Bringer

Bringer is an interactive fiction story. A chance meeting with a mysterious woman leaves you with a dead body and powers beyond your comprehension. You are now the Bringer of Light- you can help the supernatural beings of your town cross over into the afterlife. Some are not so quick to call this a gift. They call you the Bringer of Ends and believe you should not have control over death. They seek to destroy you. Will you use your power for good or evil? Will you use it at all?

[bringer-if]

You know the streets are dangerous. ‘Course you do. It’s the first thing you learn here, right after how to cry and right before how to hush. Children with velcro on their shoes know it before they learn to lace them up.

So why are you out here, alone, at night?

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Bringer is an Interactive Fiction story set in the town of Helmsvale, where everyone knows someone who has had a supernatural encounter. You’re about to have one yourself.

**This story involves the use of swear words and a lot of death** It’s not too gory, but if discussion of death is something you cannot or do not want to read, this story may not be for you.

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FEATURES:

- Customizable MC!

Set your name, pronouns, appearance, and personality. Are you a sinner, a saint, a dreamer, or a skeptic? Let our Achievement Badges tell you!

- Choices Matter!

You decide how to navigate Helmsvale! Are you kind? Cruel? Strong, Persuasive, Subtle, Intelligent, or Intimidating? Each choice you make will impact your future.

- Five Main Cast/ROs!

Choose whether to pursue friendship or romance (or hatred or hate-romance) with five main characters! Meet your antagonistic coworker, a bartender at a less-than-reputable club, a different coworker who moonlights as a vigilante, a bookworm who haunts the library, and an employee of the Occult Society of Helmsvale! You set the tone for your interactions, and they respond accordingly.

- Superpowers!

Yes, that’s right- you have powers. Figure out what you can do, and choose whether to use them for good or evil. Or whether to use them at all.

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Read the Demo now!

[baroquesse]

wip asks: weaponry ⚔️

penknife: which of your characters is best at keeping secrets?

dagger: does the story have any motifs?

dirk: are there any famous stories in the story?

rapier: which character is the most stylish?

saber: what’s the best in-world way to travel?

claymore: what makes your villain so villainous? 

war-hammer: what is the inciting conflict?

flail: is there an aspect of your wip that you’re struggling with?

spear: what is at the heart of the story?

halberd: in general, how dangerous is the setting?

bow & arrow: which of your settings would you most like to visit?

crossbow: is the world significantly changed after the events of the story?

pistol: which character has your favorite introduction?

shotgun: if characters die in the story, who has the most dramatic death?

[bringer-if]

How are you holding up?

When is the next update coming out?

Hellooooo

I'm alright! Just have a lot to juggle right now, and not a lot of time for hobbies unfortunately bUT I just started to do a tiny bit of writing yesterday so there is hope!

Sadly, no idea. I thought I'd be able to keep up with some writing goals but between full-time grad school, an assistantship, and an internship there's not a lot of time for other goals-- I have about 500 words of Chapter 5 written, so there is a little sprout to water and I'm hopeful to get back to it really soon, but I can't promise anything

[bringer-if]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ !!!!!

🥺💜💖

hi!!! 🌸💖🌸

[bringer-if]

Which ROs are slow-burn? Can you tag this question with #slow-burn?

Helloooooo apologies a million times for keeping this in my inbox forever--

I would say none of the relationships are particularly fast; you have the option to ask to kiss each of the ROs in chapter 4 but unfortunately that simply can't happen that easily for poor MC...

That being said, the one that will hold off the longest on acting on any feelings will be Amber, so she's she slowest of the burns

[checkmatein3moves]

DEMO UPDATE DECEMBER 1ST ; 180,000 WORDS. 

Summer introduces its annual music festival at Horizon Park, and this year we’re proud to announce that headliners Basement Floor will be playing the main stage every night, their largest since debut. This week we give you a break from the hard-hitting stuff to cover the most exciting weekend of the year — with the promise of an exclusive interview with Voltaire himself coming up in the next few issues.

meet voltaire voltaire and his band, basement floor.

spend some extra time with friends unimpeded by the responsibilities of your current work.

learn a little more about the political climate, because it’s impossible to get away entirely when your peers are gossips.

meet monty and ludo, the two newest romance options.

[northern-passage]

[ID: a banner graphic showing the open water of the sea. The water is dark and choppy, with a gray, overcast sky overhead, and fog obscuring the horizon. Text at the center of the image reads: “The Nothern Passage, Chapter 2: Part 1.” Above the text is a vector of two swords crossed in an X.]

The Northern Passage has been updated!

01.10.23: The first part of chapter 2 is now available to play over on itch.io. This includes the Blackwater route only. To access the new content, ensure that you choose to stay in Blackwater rather than leave for Highfell. Saves should work - though I advise you to still keep a save at the end of chapter 1, since any later updates to chapter 2 will require you to play from the start of the chapter again.

Along with the new content, various edits include:

The companions will now introduce themselves with their pronouns, as well as various other characters - Branwen, Mal, Hawkell, etc.

Edited the input process for hunters that use no pronouns. This should help clean up any clunky sentences where the companions talk to/about the hunter as well as allow for the hunter to properly introduce themself with just their name.

A new codex entry on Magic.

Alchemists can now choose to have hand tattoos (though the continuity for this has yet to be fixed).

New content warnings include animal death. This is only in one path, and it is avoidable, relying entirely on the player choosing whether it happens or not.

As always, please feel free to message me here with feedback or if you run into any typos, errors, or bugs, and I’ll work on getting them patched out for you all as soon as possible.

Play it here!

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[theartofmadeline]

lil 16 page zine that i made at the coffee shop this weekend! a sort of pick your path style mini game, because i love wizards + interactive fiction. hope you get out of the wizard dungeon!!

[feralrosie]

Send me a pairing and a number between 1-100 and I'll write a short scene based on my Spotify Top 100 playlist 👀❤️

[bringer-if]

🌤🍓🌾

name the hardest thing you've had to do for writing

.....literally finishing a project!!! I get so excited and then I burn out. I'm really making an effort to finish at least these 2 IFs, and having a readership to keep me accountable certainly helps!!

worst thing you've done to your characters

Hmmmm well I've buried one alive (she got out again), which feels like the worst thing to me...

book you would / have writ(t)e(n) fanfic for

I have written fanfic for Wicked (the book, specifically) [and for PLL, Person of Interest, and Doctor Who, but those aren't books] and honestly I wouldn't be opposed to writing more, but usually for whatever reason I'm more inclined to fanfic based on tv shows, even though I do absolutely love and am inspired by many books.

[yuveim]

They say your youth doesn’t define you, and yet your childhood experiences led you to an adulthood devoted to investigating the paranormal. Now is the time to face the ghosts of your past, and those of your present.

The Spirited: Origins is an interactive fiction game in the form of a modern supernatural horror novel. In TS:O you take on the role of an amateur paranormal investigator who jump-starts their career by taking on a case of a demonic entity, while being haunted by their own inner demons.

This game is rated 18+ for mature content and graphic descriptions of violence.

For mobile users: the game is intended to be played in landscape mode.

PLAY THE GAME ON ITCH.IO

Read update notes here.

DEMO ✦ ITCH.IO ✦ KO-FI ✦ CHARACTERS

[bringer-if]

☁️ 🍰🐥🐥

wip you want to write but haven't started yet

Hmmmm my problem is I start too many lol but one I have not is just a vague idea right now- AI/Androids in the form of life-size humanoid automata powered by candles in their chests. The maker of the androids has passed away, and they are left with the choice to learn to keep the magic going, let themselves die out, mourn the Maker or curse him...

where you like to write

To be honest, the where doesn't matter so much to me- I just have to be in the Mood, and be in a quiet, p much silent space! I can write outdoors, in my room, at work (shh), wherever, just as long as I have an idea and some quietness.

here's some writing motivation! (x2)

Thank you, friend!!!

[lyralit]

summertime writers' asks!

🦋 tell us about your current wip

🌿 who is your favourite character you've ever written?

🌞 favourite character from current wip

🍦 what is your current word count?

🌻 least favourite character / hardest to write

🍉 favourite wip

☁️ wip you want to write but haven't started yet

🌸 wip you've been working on the longest

✨ newest wip

🦩 wip you hate working on but are too far gone to turn back

🍸 character who inspired your mc

🌱 book that inspired your wip

🍃 what is your genre?

🌼 least favourite writing genre

🥥 least favourite reading genre

🐠 author who inspires you

🍯 author you know

🌷 writing achievement you want to brag about

🍄 name a song that represents your mc

🍬 a song for your favourite character

🌤 name the hardest thing you've had to do for writing

🍰 where you like to write

🍧 weirdest place you've written

🕊 mc's MBTI

🍀 character you would kill off if they were not vital to the plot

🍓 worst thing you've done to your characters

👒 nicest thing you've done to your characters

🌾 book you would / have writ(t)e(n) fanfic for

🌨️ book you hate

🐥 here's some writing motivation!

rb for an ask!

[evernauts-if]

--CALLING ALL NAVIGATORS AND PROMISED TO THE HEART--

Chapter 1 Part 1 is now open for those who belong to these two factions (or to those who just want to see what it would be like to belong to those two factions)!

Meet a few of your fellow Evernauts! Get a taste of life in the skies! Choose whether you believe in the Everfell Pantheon!

There are also some bug/typo fixes and a new part of the Character Creator, so please start from the beginning or risk some faulty variables!

[evertidings]

you asked for angst, i delivered. i’m happy to say that chapter eight is officially out on itch.io now!! saves will and should work so play to your heart's content (and trust me, some of the ros scenes are worth reading).

IN THIS CHAPTER.

face the consequences of your disastrous night at crimson rouge

discuss what you learned and what you’ll do next (while ignoring the complaints of a certain warlock moaning about going home)

witness some bickering between K and Rylan (they’re simply a variant of A and Blane, just saying)

see sebastian again (how is he doing you ask? not that great. he appreciates it though)

experience, uh, some blood

STATS.

word count. 355,422 (+76k)

LINKS.

ko-fi

patreon

please email me ([email protected]) for large bugs and issues or shoot me an ask if you catch something! otherwise, enjoy and let me know what you think (i’m dying to hear). as always, thank you for your support <3

[bringer-if]

Don't know if anyone's interested but.... HeiGHT CHART!!!

[brendanpatrickhennessy]

The only thing Bell Park likes more than a mystery is solving it on her own. But when a time-travelling 12-year-old version of herself lands face-down on her rented co-working desk, she'll have no choice but to take the displaced kid detective along on her latest case.

THE GROWN-UP DETECTIVE AGENCY is out now! It's a new interactive fiction game in the Birdland/Bell Park universe, with art from the incredible Beck Kubrick! It's got mystery, time travel, a little bit of romance, and it's free! Play it now!