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Occultation Intro and Nav

You only have two things you’re supposed to do this year: graduate and keep working at the diner in the meantime. What you’re not supposed to do is find your missing classmate’s dead body and you’re definitely not supposed to discover an entire supernatural society hiding in plain sight. 

But that’s exactly what you do. 

The body isn’t the first to turn up and it won’t be the last as you’re dragged into a mystery filled with ghosts, magic, and shapeshifters. You do your best to keep yourself and your family from becoming targets, but you might be more connected to the murders than you know.

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Occultation is a supernatural/urban fantasy interactive fiction game in early development.

The project is planned to be made in Twine and published on itch.io

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Customizable MC; customize the main character’s gender, pronouns, personality, appearance, college major, and more!

5 Romance Options; hang out with your best friend, argue with the grumpy investigator, learn more with that mysterious student, reconnect with your childhood friend, explore the city with the new tourist; become friends or romance them!

Choose your route; investigate the murders, uncover family secrets, flirt with your RO of choice, or just try to get through the semester!

Learn about the supernatural; learn alongside the MC about the supernatural world, from ghosts and magic to werewolves and mermaids.

Ash Saha - The Best Friend

Your best friend, classmate, and coworker. Neither of you can remember if you met at school or at the diner where you both work, but you’ve been inseparable ever since.

Blake Blakesley - The Private Investigator

A young PI who frequents the diner and has a bit of a grudge against you. They’re investigating some local disappearances and are very serious about their job.

Jo Fabron - The Mysterious Student

Another student you met when you stumbled upon their study spot. They’re incredibly studious—though you have no clue what their major is–and very withdrawn.

Mac Hayward - The Childhood Friend

You haven’t spoken in years, but your families knew each other so you spent a lot of time together growing up. Last you heard, they were working at their family’s auto shop.

Toks Keadee - The Tourist

An interesting customer who started coming into the diner. She travels a lot and wants to know more about the area and about you—maybe she’ll stick around for a while?

I’m Percy (he/they), the author and owner of this blog! This is a side blog, liking and following from my main @galacticdemigod​

I’m a big fan of fiction, both in traditional books and games, and I’m also quite interested in history! xx

[dreamrotlabs]

DEMO: TBD

You didn't choose this life. But someone had to.

Your older brother bailed years ago and left you holding everything together. At twenty-one, you're the oldest one left standing. The one who shows up to parent-teacher conferences. The one who forges signatures. The one stretching forty dollars until it screams. Your mom is somewhere with someone new. You're stuck with three half-siblings: a rowdy sixteen-year-old who apparently has a jail wish, a prodigy fourteen-year-old who's already planning her escape, and an innocent eleven-year-old who gets sick easily and trusts too much.

Tangled is a slice-of-life interactive fiction about the mess of loving people who didn't ask to be a family. About class and survival and all the shit that don't make the news. About what you owe the people who were supposed to take care of you and what's left of you once you've given everything away.

Life is shitty. But it's all you know.

Create your MC — choose your gender, look, personality, skills, your job and how you carry the weight of it all

"In A World Full Of Kardasians Be A Gallagher" — navigate survival, pride, and the gap between the life you have and the one everyone else seems to be living

Raise your siblings your way — how you handle them is on you. Tough love or soft hands. Your call. But be ready for the consequences...

Deal with the dads — Four men. Four different problems.

Find something for yourself — a good job, romance, or escape. People will judge you but they do that anyway, so fuck 'em!

Five romance options — a slow burn, a ride-or-die, a safe harbour, an old flame, and someone completely out of your league

Morgan "Mo" the ex-con trying to do better — quiet, cold, and carrying more history than they let on. The neighbourhood hasn't forgotten what they did, and most people cross the street to prove it. (tropes: strangers to something more, slow burn, second chances, the weight of the past)

A.J. the ride-or-die who has always had your back and expects the same in return. No questions asked. No explanations needed. Free-spirited and easy to be around, whatever you are to each other has never needed a label. Until it does. (tropes: friends with benefits, physical first & feelings later, mutual pining)

Taylor the nurse who keeps seeing you at your worst: waiting rooms. Bad news. Cold coffee. Somehow makes you feel like a person when you've forgotten you are one. (tropes: unexpected connection, opposites attract, golden retriever energy)

Levi/ Livia the one you walked away from and who never quite accepted it. They're back in town and they want one thing: you. But wanting someone and being good for each other aren't the same thing. (tropes: second chance they're pushing for, unfinished business, toxic rekindling)

Zacharias/Zahira "Zach/Zara" the one who exists in a completely different world than you — polished, charming, the silver spoon practically visible. Whether they're capable of giving as much as they take is the question. (tropes: worlds colliding, basically a dramatic/messy Cinderella story lol, push and pull)

Note: This is a secondary project my main game is @bloodlines-if

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

please please please please reblog if you’re a writer and have at some point felt like your writing is getting worse. I need to know if I’m the only one who’s struggling with these thoughts

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this hit me like a truck

[incidentalcomics]

Words of Wonder is back! Thanks to astronomer Andrea Schweitzer, PhD, for these celestial words.

[six-owls]

Three ibuprofen two espresso shots one cigarette

Try my recipe boy

[jcollinswrites]

Weeping Gods (WIP)

This tale sweeps you up and drops you back 3500 years into the past, straight onto the banks of the Nile, at the dawn of the Egyptian New Kingdom. The Empire has only been liberated from a hundred year old occupation. The scars left by the war are still healing and yet, threats loom on the horizon again. Some powerful artifacts have been stolen and the king entrusts you with their recovery. Suddenly finding yourself out of your depth and all out of options, you have no choice but to agree to the dangerous mission. You don't know what awaits you on this journey but you know one thing for sure: if you don't catch the enemies of the empire, you will risk more than your own life.

Take your fate into your own hands, solve mysteries, meet new friends, fall in love, learn about magic, monsters, spirits, gods, and have fun in the ancient Egyptian Kingdom in this historical fantasy novel.

The story is a work of fiction and is not historically accurate.

Features

Choose from 4 different origin characters, each with unique stories and choices that will follow you through the rest of the game: - a priest in over their head with a caring and loyal mentor - a noble very much in over their head with a problematic family - the captain of the Theban Guard, who is way too tired for this - a thief from the slums of Thebes, desperate for survival

Play as male, female or non-binary; gay, straight or bi.

Build friendships, rivalries, or find love with a young prince, a mysterious spymaster, a brooding spirit, an elite warrior… or even the pharaoh himself.

Explore Egypt through a series of adventures with a ragtag team of characters

Solve mysteries, climb the Great Pyramid of Giza, deal with the sparks of revolution, and help secure the kingdom's future

Warnings: The story will contain heavy and dark themes, excessive swearing, mental health problems, and optional sexual content, so it is recommended for mature audiences only. The whole list of triggering content can be found in the beginning of the demo.

The Romances

Narmer - A kind and patient man with a golden heart, a fierce sense of duty, a bloody past, and way too little free time.

Qenna (m/f) - The living enigma. Fun and casual at first glance, but why is everyone warning you against spending time with them?

Zaia (m/f) - Spends most of their time brooding or hiding from people, but they can be surprisingly cheeky with those they feel comfortable with.

Tabiry - A dependable and loyal woman, she is the type of person you could trust to have your back in any situation.

Ahmose (m/f) - Young and impressionable, with a dazzling smile and too much hope for a better future.

The Demo

Chapter 1 completed

Chapter 2 completed

Chapter 3 completed

Chapter 4 work in progress (patreon only)

Public demo word count : 371 000 words Patreon demo word count: 383 000 words Average playthrough on any origin: around 55 000 words

Last public update: 10. Jan. 2025. Last patreon update: 17. Jan. 2025. (First published: 14. Aug. 2024.)

DEMO | Patreon | FAQ | ROs and NPCs | CoG Forum | Pinterest

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Dashingdon shutting down

So dashingdon is getting shut down at the end of the month. Everything not backed up/migrating will get deleted.

The alternative to dashingdon is cogdemos.ink

If you know any authors with demos that are dashingdon-only, please let them know.

@elegantunknownphantom @interact-if

[galactic-writes]

Hi updating you on the situation

https://nonameonlyflowers.tumblr.com/post/772802084402757632/dashingdon-shutting-down

Warn others if possible -sarah

Thanks for the message and link!! I saw something about this in the Speaker discord but forgot to look into it

Dashingdon is shutting down, any works on there they need to be saved and migrated or they will be deleted

[delicatuscii-wasbella102]

Eclipse of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842 by Ippolito Caffi.

[ferociouslycreativemystery]

Clouds over sunset in Lazise on July 13, 2017 by me Only 175 years, 5 days and 124 km apart

[galactic-writes]

I hope everyone that wanted to was able to watch the solar eclipse. I spent it with my best friends. This particular solar eclipse was actually a major source of inspiration for Occultation and will be featured late in the story ^_^

[galactic-writes]

Hello everyone!

This is a little informal life/project update while I have the motivation to.

For the moment Occultation has been put on the back burner as I’ve been working on a (much shorter) project which will hopefully be out sometime next month. I’ve been struggling with my physical and mental health a lot the past few months and my motivation has been in the gutter because I can’t get my ADHD meds filled. I am very excited about this new project as I’ll get to experiment more with the coding aspect of Twine and my friends will also be providing some content.

Once I’m finished with this I will get back to working on Occultation!

Hope all of you are having a good month!

[galactic-writes]

I would like to tackle hug Mac every chance I get, please and thank you

Do it!! They will definitely be surprised at first but once they get used to it and start to expect the hugs, it will make them very happy. They’re pretty strong so they’ll catch you and their hugs are very firm and comforting. they’ll do that little sway side to side, just a really good hug

[galactic-writes]

Winter Spirits - Joan

(aka a Drabble series about spending winter with the ROs)

･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･

The fire crackles and blazes orange, washing over your faces as you huddle around it. You don’t have a fireplace but Joan had suggested pulling up a video of one on your laptop. It’s surprisingly cozy with the snow falling outside and a good book in hand.

Jo had opted for a thick textbook they found at the library, no surprise there. They were curled into a blanket, cradling a steaming mug of tea. The loveseat was small enough that even sitting on opposite ends you were pressed into each other's space. You watch as they turn a page then bring the mug up to their face, not drinking but just letting the steam waft over them with a content smile.

You feel the urge to reach over and hold their no-doubt cold face in your own hands. Instead you reach for the mug, your mug of tea that they’ve commandeered for warmth. They relent their hold to allow you a sip without looking up from their book. Heat blooms down your throat and you suspect it's not wholly from the tea. When you hand it back, your hand lingers over their cold fingers tentatively.

This seems to garner their attention and their pale eyes meet yours, studying you. They come to some mental conclusion, transferring the mug to one hand and letting the other wrap delicately around your own. They turn back to their book and it's only when they give your hand a small squeeze that you realize your own book sits abandoned on your lap.

[galactic-writes]

Winter Spirits - Joan

(aka a Drabble series about spending winter with the ROs)

･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･

The fire crackles and blazes orange, washing over your faces as you huddle around it. You don’t have a fireplace but Joan had suggested pulling up a video of one on your laptop. It’s surprisingly cozy with the snow falling outside and a good book in hand.

Jo had opted for a thick textbook they found at the library, no surprise there. They were curled into a blanket, cradling a steaming mug of tea. The loveseat was small enough that even sitting on opposite ends you were pressed into each other's space. You watch as they turn a page then bring the mug up to their face, not drinking but just letting the steam waft over them with a content smile.

You feel the urge to reach over and hold their no-doubt cold face in your own hands. Instead you reach for the mug, your mug of tea that they’ve commandeered for warmth. They relent their hold to allow you a sip without looking up from their book. Heat blooms down your throat and you suspect it's not wholly from the tea. When you hand it back, your hand lingers over their cold fingers tentatively.

This seems to garner their attention and their pale eyes meet yours, studying you. They come to some mental conclusion, transferring the mug to one hand and letting the other wrap delicately around your own. They turn back to their book and it's only when they give your hand a small squeeze that you realize your own book sits abandoned on your lap.

[conspiring-literaries-society-d]

I am a terrible combination of “whatever happens, happens” and “If everything doesn’t go according to plan, I will vaporize”

[caveat-canine]

I am completely and utterly normal about rivers, creeks, lakes, forests, ponds, hills, mountains, and other natural landscapes (lying)