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— @eternaldroplets on x (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

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⸺ on soulmates and suffering.

Fyodor Dostoevsky // via tullipsink // Faiz Ahmed Faiz // Margaret Atwood // sam sax // Mary Shelley. also see: soulmate (horror)

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Its so weird to me when people complain about a depressing story being depressive like DID YOU NOT READ THE CONTENT WARNINGS HELLO? DID YOU NOT READ THE SUMMARY?

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some of y'all act like we have commited a war crime when we don't like a character.

"I don't like XYZ character because they did ABC and that ruined their whole appeal in my eyes."

cue authors/fans jumping up "WELL AKSHULLY 🤓☝️ THE THEY DID IT BECAUSE THEY ARE A PATHETIC LITTLE MEOW MEOW AND DONT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEIR EMOTIONS"

Ok..? still doesn't justify what they did? still doesn't give them a pass to hurt another person? and i knew that already? leave me to my hating and I'll leave you to ur simping bro I have never seen someone reply to someone gushing over a character with "YEAH WELL GUESS WHAT YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CHARACTER! YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THEM! IF YOU DID YOU WOULDNT SAY THAT!" but i can find these type of replies under the comments of everyone who ever criticises a character.

relax jesus it's fiction. you don't have to fight with me over someone who exists on paper. what happened to letting people like/dislike what they want

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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Word count: 113K

Grow up in a picturesque boarding school

Befriend or romance your childhood bestie

Go to a Hollywood Party

Engage in acts not-so-appropriate

Choose between being a rebel and being a rule-follower

Meet 3 out of 5 ROs

Have a complicated relationship with your mother

Decide why you want to be famous

Play | Spotify

This game is intended for a mature audience.

Credits to Bellamy for beta testing. Anyone want another historical IF check out eirs @suevi-if <3

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do you all see my vision here

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Hi all! With flirt options coming into play this chapter, I wanted to put out a quick note about the romance mechanic in Cantata. I’ll also include this in the game itself.

The meters for the ROs do not function the same as Evelyn’s. There is no good vs bad, it’s simply how many flirt options you’ve chosen. Some flirt options score better than others. For example, some ROs prefer a flirty, more forward MC, while some prefer a slow, friendly approach. There will also be extra flavor text when you “score” higher with an RO.

Flirting with everyone in these early chapters is fine; feel free to explore all options. However, once feelings come into play and flirt options include physical intimacy, your actions may have consequences. Some ROs may not appreciate an MC who goes around kissing everyone. 🫢

The eventual RO lock will be an actual choice. The meters have no bearing on who you’ll be with, so don’t worry about accidentally getting locked into a path you don’t want. However, depending on choices, you may be locked out of a route. (I’m still playing with this idea). But like I said, you don’t have to worry about being overly flirty right now. So have at it!

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I am- I am- I am.

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Leonora is a UI template for use with the Sugarcube story format in Twine.

Inspired by an imaginary cathedral by the sea and the distorted, sacred devotions of a woman who was once a girl there.

Did this template need three stories for its demo? No, but here they are anyway: there's flash fiction, a petite novelette, and a branching interactive adventure to show off everything Leonora can do. All lovingly written, coded, and styled by hand.

Features:

Mannerism-inspired design

3 built-in themes (dark, light, sepia)

Customisable title screen

Matching settings & save menus

Optional built-in Character Profile

Annotated passage guide, CSS stylesheet, and Story Javascript for easy customisation

Customisation guide included with template

Responsive design for desktop, tablets, and mobile devices

Includes both portrait and landscape styling for small screens

Download + play the demo on itch:

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Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.

If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.How to Turn off Word’s AI Access To Your Content

I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”:

File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”

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for tumblr people moving to bluesky: there is a tagging system that may be helpful

if you tag your posts with a certain hashtag & add that hashtag to your bio or a post, if someone holds down on it they can sort to only see the posts that you’ve tagged with that hashtag

ex: holding down on the #art in a person’s bio (or on a post) & clicking see #art posts by user will only show their posts tagged #art

not exactly tumblr tagging system but it works

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Is it okay to ask if any interactive fiction writer is looking for a writing buddy? :,)

I can ask! :)

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I feel like I am going to get a lot of hate for this, but I don't care anymore at this point. The needs to addressed.

I believe there's a lot of toxic positivity in the interactive fiction community. Specifically, text based IFs.

Everytime, I see someone offer criticism, it gets shot down immediately and ends with them being labelled as a hater and downvoted to oblivion on the hosted games reddit. There's nothing wrong with disliking some elements in a story and being vocal about it as long as you are not harassing the author. You should not have to praise the book in order to make your opinion matter.

Yes, a lot of people misuse the anon feature. There are comments people have made towards authors and made assumptions about them that have left me reeling but not every comment has to be an attack. When someone says "oh i didn't like ABC book because of XYZ in it. I wish it was YXZ instead, I would have enjoyed it more then." There is always someone in their replies with the "if you don't like it so much, why are you even reading it. Maybe don't tell the author what to write?"

Here's the thing :

Wishing for something to have been a certain way doesn't mean it should have been that way alone. It means the poster would have enjoyed the work more if it was written that way, it doesn't necessarily mean, they are imposing their opinion on the author.

Also, why is our immediate response to any kind of criticism "yeah, well maybe its not for you, stop reading it" because why should they?? Maybe there's a lot of things they like about the book? Maybe they are interested in the setting? The premise? They are actually looking forward to how the story will develop or are at least curious about in which direction the author is going to take it? Maybe they love the relationships in it?

I recently came across the post of an author making fun of people who has a discord server to "hate" on IFs. Now, I don't know much about this so I could very well be in the wrong here— if that's the case then I sincerely applogise in advance, but I am assuming there are no authors in the server. If that is the case, then I don't see how that is an issue? We watch shows. We get excited about them. We want to have someone to talk about it. People make edits of it. We read things. We get frustrated about it. We need a space to vent about how it made is feel. It's exactly that.

It's actually a great thing in my opinion. It's a discord server so these haters won't be in the authors' faces— unless you deliberately join the server, in which you don't have anyone else to blame but yourself. It's a discord server, not a place you can go looking for constructive criticism. I remember looking at the post and thinking how incredibly rude it was when the author told those people to get a job. (Especially the way they worded it) Because would you say the same to the people in your inbox? Or the people taking the time out of their life and drawing art for your characters because they loved your work? Or the ones making memes? Or the ones writing those extremely lengthy posts on reddit about an IF? Or those who join fan based discord servers of IFs to gush over them? No, you wouldn't. Because that benefits you. When you post something online it is bound to receive both negative and positive reaction. Collen hoover is a best selling author, yet a lot of people dislike her work.

However, I do understand that IF authors are more accessible and hence, have to face harassment by these people hiding behind anon. I have defended authors myself. It does get out of hand sometimes. But still.

I came across this discussion on the forum about how people feel about ROs potentially getting into a relationship with an NPC. Someone said how they don't like it because they read books to escape reality. They are not a fan of realism in fiction. For them, fiction is fiction. Now, personally, I don't care about it. I like me a little realism but I understand. At the end of the day, it's upto the author and i will just have to look for books that align with my tastes. But somebody dismissed this person by saying how "its just words on the paper" and how its weird for them to be jealous.

No. It's not just words on a paper. It's so much more than that. People read books, people get attached. We cry when our favourite character dies or gets injured. We get angry when we see a character we dislike show up on screen. Both are valid. Books are there to make us feel. I don't think any author would like it if they wrote something and it didn't make anyone feel any kind of way.

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Hello. I noticed that you said you were using Ren'py for your new game. What made you come to the conclusion that this was the best option, if you don't mind my asking? I am looking into developing something, but I'm unsure which program to use. I thought the point of Ren'py was more for visual novels. I am interested in making something that isn't as visual heavy. Do you think that's possible with Ren'py? Sorry for the randomness. Thank you for taking the time to read. Have a wonderful day!

Hello!

It depends on what you're looking to achieve.

If you want the bare minimum of functionality and the bare minimum of coding to learn, you can go with ChoiceScript. Which, fair warning, is a proprietary language, so if you want to monetize/publish your work without having to adhere to their opaque content rules/cede 75% of your sales, I'd suggest you steer clear, but YMMV.

Twine is a little less easy to use, but comes with higher customization. It supports HTML/CSS/JavaScript, so what you can do is much broader than ChoiceScript. Plus, monetizing your game is fine. I find that Twine is more meant for short-form IF than long-form, but it remains usable. Deploying your game in any other form than HTML (a web game) is a hassle though, and not supported by Twine directly.

Ren'Py comes next; here you must make your own user interface (or you could just use native NVL-mode with no edits, which... it'll work for sure, but the presentation will be questionable), but I find it much more flexible than the other two options. And it comes with the added bonus of making it much easier to deploy your game to multiple OS and platforms including web and mobile.

There are other tools (Ink?) so my advice would be to try them all and settle for the one that suits your needs.

Good luck with your project! And have a wonderful day as well.