#demo updates

[interact-if]

This is very late, but some intro posts & demo updates from December:

Intro posts with demos:

Vice Virtue: https://www.tumblr.com/dbonner-games/706009420875890688/vice-virtue-demo

Jinlai: https://www.tumblr.com/jinlai/774428172647268352/jinlai-domineering-ceo-simulator

Pro Patria Mori: https://www.tumblr.com/pro-patria-mori-if/785268879306932224/play-the-demo-updated-532025-kortapolis-the

Small Fires (DA fanfic): https://www.tumblr.com/smallfires-if/797508065515716608/story-features

New Era: https://www.tumblr.com/neweraif/802581710898348032/new-era-book-one

Pactbinder: https://www.tumblr.com/pactbinder-if/803954268361162752/pactbinder-masterpost

Demo updates:

Vice Virtue: https://www.tumblr.com/dbonner-games/801750859608424448/vice-virtue-by-dbonner (1 Dec)

Walls of Natrun: https://www.tumblr.com/natrun-walls-if/801687830284861440/rescue-update (1 Dec)

Neon Dreams CH7: https://www.tumblr.com/lthestoryteller/801724657629822976/i-may-still-be-feeling-a-bit-weak-but-that-is-not (1 Dec)

One Knight Stand CH2 Part 5 (public): https://www.tumblr.com/oneknightstand-if/801731255001628672/one-knight-stand-update-7 (1 Dec)

Valiant: https://www.tumblr.com/valiant-if/801758480663986176/public-demo-update-1212025 (1 Dec)

Fellow Traveler EP3: https://www.tumblr.com/robotvampire/801782184328429568/december-1-2025-this-is-the-twelfth-demo-update (2 Dec)

Étreinte CH2 part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/etreinte-if/802048742934102016/hey-everyone-hope-this-months-been-treating (5 Dec)

Agents of Lucifer: https://www.tumblr.com/aprismaticodyssey/802114225704222720/minor-aol-update-ch19-finished (5 Dec)

Pro Patria Mori CH3: https://www.tumblr.com/pro-patria-mori-if/802131656812216320/the-chaos-of-ifnowrimo-has-paid-off-ill-make-a (5 Dec)

The Shadow Society CH2 (public): https://www.tumblr.com/carawenfiction/802080283224621056/chapter-2-released (5 Dec)

Small Fires demo release: https://www.tumblr.com/smallfires-if/802139165789700096/small-fires-is-now-live-on-itchio (6 Dec)

Venturis CH3: https://www.tumblr.com/venturis-if/802144769732165632/chapter-three-released-23k-words (6 Dec)

Fate of the Undead: https://www.tumblr.com/miznie/802204642322841600/update-5 (6 Dec)

The In-Between CH18 (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/dalekowrites/802295054529069056/chapter-18-is-finally-here-in-early-access (7 Dec)

Blood Legacies: https://www.tumblr.com/bloodlegacies/802288180610187264/the-public-demo-has-been-updated-go-check-it-out (7 Dec)

Wolf Set Free CH3 Part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/wolfsetfree-if/802384379589574656/demo-chapter-three-pt-1 (8 Dec)

Apartment 502 CH3 (public): https://www.tumblr.com/apt502-if/802752473696763904/play-apt-502-here (12 Dec)

The Night Market Book 2 CH9 (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/night-market-if/802686373017600000/chapter-nine-early-access (12 Dec)

Birds of a Rose: https://www.tumblr.com/reinekes-fox/802709778644320257/8k-words-of-new-content-this-one-is-for-wiesn (12 Dec)

New Era: https://www.tumblr.com/neweraif/802953213695410176/hey-people-demo-avaiable-one-day-before (14 Dec)

Drink Your Villain Juice CH11 Part 2 (public): https://www.tumblr.com/drinkyourvillainjuice/803014902646276096/public-update-is-now-on-cogdemos (15 Dec)

False Ancestry: https://www.tumblr.com/false-ancestry-if/803064002540371968/the-update-is-live-please-enjoy-yourself (16 Dec)

The Monarch of Mediana Act1 Part3: https://www.tumblr.com/chloewrites41/803095794483855360/update (16 Dec)

The Split CH3 Part 2: https://www.tumblr.com/the-split-if/803300557965164544/hello-im-dropping-an-update-for-sieuns-date (18 Dec)

A Shriek of Ash and Fire: https://www.tumblr.com/krogpile/803282965954215936/a-shriek-of-ash-and-fire-1-update-18-hot-war (18 Dec)

The Eternal Library CH5 (public): https://www.tumblr.com/leiatalon/803332769993342976/the-eternal-library-public-demo-update (19 Dec)

Wayfarer CH3 (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/idrellegames/803384836136009728/overview (19 Dec)

Merry Crisis CH5 (public): https://www.tumblr.com/merrycrisis-if/803458116127735808/merry-crisis-ch-5-public-release (20 Dec)

Paper Masks CH4 Part 2 (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/larkylabs/803481514956439552/paper-masks-chapter-4-part-1-and-2-is-released-on (20 Dec)

Soulmates Inc: https://www.tumblr.com/soulmatesinc-if/803503247645147136/here-at-soulmates-inc-we-specialize-in-chance (21 Dec)

Wolf Bride demo release: https://www.tumblr.com/silkpaperworld/803530407687733248/welcome-to-the-land-of-forest-and-night (21 Dec)

After Dark (public): https://www.tumblr.com/dalekowrites/803573050256867328/its-now-free-to-read (21 Dec)

A Body Made For You CH2: https://www.tumblr.com/zesnax/803682817191149568/abmfy-chapter-2-update-is-out-now (23 Dec)

Under Our Skins CH2: https://www.tumblr.com/if-underourskins/803919692199854080/play-chapter-2-26k-words-here (25 Dec)

Bladeweaver: https://www.tumblr.com/bladeweaver-if/803933091710271488/demo-update-25122025 (25 Dec)

Pactbinder demo release - prologue + CH1: https://www.tumblr.com/pactbinder-if/803987573000339456/pactbinder-if-announcement (26 Dec)

Demonology: Incubus CH8: https://www.tumblr.com/sonnet009games/804086583265574912/out-now-incubus-chapter-8 (27 Dec)

The Bastard of Camelot (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/llamagirl28/804193581255507968/whats-new-more-of-chapter-5 (28 Dec)

Remnants of the Past CH9 (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/remnantsofthepast-if/804201609156542464/public-update-act-2-chapter-9-the-final-wave (28 Dec)

Anything For The Crown CH6: https://www.tumblr.com/anything4thecrown-if/804238844563210240/chapter-6-update (29 Dec)

Hubris CH4: https://www.tumblr.com/hubris-the-if-game/804260554518691840/chapter-four-the-klave (29 Dec)

Text Your Life CH3: https://www.tumblr.com/pizzawriters/804280519515832320/heeeyyyyy-public-content-update-tyl (29 Dec)

Jinlai CH3 (public): https://www.tumblr.com/jinlai/804384647850147840/chapter-3-is-out-for-public (30 Dec)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An Affair of the Heart CH6.2 (public): https://www.tumblr.com/doriana-gray-games/804461960462745600/play-as-your-version-of-sherlock-holmes-in-this (31 Dec)

Shepherds of Haven (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/shepherds-of-haven/804430830918369280/shepherds-of-haven-alpha-preview-update-123025 (31 Dec)

The Lost Bride CH4 Part 1 (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/thelostbride-if/804486961202102273 (31 Dec)

Other: 

Queer vampire IF jam: https://www.tumblr.com/kithj/803490787418685440/announcing-the-third-queer-vampire-if-jam

Thank you!! This is so helpful :)

[interact-if]

Hi, I've got some more active demo updates for everyone:

Intro posts with demos:

Path of Martial Arts: https://www.tumblr.com/nicky-if/698331469068828672/path-of-martial-arts 

Rust Belt Lullabies: https://www.tumblr.com/meept0pia/793008018115674112/rust-belt-lullabies-an-interactive-story

The Method and the Madness: https://www.tumblr.com/method-and-madness-if/794318768025354240/the-method-and-the-madness 

Étreinte: https://www.tumblr.com/etreinte-if/798450719382470656/%C3%A9-t-r-e-i-n-t-e-18 (also demo release)

Estranger: https://www.tumblr.com/estrangerupdates/798600265077063680/i-cant-dream (also demo release)

The Mark of the Devil: https://www.tumblr.com/mkbramble/798903996995747840/the-mark-of-the-devil-is-a-colonial-era (also demo release) 

Demo updates/releases:

Rust Belt Lullabies demo release: https://www.tumblr.com/meept0pia/798170116833558528/rust-belt-lullabies-demo-is-here (23 Oct)

POMA https://www.tumblr.com/nicky-if/798251451217526784/029-update (24 Oct)

After Dark: https://www.tumblr.com/dalekowrites/798499932330917888/its-now-free-to-read (26 Oct)

Shepherds of Haven (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/shepherds-of-haven/798810895904129024 (30 Oct)

Crown of Exile CH12: https://www.tumblr.com/ramonag-if/798811888658022400 (30 Oct)

Can't Save Your Love From Dying CH2: https://www.tumblr.com/untitledrockstar-if/798938996694761472/play-here-intro-post-business-or-pleasure (31 Oct)

We Wretched Creatures CH8: https://www.tumblr.com/darkfictionjude/798945540856512512/play-spotify (31 Oct)

The Night Library demo release: https://www.tumblr.com/thenightlibrary-if/799583928926240768/demo-live (7 Nov)

Étreinte CH1: https://www.tumblr.com/etreinte-if/799636374348300288/demo-update-chapter-1-some-prologue-changes (8 Nov)

Anything For The Crown CH4: https://www.tumblr.com/anything4thecrown-if/799644817829347328/chapter-4-update (8 Nov)

The Rosy Ones demo update: https://www.tumblr.com/rosygames/799647538479300608/the-rosy-ones-resurrections-update-37k-avg (8 Nov)

The In-Between CH17: https://www.tumblr.com/dalekowrites/799753147014905856/its-now-free-to-read (9 Nov)

These Reluctant Years CH6: https://www.tumblr.com/specterwrites/800021025439006720/final-public-demo-available (12 Nov)

The Lost Bride CH3: https://www.tumblr.com/thelostbride-if/800829839360901120/self-reblog-cuz-of-the-update-is-now-out-and-also (21 Nov)

Method and Madness CH3: https://www.tumblr.com/method-and-madness-if/800817595551039488/update-chapter-3 (21 Nov)

I, The Unbroken One CH2: https://www.tumblr.com/johnlouisif/800847349062696960/ituo-chapter-two-public-release (21 Nov)

The Second Sight Book 2 launch (CH1): https://www.tumblr.com/spoiledblogif/800959691376230400/book-2-chapter-1-public-launch (22 Nov)

Anything For The Crown CH5: https://www.tumblr.com/anything4thecrown-if/801074181157666816/chapter-five-update (24 Nov)

Party of Four: https://www.tumblr.com/partyof4game/801101009744265216 (24 Nov)

Rains in Heaven CH2: https://www.tumblr.com/rainsinheaven-if/801319940794810368/%E5%BD%A1-update-log-20-demo-is-updated (26 Nov)

Shepherds of Haven (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/shepherds-of-haven/801348277117255680/shepherds-of-haven-alpha-preview-update-112625 (27 Nov)

A Tale of Crowns CH14: https://www.tumblr.com/ataleofcrowns/801482530807267328/new-chapter-released (28 Nov)

Apartment 502 CH3 (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/apt502-if/801558694823411712/i-woke-up-confused-by-my-inbox-because-people-were (29 Nov)

The Dragon's Covenant: https://www.tumblr.com/rghv001/801589534256201728/update-85-28k-words (29 Nov)

Beneath the Plum Tree demo release: https://www.tumblr.com/beneaththeplumtree/801630810261307392/beneath-the-plum-tree-%E6%9D%8E%E4%B8%8B%E4%B9%8B%E6%AD%8C-demo-i (30 Nov) 

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An Affair of the Heart (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/doriana-gray-games/801659421539385344/play-as-your-version-of-sherlock-holmes-in-this

Defiled Hearts (Patreon): https://www.tumblr.com/defiledheartsblog/801667321112428544/patreon-demo-update-is-out-i-added-15k-words-to (30 Nov)

High School Revenge CH4: https://www.tumblr.com/high-school-revenge/801671494396772352/chapter-4-is-done (30 Nov)

Other:

Apartment 502 Patreon launch: https://www.tumblr.com/apt502-if/797343842358755328/hello-after-what-feels-like-a-year-of-being

Wow this is awesome, thank you so much!!

[taintedsoul-if]

What to Expect from Dangerous Games — A Throne Beneath the Grave, First Installment:

Experience two forms of death

Choose your past life’s profession: were you an Imperial Physician, Grand Diplomat, or Warlord?

See the world through the eyes of the body you’ll inhabit after death

Partially customize your MC (more options unlock in Chapter 1)

And most importantly… die twice

Changes Made / Things Added to Tainted Souls:

Added *if statements for when the MC chooses not to pull Cailyn off the cliff

Reworked hair customization—players can now choose their preferred hair color

Introduced a stats chart to track Revenge, Good Life, and Uncertain paths; these will help shape future consequences based on your choices

What to Expect from Tainted Souls: Second Installment

Attend your ex-betrothed’s Welcoming Ceremony

Activate a hidden stat—or not (still debating whether to include it in the main stats screen)

Lose control of your abilities due to emotional remnants from your new body—and attack the original host’s murderers

Meet and briefly interact with two or three out of five romance options

Dig your own grave with your selected punishment

Learn more about the upcoming Armistice Competition.

Have breakfast with the imperial family

Remind Ragriel that you are the only child of the $!{surname2} household

As always, if you notice any inconsistencies with pronouns or spot any coding errors, please send them my way! I’ve run both randomtest and quicktest on these demos, along with my own read-through, edits, and tweaks. And you all know my ask box is always open—even if I take a loooong time to respond.

Also, I miscalculated earlier—Tainted Souls is now sitting at 85k words, and Dangerous Games is at 8k. I know some of you are probably itching to code dive, but I kindly ask for your patience. I still need to set aside a day to properly clean up the stats and startup pages. Until then—no code diving, sorry 🙇‍♀️.

If you’re enjoying what I’ve shared so far and want to support this lazy, introverted potato, you can treat me to a virtual chocolate! Totally optional, but always appreciated. Ko-Fi

So please enjoy—I hope you have as much fun with this update as I had writing it!

You can find the demos here:

Dangerous Games — A Throne Beneath The Grave Demo

Tainted Souls: Fables & Myth — The Bonded Awakening Demo

Oh! Before I forget—your saves will definitely be in shambles thanks to the new variables I added to the startup file.

[pressplay-if]

so I handed over the new demo to my beta readers. Depending on what they're gonna have to say and when they'll say it, I'll get it out to all of you soon

also, not if related but sth you might find funny: I don't always get what people mean right away, so when an ex-fwb texted me today saying springtime was killing him, I (in good faith) recommended him my allergy medication (I got it later tho dw)

[loveandleases]

Decided to go through the demo a little bit more, added some things here and there. Like G using MC's nickname when they see each other for the first time in years.

[pressplay-if]

A small update on how things are going:

Chapter 2 is currently sitting at 37.7k words (all of which are fully coded, this is excl. code also). The entire middle part of this chapter takes place in the MC’s youth, during their time at a psychiatric clinic. I’m currently halfway done with this “hospital interlude” as I call it. I don’t know when the interlude will be finished, but trust me, it’s important. A lot of the decisions you make in the clinic will affect the outcome of your band’s story. After the interlude is done, there’s also some more content yet taking place in the present before Chapter 2 is done.

I was hoping to get the Chapter out by the end of this month, but it’ll probably take until early next month instead. Still, I’m quite happy with my progress, especially since I’ve been coding along the way.

[lilac-den]

TSR - Chapter 1 Rework

After hearing the feedback regarding Bellarosa's interaction with the MC, I decided to add two more stances: The 'Untouched' and the 'Uncomfortable'.

This will mainly affect the flavour text and possible future interactions MC will have with Bellarosa, along with other kids. (More details under 'Keep Reading').

I have also added a personality explanation to help better explain how and what each work, not to mention make the relationships be more point system than meters.

If there are any bug reports, feel free to send an ask!

To explain: Untouched!MC are those who are worried about coming into physical contact with children due to how they're innocent and MC is...well, a walking horror of murder and carnage. The blood on their hands are still there after all.

The Uncomfortable!MC are those who are just not comfortable with children, mainly due to lack of experience on how to interact with them.

However, for those requesting an option to hate the princess: I'm not going to add an option like that, so save your breath.

So yeah, there's a short update of sorts on the demo. Hope you all enjoy the added bits!

[lilac-den]

Regarding the state of Silverking

So...I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure of my plans as of yet. But lately, I've been rereading Silverking and it has left me with a feeling that I could have done something better. Not that it's bad, but it feels like...I'm unsatisfied with some aspects of it and it has led to me thinking on rewriting it, from the prologue to Chapter 2.

Then there's the fact I realize I've been feeling a bit stretched over both SK and TSR. But I thought I should still do it because I know how much everyone, including myself, love Silverking.

But now, after some thought and a heavy heart...I decided I want to put Silverking on hiatus and focus more on TSR for the time being.

I don't know when I'll continue Silverking. I'll just leave it at that because I hate to give you all too much hope and ruin it. In the meantime, I hope all of you can forgive me for this unexpected development. I would not blame any of you if the disappointment and/or displeasure is so great that you feel betrayed or frustrated, especially given my slow progression.

But thank you for the support and I hope, whether it's Silverking or TSR, my WiPs would still provide the joy and space for all of you to enjoy.