’all know it’s up now! There’s no music or content warnings, but I might change that in the future.
As for life updates, I’ve been sick the past three weeks and have really low energy. I’m tired constantly so not a lot of things have been written as of late. Though in other news I got into Our Life: Now and Forever AND Beginning & Always - I’m almost finished reading both and I HIGHLY recommend it, if you haven’t played it yet! It’s my first time reading a visual novel and actually making choices vs watching others play, so it’s been a lot of fun.
Stay safe!
-Aurie
progress so far :)
hello! Feels like I have been silent for a while, so I just wanted to give updates on all of the games.
I’ve been working on ST4RDOM for the first time in a while. I think I finally have an idea of what direction I want the chapter to go in - now I need to execute it.
Swapped has also had steady progress - currently working on some convos and extending interaction w mc and Taylor! It’s taking everything within me to not erase it all and restart since there are some things about this draft that I’m not exactly happy with, but those issues should be fixed with some edits.
I also could not help myself to writing something for Swapped, so that is planned to come out on Valentine’s Day! It is short but sweet and full of fluff and teasing so I’m excited to release it :)
And that’s pretty much all I have! Hopefully the updates for Swapped and ST4RDOM are soon - fingers crossed!!
-Aurie
19/1/24 CHAPTER 9 RELEASE.
5 endings at 3 different locations you can end up as your companions all split into different sides.. getting lost. Metaphorically or quite literally? What decisions have you made in the past to either bring chaos or calm into your so-called hideout..? Who will celebrate to see the long-awaited dawn, who will weep at the rising insanity of the leader carving down a bloody road to victory, and what painful truths will you finally discover?Where will you end up, who will you save, and who will you be in chapter 9?
- 133 303 words in total for ALL branches!
- Between the 18k and 21k for a single playthrough!
- Romance lock-in scenes for Ash and Ha!! Although they are locked behind one of the three exploration branches.
- Specialize in your essence! If you are strong enough and are within the right branch for it, you can pick one of the few elements to focus on and develop your essence further.
- Death
- Angst
- Depression
- Screaming and crying people all around
- Lily with a lighter
- "Who gave Ha a gun?"
- Two new annoying little brats to look after
- The chapter is split between three different greater exploration areas, and you can end up depending on various variables and choices. Only one path contains all the companions while the other two may differ depending on decisions made.
~~ Updated dashingdon link (will be removed by the end of the month)
~~ NEW cogdemos.ink link
~~ Discuss the chapter on the forums!
~~ Coffee on Kofi!
That. Was an unbelievably long road. This chapter is easily the most branchy one. A few WIP scenes are locked, but they are nothing big and I may still decide to scrap those before the chapter gets too overwhelmingly brancy. Aside of that, some more balancing I might have to do still regarding personality traits and stats, but I want to delve deeper into that once I've got more results in on my online feedback form, so right now you may not really notice alotta stat changes throughout chapter 9. But yes. Here it is!!
I really hope the returning readers of RBU will enjoy this one. It's an 130k word long apology letter for the hiatus!! Go and give Ha or Ash a kiss or two, play catch with a fireball with Lily, question your entire reality with Amethyst, and connect some dots regarding the final revelation. Again, I thank anyone who has been around here with me since the start and all the new readers I've been able to tell my story to (and who managed to get through the messy first few chapters). I really hope the long wait was worth this all.
Feel free to report bugs in the forum thread c: and I shall try and fix them asap. Also whenever you suspect of the game pushing you into the wrong branch by checking the wrong variables, or if you see any typos and misgendering.
The ASK box is open! For questions, guides, character asks and etc.
Have fun c: I am hoping to keep this flow going for chapter 10 as well, seeing as the end of RBU is nearing and 10 won't be a very long one. Here is hoping I may actually reach the epilogue before I slip back into a 50 year long hiatus <3