Anachron

An interactive fiction story about time travel, powered individuals, and a teenage fish out of water. | dash, she/her.

[anachron-if]

The Anachron, Mark 1x29.

The first working time travel prototype, and the pride and joy of Nikola Park, which...now lies crushed in your usually capable hands.

In a world of superpowers — and everyone’s favorite: heroes, villains, vigilantes — your classmate Park was the first to actually make time travel a reality.

During these final stages, you’ve been Park’s right hand: Park’s beta tester, of sorts. Tech might not be your forte like it is theirs (your abilities lie with sound manipulation), but you couldn’t resist the potential for adventure.

After several successful trips into the past, only trips into the future remained untested.

Until earlier today.

You guys got cocky. You set your target for 20 years forward. Sure, Mark 1x29 got you there in one piece, but the future you find yourself in is…gnarly.

You’re not the hero you thought you would be — in fact, you’re the exact opposite. You’re a villain. A supervillain. The scourge of Telos City.

Where did you go wrong? And more importantly, how do you fix…everything?

Anachron story features:

Play as male or female, with 5 4 (😉) love interests to choose from, 3 2 of which are gender-variable.

Or go single! God knows you have a lot on your plate anyway!

Customize (most of) Menlo, your character from an era much like the 1990s/early 2000s. Determine Menlo’s names, appearance, character relationships, and more.

Discover why your future took a turn for the worse, and decide what you wanna do about it.

In the meantime, fight against the forces of evil and gain ✨valuable on-the-job experience!✨

Catch you on the flip side! Prologue (and then some) out now.

[sug4rn1ght-deactivated20230328]

I FUCKING love IFs that can just make your MC go "you wanna throw hands? Let's throw hands, come meet me at Wendy's. Inside the restaurant, right now." but in a joking way.

I'm playing Anachron right now and I absolutely love it. I especially love calling people home skillet. Real life or not!

[anachron-if]

❤️

hello, and good morning.

i’ve picked up the pen — let’s see where it goes

[anachron-if]

Wait what’s stopping my MC from just chilling in the future? Like just let Furor do their thing and imma go see what future food tastes like

It’s the complete 180 in values and trajectory for me 🤪

Menlo’s an aspiring hero. To see their future be the exact opposite of what they hope to be would not weigh lightly on the conscience.

[altair-interactive-fiction-deac]

Latest Line

I can’t believe I actually got tagged, thank you so much Dash (@anachron-if), if anyone who follows me, hasn’t checked out her IF, Anarchon, I highly recommended it (it has two of my favorite things heroes and time travel gone awry).

Rules: write the latest line from any of your WIPs and tag as many people as there are words in the line. Make a new post, don’t reblog.

Facade: Does this need context?

“At least your reputation recovered well enough.”

Keep reading

[sasukesun]

heart shaped necklaces that say “find me in the future” “there you are sweetheart sorry i’m late i was looking everywhere for you”

[cashweasel]

I couldn’t find the original post but someone said the first 9 pictures on your Pinterest are your aesthetic

This is mine apparently 😂

Tagging @voseho @watatsumi-island @sysba @agonydearest @night-triumphantt @bloemenbed @moralmenace @theo-oface @aestheteasteria I’m curious to see what yours are like 👀👀 also this makes for a nice tag game

[blccded]

Thanks sm for the tag @paladingames your aesthetic is ✨immaculate 🧚& this was so fun! We used both our pinterest boards for this<3

We'd love to see/tag @wickedhearts-if @ttspinteractive @northern-passage @gamingperipety @moonlitsorrows-if @moonless-if @doriana-gray-games @innerdemons-if <3 (don't feel obligated!)

[doriana-gray-games]

Ooh how pretty! 🌙  It feels so ✨ magical✨  Thank you for tagging me @blccded​ 🌼 

(tbh my pinterest is usually just references for whatever I last painted 😅 but I will try!)

I’m going to tag these wonderful people: @deflatedball​, @nightingale-interactive​, @llamagirl28​, @cingulum-diaboli​, @bouncyballcitadel​, @lisafoxromance​, @never-never-land​ 💖

(Please only do this if it seems fun and not an added stressor in life 🥰)

Have a nice day everyone! :)

[duch-mirach]

Your board is beautiful @doriana-gray-games such elegance 👑✨

And thank you for tagging 😊

._. (my pinterest is pretty chaotic place and it keeps changing, but...)

@mechrose @pinkstar-if @the-keeper-of-midnight @ekgfiction @anachron-if @nikkefort-dev

It's okay if you ignore it

[anachron-if]

Thanks for the tag, @cingulum-diaboli ⚡️

You can probably guess what sort of reference photos I've been looking up recently, haha ♥️

@degrayded @offscriptif @kalorphic @trislovescats @bakanekiprice @delightfuldahlia @zennano @h3rongraystairs

[anachron-if]

🎧 Santi?

Don't let the heartbreak hit you on a Saturday night // Come meet me halfway in between dark and the light

send a 🎧

[anachron-if]

80, 90 and 99 for the spotify wrapped?

80 - The Story of Us, Taylor Swift

90 - I Want It That Way, Backstreet Boys

99 - Hey Julie! (feat. Lil Yachty), KYLE

send a number!

[skzflix]

spotify wrapped is HERE! send me a number 1-100 and I’ll tell you the song it corresponds with on my top 100 playlist!

[anachron-if]

A reminder! You are making something beautiful- carving entire universes and crafting whole people and painting them all with both vividness and detail. Then you reduce your ideas to squiggles on a screen so that you can share them with us! This story ignites the imagination of so many people! But we support you first, and your story second. It’s a wonderful world-creating magic you possess. And this IF truly is a lovely gift. Thank you for sharing it with us. The world is lucky to have you.

This is the sweetest thing ever. My heart is so warm right now. Thank you. 💓

—

Anon, you honor me with your words. May the very same measure of genuine kindness and good intentions spring up in your own life! 🌸

[anachron-if]

🎧 park!!

You’ve been stressed out lately? Yeah, me too // Something gave you the nerve // To touch my hand // It’s nice to have a friend

send a 🎧

[the-aegis-court]

send me a 🎧 + an RO's name and I'll respond with a lyric from a song on their playlist ^^

[anachron-if]

SO excited for this game! I was curious what exactly goes through the ROs' heads when they realize they're starting to fall for the MC?

distilled to their essence --

Park:

Russ:

this is the one thing going through Noa/h's mind

Dryad:

Santi:

[anachron-if]

Soooo Park’s mom’s opinions of us? Would she approve of MC trying to date her kid lol?

At the point in which you travel out of your own timeline, the amount of times Francine has seen you in person you could count on one hand.

I wanna say she thinks well enough of you! She knows you’re one of Park’s college friends. Park’s parents have enjoyed having you over at the house for dinners.

Between you and me, Adam (Park’s dad) is a little more into you and Park getting together 😜 — but Francine wouldn’t be opposed to your becoming a potential in-law 😌

[anachron-if]

🍓 for Noa/h please 🥺

(also screaming cause Park likes Taylor Swift 😌 good taste hun)

🍓 Noa/h is the youngest of two. Their older sister was born the same year Menlo was.

🍓 They’re allergic to tree nuts.

🍓 Noa/h has tried (and failed) to talk themselves out of spending thousands on eReaders and audiobook bundles. Black Friday is more dangerous than you know.

send a berry 🍓

P.S. Imagine how fun a Taylor Swift singalong / dance party would be with them! 😌

[hadeskitchen]

Latest Line

Thank you @anachron-if for this tag!

Rules: write the latest line from any of your WIPs and tag as many people as there are words in the line. Make a new post, don’t reblog.

"Excellent," she giggles, fangs piercing through her smile.

okay, um, tagging @roguesgame @offscriptif @manonamora-if @kal-writesif @leoneliterary @desiderium-if @kalorphic @arcadia-city-stories-if