Replica: between universes

The official blog for the WIP IF game called "Replica: Between Universes" ----- Ask box is open for questions, guides, feedback, comments, screams into the void, and character scenarios! .-.-. Link was updated at: 19-01-25 PFP of Lily and Lady Lisa by @stella-binaria

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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF REPLICA

A few years into the future, scientists were able to open a door into alternate dimensions. This made destiny and faith nothing more than an old fairy tale. People were able to visit various parallel universes where their loved ones were still alive, or worlds where they managed to have a more successful life than back home. This seemed to be one of the biggest discoveries ever at the moment.

But everything started to fall apart when the wall between each universe became too thin, all the layers of parallel universes nearly merging into one, which resulted into allowing one particular anomaly to end up where it's not supposed to be at, entering our world and create complete chaos. This virus was called a “Replica”, and the Replica must be found before it is too late.

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Feedback form! (Begging on my knees for sweet stats)

Bug report form!

New chapter 9 is out

as of 19.1.2025

40k content update!

as of 12.01.2026

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I'm late to this IF but holy hell its so good, I'm still early on but i needs to know if I chose to be a saviour can I stil romance Ash? They're my favourite!

Hello!

Whatever path or choice you go for, you can still romance any of the characters! Yet their paths may drastically change depending whether you choose to be a savior or a hunter.

Thank you lots for the ask, and for reading RBU <3 have a lovely day !!

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I love this game! Shale not being a romanceable character will forever be the only downside to this game in my personal opinion.

Hey!

Thank you so much for the ask, and for reading RBU!! Shale sadly already has his eyes on someone, yet if one feels jealous enough you can sure try and get her "out of the picture" 🥲 I kept the romances limited to just a handful of main companions as I wanted to focus on fleshing their stories and paths out, rather than struggling to keep the consistent quality with more romance options !

Have a lovely day there <3

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You are gonna get so tired of me.

But like i just got to chapter 9 and are you serious!!!!?????

Reallly!!!

And asher just hates me 😭😭😭😭😭 like i like u dude but my mc is a fluffballl not a murderer.

And wtf is with Flynn... why... because wtf is with the creepy vibes. 😭😭😭😭

Can your ROs be normal please?? Can't believe Ame is giving me the least headaches and he's a space librarian 😂😭

Btw all in with the gay panic on both my mcs routes. Took me 3 whole days of wonderful playthrough and i enjoyed every bit so much damn drama. I'm convinced u hate us.

Also lily is the Goat and i have a bunch of screenshots of funny ass things lily said on my phone.

Pfh, so glad you're enjoying it! And yes. There's no such thing as a green flag in my story 👀 funnily enough Amethyst was the first char I created even before I knew what the story was going to be about - and they turned out the most "normal" ahha !

Just you wait until chapter 10 c:<

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Hi :D Love your story, and also I wanted to ask how to get the path where Ash and I get both taken to the lab in chapter 9. I only got the one where I can save Lily from the scientists, so I was wondering how to unlock the ash one.

Hey there !!

Thank you so much for reading RBU <3 whoever gets taken in chapter 9 depends on the path you have chosen in terms of being a replica savior or fighter, I believe back in chapter 7. If you choose to be a savior, Ash will be taken, while otherwise it's Lily!

I hope this answers your question! Have a lovely day there!!

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Okay so....

Why didn't anyone inform me of this wonderful work of art before now.... i feel slighted.

I am only on chapter 2 mind u. But i am inlove. I love lily she's a sweetheart. I love her bond with her sibling. I love annoying the shit out of Asher It honestly makes my day. And i also like how sweet Flynn is. I cannot tell u that i trust Hanuel for anything. I do not something isn't right there and i dk what it is. Bt i feel like romancing them is gonna be a miss so I'll do it just for tht.

I do wonder about your lock in system with ROs tho because i kinda wanna make a messy playthrough with both Flynn and Asher just because drama 😆😁 and I'm loving the lil stat checks. Some i have failed miserably lol.

I've just been anxious for work this week so this has given so such a nice respite. So thank you so much for that. ❤️

I am enjoying myself immensely. Oh, on Asher. Their very first ❤️ option at the motel. When you check on him. It isn't marked as a heart option, but it is the very first choice that throws up an error when you choose it.

Aw, reading this made my day, thank you ! Honestly RBU has become a silly life's project of mine at this point with how long it's been going on for, it makes me happy to hear people are having a great time playing through it all.

The stat checks and icons in front of those choices are actually a new addition as of late! And chapter 3 as a whole is completely edited so errors were to be expected there. Thank you for letting me know, I shall see if I can roll out a fix for it asap !!

Hope you'll be enjoying the rest of this train wreck of an adventure as well! Have a most lovely day there !!

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Imagine seeing chapter 9 is out and i never even knew this existed so i have 9 whole chapters to read. That is exciting 😭😭😭

ahah, hope you'll like it! Or hate it, but in a loving, adoring way.

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It's that day of the year: 40k content update released today!

Hear hear, 40k content update! It has been a minute (again) and I accidentally wrote up a chapters' worth of content update without even releasing the new chapter. That's up next. But for now, what's new in this content update?

A whole bleepin 40k words worth of RBU makeover:

NEW FEATURE: quality of life indicators throughout the game

-NEW FEATURES: unlock notebook entries throughout the game to unravel your companions' backstories to read through on the stat screen! So far, this includes ~5k worth of additional story entries you can read through for [b]Ha[/b] and [b]Ash[/b]

-complete grammar fixes/rewrites in part 1

-fixed missing scene in chapter 9

-finished remaining WIP scenes in chapter 9, containing two separate and unique lab explorations

-edited and improved chapter 3

-finished WIP scenes for HA throughout the entire game

-finished WIP scenes for Amethyst throughout the entire game

-rebalanced relationship and insanity gain throughout the entire game

There has been some fixes here and there as well - with a romance scene for Ha which was seemingly and accidentally locked before, woops. But it's here now!

This chapter also added additional endings to chapter 9, making it so the start of 10 will be even more personal to your story.

I already started working on the next update while we're at it as well, so let me go and list whatever is to be expected in the future:

stat balance throughout the game

add relationship and stat changes in chapter 9

quality of life indicator throughout the game: character personality. Show whenever a character makes their own choices depending on their acquired personality trait.

chapter 10

chapter 10 will also include the first part of all your companions' endings based on their personality stat!

BE WARNED. ALL chapters have been updated! Most likely, your save file will be messed up, crying, struggling or not workinng at all. It is advised to start over again if you want to benefit from all the new updates!

Oh- and please please PLEASE submit any bugs and whatnots to the form over here if you can help it! It would keep the forum page and tumblr asks a bit more clean and free, and would make things much easier for myself to keep track of! Besides, I AM expectinng a dozen bugs after this update. Thank you!

https://forms.gle/r7WzvGMxKF4LLHTb8

Thank you for your patience! Have a wonderful week, y'all. I'll go back to sumbering >.>

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Eagerly waiting for an update!

Eagerly working to show off the new update 👀 have a great day there !

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When do you think the next rewrite will be released?

Hello! The full rewrite has not been finished yet, as this depends on my editor too. Yet I still decided to release what I do have by the end of next week, which is a full revamp of the story with new features including choice indicators, backstory entries within the stat menu, completed WIP scenes throughout the game, fancy images here 'n there and more <: brings it all to a total of ~40k words including command lines!

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Happy new year!

Dropping a 40k worth of content update (no chapter update, but an update throughout the entire game!) by next week!

Have a happy new year <3

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How’s everything going?

Hey there! A bit hectic but getting there <3 as said in my previous ask, I feel quite bad for saying how I'm working on an update only to stay quiet for months on end after that but I'm getting there. Some 20k worth of content update, I'm just not certain when I can push it out. I hope everyone is doing alright as well !

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Hellooo, I just wanted to say I am a total fan of your writing. I love what you’ve been doing with replica and I think the idea is super creative and interesting. I just love it. I love you! Keep up the good work but more importantly take care of your precious mind. That’s all I wanted to say! You’re great! See you later alligator 🥰

Hello there! Thank you so so much for the kind message! I hope you all are having a great holiday as well! I love all of you as well 😢 I feel quite bad for saying how I've got an update ready and on the way only to stay silent for months on end afterwards, but stuff is quite hectic. I shall make up for it, soon ish I hope <3

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Pleaseeeee this needs to be alive 😭 the story is just so good oh my lordddddd 🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧

Hey!

It's alive. Although progress has slowed down by quite a lot again as the game is going through a complete edit from start to end, and my own real life motivation and lack to focus has kept me from pulling through to get the new update in. But it shall happen eventually <3

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hello, is this still being worked on? 🥹

Hi! It is c: the update I had planned took much longer than thought due to some commissions I was waiting to come through. Yet those are in now, so do expect a new content update soon <3 it'll probably be the only "big" update before I go and focus on the new chapter again, and will post a bit more info on it soon.

Have a lovely day c:

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Final few chapters?? How many are left?

hellooo!

There are three more chapters left before it all comes to an end, excluding the epilogue that is. The story was planned to have 3 parts with each 5 chapters- yet as I began to plan things more concretely I moved some content around, hence why it feels like it got a lill shorter now. I simply had no idea how I could fill part 3 up seeing as the story was starting to come to a conclusion.

So basically- one more chapter for part 2 to come to an end, along with the public demo. Final part will have two chapters + the epilogue, which will be locked behind private betas.

Ofcourse, I have no clue how long they will be, seeing as the chapters beyond the 9th one will be even more unique to the individual readers. They may as well be the biggest chapters in the story yet feel quite short when reading it.

Have a great day there c:

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I've been following this blog ever since the game was in the early stages so I'm very happy to see that you've come back!! I used to be obsessed with this project and I'm getting invested in it once again with this new revival. Thank you so much for everything you've put into the story and coding, me and the rest of your followers are very excited for the things you have in store!! <3

helloo! Thank you for the super kind ask <3 It's the people such as yourself who managed to read through my first few chapters, which I had written at 17 years old, without getting put off by the grammar, that are the real heroes on this journey pfhahaha. Fortunately, I'm in the middle of getting an editor to help me fancy it all up now.

It's. been. 7 YEARS! It's insane. But it's finally getting there (and I shall break free from my chains, at last). I really hope y'all will enjoy the final few chapters <3