#if: update

[chrysanthemumgames]

Chapter Nine is here.

As announced at the beginning of the month, you can now play the entirety of Blood of the Living's ninth chapter, which as it so happens is the penultimate one.

Basically, some stuff happens, and then you can have some feelings about it. Or, if that stuff doesn't happen for you, you can have feelings about other stuff that's already happened. Or both. Feel what you feel, deity of Spring. Who knows? Maybe some of the characters will give you even more things to feel some kind of way about.

I'm no good at advertising, but as always, I hope you enjoy it. :)

[interact-if]

Hi, the last intro post you reblogged (https://www.tumblr.com/interact-if/798005595819081728) is already deactivated (it seems like there's a high chance of that happening when someone posts without a demo). I've found some completed or active IFs if you wanted more to reblog:

Intro posts with completed games/ongoing series:

https://www.tumblr.com/gowerhardcastle/779303972900159488/jolly-good-tea-and-scones (COG author of several completed games like Tally Ho & Jolly Good)

https://www.tumblr.com/johnlouisif/792609571287007232/what-is-this-blog (author of completed HGs like I, The Forgotten One & Whiskey-Four)

https://www.tumblr.com/zincalloygames/757912651653398528/turncoat-chronicle-is-one-year-old 

https://www.tumblr.com/oblivious-melodies/764608610907062272/ready-to-play-the-complete-first (first game in series is completed)

https://www.tumblr.com/theswordofrhivenia/766138671133065216/the-sword-of-rhivenia-remake (this is an odd case where the game was completed, but is now being rewritten, so I don't know if it could as completed or WIP)

WIP intro posts with demos:

https://www.tumblr.com/hellojoygames/768422959233810432/aaa 

https://www.tumblr.com/fir-fireweed/772756509045178368/demo-on-itch

https://www.tumblr.com/loveafterdeath-if/766491671325212672/demo

https://www.tumblr.com/childrenofcain-if/759058514289295360/demo-back-up-account

https://www.tumblr.com/scapegoated-if/771336240980246528/demo-216k-soundtrack-pinterest-chapter-2

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

https://www.tumblr.com/whentherewasatime-if/788201431714938880/cogdemos

https://www.tumblr.com/darkfictionjude/757535707390672896/greer-monroe

https://www.tumblr.com/thelostbride-if/791300083721322497/the-lost-bride

https://www.tumblr.com/darkfictionjude/757444656010330112/demo-0321-spotify

https://www.tumblr.com/tofeastonfear-if/797592273940627456/to-feast-on-fear

https://www.tumblr.com/darkfictionjude/797067951736029184/inspired-to-release-my-seasonal-game-after-seeing

https://www.tumblr.com/stygiansun-totaleclipse/745806979260366848/stygian-sun-total-eclipse-wip

Demo update posts:

https://www.tumblr.com/sofia-d-asb/785896030879268864/fff (9 Jun) 

https://www.tumblr.com/ataleofcrowns/787636895506186240/new-chapter-released (28 Jun) 

https://www.tumblr.com/pizzawriters/788349485144227840/text-your-life-chapter-2-day-3-is-now-available (6 July)

https://www.tumblr.com/shepherds-of-haven/788440315063336960/the-shepherds-of-haven-public-demo-is-here (7 Jul) 

https://www.tumblr.com/oblivious-melodies/789971916235636736/ready-to-play-volume-2-chapter-two-oblivious (24 Jul)

https://www.tumblr.com/thegrayascendancy-if/791613098293379073/game-update (11 Aug)

https://www.tumblr.com/leoneliterary/792447063698931712/public-demo-update-8202025 (21 Aug)

https://www.tumblr.com/wings-of-ink/794036406430400512/public-demo-of-god-cursed-through-chapter-6 (7 Sep)

https://www.tumblr.com/dalekowrites/794068686413627392/its-now-free-to-read (7 Sep)

https://www.tumblr.com/pressplay-if/794962579080478722/the-update-is-out-you-can-now-play-the-first (17 Sep)

https://www.tumblr.com/sofia-d-asb/795052474348240896/you-can-now-play-the-demo-for-arcadie-ii-cold (18 Sep)

https://www.tumblr.com/childrenofcain-if/795121357325205504/chapter-four-is-now-live (19 Sep)

https://www.tumblr.com/llamagirl28/795665758417993729/whats-new-more-of-chapter-5 (25 Sep)

https://www.tumblr.com/spoiledblogif/795810921366847488/chapter-10-public-release-book-1-completed (27 Sep) - completed game

https://www.tumblr.com/calliopefiction/795864530858180608/misplaced-chapter-10-release (27 Sep)

https://www.tumblr.com/chrysanthemumgames/795983828025999360/chapter-six-is-now-available (29 Sep)

https://www.tumblr.com/shepherds-of-haven/796144573783162880/shepherds-of-haven-alpha-preview-update-093025 (30 Sep) 

https://www.tumblr.com/theswordofrhivenia/796280130722004992/demo-update-0210 (2 Oct)

https://www.tumblr.com/sofia-d-asb/796529497477447680/arcadie-cold-lands-patreon-update-october (5 Oct)

https://www.tumblr.com/fir-fireweed/797024942518566912/cantata-chapter-4-is-live (10 Oct)

https://www.tumblr.com/specterwrites/797750324601438208/update-october-18th-2025 (18 Oct) 

https://www.tumblr.com/oneknightstand-if/797937811638665216/greater-circle-available-now-lesser-circle (20 Oct)

https://www.tumblr.com/darkfictionjude/798006142340104192/play-spotify (21 Oct)

This is too much to reblog at once lol, but you could add them to your Tumblr queue and set it to reblog a few a day. And you don't have to post this ask obviously since it's just a long list, but I hope it was helpful!

Please see list above for some compiled IF updates and demo intros! :)

Hiii wow! This is super helpful yay can't thank you enough for doing this! Also I'm sure people would find it helpful to know that the previous IF intro post's account just got deactivated :(

I'll can try to do some reblogging from this list once in a while, but I'm reblogging this now just so people get a long list of IFs to sink their teeth into.

Just to also clarify, I actually reblog all intros that tag interact-if, and don't actively research/look for IFs that came out / updated recently! :)

[altaiirif]

Update 0.2b + 0.3a

I would like to begin this post with the proud exclamation:

"I. Hate. Coding."

Now that this is out of the way,

—> Adds about ~57k words (Yes, these 2k were written today 😭) now bringing the total word count to 233k (200k words surpassed 🎉)—I will do a more accurate estimate later. It's like 1:00 AM here and I have to wake up for University at 8:00 AM

—> The proper beginning of Chapter 6 which includes the opening ceremony of the Festival of Auroras (Though, uh, the main focus are the ROs, not that of course lol).

—> Aiza's second relationship event (The first went to get ink)

—> Some previous scenes that were left unfinished (Mainly F's scene in Chapter 4 and Link's two scenes in Chapter 5)—I didn't get much time to test this so let me know if there's a bug or three here

—> Fixed some buggs that should have been fixed long ago

—> So, uh, the interactions range from getting fed some medicine to feeding someone some medicine (My concept of romance is so messed up 🥀), helping some particular ROs with stage fright or get helped with that, make some ROs fight with each other cause you are a jerk who tries to romance multiple people at the same time (Just a jest. If that were the case, I'd be the biggest jerk for writing this lol), and some other stuff.

This took a while, didn't it? The reason is because Chapter 6 is something that was not in the original draft, so it had to be written from scratch. Same with relationship events. They have to be written from scratch.

Chapter 6 is something I only later added just the outline of to the main draft to ease the tonal shift between the introduction and the Key to Heaven. Another reason is to extend the time the ROs have spent with the MC before the Key to Heaven. It's my personal belief that there's no substitute for time in emotional connection (For both the readers and the characters themselves). I often find myself staring emotionlessly at that sad back story that came in episode 2, because well, I haven't spent enough time with the character to care. Despite being quite the empathetic person, I find myself watching the saddest of shows expressionlessly because a lot do this—not giving enough time to care. As in, I am probably not going to cry at a character's literal death in chapter 2 or 3, but will probably bawl my eyes out at the same death Chapter 24 if it's handled properly, and I have been shown that character's life and interactions with other (Though well, I have to like that character a bit too). The only exception to this is if the backstory is just there to give context on the character and their motivations (like I have attempted in Aiza's event I suppose)

Anyway, enough about that. I will, as usual, be taking a 3—4 days break. Please report any bugs or typos you find. Also, I didn't have the time to reread the whole thing from the start, so I could only write the scenes I had marked as 'write later' in my notes. If there are any scenes that still haven't been written, please let me know.

[trg-if]

Small Demo Update (vers 1.1)

Fixed pov shifts

Pronoun issues

Tense adjustments

MC will no longer have a wineglass when they weren’t drinking (the rascal)

[altaiirif]

Update 0.2a

I have spent the last 6 hours making sure everything works and is presentable. Some things still feel a bit crude to me, but whatever I will get to them later. Anyway, I don't wish to spoil anything here so I will just run over it briefly:

—> 112k words added, bringing the total word count to 176k.

Added Firuz/Firuzeh's first relationship event (6—8k words) and Inaya's second relationship event (I think it was about 11k)

Added Chapter 4 (A shopping trip and some general RO interactions)

Added Chapter 5 (Some things related to the main plot (FINALLY) and some more general RO interactions)

Added a second Interlude just because I can

Added the beginning of the Festival of Auroras

I really hope I did get all the bugs, but if there is any, please do report it. Same for typos or misspellings.

That's about it. There are some unfinished scenes (About 3—4) and some may feel a bit crude. I will get around to finishing after a short break (3—5 days).

Now I am going to disappear off the face of earth for the next 3 days. I will fix bugs and stuff if reported, but not engaging any social media except that for the next 3 days.