Innocence Won't Save You is a living piece of interactive fiction, which means that the story is being written as people are playing it. There is a general plotline, but the actual actions taken are influenced by the players. There is no theoretical limit on what actions you can take; the sky is quite literally your limit.
An action is anything that involves a command for Innocence, be it telling them to interact with a certain object or creature, moving in a certain direction, or asking a question that is related to an action; in the last case, if the action is executable, it will be done without explicitly answering the question. There are no real guidelines on how to submit an action, though the original intention was to run IWSY like traditional interactive fiction; The Dreamhold is an interactive fiction game that was written and designed for first time interactive fiction players, and it uses the format that I was originally intending to be used for IWSY. At this point though, I don't really mind that much. You as players, I as the writer, and Innocence are all working together to push the story forward.
In general, the first action suggested by players will be the action put forth into the system. You can discuss on what course of action to take in the notes before coming to a definitive answer. Actions are irrevocable and permanent unless otherwise specified, so please do not offer joke actions. However, keep in mind that Innocence is their own entity, and they may choose to go against what you told them to do.
Sometimes, actions have a chance rate of success. Not all of these are noted on in the action prompt itself, though the writing will reflect whether they succeeded or not. Certain actions, listed below, have specified rates of success every time Innocence does them. IWSY is designed this way to simulate the inherent uncertainty of Innocence traversing the world around them. Since they do not necessarily know whether what they do will succeed, neither will you as players.
look up [specific piece of information] (70% to 100% depending on what is being searched for)
forage for food (50% to 80% depending on area)
construct neuron (70%; 10% chance of damaging existing neuron upon failure)
search for resources; general (70%)
search for [specific resource] (40% to 60% depending on area)
Some events have a time limit. This is simulated by both action count (ie, how many actions have been taken since the time limit started) and by message count (ie, how many messages have been sent since the time limit started). Message count limits include non-action discussion messages; even regular discussion not meant to be an action counts towards this limit. Action count limits are noted on separately from the overall cycle timer, and depend on the number of actions made. The specifics of a time limit will be elaborated on when they become relevant.
The old version of this post was much more dramatic and serious, but in many ways, IWSY is a story before it is a game. You may know some of this world, but most of it will still be new to you. You're merely working together with Innocence to learn about it.
"For now, the Sleepers are the lucky ones; they don't know the rest of the world is joining them while the rest of us watch, useless."
"The Orchard's Centennial Celebration is incredibly important; it marks the beginning to our city, and it's a happy thing in the midst of all the shit going on."
Welcome to Mind Games: Trepidation, the first game in the interactive-fiction series Mind Games. The series will be a supernatural romance with horror, fantasy, and sci-fi elements, set in an alternative version of our world. This will be a six part series, and there are six romantic options.
As for the blurb:
Armington is a small city, with a population and size that still borders on being called a town. The peace is generally kept by one Sheriff Quinn and his trusty private investigator... otherwise known as you. You, an Alpha (a human with incredibly non-human abilities), someone who probably shouldn't be anywhere near law enforcement given your kind is outlawed with a kill-on-sight allowance by the government... but that's not your worst worries, not in the slightest.
Starting in your hometown of Armington, a slow but steadily growing illness is spreading among the Supernaturals in your community and somehow, globally, to Supers who have never even set foot in Armington. An illness that renders those infected into a comatose state, as well as some kind of black ooze to come from their orifices. And, as it continues to steadily spread, it becomes less and less clear how you are supposed to "peacekeep" or even fix what's going on... so the Advocacy of Peace steps in to assist.
The Advocacy of Peace, while an independent group that has existed before several countries even came into existence, is employed by several governments globally to publicly ‘control’ the Alpha issue... and globally, and far more discreetly, governs the entire Supernatural population, keeping their existence secret from humanity.
On top of all of this, from trying to run after an unknown cause to an unknown illness, balancing your normal work life with your private investigative one, and even playing nice with the Advocates sent in to help, there's still one more thing to contend with: the Centennial Celebration of the founding of the apple orchard that eventually grew from a road-side bar by the same name to the city in which it resides. Which, given the city was originally founded by Supernaturals, many will be flocking to Armington to celebrate. With so many things to balance, how will you handle the pressure that seems to have no end in sight?
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The new demo is out, up to Chapter 6!: https://dashingdon.com/play/bottlecaprabbitgames/mind-games-trepidation/mygame/
The Romantic Options and some features to expect will be under the cut:
Some features to expect:
- The ability to select pronouns, gender, and sexuality, including asexuality, which also won't lock out romances nor NSFW scenes.
- Multiple versions of NSFW scenes that reflect the above items.
- Six romance options, each with their own distinct problems, views, and secrets.
- Choices that will matter far past where you make them, AND your decisions will not be forgotten by those around you. That also means not everyone will agree with your decisions, no matter how close the two of you are.
- Most ROs can be romanced by anyone, only one RO has set genders they'll be romantically involved with.
- A lot of customizations for your character, each of which will be listed on the stats page
- A few special stat pages, one includes dictionary entries for things MC knows but the player may not.
- TBA
The Romance Options:
Freja Ellingboe: The Commanding Agent of her team, Freja can be brutally blunt and has little patience for those unable to focus on the task at hand during working hours. It doesn't help that even outside of work, she's rather reserved... mostly because she suffers from massive amounts of social anxiety. Despite this, she has nothing but warmth in her heart for her team and even their wrangler, even if she has a hard time showing it.
Gender: Cis woman
Sexuality: Demisexual
Race: Viila
Adontis: The second-in-command to Freja, Adontis is almost opposite to her in personality. He's rather amiable and smooth, and as such, handles the part of their job that requires a... diplomatic touch. However, it can be challenging to get to know him on a personal level, as he's well-versed in deflection tactics and doesn't deal well with the whole "getting to know you on a personal level" bits. He's also one of the oldest beings currently still in existence.
Gender: Cis man
Sexuality: Currently experiencing bisexuality
Race: Vampire (original virus)
Fawn: Fawn is... hard to describe. Cagey, edging on hostile, and reluctant to deal with people in every way possible. She's been betrayed far too many times, and after the third time she had to deal with the loss of everyone close to her, she's incredibly reluctant to trust anyone. She doesn't even go by her true name: Fawn was one she chose herself, to represent her forced new life after being thrown from her tribe for crimes she did unwillingly, and being on unsteady legs that had to strengthen quickly.
Gender: Woman? (She just uses the pronouns she started with, but has no ties to any gender, really.)
Sexuality: Bisexual, but only for ladies and androgynous or feminine non-binary people
Race: Skinwalker
Blake Gautier: Blake is a Cajun man straight from the bayous of Louisiana. Formerly a biker before his life went to shit and known for being quite the flirt, he's also rather useful in social settings, depending. However, he also comes with a temper that often leans on short, and it can be quite easy to push his buttons and incite violence. Underneath it all, he's a man that suffered a great heartache, and while he wants to love again, the idea of facing the same loss can render him fearful of such feelings.
Gender: Cis man
Sexuality: Chaotic bisexual, also known as the distaster bisexual, tends to attract moronsexual persons
Race: Werewolf (not to be confused with Lycanthropes)
Iris/Irien Faede: Iri is... to put it simply, Iri's what you'd get if you put a bunch of lit firecrackers and bottle rockets in a barrel full of gasoline. Chaotic and prone to doing dangerous things, as well as a pro at making alchemical bombs and pulling off pranks, Iri is a godsdamned handful. It's unknown how Freja and Adontis handle them, but the two do a mostly good job at it. Iri also has many secrets, some of which would hurt those around them if they were to be found out...
Gender: Questioning, Iris uses she/her and Irien uses he/him
Sexuality: Pansexual
Race: Magus?
Loche: Loche is incredibly slow to trust and has very little understanding of human world social etiquette, given things are very different in their homelands of the Fae Realms. They are struggling to adapt to this new world, even after living in it for three years, and because of that, they are rarely seen away from someone from the team, especially Fawn. However, their usual behavior seems to be utterly forgotten in the MC's presence, much to the confusion of the rest of the team... and Loche themself.
Gender: Cis Man/Cis Woman (they share the same name)
Sexuality: Biromantic (They do feel sexual attraction to any MC, but up till MC it has mostly been to the opposite gender. It's been a bit of a confusing time for them, given it's not just a passing attraction.)
I’m having difficulty searching on mobile, so I apologize if this has been asked already, but how many books do you currently think will be in the series? Thanks for your time!
I’m actually not certain yet. There’s definitely going to be at least three books. After that, it will depend on how the writing goes, if I want to add stuff, remove stuff(never!), things like that.
So yeah, let's have a 3 book minimum in mind for now, and when I know for sure, I’ll let you guys know!
Thank you for taking the time to go through my blog and ask me things!
So CC staff announced they’ll be doing a “renewal” so here are the new changes they’ll be adding!
more freedom for avatar placement
the number of avatar items we can use and the freedom to place our items will increase
more dressable characters
they’ll be adding more characters we can dress up for our “main character”, so maybe the side characters such as Kasamatsu and Takao?
Training Camp Side Story
it says a side story from “that high school’s” perspective
note this is a “side story” and not one of the main stories
New mini-game
they said something like after the renewal, the way they’ll release the story will be different , which will be announced later. Hopefully this means that they’ll be releasing a new character’s story soon with the new change
Also it seems that they’ve been doing a lot of revival events, so it’s a good chance to try to get some of the items and avatars you may have missed the first time around! We’ll make an announcement if there’s a new event for the next one or anything else that’s big.
Aomine’s birthday gasha will be released soon so keep an eye out for that if you want to try! (Also no Kagami didn’t have a birthday CG so we didn’t post that)
“Secret Garden-Butler and Elegant Tea Time” Gasha Part 1 Open!
Just announced and opened today! One of the winning costumes for the gacha before the game release!
Part 1 includes Kise, Midorima, and Akashi butler avatars, specific butler outfits for Kuroko, Kagami, Aomine, and Murasakibara, and the normal gentleman outfit and more! Including a butler Nigou! Good luck!
