The second half of Chapter 4 has been edited and had new content added, which almost completes this chapter's rewrites*. Also, I ended up adding some Chapter 3 revisions too. Things to look out for in this update are:
-A couple chapter 3 additions: Mordred now has the opportunity to keep in touch with Arthur with the intention of gaining an ally/manipulating him. This means you get a new letter variation, as well as a different POV before Mordred's birthday.
-Also in chapter 3, Mordred has a couple new conversation choices when Gawain asks them to sneak out.
-A chat with Alina š
-Alina's confession to Gareth has also been re-written.
-More romance options with the Dragon Friendā¢, as well as the opportunity to confess if you haven't in the previous chapter.
-I've ended up seriously trimming down the birthday scene. There's two variants depending on whether Arthur is attending or not, and all the little scenes with various characters have been taken out for the sake of pacing. However, I want to release them as a separate extra, free mini-game for whoever is interested in playing through those scenes!
-Added a couple new choices when talking with Gawain the day after Mordred's birthday.
-There may be more little things I'm forgetting. As with the last update, there's a lot of little tweaks and edits made to the chapter overall.
*What I didn't get to finish are a few scenes that shouldn't take me too long; but just so you know, the conversations with Morgana, respectively Accolon the morning after Mordred's birthday are not yet revised. I also plan on adding a short Morgana POV.
This new chapter is 50k words, bringing the grand total to 185k.
There are a few scenes that run long with little opportunities for choice. In those instances, I tried to factor in your previous choices as much as possible. In fact, this whole chapter has variables firing left and right, lol. I think itāll be a fun experience for those of you with multiple playthroughs. š
Without further adoā¦ go forth and enjoy, my lovelies!
I'm very happy to say that my 2026 goals are still on track haha, and I've made lots of progress this month! Must be the Australian Open spirit.
The next CT:OS update will be ready very soonāit will be the final part of Chapter 7 and bring you to the end of the National Doubles National Championships!
Early Access for Ko-fi/Patreon supporters: 1 Feb
Public Release: 14 Feb
Features:
Have dinner either with Sam or your teammates
Heart-to-heart conversation with your roommate (or find a way to invite someone else back to your room)
Play the semi-finals match...
Clinch the championship title if you get past your opponents in the final... and survive a harrowing incident involving a heckler from the stands(!!)
Potentially make plans with your doubles partner for next year...
Today marks the one year anniversary of Cantataās publication! Iām traveling back home today, which will be a weird bit of time travel, so I guess I get to celebrate Cantataās anniversary twice, lol.
Anyway, I have a surpriseā¦ I actually finished Chapter 5 before my trip! Itās done! š„³š± I left it in the hands of my beta readers and Ko-Fi subscribers. If you want to read Chapter 5 now, follow the link to my Ko-Fi page and subscribe to be a Choral member.
In Chapter 5:
50k words of new content, bringing the grand total to 185k words. Yes, it is now longer than Viatica. š«
One on one moments with most of the ROs; one RO is conspicuously absent for most of the chapter but I promise itās worth it
More humorous moments; thereās a lot to unpack in this chapter but I wanted it to be lighter than the last, so I strove for a balance
Opportunities for you to use your hobbies once more; they also show up in the Character Stats now
A mission and subsequent battle; I purposely made it brief and lighter than the last
Possible first kisses š depending on your RO
Other changes:
Updated the tonics and binder options so that they trigger for non-binary MCs, too
While I technically finished Chapter 5 by the anniversary like I wanted (whew!) I like to sit and chew on my chapters a bit before releasing them. Iām going to review the comments from my beta readers, probably sprinkle in flavor text and flesh out some scenes.
Public release will be Friday, February 20!
Thank you all for following along with me and my writing. This journey has been fabulous and sometimes surreal, lol, and Iāve loved every minute. Letās see what the next year brings! ā¤ļø
Pack your bags, youāve just been selected to join Warm Me Up!
Iām so excited (and nervous as hell š ) to announce that the prologue + chapter one of Warm Me Up is now live!
In these chapters, you can:
āļø Fill out your application
āļø Meet Anjali, Dmitry, Kailee, Kalea, Makai, and some other cool characters
āļø Participate in your first confessional
āļø Place your bid in the very first Warm Up Ceremony
PLAY IT NOW:
[ITCHO.IO] | [NEOCITIES]
This thing is almost a year in the making and I've still got a looooong way to go. I really hope you enjoy it š
This ended up taking way longer than I planned. Between starting a new job and adjusting to a new routine, I barely had any free time, but I took this week off to finally finish Chapter One. In this update, youāll meet two new characters and, hopefully, wonāt have another breakdown. š„²
I also added new content to the early passages, so be sure to start from the beginning!
And to all the Stardom fans out thereāthis oneās for you. šš
š¬Ā°āāšŗā¹ą£Ŗā±āĖāš„„ ā Welcome to the villa! Are you ready to spend an entire summer lounging by the pool, tanning under the hot bali sun surrounded by dreamy singles? Twelve people all trapped in one house, with no access to the outside world, all competing for the prize of 500k, what can possibly go wrong?
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After getting laid off from your job, your best friend surprises you with an all-inclusive vacation. What they donāt tell you? Youāve actually been signed up to compete on a brand-new reality show called The Villa.
Each week, youāll face a series of challenges for a shot at the prize moneyāand who knows? You might even find the love of your life along the way.
Now are you ready for the most unforgettable summer of your life?
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ā The Villa is an upcoming adult slice of life, romance interactive fiction game inspired by shows like Love Island, Perfect Match, Too Hot to Handle, and all your other favorite cringy reality shows.
FEATURES āā¹.ā¢ā š
ā Customize your MCs appearance, style, and personality! Youāll be given a chance to choose between different backgrounds, careers, and hobbies.
ā Decide whether you want to be the season's villain or the fan favorite! Even the smallest of actions will impact how the audience perceives you and will determine whether you'll end the summer $500,000 richerā¦
ā Choose from 7 gender-selectable ROsāor hook up with them all! Form meaningful friendships or make enemies. The choice is yours.
ROMANCE OPTIONS šššøāšš¼
ā š¦Julian/Julie - This new, up-and-coming soccer star has already won over fans everywhere but they also happen to beā¦ your ex??? Theyāre cocky, flirtatious, and just a little pathetic. Still, maybe all it ever took was some time, space, and a second chance to see if your relationship can be rekindled.
ā š Tali/Tanner - This painfully put-together accountant somehow found their way onto the show and theyāre already judging everyone. Uptight, blunt to the point of rudeness, and allergic to fun, they insist theyāre only here for the money. You have a feeling that might not be entirely trueā¦
ā š“ Riley - This fashion designer treats life like one big joke and somehow still looks incredible doing it. Witty and unserious they refuse to take anything seriously. Whether theyāre here to win, flirt, or just cause some much needed chaos, as long as their around things will never be boring.
ā š¬ Alex - This soft-spoken teacher is kind, awkward, and a bit shyā¦ basically the last person youād expect to be on a reality show. Theyāre all warm smiles but every now and then, something doesnāt quite add up. Maybe theyāre just misunderstood. Or maybe theyāre hiding a secret much darker than anyone realizes.
ā š Devon - This laid-back musician is exactly what they seemā calm genuine and easy to be around. They take life as it comes prefer good vibes over drama and would rather strum a guitar than stir the pot
ā āļø Sol - This hotshot doctor knows exactly how smart, talented, and hot they are. Arrogant, confident to a fault, and with a major superiority complex they breeze through life like theyāre the main character. If you can stand them long enough to try, you might find that theres someone real soft under that hard exterior.
ā š„„ Haven - This charming tattoo artist has a way of pulling people in and keeping their attention. A devoted single parent with a playful edge, theyāre strategic, charismatic, and just a little possessive when they really like someone.
Hello, everyone! Yes, you did read that right. I am proud to present you with the first Zorlok update of the new year. Hope you enjoy it!
Dark comedy about a demon and the nerdy teen they're bound to serve.
With code (since I can't separate code from my writing) Episode 1 is now at over 179k words. This update added around 93k. Altogether, the game is sitting at around 345k words (again, with code).
As always, let me know through an ask here, the comments on itch.io, or a message in the Zorlok server if you come across any bugs or typos. I'll get to updating and fixing them as quickly as I can.
This is just the first update of the new year and I'm hoping to add to it soon with even more content. (Like maybe a few weeks from now? If that. I've been writing a lot and the only reason why this update isn't even longer is because I need to code and test those parts more thoroughly.)
There's so much I'm eager to share with you about this story, this world and these characters. I'm feeling really motivated, confident, and inspired and I'm at a place with my life and mental health where I'm more stable than I've been in a long time. Barring anything unforeseen, this should be a fun year for Zorlok... *knocking on every piece of wood within reach*
The guy next door, literally. Rose is a single dad trying his best to make the world a little better and brighter with each passing day. In a town suffused with magic and beset by monsters, the most unbelievable thing is how mundane he's managed to stay. Would you care to join such a simple way of living? Or will you destroy everything he knows?
Art by the fantastic @doubledeadstudio
Rose is a character from the interactive fiction game Zorlok.
Bladeweaver's demo has been (belatedly, to say the least) updated, bringing with it big expansions to Chapter 2, bugfixes galore and a small amount added to Chapter 3. Chapter 2 is still (infuriatingly, I'm sorry) not fully complete, but that WILL come in the next update, rest assured. there are lots of additions in here, especially for those of you who went with Sam to the festival and wanted to stay home. You even get to fight him! In a friendly manner of course. Mostly.
This isn't the update I was wanting to get out, but I see it as more of a promise; I'm still here, still working, and there's more to come soon now that I'm back in the groove of things. I also wanted to get one last update out before the year ended, and what better day for it than today? I'd also wanted to update how the codex works in this one, but just didn't find the right method to do it, so that'll be on the to-do list for next time.
With all that said, I'm going to get back to my usual Christmas activities (drinking and eating chocolate) and let you guys find out what's new and a little bit different in this one. I'm totally not too lazy to write a summary. Totally.
Merry Christmas, and I'll be seeing you again soon!
(I hope you enjoy the festive update banner I made. It took all of 30 seconds to make)
Hello, everyone. I hope all of you had a nice week and Saturday. The content I had planned for Ch. 1 ended up being a lot, so I decided to post it in Parts, because it's easier for me to keep track of things and I believe it's better pacing-wise.
The demo is here!
In Chapter One, Part I, you can:
ā¢ See a flashback of Raev with Calluna and Toddler MC.
ā¢ Hear something you weren't supposed to hear.
ā¢ Define your relationship with Azere.
ā¢ Spend time with Grace.
Do let me know if you guys come across any bugs/errors and if the choices, however small, are satisfactory.
Here at Soulmates Inc we specialize in chance meetings!
As a soul-link, your job is to guide two people entrusted in your care to one another in a fateful meeting, for they are each other's soulmates. Aided by the soul-link powers, you will craft a story that will be told over and over to others, changed and misremembered or kept as faithful as humanly possible. Without your help, they would not find one another.
P.S.: a regular reminder to refrain from referring to yourself or your coworkers as Cupid.
|| LINK to the demo || [149k +24k]
In this update:
embark on a forbidden dinner
watch yet another social function sneak into your calendar
begin a new case (wait what happens to other one?..)
Heya! Some of you may already know, but there's a nifty little trend happening on Twitter and BlueSky for game devs called #TeaseYaGame. We've already participated in it by shilling some teasers for our amare visual novel, Keyframes. But now we're bringing those teasers here!
And so, without further ado, here's some snippets of the First Summer edition!
The official commercial update to the game will have:
š Summer break on campus,
š Budding rom com crushes and,
š±20+ hangout events!
Hope y'all are looking forward to the release, which will arrive Summer 2026!
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āļø Play our demo on Itch and Steam! āļø
The pic on the left is how Sebastien used to look and on the right is how I imagine he looks as Araminthas. The only thing thatās different from in game and the picrew is I chose for Araminthas to have green hair
Playing through the demo i felt bad for Araminthas and honestly I canāt blame him for becoming the villain
Sebastien is gonna try to change his fate but honestly I donāt think heās gonna try to hard with interacting with people.
Sebastien has decided to mostly ignore Araminthasās siblings not really giving strong reactions
Sebastien definitely has some disconnect from Araminthas and will try to hold onto his past life as much as possible
Iām excited to meet the rest of the characters and from what little I know Iām pretty set on Oliviero
I usually donāt read IFās with my headphones on but Iām glad I did for this one! The soundtrack was really good
There may not be a lot of the story so far but Iām excited to see more. The writing and atmosphere are both amazing. I feel I may cry later on since second chance type stories really get to me
After all, that's something you only get to do once. Or, at least that's what most would think, but when you're reincarnated into an old book series you used to be obsessed with as a kid, you're forced to reckon with the idea that there's more to death than an ominous veil of darkness and everlasting peace. Far from itāafter all, no rest for the wicked, and you've reawakened as the most wicked of them all.
Live and die and live again in a story of second chances, perspective, and peddled narratives, whilst you navigate the precarious world of upper society as the villain of a tale you used to know so intimately well.
Make enemies, friends, and maybe even something more with a diverse cast that once enchanted you in your childhood, and perhaps see a bit more to them than the author was willing to explore.
Play to the classic image you've grown accustomed to or don't, just be prepared to face the consequences either way.
And remember, always remember, that villains leave no graves.
DEMO || FORUM || DEVSITE
Current Public Demo Contains - 17k Words; Prologue -> Ch.1 Pt.1
Two separate customizable characters: The Player and The Villain
Play as male/female/nonbinary and inhabit a male/female body
Pursue one of 4 romance options: The heroic betrothed, the tragic original protagonist, the witty playwright, or the devout guard
Decide how to play your villain: Earnest or Calculating, Virtuous or Wicked, and Forgiving or Vengeful
Determine how willing you are to let fate take the reins, or whether your previous life meant more than just its end
WARNING - This game contains themes of death, violence, religion, dysphoria, homophobia, sexism, and other adult content
Araminthas/Araminta (Aramin) de Doloryn - The Villain
(Appearance Customizable; NOT an RO) The villain of A Tragedy of Grace, Arami was taken in by the heads of the house of Doloryn shortly after their mother's death, being seen as a sort of replacement to the child the couple lost from stillbirth. Growing up, Arami held an ill, almost inexplicable temperament, and, combined with their complicated relationships with the remainder of the head family of Doloryn, went on to become a venomous and vengeful noble of upper society.
Eventually revealed to be the cursed devilspawn of prophecy which threatens the future the reborn saint would bring about, Arami is eventually smited and cast back down to the hells which birthed them.
Maristel/Maristella (Mari)Ā de Fiorenselle - The Saint
(Same Gender as Villain) The original protagonist of A Tragedy of Grace, Mari was born to a minor family in the house of Fiorenselle, a quaint childhood in the countryside giving way to rigorous lessons in virtue and purity, as is custom of the house. They are everything one would seek out in a heroāhumble, self-sacrificing, and dedicated to doing good.
Of course, it goes to say that no one ever thinks to check in on such a blessed individualāafter all, the story says the weight of the world on one's shoulders is a privilege, not a burden, and no one goes against what is written.
Domenico/Domenica (Domeni) de Cavalleux - The Betrothed
(Opposite Gender from Villain) The romantic lead for the original protagonist, as well as the inconveniently betrothed of the villain, Domeni was born to the head of the house of Cavalleux. Practically bred and raised for greatness, Domeni sits as the shining star of society, always loved, always looked up to. Their kind and responsible nature, however, can at times be overshadowed by their naĆÆve ideals of justice and their clumsy but earnest attempts at enforcing it.
The perfect partner for a perfect protagonist, Domeni is depicted to be a prize more than a person.
Violetta de Nerozziere - The Playwright
(Female) Quick-witted and sharp in both mind and tongue, Violetta was born under the house of Nerozierre, quickly finding her place in this home of performers as the one behind the quill and parchment. Her astute observations and biting delivery via weekly plays has made her a well-respected playwright that noble society relies upon to get their weekly dose of gossip and opinions.
Lenient with every truth but her own, she is the one responsible for ousting the prophesied villain to the public, thus effectively signing their death warrant.
Leandro de Serenne - The Guardsman
(Male) An orphan taken in by the house of Serenne, Leandro maintains a strong sense of duty and fealty to the church which took him in. Honorbound and litigious to a fault, he does his best to justify his fortunate circumstances and distance himself from the street rat he once was, eventually landing in the position of the executioner for a villain suddenly ousted to the public.
One must wonder, though, how his devout and steady nature will interact with such a sinful interest in the so-called proclaimed villain of the story.
The demo is finally here~ :> It was a labor of love and I'm so glad I can share it now. This episode is the final September episode and marks the end of the "setup" portion of the story. I hope everyone enjoys it :>
TOTAL WORDS: 375,864
Andi has returned and things are settling in MC's life. We're finally introduced to G and things only get more complicated for our beloved MC!
The episode is 73,000 words. I shaved a couple of thousand words so it can flow better.
I've changed a few minor details. Sam remains G's sibling no matter how hold they are. I just don't believe G would have kids right now so it felt off to me to make G a single parent at this point in their life and career.
I realized the stats for the jobs work much better if they're given their own status (ex. strict vs lenient for teachers, camera shy or not for news anchor, stuff like that!) The only problem is that I have yet to figure them out for all of them. The blanket job stats simply don't apply well to every job so I still need to work on that. For now they've remained the same until I can figure out how I'd like those to be measured across the jobs.
I did my best to fix the errors but this demo is huge! I am sure I'm going to need beta testers because there's so many variables and changes that I have to keep track of especially between job routes that it's not possible for me to not miss anything. I will figure that out soon :>
Thank you to people and other writers who messaged me and gave me tips, tricks and coding advice to make it easier for me. It helped a bunch :>
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