#litg help branching

[mrsbsmooth]

I was wondering your thoughts on the upcoming Snog, Marry, Pie Challenge. I wish we could Pie more than one person because there are 3 people that the MC would like to Pie 😂. I know it's just guesses at this point, but what are your guesses for each character? I'm not sure about Snog or Marry, but when it comes to Pie - my MC will have to choose between Amelia, Grace, and Marshall. What are your thoughts? Thanks 😊.

Oh I'm SO EXCITED for SMP. I REALLY hope we get the option to pie more than one person.

Last season, EVERYONE PIED US which personally I found so freaking rude and annoying, like I was nothing but nice to everyone and they all pied me, the fuck?? 😂 I'm really hoping they pie each other this time

So here are my predictions:

The girls are much harder than the boys. I feel like we know so little about the other girls it's insane.

Note: I was trying to do this as [Former partner] [Amelia's former partner] etc, but it got too hard, so I'm instead going to use my own playthrough as an example.

I stuck with Elliot, so he is still there. I'm in an unofficial couple with Lewie. I'm also on a WLW playthrough, so Bella & Flo have been flirting with me. Amelia was partnered with Roberto. Andy, Francis, Jamal, Ryan, and Chloe have all gone home.

Interchange the names/characters as needed.

Girls:

Amelia: Depends. If Toby arrives before the challenge: Snog Toby, Marry Lewie, Pie Marshall. If Toby arrives after the challenge, she might forgive Marshall for now: Snog Marshall, Marry Lewie, Pie Roberto. She might marry Marshall as well who knows.

Bella: Snog Flo, Marry MC, Pie... ?? If you're on a WLW route: Snog Flo, Marry MC, Pie... Marshall? If you're not on a WLW route: Snog Flo, Marry Lewie, Pie... Amelia? Bella was coupled with Lewie in mine, and they're friends so she wouldn't pie him. Marshall or Amelia maybe? Could also be Roberto.

Flo: Depends If you're on a WLW route: Snog Bella, Marry MC, Pie Roberto If you're not on a WLW route: Snog Bella, Marry Roberto, pie Lewie No reason for it, I just think it'd be funny for her to pie Lewie.

Grace: Depends This could go two ways. If she's done with Ozzy, she'll: Snog Marshall (to piss off Ozzy), Marry Elliot, Pie Ozzy If she decides she wants one more chance to pursue Ozzy, she'll: Snog Elliot, Marry Ozzy, and Pie MC.

Boys:

Elliot: Snog Grace, Marry MC, Pie Lewie He wants Lewie to back off. If you're with Andy or Francis, I think this will be the same. Andy/Francis might decide to both snog and marry MC. They'll pie your former LI.

Lewie [or JR/R]: Snog MC, Marry MC, Pie Elliot He wants Elliot to back off. If you told him you only wanted to be friends he might marry Bella and pie MC which would be fucking hilarious.

Roberto: Snog MC, Marry Flo, Pie Amelia He's throwing his hat back in our ring lol. Could snog Amelia and pie Flo if we're on a WLW route and Flo just wants to be friends with him- who knows?

Ozzy: Snog Grace, Marry MC, Pie Marshall This is one of the few that I'm pretty sure about lol.

Marshall: Snog Amelia, Marry Grace or MC (to piss off Ozzy), Pie Ozzy Again, pretty sure about this one. He's gonna snog and marry some combination of us, Amelia, and Grace. Pieing Ozzy FOR SURE.

[etherealixie]

!!!!!!!!!!

NO BECUASE THE FINN IN MY GAME SAID SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE FINN IN YOUR GAME AND IS THIS EVEN ALLOWED????

I feel like I became an accomplice to a crime just looking at this LMAOOO

BOOO. BOOO! 🫳🏾🍅🍅

[litgarchive]

It's at least December 12 everywhere in the world. Now what?

An LITG Archive Update

To preface, the original seasons are still playable at the moment if your auto-update is turned off. (I can confirm; I can still play on my Android phone.) I've heard (but have not tried) it's possible to play using older mods as well. Overall, this is good news!

However, no one is sure how long this would be viable, given that you do still need to connect to the Internet to play them. And, how long would Fusebox allow that from their end?

Well, I'm not putting this project on hold. And the fact that the seasons are still playable? A good time to collect more records. (IIRC, I don't have a Season 3 playthrough with Seb as the best friend yet. Please hook your girl up with any link whatsoever.)

What I'm doing and what are the goalposts moving forward, all under the cut!

Originally, I was going to do Season 3 first (as you might have seen from the demo), but I did realize that we'd likely lose more content from Season 2, given it's the longest and has most extensive branching compared to the other two seasons.

So, what am I doing now?

I've mapped out all the choices for Season 2 Day 1 Part 1. I will start transcription. If there are any missing choices, I will create a separate post requesting assistance (like I did before).

Season 3 transcription of a recorded Harry route is being continued by lovely people on their free time. They are currently doing Day 4 Part 1.

Any particular timeline when you'll be able to release a playable Season 2 (or any other season)?

What I can say is it won't be up for a while unless there will be more volunteers helping me transcribe seasons using a particular formatting and process. This is the most time-consuming part.

For a general idea, it took me almost 6 hours to transcribe the part for the demo using 2 recorded playthroughs by @queen-of-boops and by @mrsbsmooth. I broke up the scenes and added in some code/notes as I transcribed. Then I had a few more hours tweaking the transcript into ink, breaking it up a bit more so it won't flood the screen as much UI-wise, installing the UI framework, and testing it.

Granted, since I have brushed up on ink and have done base stuff for the demo, it shouldn't take me too long to code the full game once I've done all the non-coding related tasks.

Why not release it in chapters?

Honestly because I'm not a programmer, I have massive technical debt, and I could do that, but honestly I'm not very comfortable with doing that unless I at least map out all the choices first. I want to avoid missing variables which may, in turn, break everything else.

You might be surprised with the scenes we're still discovering as we repeat the playthroughs. We've got aliens, Islanders checking Bobby's reaction to Rocco possibly stealing you away from him, Ciaran being turned on by a belch, and Kassam actually considering you as a dateable prospect despite not being interested in you in the first place, etc. Honestly wild.

So, now what?

I will be posting an update once a week until all three seasons are completed. I'll post recording requests when needed. (Thank you to everyone who has shared their records so far, I could kiss you all. It's so lovely seeing our community band together like this.)

We can only hope Fusebox publishes the remastered versions soon (if at all) so people (like me) can play their comfort routes or just play some of the best seasons they had put out into the world.

So, yeah.

Much love before it's December 13 from my side of the world.

💕 Pine

[longbobmckenzie]

Too Hot to Handle Game - Season 2 Final Thoughts

Season 2 is finally over, and it's bittersweet. I'm sad to see it end but also very ready for it to end at the same time! I'll miss my favourite characters, but luckily it's not the end for them quite yet - there's a reunion episode coming soon!!

Overall, I can't say enough how impressed I am with this season. It's not perfect - there are some things along the way that make more sense on some routes than others - but the branching was for the most part so well done! Of course, with branching like that comes a few glitches here and there, but thankfully they've been fixed so for anyone playing for the first time or doing replays, there shouldn't be issues.

Speaking of replays... I actually want to do them! With the first season, I had 4 or 5 profiles going at the same time to romance multiple characters, and the story was so linear that I didn't feel any need to replay. This time, I'm actually excited to replay and earn all the achievements, try different scenarios. It does help that there's a skip feature because I probably wouldn't be as excited otherwise (other games, take note) but ultimately, this is a very replayable season.

The characters are all unique and have mostly unique dialogue (I'm always impressed to notice that even the kiss/sex scenes are different from LI to LI), which alone makes it worth replaying. Add in the other variables and ways to play the game, and there are so many possibilities!

If you like LITG and other dating games, you should absolutely check this one out

[kittidot]

End of Year Favs 2020

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 8 (ish) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome work!

Thank you for the tag @bobasheebaby ! I’ve loved discovering your beautiful writing this year and can’t wait to see where 2021 takes our prison boy.

So here are my 8 favourite personal creations from the past year (next post will probably be the 8000 favourite creations from other people).

1. Buried Love (The Beta Version) - I love this writing project so much. I really hope to be able to work on it a lot over the next few months. It’s the first time I’ve really tried creating my own world and characters, and I absolutely love it. Writing an interactive story with branching boils my brain at times...but in a good way! 

2. And while I’m on the subject of Buried Love....this Alex Mood board is one of my favourite creations...everything about him makes me feel calm...which is a weird thing to say about a werewolf!

3. Leave Your Hat On - A little ficlet with LITG S3 Nicky doing the heart rate challenge - this was so much fun to write - I literally smiled the whole way through it (and...also...it helped with my Nicky angst...temporarily)

4. Ghoul Island - My LITG AU fic - aka my poor forgotten fic. 2021 will be the year I finish it...it will...I’m sure of it

5. Run! - a little Halloween ficlet featuring LITG S1 Allegra written for a prompt from the amazing @kiki-the-creator - I ended up so absorbed in writing this ...I always had a lot of love for Allegra and getting to write her in a spooky setting was so great...and I wouldn’t have ever thought of writing about her without the prompt

6. Last Days of Summer - a little LITG S2 Bobby ficlet. It’s on my list because I loved getting back to writing a little bit of Bobby’s character. I miss him...a lot. I kinda want to explore writing this little snapshot into a potential slowburn relationship a little more...

7. Eight Days a Week - yep, yep, yep - those Lovelink soldier boys reawakened my smut writing ...it’s been a lot of fun to write

8. Cowboys and Aliens - another Lovelink Soldier boy creation - this time a one-shot based on a prompt from the amazing @nerdferatum. I love it because it was fun to write and I now absolutely need to write a zombie-fuelled science boy and soldier boy cross-over. 

I’m going to tag some peeps to share your favourite creations - I live in constant awe of the art, writing and moodboards I see on my feed...so...be proud and show your talents some love...don’t feel pressured though and if you just want to share one of your creations that would be amazing as well! @nerdferatum @kingkassam @sunshinejihyun @kiki-the-creator @ariendiel @smaiihands @lucas-koh @therealityofthematteris 

[offtopicoverload]

“I want to be your home” for the soft asks ... for any LITG character you feel like writing about 🥺❤️

Thanks so much for the prompt! <3

I’ve been kinda curious to write Hannah lately, so I thought I’d give it shot since this prompt felt like Hannah-level of cheesy romance lol

Wildfire 

Hannah x MC (Clover)

~1.7k 

Hannah taps her foot nervously, standing beside the snack table at the finale party and watching its attendants dance and drink, laugh and chat. She sips fancy, expensive champagne as her cool, blue eyes scan for one person in particular. She knows she shouldn’t be searching, shouldn’t be bothered, shouldn’t be invested, but she just can’t help it, she can’t help longing to spend the party dancing and drinking, laughing and chatting with this one particular person.

She frowns, turning to her glass and swirling the bubbles inside, watching them twist and spiral, attempting to distract herself from the face that’s been imprinted in her mind since last night, the face that’s begun to haunt her. Maybe it’s haunted her since the first time she ever even saw it, maybe it’s been following her for weeks, sitting in the back of her mind and slowly driving her insane. That’s worse, isn’t it? If there was never even a catalyst to spark these ridiculous feelings, they just appeared along with that face, no explanation, no justification.

Is that more or less romantic? For one small spark to light a fire after weeks of peace, of ignorance, of nothing worth noting, or for an explosion to ravage the forest right from the start, unapologetic and unforgiving? She downs the last of her glass, turning to steal a refill and downing it too, before grabbing one more.

Bright blue eyes turn back to the party, searching for the match that’s burnt her insides to a crisp. Spark or explosive, slow build or instant heat, it still burns the same, it still chars her heart, fills her lungs with smoke, and clouds her mind with a thick, heavy haze. It still wreaks havoc on her entire world, still turns her reality to ash, and still disintegrates the future she had imagined for herself.

Now, all she can imagine is her. All she can picture is a world in which she’s there, lighting match after match and discarding them on the forest floor. A perfect reality in which she’s burning dry leaves to a crisp and the dry brush beneath her feet into cinders, embers that flicker and fly until they reach bark, until they grow and grow, engulfing wood and sending smoke to join and mix with the clouds softly shifting above the party.

And then she finds her, sees her standing with that lighter of a smile, carelessly letting it’s flames lick at everything within sight, carelessly letting it burn the branches surrounding Hannah, even from across the party, even from metres away. Yet, that’s not the end, far from it as she carelessly lights dynamite, her green eyes landing on Hannah’s and the flames from her lighter somehow growing a fraction of a millimetre alongside her smile, just the smallest, most miniscule, barely noticeable increase sending Hannah’s heart racing, fanning the flames raging inside of her.

Those green eyes break from blue, turning back to the man beside her, her red-stained lips murmuring something that Hannah longs to hear, just to listen to the smooth molten metal she knows is falling from them. She huffs, dragging a hand through her red locks, locks that once seemed like the brightest fire she would ever encounter, but are now a flickering spark, a dying ember on pavement as opposed to everything inside of her, everything in front of her. She turns, scanning the table before her for something to occupy her time, to suffocate the flames lapping at her ribcage.

She heaves a deep breath, but it does nothing to quiet the wildfire burning and scarring her, potentially even fueling the flames, potentially letting them grow and grow, their smoke nearly choking her now. Every cell in her body shrivels under the heat, every centimetre of her skin is bright red, flushed from the excessive temperature. She takes a biscuit, biting into and staring at the tablecloth, praying for release from the forest fire that’s destroying her without care.

“Hey,” molten, dripping, red-hot magma sounds from behind Hannah, spilling into her ears and down her neck, a trail of ash in its wake. She turns, meeting those gorgeous green eyes that promise life, that promise refuge in rolling hills, that promise something other than fire and ash, smoke and burning red.

“Hey, Clover,” she chokes through the fumes clouding her throat, feeling the way it coats her airways and tasting the way it settles on her tongue as the words escape from her lips.

The lighter’s flames explode before her eyes, metres and metres tall, tall enough to burn the clouds swirling in the sky above them, dark in the night. “How’ve you been?” she beams. “I mean, I know it’s only been a day, but, uh… y’know,” she averts those promises of life, those promises of more, turning them to the lawn beneath their heels, her cheeks turning neon, fiery as heat flows from them.

Hannah’s own face is burning, no doubt hot to the touch as she nervously chuckles, “Yeah. Um, I’ve been good. Congrats on the win,” she smiles, as steady as she can, even though her desire to run from the flames before her is slowly growing along with them.

Clover beams, her smile scorching and boiling as it collides with Hannah’s skin, “Thanks! I didn’t really expect it but, y’know, it’s pretty amazing.” Her eyes are hypnotic, drawing Hannah in with the promise of plentiful existence and boundless nature, just for her smile to roast her.

“What are you going to do with the money? And what about Carl and his share?” Hannah inquires gently, the thought of them spending it together collapsing and melting her heart, lava flowing over her ribs as she forces a smile to hide the caving of her chest.

Clover’s head tilts, her lips twisting as she considers carefully, “I don’t know about Carl, but I was going to donate most of it. Maybe start fostering dogs with my free time,” she grins, teeth alight with sparks.

And Hannah beams right back, because of course that’s how she’d spend it. Of course she’d spend it helping others and providing safety, just like the shining gems that are her eyes. Only her smile falls away an instant later, “We, um, we should probably talk about last night, right?” she turns to the drink in her hand, swirling the liquid within and crossing her free arm over her chest.

Hannah’s throat bobs as she swallows thickly, working to steady herself and ignore the smoke in her throat as she awaits Clover’s answer, “Yeah, I, uh, probably.”

“So, I don’t -” she sighs, forcing her eyes to meet those green pastures, those beautiful safe havens, “I just - I know how you look at him. And how much you care about him. I really do get that and I know this won’t change anything, but just - I don’t know,” she groans weakly, turning back to her drink and mumbling, “This was stupid. I shouldn’t have said anything. I’m really sorry.”

“No.” Flowing lava drips from red lips as her fingers wrap around Hannah’s wrist, blistering and searing the skin beneath her palm, “Tell me, Han,” she urges softly. “I need to know. Please,” the heat in the lava’s disappeared, turning to rock, strong and steady as it beats against Hannah’s protective walls, crumbling them with ease.

“I - Do you know how you look at him?” she glances up, feeling fire surrounding her, smoke filling her lungs as a layer of ash settles on her skin.

Those promises of life dim, confusion and concern mingling as her thumb unconsciously brushes along Hannah’s wrist, every pore she touches lighting with embers. She shakes her head softly, looking to Hannah for an answer, an answer she doesn’t want to give, an answer that may finally quell the flames, but in the worst way possible.

She swallows the pile of ash that’s settled on her tongue, “You - You look at him like he’s your entire world, like he’s your favourite place, like - like he’s your home, all cozy and familiar and comfortable,” she begins, drawing herself to her full height, urging the flames circling her to wait just a minute more before engulfing her entirely.

“Han, what -?” Clover starts, cocking her head as her brows furrow in confusion.

Hannah shakes her head to cut her off, to speed up the process of killing the life held within her perfect green eyes “I need to just - Please,” she begs softly.

Clover nods, letting her continue, those green eyes refusing to die, sparkling with life inside her head. They shine in the minimal light surrounding them in the night, neon lights reflecting and glittering within them. They draw Hannah in to the point that she doesn’t even remember the dozens of people around them, the music that’s pounding from speakers, the drink in her hand, the entire Villa disappearing as she falls into the world held within those green eyes.

The ash that filled her throat is gone along with everything else, the words flowing easier than ever before, soft and quiet, “He’s your home and your happy place and - and I want to be that for you… I want to be your home, Clo, I want to be that happy place…” she nearly whispers the confession, relishing the momentary freedom from fire, the fresh air that fills her lungs, the sight of the world not obscured in an orange haze.

Until it sparks again, Hannah’s heart providing the catalyst this time as flames break from the organ, beating fast and hard, licking at her already wounded body, “But I know I can’t be and this was a stupid idea and I’m really sorry, I’m just gonna -” she pulls back, breaking the hold that green now has on her, and turns to run, to retreat into the crowd and drink until she forgets what she’s done, or until she succumbs to her burns, neither of which should take too long or too much at this point.

Clover’s cool hand slips into hers, lacing their fingers together gently as Clover looks at her softly, delicately, pulling her back before she can get too far, before she can forget that captivating green. Her touch is cool and calming, precious and soothing as her perfect eyes alleviate the burns covering every centimetre of Hannah’s body, “Let’s talk, okay?”

[longbobmckenzie]

Hey do you know of other games like LITG? I've played Couple Up and I've been meaning to try Love Island: The (fan) Game, but are there others?

Hi, anon! Short answer... not really? I've never found anything that quite lives up to the Love Island concept and execution (at least of the first couple seasons).

But a lot of companies *try* at least, so there's that? Personally I never really enjoyed Couple Up! (I only played the first season and I didn't like it, I heard season 2 was better but I just found the app too slow for me.

Choices has a story called America's Most Eligible, I think it's more of a Big Brother type thing? (Idk I haven't watched BB.) Episode had a story that was similar, I don't remember what it was called because I played it years ago.

Romance Club is a fantastic app with great stories but nothing that hits that Love Island itch. They do have a story that's sort of Bachelor/Bachelorette-esque but it's still early on in the story and things are taking a turn so I wouldn't necessarily look there.

I found a game called Hot Island, it's a hot mess really but I was entertained by it. There's no branching though and it's very linear so again, not great.

There is a game called Pair Off that's releasing August 7! I believe every character will be romanceable.

Other than that, your best bet is interactive fiction. There's @summeroflove-if and I think a few other similar dating games that have been started. Not sure if any are complete though as I'm not super dialed into the IF community.

I hope this is helpful!

[litgarchive]

Incomplete update, unfortunately

An LITG Archive Update

So, some personal circumstances kept me busy this week, and I had understimated the time it would take me to sort out of the branches and missing content. I do apologize for the announcement that I am about to make.

I'll upload a full Season 3 Day 1 update with all available routes to replace the Season 3 Day 6 Part 1 demo content tomorrow (January 31). This wasn't the plan, and I am sorry it's not as complete as I hoped it would be.

Further explanation and current progress under the cut.

Progress is mostly the same with last week, as I've been concentrating on filling in choices and routes.

Base Script: 6/13 days. Mostly, none of the recorded routes I have for Harry, Bill, Camilo, and AJ has Elladine as their Best Friend. I have content for Elladine starting only on Day 6.

I have also started readying Day 7 for extraction when I'm on the move. Currently on Part 2, and I should be able to get the raw script.

Branching: 1/13 days. I'm done with Day 1, and it's just a matter of coding it now before the month ends.

Coding: 0.3/days. One challenge is the small things that change whether you romance AJ or not, which is good for gameplay, but not so much for trying to reconstruct it.

More on the back-end, as I filled in AJ's route for Day 2, I found a pattern I could potentially use for how I'll name knots and stitches, which would be helpful in the long run, especially for those who like code snooping.

Anyway, yeah.

💕 Pine

P.S. I would love to know why S3 MC is this way.