The Numbers Game

Lin, They/She

[thenumbersgameif]

"We are nothing but numbers,

we do not matter."

play the demo here!

You are Four. You do not remember your name — everyone just calls you “Four” and nothing else. You don’t remember anything about your life before you woke up in a dark cell. All you know, is that you’ve done something terrible and you’ve been given a chance to atone — along with three other so-called ‘monsters.’ Your goal? To do anything the higher ups tell you to — or face the consequences. Supposedly, you’re all using your ‘evil’ talents to do ‘good.’ Your talent? You can see another person’s memories by touching them. The catch? You’re closer to death every time you do that.

You’ve worked together with this group for years, yet you remember nothing about your colleagues. Zero — the leader of your little group — always looks at you with so much pain it seems tangible. One — the wildcard — seems to hate every single thing you do, and Three — the brains — is especially bitter when it comes to you. Five — the heart — seems to avoid you, for an unknown reason. And Two? No one mentions Two, but you can feel that something horrible has happened to them. The question is, what?

Customise your MC; gender, appearance, abilities, weapon of choice, expertise, and more.

Gender selectable ROs; all of which can be in a polyamorous relationships

Enter your villain OR anti-hero era; destroy the government, or two.

Use your powers for good; or evil, because who needs morals with friends like these?

Zero | The Martyr | The Team Leader

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Caring yet ruthless leader of your team. Why do they look at you with so much pain? What were you two to each other?

One | The Wildcard | Explosives Expert

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Unpredictable and abrasive explosives expert. They hate you with every inch of their being. Why? What have you done?

Three | The Philosopher | Strategist

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Analytical and cold strategist. The sight of you alone makes them grimace with bitterness. What did you forget?

Five | The Lover | Tech Support

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An almost gentle, quiet technology expert. Every time you're near, they seem to just blend into the background. Have you hurt them in the past?

The Numbers Game will be a +18 game (rated M) for:

Abuse (mental, emotional, verbal, physical), Alcohol, Alcoholism (mentioned, implied, referenced), Blood, Bones, Car accidents, Child abuse (mentioned, implied, referenced), Corpses, Death/dying, Decapitation, Domestic abuse—physical, verbal, emotional (mentioned, implied, referenced), Drug use (mentioned, implied, referenced), Explosives, Forced captivity, Graphic content, Guns and gun violence, Hostages and hostage situations, Kidnapping, Knives, Mature language, Mental health issues (PTSD, depression, sensory overloads, and many more), Murder and attempted murder, Needles, Poisoning, Police brutality, Scars, Self-harm, Serious injury, Smoking, Suicidal thoughts, Terrorism, Torture, Trauma, Unhealthy coping mechanisms, Unhealthy relationships, Violence, Vomit

keep in mind, that trigger warnings may change!

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brought to you by Lin, @linwritesif and the author of @sinnersandsaints-linwrites

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[sinnersandsaints-linwrites]

Y’all I gotta be honest, all of my IF related projects are on hiatus for indeterminate future.

Since I published last post here I moved, switched jobs 3 times, grandfather died, I go by different name since I came out as trans, adopted a dog and said dog needed surgery soooo yeah, priorities changed, IF was not a priority and here we are. I’m not deleting anything since I might come back, but don’t get hopes up.

Enix out!

[linwritesif]

hi, i'm alive

Short version: for now, Sinners and Saints + The Numbers Game is still on hiatus; they will be back in January tho.

longer version: I decided to step away from Tumblr for a while as it was getting to me too often + I had a lot of things to balance in my life. My break from Tumblr is still on, I'll maybe sporadically come here but no promises.

Since the end of July I'm working full time, and on weekends I have school, hence why my break got very, very long. When I had the time, I had no energy or motivation to even log on or write more than some random, short stories or outlines of stories.

A family member of mine is battling cancer (for a second time), but it seems to be going well as of now.

And I, personally, am feeling better mentally. Life's stable finally, work is relatively stable, school is stable. There's some motivation, too.

I'm taking my time with the come-back though. I'm painting, my job provides mental health resources (which I'm happily using), and those silly, random short stories I mentioned before? I decided to give them a go. Writing for nothing more but fun is, well, fun.

I'm extremely thankful to have such a heartwarming and caring community and I thank everyone for all the messages, I truly appreciate every single one of them.

So, with the little life update, I gift to you this crumb, one of the silly, random, short stories which I decided to turn into a silly little game.

It's by no means a standard IF. It's a little horror story, for the spooky season. A little 'hi i'm not dead' from me.

So, I'm not fully back, but I'm getting there. Love you all, Lin <3

[itsbluesaint]

And last but not least: Five from @thenumbersgameif

Wow it took a while but I finally did it! I have drawn all the ROs of the numbers game, I'm so happy!

Five was a pleasure to draw, my rendering style has changed a little since I did Three but I think it fits quite nicely. I'm so excited for this if!

[thenumbersgameif]

General Update

Hey y'all--

some of you could've noticed I'm way less active on all of my blogs + discord. It's for few reasons, but TL;DR is that I'll be taking a break for some time.

Few events in my life signigicantly cut down the free time I have every day, and I'll be honest to say both my physical and mental health has not been the best lately.

I've had a switch in my ADHD medication and my allergy meds and that caused a bit of a mess (nothing dangerous, but let's just say i'm running on 10% battery 24/7). So, I get to have a joy of running after different doctors to do check ups and figure out what to do. It just so happened two other members of my family had to go to the hospital in the same month so that's fun.

To add to that, my work's been a little hectic (cause apparently adult people need babysitters to make sure they do their own work) and I'm just sort of 'dealing' with going back to the closet for the time I am at work.

So, I'll be taking a bit of a break to recharge and hopefully come back with something special for y'all.

Love you,

Lin <3

[thenumbersgameif]

Hey author 🧏🧏🧏 I was just wondering if maybe you could answer this one question for me because I'm just confused or simply to like definitely dumb to know umm ansyrjfkg anyway. I was wondering if we can romance ALL of the numbers into a huge relationship together?? Or am I just being confused cuz I really wanted to date all of them at the same time ig???????? Is that silly😭💀💀 FEEL FREE TO IGNORE THE ASK IF YOU LIKE I DONT MIND KFKF

yes, the polycule route includes a romantic route with all of the Numbers <3

[thenumbersgameif]

Yours, Eternal

Chronicles of Shadow and Flame

I would love to know more. 👀

"Chronicles of Shadow and Flame" is something between a book saga and IF saga idea (because I can't decide if i want to re-do it in IF form or maybe continue writing it in book-form).

A dark fantasy story with 4 main characters, two of which are both the heroes and the villains of the story, and all 4 are of questionable morals. Plot itself of the first book focuses on the beginnings of the characters and how they lose/gain everything, rebel against authority and cause chaos.

I'd say it's a fantasy somewhere between Dragon Age, Skyrim, Game of Thrones, Witcher and Lord of the Rings, with heavy Slavic influences and mostly creatures made up by me, or sourced from Slavic legends.

[thenumbersgameif]

What about "Yours, eternal"? It seems very interesting, can you tell us more about it?

This one is actually a story idea I've never finished (though I may come back to it bcs I love it)--it's a romance of sorts, between two immortal beings.

One being a phoenix, which dies over and over again, and the other being a vampire who simply never dies.

"Yours, Eternal" focuses on the relationship between the two over the centuries <3

[thenumbersgameif]

ohhh can you talk more about 'Are You Sure?' 👀

It's a short IF/text based horror game I've started to write on the side--the premise of it being to make the player second guess themselves and their choices in the game, all while making the player as paranoid as possible. All based on series of nightmares I've been having for the last 2~ years, and loosely based on a script I wrote few years ago

Right now I have everything outlined and some of it written out, maybe I will even finish it before October

Thanks for asking, Arlo! <3

[thenumbersgameif]

Thank you for the tags, @sinners-if @adoriels-tears-if and @obesericewrites (and anyone who i might have missed) <3

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. This is for both art and writing!

KNOWN/CURRENT WIPS/IFS:

Sinners and Saints

The Numbers Game

UNFINISHED/ABANDONED/SECRET WIPS:

Chronicles of Shadow and Flame

Servi Dei

Vampire's Thirst

Are You Sure?

Yours, Eternal

I'm tagging whoever wants to join in, since i'm late to the party as always~

[zico-if]

What are your favourite IFs?

I've answered this before but since I love them so much, I'm gonna answer them again! Below the cut because I have many more 😁

I've added the links to the demos in alphabetical order (I hope) for your and my convenience :D

Absentia by @absentia-if

The Abyssal by @theabyssal

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: An Affair of The Heart by @doriana-gray-games

Attollo @attollogame

Before We Are Ghosts @anjiefiction

Blood Moon by @barbwritesstuff

Blood and Runes by @bloodandrunes

Citadel by @bouncyballcitadel

Crown of Exile by @ramonag-if

These Crimson Strings by @thesecrimsonstrings-if

Deadweight by @deadweight-if

Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian by @defiledheartsblog

Fell Star by @fell-star-if

Fallen Lights by @fallenlightsif

Golden by @milaswriting

Honor Amongst Thieves by @leoneliterary

The King's Hound by @the-kingshound

Mirror Mine by @if-mirrormine

The Moonless by @moonless-if

The Nameless by @parkerlyn

Next in Line by @nextinline-if

Novaturient by @kalorphic

The Numbers Game by @thenumbersgameif

Ouroboros by @honeypeabrain

Out of the Blue by @outoftheblue-if

Project Hadea by @nyehilismwriting

Ripper's Plague by @ripperplague

Scandal by @nightingale-interactive

Sinners and Saints by @sinnersandsaints-linwrites

Snakeroot by @cerberus-writes

Swallow the Moon by @dipmyquillinmoonlight

Swan Song by @swansong-if

Unwilling Souls by @unwilling-souls-if

Water to Blood by @veirsewrites

When Twilight Strikes by @evertidings

Whisper in the Dark by @whisper-game

Witches of Ferngrove by @witchesofferngrove

Zorlok @zorlok-if

[thenumbersgameif]

hi! loving your game so far, it's interesting and zero is so cute. I hope you don't take it the wrong way but it's just an advice, i think it's pretty anticlimactic (writing-wise) that characters just state their pronouns randomly. like when the doctor says their name and the MC's situation, it really ruins the atmosphere in my opinion because its not really relevant to the situation? I really don't mind people stating their preferred pronouns, especially in real life, but when it comes to writing, you can easily guess them by the narration. Just a writing advice tho

I'm happy that you enjoy my game so far, although I do not see how a character stating their pronouns would be anticlimactic. i think it's quite normal. so, that won't be changed in the game.

[theimitationgame-if]

Will you be able to solve a mystery you don’t even know the start of?

Setting: Operose, Massachusetts.

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Drama, and Romance.

Warning(s): This story will be rated 18+ for depictions of violence, psychological games, manipulation, references to being drugged, profanity, sexual themes, dark themes, and mentions of death.

DEMO (TBA)

You don’t know how you got here.

You don’t know how the tattoo on your inner wrist came to be.

You don’t know anything besides your own name.

Your memories, your past, were all just a blur to you.

Waking up in the hospital, with your tattoo and hospital wristband, were the only clues to your identity. To who you used to be before the events that had taken your memories.

You wouldn’t find out until later that you weren’t the only one with memories unaccounted for.

Will you be able to find out what’s going on beneath the surface of the picturesque town of Operose, Massachusetts? Or will you be pulled under the waves of the supposedly better life the town offers you?

Play as an Amnesiac!MC that’s just trying to figure out what happened to them. Will you be able to do so? Or will you be stopped before you can try?

Customizable MC: name, gender, sexuality, appearance, and a smattering of other things that will crop up.

Try not to let your investigation become too well known— as you never know who you can trust in the grand scheme of things.

Romance 1 of 5 Romantic Options; from the Mayor of Operose to a Grumpy Detective.

Will you be able to find out what’s going on within Operose?

Or will you die trying?

Nathan/Natasha Walker [M/F] - The Mayor

36 [6’5” | Crystalline Green Eyes | Raven Black Hair]

The Mayor of Operose is quite an intimidating figure— with a charming smile, intelligent gaze, and silver tongue, no one could wonder why they had been elected into such a position. Do they know more than they appear to? Are they just a pawn in all of this too? Will you end up giving up more than you ever thought possible to figure it out?

Caspian/Cassidy Beckett [M/F] - The Detective

32 [5’11” | Sapphire Blue Eyes | Platinum Blonde Hair]

A Detective of the OPD that really doesn’t want to deal with your conspiracy theories. However, as more unexplained events begin happening within Operose, they can’t stand idly by and let things continue as they are. Even if you may have to get used to their pricklier exterior, you’re glad that you’re able to call them an ally. Will they become something more?

Harry/Harley Pierce [M/F] - The Doctor

34 [5’7” | Hazel Eyes | Onyx Black Hair]

The individual that helped you come to terms with where you were, what “happened” to you, and how things will progress from here on out. With a compassionate air, gentle smile, and docile disposition, they’re a person you could easily trust. Will you be able to convince them that things aren’t as they appear? That Operose isn’t what everyone thinks it is?

Ashton/Ashley Jolie [M/F] - The Partner

33 [6’2” | Blue-Gray Eyes | Dark Auburn Hair]

The partner you were assigned to whenever you had woken up— another amnesiac that’s grappling with the new world around them. Sarcasm and dry humor is their go to when dealing with everyone, but you’re able to see a softer side to them that you’re sure they don’t want anyone to ever see. Will you be able to figure out not only your past but theirs too? Find out the origin story of the tattoo you both shared? Will you end up falling in love as you do?

Shade [M/F] - The Shadow

30s [5’10” | Dark Brown Eyes | ???]

A figure you only see in darkened alleyways, poorly-lit parking garages, or just at the edge of your peripheral vision. Someone that seems to know that Operose isn’t what everyone thinks it is. You don’t know much about them— their name, what they look like beneath the cowl they wear, or anything truly substantial— all you do know is that they’re trying to help you the best that they can. Will you be able to grow closer to your own living shadow?

[vampmilf]

i am begging you all to stop treating this site like instagram if you dont want it to be content free by next year

[deathbyotpin123]

For the love of whatever you believe in, reblog so people can find out new posts. Tumbrl operates by word of mouth.

[prettyboybillyhargrove]

seriously i want people not likes

[aggressiveviking]

ok, im rebloging this again because im seeing obsene amounths of people in here talking about how content creators shouldnt care about numbers and ratios and that its all about curating your blog and whatever

let me first just say that numbers have meaning beyond someone mentally relating their worth to them. to content creators numbers equal exposure. and exposure means engagment. the more engagment there is the more active you are as a creator because you get an active audience.

now let me show you the numbers and you can make your own conclusion. I'm by far not the most popular creator but in my opinion there was a period of time when i was getting decent constant engagment.

Is it better or worse for creators to want reblogs instead of likes? how a higher engagement relates to more relavent fandom art (as there is communication with the community and what they would like to see) And witness the decline in the ratio as the years go by.

I started to actively post my art on here in 2017. these are my top 3 post from each year since

pls look at these numbers and tell me that the overall engagment on a post hasn't dropped because of lack of reblogs. and that content creators wouldnt get discouraged looking at this rapid decline in numbers.

what would be the reason for content creators to continue creating content if nobody would actually see it?

[solangewrite]

This also includes Interactive Fiction. An author, introducing their IF—and their readers watching on the side.

Some of them does not interact much with the author, which I find really sad. As an author myself, I love interacting with people, questions, anything, I accept it all.

What I saw when I first started, was that most people isn’t there for the author—they are here for the IF. I was struggling with it, and still am. Sometime needing a boost to gain once again motivation. I lost my motivation not a long time a ago, and it was mostly one of the main raison—but I’ve started to interact with people again—and it helped me, a lot.

Reblog, interact with the author, send a silly non-related ask, the author won’t mind, I, would find that lovely that you would share it with me. Anonymous for some is even on!

You probably wouldn’t realize it, but reblogging our content helps us. It brings new people, and so much more.

[neenarchive]

characters who refuse to heal. characters who change but only for the worse. characters who are trapped by their grief and rage. characters who unravel throughout the narrative. i am putting them in my pocket for later

[sinnersandsaints-linwrites]

does anyone know a better alternative perhaps for storing all the links for asks, drabbles, prompts, and so on?

i've noticed that on Tumblr, if there's too many links, the posts and pages simply break or the links mess up, so i've been thinking of alternatives, but i don't know anything that could be similar

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