The Ballad of Devil's Creek - INFORMATION POST
The West is Wild and the West is Weird. Take up the role of an outlaw who gets wrapped up in an adventure of a lifetime. Face bounty hunter, ghosts and a doomsday cult as you travel cross the Old West, trying prevent the end of the world at the hands of eldritch horrors.
‘The Ballad of Devil’s Creek is an Interactive Novel WiP set in an alternate timeline of the ‘Old West’. It is to be published on itchio and potentially steam, app- and playstore..
A new century is around the corner, and you are an outlaw traversing the towns and terrains of the Frontier, only to one evening get wrapped up in chasing down the means to stop a doomsday cult from bringing forth the end of days.
You’ll have to deal with hustlers, grifters, gunslingers and vengeful brides as you make your way to the ghost town of Devil’s Creek to find answers, and hopefully get out of there alive.
Where to Play the Demo
HERE For the Choicescript Version on dashingdon. (20 Saveslots) (discontinued for now, please play the Twine version below)
HERE For the Twine Version on itch.io (8 Saveslots)
For bugreports please contact me for the discord server. (see below)
NOTE: Please see tags and warnings below. While this isn't a 'historically accurate' story, it is still dealing with some heavy topics of the time (late 19th century America) and might not be for everyone.
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Current Statistics:
Words per playthrough: ~100k (219k with code total)
Who can I play as and Who are the Romantic Options?
You can play as cis, trans, non-binary and genderfluid. Inputting your own pronouns and addresses is also possible.
Having interchangeable pronouns is not possible, though. (Because I don't know how to code that).
There's a growing list of races/ethnicity to pick from, all having an impact on the gameplay, big and small.
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ROs:
Charlie Mulligan : (white, 39, male, Irish-American): MC’s oldest friend and partner in crime. Blue-Ribbon conman, gambler and part-time medium, lost an eye during a job a few years prior.
Seán O’Brian : (white, 28, male/genderfluid, Irish): Another excellent conman who approached MC and Charlie, asking for help with speaking to the dead. [Only romancable in a polycule with Tommy]
Tommy Burke : (mixed (mother black (French-Canadian of French Descent), father white(Irish)), 29, male, Irish-French-Canadian): Arsonist and pragmatical grump. Was about to be hanged, now travels with the MC. Has a relationship with Seán. [Only romancable in a polycule with Seán]
Mrs. Lian Meadows: (chinese, 35, female): Doctor and sharpshooter, widowed. Pretty cold, no-nonsense approach to life. Travels with the MC to make sure they fulfil their task.
Lynwood: (white, 43, male, British/French American): A Pinkerton agent on O'Brian’s trails, trying to bring O'Brian in for murder.
Josie McKee: (mixed (mother white, father black, both Scottish), 34, female, Scottish): Widow, runs the saloon and bordello in Potter’s Springs. Bit snarky, good with poisons.
‘Preacher’: (white, 40?, male, probably Irish?) A mysterious, almost legendary gunman/bounty-hunter who takes a certain interest in the MC and their posse.
Therese 'Tess’ Lynwood: (white, 37, female (?), British/French American) Lynwood’s younger sister. Bit of a scatterbrained worrywart, but extremely caring. Follows the posse out of worry for her brother and Isaac.
Isaac Delgado: (Latino, 38, male, Mexican-American) Friend and former colleague of Lynwood. Ended up in the area by chance. Very pessimistic due to past events.
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Charakter Birthdays:
Seán: March 11th
Josie: April 17th
Charlie: May 1st
Tommy: June 9th
Lynwood: June 27th
Preacher: August 13th
Finley: Sept 27th
Meadows: Nov 5th
Discord:
If you followe the blog longer than a week, send a message to get an invite link. We had some trouble with some people, so we're rather safe than sorry.
Tags and Warnings:
Warnings and Taglist.
Warnings:
Death
Blood
Violence
Alcohol
Smoking
Swearing
Mindsets and Vocabulary of the late 19th century North America/Europe
Mentions/Discussions of
- Sexual Violence/Abuse
- Spousal/Parental Abuse
- Racism, Sexism, other forms of bigotry
- Miscarriage
- Infertility
- Murder
- Animal Death/Animal abuse
Guns
Spiritism
Mediumship
Ghosts
Supernatural events
Capitalism
Pinkertons
(Note me if there are other things that need a mention. See below for Warnings concerning the RO in detail)
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Taglist:
#The Ballad of Devil’s Creek (general tag for things game related)
#baodc (general tag for all things game related)
#baodc development (status updates and insight into the work being done)
#baodc spoilers (spoilers)
#baodc ros (posts concerning any of the ROs)
#baodc (name) (leads to posts specifically about the character (replace name with the name you want))
#not baodc (everything not directly game related)
#baodc askbox (the majority of answered asks)
#baodc ramble (rambles and generally more negative stuff)
#baodc stream (for stream announcements. Writing and Let’sPlay Streams)
#unrelated yet relevant (vaguely game related nonsense)
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Most of the ROs come with some baggage that might not be everyone’s tea:
Charlie: outlaw, gambler, medium, missing an eye, conman. The story of how he lost his eye will be retold ingame.
Seán: Grifter, notorious liar (bad at it outside of cons), cleptomaniac tendencies
Tommy: pyromanic. arsonist and explosive expert, loves blowing things up. likely to lash out verbally at others when pissed off, sometimes physically. short fused.
Meadows: Snarky, cold, and cutting. often condescending and too judgemental.
Lynwood: Ex-confed (didn’t subscribe to the views, forced into service), pinkerton, stubborn, little self-care priorities, low self-esteem, alcohol abuse.
Josie: poisoner, sex-worker, bar owner, promiscuous.
Isaac: former pinkerton, history of drug abuse, depression.
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The author is currently working on the following games as well:
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Beggar's Luck: A fantasy pirate adventure, set in the same world as Ashenmaw. @setsailforbyacona
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