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- DEMO V.1 -

Do you have what it takes to be a hero?

It's been seven months since your entire world turned upside down.

Sentinel, your mentor and the greatest hero of the current generation, was killed at the hands of an unnamed supervillain.

The battle left you battered and broken, both physically and mentally. The loss of your powers was just salt in the wound.

Seven months you have spent holed up, hidden away from pressing media and the weight of the world.

Seven months you have sat in isolation.

Enough is enough.

- SUMMARY -

What it Takes is a mature, character driven interactive fiction that centers around a world where the Hero Drug exists; granting those who pass the Hero Program spectacular superpowers.

You take up the role as Sentinel's sidekick. The fight with the supervillain who took your mentor's life has left you scarred in more ways than one. You have spent seven months between recovery and mandatory hiatus, hidden away from the pressing media and outside world as a whole.

As you come out of isolation after regaining your powers, you begin to catch wind of a wicked plot unfolding.

Do you have what it takes to stop it?

- FEATURES -

- Play as male, female, or non-binary. - Customize your appearance. - Choose your hero name and build your iconic costume. - Hone and learn new ways to use your superpower of electrokinesis. - Find your footing again as a hero. - Establish long-lasting friendships and relationships or break them off entirely.

- ROMANCE OPTIONS -

STEPHANIE ROGERS, THE BEST FRIEND

Steph has been by your side since you both enrolled in the Hero Program. As sidekick to the notorious Spectra, she was there during the accident and is probably the only person who has some idea of what you went through. Sidekick work has her quite busy these days, but she’s never too busy for her best friend.

-PINTEREST BOARD-

TAYLOR RAMOS, THE RIVAL

Taylor was Sentinel's former sidekick who has fallen from the spotlight. Now, he is viewed as a threat to the HPD and is suspected to have some involvement with the supervillain that ended your shared mentor’s life. Ever elusive and lurking in the shadows, Taylor makes his presence known to you shortly after you come out of rehab.

-PINTEREST BOARD-

AMANDA VEACH, THE SUPER HUMAN

You heard that right. Mandi isn't a superhero, she's a super human. As in super normal. No powers whatsoever. Mandi is a rising star in a world of dull reporters. Her blog and snippets are seen as refreshing and she is making quite the name for herself. Will you end up in her next article?

-PINTEREST BOARD-

PAUL MCCABE, THE RESIGNEE

Paul was formerly part of the Round Table, the country's most elite heroes. He resigned shortly before Sentinel's demise, which has struck up some rumors with the media. Despite wanting a break from the limelight, it seems fate has a twisted sense of humor. Due to the HPD, Paul has found himself as your new mentor.

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Demo Update #2

Hi everyone!!

So 🫣 The original plan was to have Chapter 2 and 3 out in May. Life, yet again, has not worked out that way. For that I apologize.

While I’ve received a lot of good feedback about the Prologue and Chapter One, there’s a few things I want to fix and adjust. I’m not exactly thrilled about the stats menu and some of the coding choices I’ve made, so I want to fix those things before moving forward.

It’s a lot easier to nip it in the bud now before getting several chapters done and deciding then that I want to change things lol!

So for now I’m going to work on those coding fixes and changes, then we’ll move on to more chapters!

I will update you guys on the progress of things and changes as I do them. There’s also a Patch Updates/Dev Log in the demo, which will note the changes as well. (:

Thank you guys and I look forward to updating things soon!!

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Just read the demo and I’m so excited for what’s coming! Had a random question and I’m not sure if you’ve answered it or not already. Feel free to ignore if you have! What color are MC’s powers? I know it’s all about electricity but are our sparks blue/gold/purple/etc.? Can’t wait to see more!

I have not answered this yet! O:

I haven’t actually written any color specifically into the story and hadn’t planned to. So your MC’s powers can be whatever color you want!

But if the color of their powers is something people do want added, I can certainly code it in. 😊

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I loved the demo!! I loved just how well you described the helpless feelings the MC was dealing with. And I felt so bad for Steph when my MC (despite still considering her his best friend) pulled his hand away and didn't return the hug 😭 but! Now that he's getting his powers back and feels less like a pitiful broken thing, he's gonna be the bestest best friend ever to her 😊

I can't wait for more!

I’m happy you loved the demo! ❤️🥹

Aww! I feel for your MC 😭 I’m excited to hear more about your MC as the story progresses!

I haven’t really thought about it lol, but I’m coming to realize the MC doesn’t really have a nickname like other choice games do. Maybe we can collectively decide on one as time goes on lol!

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A Huge Thank You 🎉

Hi everyone!!

I just wanted to make a post to say thank you!! I appreciate everyone’s interest and support with the short demo’s release!

We’re up over 300 followers and the demo has over 2k views!!! That’s crazy to me (‘:

I really appreciate you guys and I’m excited to keep working on the demo to get more content out asap! ❤️

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omg I'm really excited for the demo release! I love your IF concept

I hope you enjoyed the demo anon! (‘: ❤️

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Demo Live Now!

Hi everyone!

The first demo for What it Takes is now live. Woohoo!!!

In this demo you can:

Create your MC.

Catch a glimpse of the past.

Begin your new journey.

This is a short demo but I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did writing it! There's plenty of more in the works and I will probably revise and update this as I go. I promised to have something out by April, so here I am at the final hour. 😅

Please feel free to send feedback or asks my way! And a special thank you to everyone who has shown interested in my lil ol' project. (': It means a lot!

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- DEMO (PROLOGUE, CHAPTER ONE | ETA APRIL) -

Do you have what it takes to be a hero?

It's been seven months since your entire world turned upside down.

Sentinel, your mentor and the greatest hero of the current generation, was killed at the hands of an unnamed supervillain.

The battle left you battered and broken, both physically and mentally. The loss of your powers was just salt in the wound.

Seven months you have spent holed up, hidden away from pressing media and the weight of the world.

Seven months you have sat in isolation.

Enough is enough.

- SUMMARY -

What it Takes is a mature, character driven interactive fiction that centers around a world where the Hero Drug exists; granting those who pass the Hero Program spectacular superpowers.

You take up the role as Sentinel's sidekick. The fight with the supervillain who took your mentor's life has left you scarred in more ways than one. You have spent seven months between recovery and mandatory hiatus, hidden away from the pressing media and outside world as a whole.

As you come out of isolation after regaining your powers, you begin to catch wind of a wicked plot unfolding.

Do you have what it takes to stop it?

- FEATURES -

- Play as male, female, or non-binary. - Customize your appearance. - Choose your hero name and build your iconic costume. - Hone and learn new ways to use your superpower of electrokinesis. - Find your footing again as a hero. - Establish long-lasting friendships and relationships or break them off entirely.

- ROMANCE OPTIONS -

STEPHANIE ROGERS, THE BEST FRIEND

Steph has been by your side since you both enrolled in the Hero Program. As sidekick to the notorious Spectra, she was there during the accident and is probably the only person who has some idea of what you went through. Sidekick work has her quite busy these days, but she’s never too busy for her best friend.

-PINTEREST BOARD-

TAYLOR RAMOS, THE RIVAL

Taylor was Sentinel's former sidekick who has fallen from the spotlight. Now, he is viewed as a threat to the HPD and is suspected to have some involvement with the supervillain that ended your shared mentor’s life. Ever elusive and lurking in the shadows, Taylor makes his presence known to you shortly after you come out of rehab.

-PINTEREST BOARD-

AMANDA VEACH, THE SUPER HUMAN

You heard that right. Mandi isn't a superhero, she's a super human. As in super normal. No powers whatsoever. Mandi is a rising star in a world of dull reporters. Her blog and snippets are seen as refreshing and she is making quite the name for herself. Will you end up in her next article?

-PINTEREST BOARD-

PAUL MCCABE, THE RESIGNEE

Paul was formerly part of the Round Table, the country's most elite heroes. He resigned shortly before Sentinel's demise, which has struck up some rumors with the media. Despite wanting a break from the limelight, it seems fate has a twisted sense of humor. Due to the HPD, Paul has found himself as your new mentor.

-PINTEREST BOARD-

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Hi everyone!!

Here is the updated info page for What it Takes!

You’ll find lots of changes that pertain to the ROs and MC themselves. Initially I tried to keep the info page relatively vague as to not spoil anything, but as mentioned before I wasn’t happy with some of the choices I made so things have been updated accordingly.

The prologue and Chapter One of the demo will be out before the end of the month! Chapter Two and Three will be out in May.

The original plan was to have the prologue and first three chapters out before the end of the month, but life happens and that unfortunately wasn’t feasible.

I hope you guys enjoy the changes and are as excited about the demo as I am!

🥳

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Demo Update #1

Hello everyone!!

Here is my first official demo update for you! Kind of nervous...

After tons of writing, reading, scrapping what I'm working on, to rewriting I am finally getting somewhere.

Even with rewrites and such, I am still planning on having this out before the end of April. We might get down to the wire and have it out on the last day, who knows, but it'll be out! I swear lmfao.

I have a couple things planned for when the demo comes out, but we will cross that bridge when we get there. For now I am focused on the demo first and foremost.

I will be updating the info page soon, so expect to see some changes soon!

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NSFW - dont have to answer if you dont wanna 🙂

Would the Ros do a sexy photo shoot? (Like how you have firefighters ones) But in their hero costume.

Also, if they saw Mc picture of them doing one. How would the Ros react?

Hi shadowkisschy! Sorry I’m getting around to this so late. 😅

Unfortunately, the ROs and MC wouldn’t be allowed to do a sexy photo shoot in their hero costumes. The Hero Program is all about upholding public appearances, BUT I like how you think. 👀

Some heroes DO have publicity contracts where they can do basic modeling or other things to get extra payment but they have to be pre-approved by the Hero Program’s higher ups and it’s a very.. Intricate process with lots of rules.

But you’re more likely to see a hero doing this:

Than modeling or photoshoots!

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okay. so wait. if mc and taylor are roughly the same age, and the hero program works in two phases of four years each, and mc completed the first phase and has done three years of the second; is taylor some sort of prodigy who became a sidekick a year or two early, or was he only working with sentinel before one year before jetting off? i'm interested in how the implications of a longer vs shorter tenure effect his pathos today.

i'm also curious if sentinel's sidekick position was vacated before or after mc had finished the first phase. in an ask you said that sentinel had selected mc specifically before the exams even happened, which implies that taylor had quit a while before, but idk, sentinel could have been feeling messy.... and/or taylor knew about this, and obviously he has his own personal journey with hero society that has not so much to do with mc specifically, but THIS would be is extra reason for his designation as the "rival". i gotta know.

one last thing: have there ever been cases of people coming out of the hero program exam that, for whatever reason, did not get matched with any hero? i imagine no, but i feel like this suggests the existence of a few heroes that have maybe acquired a reputation for being sidekick babysitters.

thanks!!! interested to hear the answers.

Anon I am absolutely BEAMING that you are so interested in What it Takes 😭❤️ I’m happy to answer your questions.

I’ll add a cut as it’s gonna be a long post!

Let’s start with MC and Taylor’s time in the Hero Program.

MC and Taylor are close in age and I’ve tried to not set a canonical age for MC so people can imagine their age as they see fit. But realistically, a lot of the planning for MC’s journey through the Hero Program is tied directly to the fact they and Steph joined at the same time. In the long run it probably would have been easier to set MC a canonical age, but I digress. 🥸

The Hero Program accepts applicants as long as they are a minimum 18 years of age. Taylor joined when he freshly turned 18, whereas Steph joined after she turned 21.

By the time Steph, and therefore MC, joined the program Taylor had just completed his first 4 years and became Sentinel’s sidekick. This sets him as 22 years old becoming a sidekick to the biggest hero, while Steph (21) and MC had just began their journey.

And yes, Taylor was considered a prodigy at the time. 😏

When it comes to whether Sentinel’s sidekick position was vacated before or after MC had finished the first phase, it was definitely before.

The power of electrokinesis was not one that has presented itself very strongly in the Hero Program. MC is actually one of three people recorded with electrokinesis, with MC being the most recent case. That’s part of what caught Sentinel’s eye.

I won’t get into why Taylor wasn’t Sentinel’s sidekick anymore, just know that MC was picked to fill that position shortly after everything happened. Taylor’s journey with hero society is a very important part of his character that you’ll unveil more of as the story progresses. (:

Lastly, to answer your question regarding people after the exam not getting matched with a hero: It has happened!

It’s not very common, but occasionally after completing phase one there is a very small chance you won’t get matched with a hero for your sidekick field training. It normally happens in years where there are more applicants than expected and less heroes available. It’s never a huge deal though! The Hero Program handles it and normally everything is resolved within the following month.

There are a few heroes with a reputation of being babysitters, but it’s part of their job and they take care of their sidekicks!

Also just as a side note, I LOVE talking about this kind of stuff. Worldbuilding and lore is easily one of my favorite parts of creating. (: So excuse my yapping if it seems like a lot of info lmfao

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Could you tell us more about the Hero Drug? Who developed it and when? And how did the Hero Program come about, is it related?

Sure anon! There’s some things I’ll have to leave out because of spoilers, but I can definitely run you the basics and then some.

The Hero Drug (not what it was called at the time) was put into development during a time of war decades prior to What it Takes. Super soldiers were a rumor from across seas, and that spurred the US into developing and pouring LOTS of resources into researching the possibility of Super Humans.

Coincidentally, lots of people went missing during this time.

Throughout plenty of trials, tests, and “breaking a few eggs” (more like hundreds), the US started seeing results. It turns out that every person carries a dormant gene, that when exposed to the drug, activates and gives the receiver special abilities.

During the war, very few receivers actually survived the drug and made it to the battlefield. This is not super common knowledge nowadays. The grim history of the start of the Hero Drug is not discussed regularly and the average person has no clue.

The modern Hero Drug that you see today is nothing like its first rendition. It’s much safer with better results.

Despite this, not everyone gets the appealing powers like you may see on TV. Some unfortunate souls don’t get any powers at all. It’s honestly a coin toss.

As for the Hero Program’s creation and if it’s directly connected to the creation of the Hero Drug, you’ll find out in the story!

I could honestly go on for HOURS about the history of the Hero Drug and Hero Program both, but there’s details and events that you uncover in the story that I don’t want to reveal.

I hope this satisfies your curiosity anon (:

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Another Update

Hello everyone!!

Crazy to think we're already almost a quarter through the new year, huh?

This is a small update, but I wanted to stop in and let everyone know that I have some good news and some bad news.

Good news: I have been chugging along on the demo and have gotten quite a bit done!

Bad news: Some things are changing.

I've realized while progressing through the demo, I don't exactly vibe with how I've planned things out for Mandi's character. I really love her character, just not what I originally planned her role in the story to be.

So that's been one of the hang ups, having to go back through my plans and tweak things. I'll update her character info and such to reflect said changes when I get everything ironed out 100%.

I want to cross my fingers and hope that I can have the demo out sometime in April. It's a busy month for me both with work and in my personal life, but it feels right to me. I'll put out another update when we get closer to the demo being ready!

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Some Thoughts

So one of the things I like to do, and I think is also a fault of mine, is bounce between my current projects to keep myself busy.

I have a couple other projects I would like to share once I get the demo out and was thinking if it would be a good idea to either put them on a sideblog so they have their own space OR add them to this one and make a masterpost of my current projects.

I worry about things getting too convoluted if they’re all here, but I also think switching between blogs frequently for asks and stuff would be kind of troublesome. Idk. 🤔

Feel free to share your thoughts and what you think! This is just something I have in mind for after I finish the demo for What it Takes, so it’s a ways out O:

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A Small Update

Hello everyone!!

I wanted to pop in and wish everyone a good holiday season! 🎁

Winter is supposed to be my work’s slow season but apparently this year is one of those weird abnormalities where we are incredibly slammed and busy.

It has been both fun and frustrating at the same time. 🤡

Progress on the demo is slow going because outside of work I’ve been busy with my family and such, which is why ask answers have been pretty delayed too. I see them I promise!

Working on What it Takes is more of a for funsies/hobby thing and I don’t want to get burnt out, so I apologize if things are slow going.

But I want to thank everyone for the follows, asks and overall support. It keeps me inspired to keep creating! ❤️🥹

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Just found this IF and it’s looks really interesting and quick question about MC powers which comic character with electric powers are more similar to MC like is more similar to electro or static shock?

I’m glad to hear you’re interested! (‘:

I would say probably more like Electro!

The hero drug granted MC an internal battery that produces electricity. This battery drains with uses and needs to be recharged! Of course this can be recharged by zapping electricity from power lines and other sources.

MC’s powers don’t really travel into the electromagnetic abilities that I’ve seen with Static.

You’ll get to explore MC’s power more in the story. 👀

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How many superheroes are part of the Round Table (which I'm guessing is Arthurian inspired)? Who are the major superheroes there?

The Round Table had has seven major heroes!

Sentinel was the probably the most known (not that any of them are under the radar), as he was seen as the head of the Round Table.

Spectra has taken his place, though it’s not been stated officially.

Pyre is a popular one due to his pyrokinesis. His flames are so hot they burn blue!

Deadeye is probably the heartthrob of the Round Table. He never misses his shots and is a country boy through and through!

Whiplash is known for her ability to teleport and confuse her enemy!

Flashbolt can harness the sun’s energy and is one of the youngest heroes of the Round Table.

Manifesto is the charming magician hero! His power isn’t as obvious as people think. (: