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twenties • married to @liykaii and @astreas-archive • chief captain at @rc-catalog • leader of the church of mikael • sometimes i write. other times i edit. usually, i only daydream, though. • lads sideblog: @calebly (on hiatus) 💫
if there's a way to make it angstier, i will.
₊˚.⋆ CHOICES | ROMANCE CLUB ⋆⁺₊✧
Bloodbath
Sunkissed
Today I woke up with one of the worst pains, but I got the opportunity to Rael yap with my buddies, so life is good
beautiful bisexual woman u should be more evil n perverted
let's begin the catalog gay month!!
June will be good to you.
Old man yells at cloud about old Playchoices
Literally never use Tumblr aside from occasional reblogging (sorry for the DM's that I have struggled to respond to in um.... YEARS, I am SO sorry) I just want to say how much I miss older PlayChoices.
I haven't picked up the game in ages, I used to play pretty much every day. I jumped ship around the time Alpha was being released I think? I would maybe make a yearly appearance on the app to replay old books like ILITW, D&D, TC&TF, etc. The app used to share intriguing adventures in fantasy settings, historical dramas/mysteries and campy stories about rising to stardom. It started to almost exclusively create more smut oriented stories (which is fine but I feel like it really deterred good portion of the fan base, myself included)
I remember stories like Open Heart, Desire and Decorum and Blades of the Light and Shadow updating and the PlayChoices tag trending at number 1. Fan art, fan fiction and edits were being posted DAILY. Theories, speculations and memes would circulate, inside jokes would form, heated debates about yet another book using OH faces for MC would spark discussions. It felt like a thriving fandom bonding over different stories that were being produced by Pixelberry.
I don't know when momentum truly started to slow down on the app as I had abandoned ship before it truly became obvious, but I can't help but feel like the use of AI generated assets really stomped the passion a lot of fans had for the game. I also feel like a large portion of the fan base were maybe deterred from the overwhelming amount of smut books and lack of other genres being explored. Smut sells, I don't blame Pixelberry for this decision, but I feel like it was a really polarizing action on their part. Books like ILITW, BOLAS and ES really showed how a story doesn't have to rely on the romance aspect for it to be received positively by its audience (I would like to mention that I am aware that there were some books displaying relationships in more harmful and dangerous lights without calling them out within the narrative, such as Witness. If I recall correctly my experience reading it presented a possessive dynamic that was never discussed further, there was toxicity that was never confronted within the narrative, creating an unhealthy message to the player/reader)
I look back and think of how the Playchoices tag would trend a few times a week and smile. I think back to the community it made, how artwork of various mediums were created inspired by the books that were being released at the time. The excitement for a new book sequel to release, the dread (affectionately) of yet ANOTHER TRR book being released. I think back to how the characters in the older books and the fan artists of the community inspired me to pursue my illustrations more seriously and see my art in a new way and push myself to draw in a way that really resonated with me. It was truly heartbreaking to see Playchoices turn to AI slop instead of actual artists for their assets. I would take reused OH faces for the 1000th time over the genuine horror slop I've seen on my feed.
All this to say, without this app and its fandom I may not be where I find myself in my personal and professional art journey, for that I will be eternally thankful.
Thank you to anyone scrolling this tag and takes the time to read my ramble, sorry if it is all over the place and is read in a negative light. That's not my intention rather.... disappointment? Longing for old PB? Reminiscing perhaps? Idk but I just wanted to write a virtual message in a bottle and send it off into the virtual Tumblr sea I suppose.
I hope you have a good day to who ever is reading :3
I would put the timeline of the downfall as:
The wedding/baby boom in the summer/autumn of 2019 probably wasn’t major but very disappointing as the golden age was ending
2020: Witness released and no one (or only very few people) liked it. The Nanny Affair was not long after, and although it had marginally better writing, it was a bad sign of things to come
2020: Open Heart 2. I won’t deep dive into the drama (I’ve spoken enough about it already) but it said A LOT about the values of PB studios, revealed the toxicity of the fan base, and showed the disdain PB had for some stories/characters over others, and by extension their fans. A lot of people were turned off by all of it. Open Heart 3 fixed nothing.
2020: in general the pandemic had slowed down production for a lot of stories resulting in a very thin line-up
2021: The trend of steam-before-plot stories continued and single LIs were becoming much more common
2021: although it didn’t start this way, every book would now be released under their new vip schedule, including Wake the Dead and Crimes of Passion which they had spent a good year promising ALL fans they would receive it soon. The only exception would be sequels. The online fandom now had to be extremely wary of spoilers
2021: the official cancellation of many fan-favourites including (but not limited to) It Lives, Hero, Nightbound, Ride or Die, and Distant Shores
2022-2023: I don’t remember anything major but a vast majority of books would be single LI, steamy, or generally disappointing and a lot of fans lost interest
2024: sequels would now be included in the vip release schedule. Either join vip or be left behind
2024 onwards: AI killing what little of the fanbase had held on so long
They had a really good run and Choices has meant a lot to me over the years. I have fond memories of playing ILB in my car before I had to go somewhere, or getting excited for a MOTY chapter when I drove past a private school on a release day, or the way I played OH after a late shift and gasped out loud when Rafael was hurt in chapter 14. But time marches on and things come to their end 💔
Just wait 👀...
The catalog's Pride Month event is coming soon <3
gays get ready
btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here
"i protect this world but who's going to protect me?" me baby boy, dontchu worry about anything my love <33
lowkeyyyy been thinking how cool a book where the mc starts as an outsider in a new world would be, kinda like avatar or dune, where we'd need to learn about the culture and way of life, and slowly become a part of it
don't worry about me when I say this but I think in a way being hunted for sport would be a relief. my nervous system would be like, wow. finally, a proportional reaction
Hi everyone, I'm postgrad psych student conducting a research study on Instagram use. If you (or someone you know) are over the age of 18, live in Australia, own an Instagram account, and have a few minutes to spare, I would be very grateful if you could complete and/or share my survey 🫶
Wow, your blog theme 😮😮😮
thank u thank uuu
although I am thinking of changing it 🤔
Who's the rest of your top 3? Adeline, Liren and?
ghita!!!! certified queen of cunt giving , badass bitch , and one of the most relatable girls on the app imo
have i ever played baldurs gate 3? nopee
but do i have the biggest fattest soul destroying crush on astarion? well i think you know the answer 😔
