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@wolfsbane-if
Wolfsbane: An IF WIP
In this low medieval fantasy story, you are Wolfsbane: a professional hunter of the supernatural. But unlike many of your kin, you recognise that being a monster says nothing about an individual’s humanity.
Note: Wolfsbane deals with mature themes and is recommended for an 18+ audience.
FAQ | FAQ (mobile-friendly) | DEMO
Hellooo ! I'm not sure how often you check this account , but I wanted to say that your story has really touched me . It's been a while since I've read it , about a year , and I want to pick it up again to see if there is anything new I can discover . Your characters are written beautifully and your world is a very intriguing one .
Of course , I want to put no pressure at all on you or your work but I am very excited to see where the story will be heading , when more of your work will eventually be published . (•:
Hello! Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm honoured to know that my writing has meant something to you
The public demo hasn't received any updates, but I have been able to make some decent progress lately. My Wolfsbane WIP is nearing 150k words (for comparison, I think the demo is about 80k?), and although there's still quite a bit left to do, I'm feeling good about how things are shaping up. I'm also looking forward to sharing more of it, and I'm grateful for your patience!
Hey, i hope your doing good and well. Seeing that your last post here in tumblr is almost a year now. Are you doing well? Take care of yourself and get some rest when you're tired.
Life's been throwing a lot at me but I'm still going!!
having a minor case of feelings over the current scene ngl
Hello again, just wanna put out a quick thing to acknowledge the messages I've been getting asking where I am/if I'm okay etc.
As I'm sure is true of a lot of people these days, I've been having my ups and downs and I'm kind of exhausted, but I want to confirm that I am indeed okay.
And yes, although it hasn't been as much as I'd like, I am still writing. I think Wolfsbane's current word count is roughly 40-50% higher than that of the public demo.
My life's seen a lot of changes since I first started writing IF, especially over the past year, and I know there are still more changes yet to come. But what hasn't changed is the fact that Wolfsbane is still a work I'm proud of as well as a story very dear to me, and one I hope to be able to finish someday.
I appreciate the well wishes, and I'm honoured that my writing is still something that is thought about these days, even despite my lack of public activity for an extended period of time. That my work could have that kind of lasting impact means a lot.
Thank you all for your kindness and patience, and I'm wishing you all the best in return.
Alrighty, I think all of the main links should be working again now, but please let me know if you find one I missed. My thanks to everyone who alerted me to the issue and provided solutions!
Hi! The new demo link isn't working…choice of Games updated and apparently it breaks all links so maybe that's why? Anyway, I love your work!!
Thanks for the heads up! I'll look into it and try to get it working again soon
Love this one! Am glad it's available again. Definitely going to do some replays. Thanks for rehosting it!
Hey! Sorry for the delay replying; for some reason I didn't have a notification on my inbox
And thank you so much! I'm happy you're having a good time with Wolfsbane so far. Enjoy your replays!
Apologies for the delay on this one, but Wolfsbane is now up on CoGDemos! The demo still ends at the conclusion of chapter four as before, although chapter four itself has seen a few minor additions since the DashingDon version so it's not exactly the same
A link to the demo can be found here
Hey! I know you haven't updated the demo in a long time. But dashingdon is going down, so authors need to move the demo to another site. Or it'll become inaccesible.
You obviously have no obligation to port it (most are going to cogdemos), but it would be a shame to be unable to replay wolfsbane again.
Have a good day!
Thank you for the heads up - I just saw the news myself. I'll take a look at the alternatives available and make a post sharing new links once I've got everything sorted. Apologies in advance if my works happen to become temporarily unavailable in the interim, but I do intend for it to be temporary.
Much love to Dashingdon for giving authors like me the opportunity to share our work for so many years and for hosting many of the games that inspired me; you were an integral part to my journey as a writer.
tempted to make Garamond an inch taller. as a treat.
I've played the demo like 2-3 times already and gotta say.. I'm the biggest sucker of werewolf/vampire IFs. Keep up the good work!
I'm happy you're enjoying the demo, and I'm pleased to be able to say that writing's been going pretty well over the last few days especially! I'll do my best to keep it up ^^
Hey just so you know, the two wolves meme originated from a racist invention falsely attributed to many indigenous folk! no need to publish this ask, just thought you should know! Love the if and its premise btw!
Thanks for the heads up! This prompted me to do some research, and here's what I found:
More specifically, the "wolf you feed grows stronger" story (or, at least, the most popular version) most likely originated with Christian pastor Billy Graham in the 1960s and 70s, who first falsely attributed it to Inuit people, then changed it to Cherokee after being publicly ridiculed. The wording has also changed over time to omit most of the details, such as the colour of the wolves involved or the fact that there were ever physical wolves at all.
In my research, the general consensus I've seen is that, while you should not share the original story unironically, the meme version is A) dunking on the original concept and its author by taking the moral to ridiculous and/or nonsensical places, and B) so far removed from its original context and wording that it's often treated as a separate thing entirely, with many of the affected people looking on the meme-fied versions neutrally or even favourably.
If my understanding here is incorrect, however, then I apologise and will refrain from referencing it in the future.
Hello again, and no worries. I know it was coming from a genuine place and I always appreciate having the opportunity to learn something new.
Thanks for reading, and I'm happy you're enjoying Wolfsbane!
Hey just so you know, the two wolves meme originated from a racist invention falsely attributed to many indigenous folk! no need to publish this ask, just thought you should know! Love the if and its premise btw!
Thanks for the heads up! This prompted me to do some research, and here's what I found:
More specifically, the "wolf you feed grows stronger" story (or, at least, the most popular version) most likely originated with Christian pastor Billy Graham in the 1960s and 70s, who first falsely attributed it to Inuit people, then changed it to Cherokee after being publicly ridiculed. The wording has also changed over time to omit most of the details, such as the colour of the wolves involved or the fact that there were ever physical wolves at all.
In my research, the general consensus I've seen is that, while you should not share the original story unironically, the meme version is A) dunking on the original concept and its author by taking the moral to ridiculous and/or nonsensical places, and B) so far removed from its original context and wording that it's often treated as a separate thing entirely, with many of the affected people looking on the meme-fied versions neutrally or even favourably.
If my understanding here is incorrect, however, then I apologise and will refrain from referencing it in the future.
Looking forward to the full game, very much enjoying my pack of two wolves and a bat. Don't worry about them, they're a wolf on the inside
Inside you there are two three wolves. One is a bat.
Just found your WIP, and a lot of your writing is very similar to the ideas I've had about writing an IF and haven't seen anywhere else. I'm torn between being happy that there's someone with such a similar approach to me and a little sad that you got into writing them first lmao. Either way, I'm loving the demo so far and I'll look forward to more!
Happy you're enjoying the demo!
If this is a "two cakes" situation, then I'd encourage you to go ahead and write your ideas down even though you feel they may be similar to mine. IFs have a tendency of morphing and evolving as they're being written, and we as authors all have our own individual styles, experiences, and preferences that deeply influence our work, so I imagine that the end result could end up looking very different from mine despite having a similar starting point. I don't necessarily think you're "too late" to share your story just because I started mine first.
If you ultimately decide you'd rather not commit to writing an IF when a similar one already exists, though, or worry that having read my work will influence yours to a degree you're not comfortable with, then I wish you the best of luck in discovering a new idea to pursue that you feel more sure of. Being an IF author is a lot of work and you should feel passionate about that work, whatever it ends up being.
Did you ever think about using AIs like GPT, Claude, Gemini (all free) to help you in writing your book? They could help you in writing a scene, for example.
No, never. And I never will.
Even if I could somehow guarantee the training data used by the program was sourced ethically, the whole point of writing is that I'm telling my story. I may be taking forever to finish it, but I can at least stand by the fact that this is wholly my work and every element has been carefully crafted with artistic vision and intent - something computers lack. I think that to do otherwise would be a disservice to both myself and the overall work.
