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🔥 Manor Hill
a routine party goes terribly awry when the dancefloor goes south and you wake up trapped in the sprawling mansion on the hill. pursue a romance with the eclectic guests while you search for a way out; and try to discover why you're there in the first place.
🔮 Bad Ritual
your already high-risk/low-reward job gets about thirty times more dangerous when you inadvertently release an ancient archdemon into sanctum city. armed with only a recent promotion and the begrudging support of your enigmatic boss, it's up to you to decide what to do with siruud the devourer.
🌱 Hybrid
long ago, the world stretched out its leafy green arms and strangled civilization for eons of misuse; and now, there's you. this is the only life you've ever known and after a violent raid destroys your farm, you set out to find what's happened to your guardian, the only family you’ve ever known; but you find that the while the world looks the same as it always has, the people therein are not like you.
🌵 Distance & Mirage
laurel went missing when the two of you were just dumb kids, out after curfew. now in the hot heart of the desert, in a grimy little office building, they're holding something: and it knows where laurel is.
made for the 2023 Neo-Twiny Jam, 500 words.
🩸 Devotion
you are the iron consort, partner and oracle for the iron scion—your wife, drusa. the two of you have been locked in a prolonged war of succession against her uncle, and thus far your powers have kept the two of you one step ahead of defeat. the battle today will decide your fates.
written for the 2024 Single Choice Jam.
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These may be my last words or the last time I write a post about my family, so I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and does not support me with a single word and ignores me.
Days of complete silence have passed, and I'm terrified. I check the campaign link daily, but the amount hasn't changed. Not a single euro. It feels like the world has moved on, but my nephew's pain remains. His surgery is urgent, and so are his medical needs. We're close to closing the gap, but I can't bear this alone anymore. If you have ten or twenty dollars to spare, please help us today. If you don't, your contribution is our only lifeline to reach someone who can help. Please don't ignore someone desperately seeking a lifeline for my orphaned nephew.
We need 700 euros for my nephew's surgery. The operation is in a sensitive area of his body and cannot be delayed. The surgery will determine his future ability to have children, and it must be done as soon as possible while he is still young, before he grows older and suffers greatly, and may also be unable to have children. Please don't leave us alone. Help us! Donate to us!
My nephew is his parents' only child. He lost his father in this genocide in the Gaza Strip and has suffered many traumas in this war. Please don't leave him alone. Donate for his operation. Please donate, donate! 💔😭
It has been up on the Patreon since last night but I was tired from editing so I passed out afterwards haha.
I have gotten a lot of angst-related asks over the years that I couldn't answer because it would be going into spoiler territory, but this chapter gives angst-lovers a feast on every route ✨
Note that the tail-end of the chapter is missing that I will be adding over the next couple of days as I didn't get to editing it yet. The chapter as-is still has about 37k words (including variations) however so it's missing like, 15% maybe. And I made sure to finish all the big romance scenes for each LI as well 😘
You can find the link for it through my Patreon, currently only available for tier 3/Crown tier! Other tiers will get it at later dates this month.
Maryam, my family, and I forgive everyone who saw our posts or received our appeals and was unable to help us. Life is full of responsibilities, commitments, and circumstances that may prevent someone from offering help, even when they genuinely wish to do so.
Our faith, like Christianity and the universal values that unite humanity, calls upon us to practice forgiveness, show compassion, extend understanding, and support one another in times of need.
It was a pleasure to speak with @ataleofcrowns about A Tale of Crowns, the top-voted game in the Fantasy category!
AToC is a sweeping fantasy romance inspired by Middle Eastern cultures and traditions. Blending fascinating world-building, unforgettable romance options into a truly distinctive story, this is a must-play (if you haven't already) and 100% a deserving winner in a stacked category.
We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we enjoyed putting it together! Read the other interview with @wings-of-ink for God-Cursed here.
You can find the list of fantasy winners here.
About the author
There’s a lot that people don’t know since I don’t really post much about myself or my personal life, and I’d honestly prefer to keep it that way, which I suppose is in and of itself something that people should know! I’m just naturally a private person, so I would like people to pay attention to my work first and foremost. I also struggle answering questions about myself in general, so it’s easier this way haha.
About the game
It’s a high fantasy romance story with Middle Eastern roots.
Tell me about your journey into interactive fiction and what you’re working on right now
Aside from AToC I also write for fun (traditional fiction that is), but it’s nothing I would ever post since it’s just for myself and to practice at writing. As for interactive fiction, I’ve always been very fond of choice-based games since I was a kid, so when I discovered the medium of Twine I thought it was a perfect way to try my hand at it for fun. It started as a hobby and then it unexpectedly developed into something more from there.
What was the inspiration for this game, and why did you want to write a story in this genre?
Aside from my enjoyment of the choice-based genre, I also enjoy fantasy, but in Western spheres you usually get European-inspired fantasy settings for obvious reasons. When Western authors do decide to include West Asian representation, it’s usually in an exoticized or fetishized form. So I wanted to create something that reflected art that was recognizable to me and others like me.
Are there any specific themes or messages you hope players take away from your work?
This is a bit broader than what the question asks for, but: I hope it inspires and motivates people to seek out or create spaces for themselves instead of seeking representation in spheres that have proven hostile to anything that diverges from the norm, whether it be in regards to culture, race, gender, sexuality, etc. I find this more useful than begging such creators to please consider us as human beings when writing their stories. Besides which, you realistically can’t expect any single person to perfectly cater to and represent your individual needs. It’s better to make or seek out art that resonates with you and supporting that than waste time and energy hoping for scraps.
What’s the one thing you’re really proud of that you’ve written so far? Do you have a favorite character or scene that you’ve written?
My favorite scene is and still remains the coronation scene in Chapter 7. It touches both on a lot of world-building for the setting of the game as well as personal development for the Crown, who up until that point has felt like a survivor just trying to get by. Now, for the first time in their life, they’re being entrusted with something monumental and terrifying: the wellbeing of an entire nation. It’s the “real” beginning of the game, in a way.
Any books, music, movies etc. you’re obsessed with at the moment, or would like to recommend?
This kind of gets back to the earlier question of what inspired me to write AToC/fantasy, but I saved it for this because I want to give a massive recommendation for everyone to check out the light novel series Twelve Kingdoms written by Fuyumi Ono. It’s also available in anime form, though that is left unfinished, and the light novels have recently gotten an updated English translation for the entire series. I never cared for traditional Western fantasy books, but Twelve Kingdoms was one of the works of fantasy that made me absolutely fall in love with the genre and inspired a lot of AToC as well.
What’re you excited to tackle/implement/work on next?
I’ve begun brainstorming my next IF work after AToC is finished. I won’t start writing on it until AToC is in its final chapters, but until then I’m letting it marinate for the next couple of years. I’m planning on it to be very different from AToC, in a more horror-oriented and much smaller setting, with an older and experienced cast of characters and MC. Though of course it will be romance-centric as well, because I’m a romance writer at heart haha. They’ll all be a lot more morally ambiguous or, in some cases, outright bad people. I think it’ll be a refreshing change of pace after having worked on AToC for so long!
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In the heart of Gaza, a family of four clings to survival in the shadow of… Rania A needs your support for Gaza Family Left With Nothing Hel
Happy chapter seven !! Relax a little as you try to decide what the fuck you're doing, and I'm sure nothing bad or loaded will happen.
EOTM UPDATE: MAY 15TH 🎉
HERMIT UPDATE: MAY 29TH 🎉
PUBLIC UPDATE: JUNE 5TH
Bad Ritual is an interactive Twine-based romance wherein you, a corporate demon hunter, find yourself helplessly bound to an archdemon after your mysterious boss leaves you alone with a clearly unauthorized binding ritual. Who will you ally with: the archdemon, hell-bent on escaping the binding and disappearing forever, or the priestess Tahira, who would hunt him to the very ends of the earth?
One thing i forgot to mention at the end of my last video is that all my itchio games (except yccnafs) are pwyw now. Any money i get from itch will be donated. So if you’ve been interested in my stuff, you can have it!
Please, please, look at my donation campaign and help me. I have newborn children and my son Ahmed needs treatment. He is a heart patient and suffers from two holes in the heart. He needs help and treatment. We do not have money and we are stuck in Egypt because of the Gaza war. My wife and I lost my jobs and there is no source of income. I would like you to help. To care for my children and provide the necessary treatment for my child Ahmed, please donate even a little thing to save my child’s life
I write to you with a heavy heart 💔 My children and I are going through very difficult times, and no one is asking about us. My son needs treatment and medication, and he needs milk, diapers, and urgent care. Please don't leave us alone in these difficult circumstances. 😔
We need your help. The situation is extremely difficult. You are our last hope. Food, clothes, milk, rent—everything has become incredibly expensive. My son, Ahmed, needs heart surgery and eye surgery. Please help my son so he can complete his treatment and undergo the operations. In addition to my family in Gaza, my parents, brothers, and sisters are also living in dire circumstances. Please help me for the sake of my family.
My name is Sharif, and I suffer from a back injury. I need intensive treatment and physical therapy to recover. Unfortunately, we lost everything in Gaza; we have no income and cannot work. The situation is extremely difficult.
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Hello, I'm Sharif Al-Amoudi from Gaza. I'm married and have twins, Hussam and Ahmed, who are five months old. They were born after four atte
It has been up on the Patreon since last night but I was tired from editing so I passed out afterwards haha.
I have gotten a lot of angst-related asks over the years that I couldn't answer because it would be going into spoiler territory, but this chapter gives angst-lovers a feast on every route ✨
Note that the tail-end of the chapter is missing that I will be adding over the next couple of days as I didn't get to editing it yet. The chapter as-is still has about 37k words (including variations) however so it's missing like, 15% maybe. And I made sure to finish all the big romance scenes for each LI as well 😘
You can find the link for it through my Patreon, currently only available for tier 3/Crown tier! Other tiers will get it at later dates this month.
My latest video is a setting analysis of Blades in the Dark! While I read Blades, I wondered why anyone would resort to a life of crime in a city filled with well-armed police and ravenous ghosts. By using a 19th century crime treatise, and some 21st century economics papers, I theorize about what compels Duskwallers to abandon their 9 to 5s.
Happy chapter seven !! Relax a little as you try to decide what the fuck you're doing, and I'm sure nothing bad or loaded will happen.
EOTM UPDATE: MAY 15TH 🎉
HERMIT UPDATE: MAY 29TH
PUBLIC UPDATE: JUNE 5TH
Bad Ritual is an interactive Twine-based romance wherein you, a corporate demon hunter, find yourself helplessly bound to an archdemon after your mysterious boss leaves you alone with a clearly unauthorized binding ritual. Who will you ally with: the archdemon, hell-bent on escaping the binding and disappearing forever, or the priestess Tahira, who would hunt him to the very ends of the earth?
78 years of forced displacement, restricted aid and unimaginable violence against the Palestinians. It is still ongoing to this day. How much longer can this go on? Until we reach the 79th year? The 80th?
At the same time, The Toronto Palestine Film Festival hosted an event to commemorate the Nakba. It starts with a documentary directed by Mai Masri called, "Frontiers of Dreams and Fears". The film is about two girls, Manar and Mona, who develop a friendship by exchanging letters after Southern Lebanon is liberated from the Zionist occupation in the 2000. Even though they are separated by the border, a wired barricade, their love and companionship is felt in their words across papers. 26 years later, Lebanon is under attack by the Zionist occupation. [BBC reports: "Lebanon's health ministry says the number of people killed in the country by ['Israeli'] strikes during the conflict between ['Israel'] and Hezbollah, which escalated at the beginning of March, has surpassed 3,000. It put the death toll at 3,020 on Monday, a grim milestone in the fighting that shows no sign of abating despite a fragile ceasefire"].
As the film ends, a keynote speaker is present. It is no other than Mouin Rabbani: He is a a researcher, analyst, and commentator specializing in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-['Israeli'] conflict, and contemporary ['Middle East'] issues at the ['Middle East'] at the Council on Global Affairs. He starts with a speech about the Nakba, detailing the horrors Palestinians have gone through, then finishes with a reassurance of their resilience and resistance.
This makes me think about the many people risking their lives to fight against oppression and occupation! They are throwing rocks at tanks and snipers, boycotting products and protesting in the streets and fighting for their land ownership in courts. It begs the question: What are we doing in the West? We should join our Palestinian and Lebanese comrades, of course! Continue to boycott, donate and protest!
Please consider helping my friend, Suad (@stillwritingtoday). She is a computer engineer from North Ghazzah and she is a mother to an 1 year old child who is ill with allergies and infections. Suad is caring for older relatives, such as her in-laws and her grandparents! She needs to purchase medicine, clothing, food, fuel, supplies, and other essentials!
Her fundraiser is #279 in the vetted fundraisers' spreadsheet by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi. @/nabulsi has written posts for Suad, with the latest update here.
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Please consider increasing your contribution to The Sameer Project. They have several campaigns on Chuffed that support different areas across Gaza. I encourage you to choose any campaign and contribute regularly, increasing your donation whenever you are able to.
We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,
Please increase your donation if possible because Israel just attacked a community kitchen in Gaza killing three volunteers but I'm not sure which community kitchen they attacked but increase your donation anyway. This is a dire time.
Thanks to your previous donations, he was able to undergo adenoid surgery successfully. Today, he urgently needs another surgery to remove his tonsils because he is still in pain and struggling every day.
The cost of the operation is $250.
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Hi <3 would you please submit this ask anonymously? But I was wondering, if Siruud hunts and is well-practiced at cooking, does that mean that demons have to eat to stay alive? Or is it unnecessary but more for comfort/enjoyment for them? Are there other things that demons need, like water, heat, etc.?
H'm good question !! A demon probably does have to sustain themselves food/drink wise, I think I don't want to magic away like, basic energy exchange functions, although it probably looks different overall considering that they work different bodyodyodyodyody wise.
I think one of the core quirkier things that demons need to sustain overall is probably like, their physical forms? Like they're rock they could gargoyle in a bad spill and then where would they be. They probably also like, accumulate dirt differently.
Heat and cold probably affect them differently too, I'm kind of split. I think I like them working almost like tieflings, or at least how I headcanoned tieflings working where there's a magic-based resistance to heat that actually gives them trouble like, warming up. Where if MC touches Siruud he's pretty much always hot but he feels like he's cold because he has a higher heat threshold. I don't know if that makes sense I just think it's fun.
