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OFNA: Birds of a Feather, the interactive fiction WIP

Chapter 7 added to demo! | August 9th, 2022

The first draft of chapter 7 is now playable! I know it's already a couple of days late, but there's still quite a bit of branching and small changes in this chapter that I haven't had time to test yet. So please send any bugs you find and I'll do a patch in about a week or so when I've had more time to go over everything

INFO ‡ DEMO ‡ FORUM

I have edited the demo on dashingdon to add chapter seven! Features:

Additional 17k words for a new total word count of 99k (~43k per playthrough)

Some tweaks to earlier chapters

Find out more about the other initiates and OFNA members

Investigate the woods around the property

Please let me know if you find any bugs/typos/general issues or have any suggestions. Thanks again for everything and I’ll let you all know when I have the next update! 🪶

[anxietytwist]

𝐏𝐚𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸: 𝘐𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦

[ 𝟸𝟾 | 𝟻'𝟷𝟶" | Agender | Bi Demi | ❤︎Jeremy ]

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Familiar:

“𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧”

Red-winged Blackbird (𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘴)

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Style:

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀𝘆➜ “𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴, & 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘌𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 & 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.”

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Notes:

ᴘʀᴏɴᴏᴜɴꜱ‣ They/Them ʙᴜɪʟᴅ‣ Average ɢɪꜰᴛꜱ‣ Empathy & Strange dreams ꜰᴀᴠᴇ ᴅʀɪɴᴋ‣ Orange juice

They generally prefer to go by their nickname “𝐏𝐚𝐱”

They wear a binder whenever they feel it's necessary 🏳️‍⚧️

𝐏𝐚𝐱 started working at the dinner to save up money for college (they were hoping to study Medical Illustration)

𝐏𝐚𝐱 has done their best to avoid talking about OFNA with Drew since they're really worried about possibly endangering her 😥

They really don't enjoy strangers making physical contact with them

When their hair isn't dyed it's a rich dark brown in colour

Despite their usually mellow attitude they do fluster easily whenever someone flirts with them 😳

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𝐼𝐹: @ofna

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Picrew used:

[beaumontbash]

A really long time ago I told an anon that I’d do a giveaway once I hit 1k followers. I recently reached this long time goal of mine and so in honor of that said anon, who’s probably unfollowed me by now, I thought that I’d finally hold a giveaway!

Just want to say a massive thank you to everyone who’s hit that follow button. Whether you’ve been here since I started this blog in December 2017 or you’re a recent follower, your kindness and support means the world to me.

Prizes and rules under the cut!

PRIZES:

tyleralan URL

THREE winners will receive an edit of their MC of choice. MCs can be from Playchoices or an interactive fiction novel (more specific list below)

RULES:

Must be following (I will check babey)

New followers are welcome!

No empty blogs

Reblog to enter before the deadline, JANUARY 24, 2021

Likes do not count

Only one entry per person (bc I don’t want y’all to spam your followers)

Put in the tags what MC you’d like an edit on (if you win you can always change your answer)

If you reblog from a sideblog, please write your main in the tags

If you have any further questions don’t hesitate to send in an ask

WHAT BOOKS I WILL MAKE CONTENT FOR:

Playchoices (except VIP)

COGS- Keeper of the Sun and Moon, The Fog Knows Your Name,  Crème de la Crème, Royal Affairs, Conspiracy in Emerson, Shepherds of Haven, Mind Blind, OFNA: Birds of a Feather, To the Whistling Winds, Summer Court

EXAMPLES OF MY EDITS:

x | x | x | x | x

GIVEAWAY ENDS JANUARY 24, 2021

[alexaplaysgames]

My Recs

Get ready folks! Here are my favourite IFs and VNs.

*slaps roof* this bad boy can fit so many incredible authors in it.

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Visual Novels: Works in Progress

1. Perfumare by @pdrrook

2. Andromeda Six by @andromeda-six

3. Made Marion by @velvet-cupcake-games

4. Gilded Shadows by @steamberrystudio

Visual Novels: Complete

1. Ebon Light by @underbliss

2. Lake of Voices by @gb-patch

Text-Based Games: Works in Progress

1. Scout: An Apocalypse Story by @anya-dev

3. The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 3 by @seraphinitegames

4. Mind Blind by @mindblindbard

5. Wilhelmina by @fidere-k

6. Greenwarden by @fiddles-ifs

7. The Golden Rose by @anathemafiction

8. Shepherds of Haven by @shepherds-of-haven

9. Still Waters by @stillwaters-if

10. Sentinel by @nyehilismwriting

11. Spellbound: a Ghost Story by CorvusWitchcraft

12. Snakeroot by @cerberus-writes

14. The Northern Passage by @northern-passage

15. Virtue’s End by @crimsiswrites

16. Blood Moon by @barbwritesstuff

17. Attollo by @attollo

18. Remember, you will Die by @vapolis

19. Faith of Gods by @faithofgods

20. Buried Lies by @fidere-k

21. Son of Satan: the Mortal Coil @sosthemortalcoil

22. OFNA: Birds of a Feather by @ofna

23. Speaker by @speakergame

24. The Hunt: Demon Eyes by @tirankawrites

25. Into the Shadows by @wynnakang

26. Whisper in the Dark by @whisper-game

27. Arcadie: Second Born by @sofia-d-asb

28. Serpentine by @serpentineif

29. Lucidity: Awakening by @lucidityawakening

30. The Odessa Dating Games by @theodessadatinggames

31. Ace of Spades by @steph-writing

32. Fallen Hero: Retribution by @fallenhero-rebirth

33. Keeper of the Day and Night by @keeperofthesunandmoon

34. Zombie Exodus by Jim Dattilio

35. Diaspora by @diasporatheblog

36. The Spirited: Origins by @yuveim

37. Task of the Burdened One by @task-of-the-burdened-one

38. Exiled from Court by @beeanca-writing

39. Retribution - From the Ashes by @whiterabbitgames

40. Anecdoche by @anecdoche-cog

Text-Based Games: Complete

Hosted Games

1. Keeper of the Sun and Moon by @keeperofthesunandmoon

2. The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 1 and the Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 2 by @seraphinitegames

3. Demon Recollect by @bathalafiction

4. The Shadow Society by @carawenfiction

5. Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven by Jim Dattilio

6. Way Walkers: University by J. Leigh

7. Fatehaven by Devon Connell

8. Evertree Inn by Thom Bayley

Choices of Games

1. Crème de la Crème by @hpowellsmith

2. Tally Ho by Kreg Segall

3. Heart of the House by @nissacam

4. Heroes of Myth by Abigail C. Trevor

5. Vampire: the Masquerade by Kyle Marquis

6. Choice of the Vampire by Jason Stevan Hill

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Please let me know if there are any errors or mix-ups in the list. I was unable to find Tumblr accounts for several authors. Let me know if you know of the account of an author I couldn’t find a Tumblr for.

These are my favourites, but by no means the only works I have read/played or the best ones out there. Feel free to message me if you have suggestions or to let me know if you enjoy playing! <3

[hellomynamiseglaf]

🌰Chestnuts and Warm Milk🍂

My List of ~Favorites~ for Interactive Fiction and Visual Novels

(This is a work in progress so please bear with me)

Interactive Fiction:

The Wayhaven Chronicles (WIP Series in Development) - @seraphinitegames  (Look,,, I’m just... obsessed.. I can’t stop thinking abt it,,, and I'm..... sometimes, I read and I think I feel like I know what love is.)

Mind Blind (WIP) - @mindblindbard (I just,, UGH it’s so good. I can't even say that much because my feelings about it are so potent that everytime I see an update I try to tell myself to leave it alone to play larger portions of updates as a treat and everytime my willpower FAILS and I replay the demo like twice in a row)

Demon: Recollect ; Forsaken (WIP) - both by @bathalafiction (whew...WHEW!!! Are you kidding me?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Look. I was attached to Demon: Recollect. I loved it. And then I played the Forsaken WIP and now I can't get over my absolutely BOMB character design for my player persona. Also it's kind of fun being considered a jerk in the game, because it opens up a lot of different options that I usually feel bad about taking)

Shadow Society - @carawenfiction (the concept is so interesting,, I dream of more. Also Quaiel...baby...)

The Soul Stone War - @intimidatingpuffinstudios (also whew!! I really enjoyed it and the characters all picture themselves really vividly in my mind for some reason.)

Greenwarden (WIP) - @fiddles-ifs (reading this is like thick fog.. but in a good way? I don't know how to describe it without pictures but this IF smells like fog over wet grass)

Divine Intervention (WIP) - @divineinterventiongame (the concept?? UGH SO GOOD. For some reason it's always the first game I click to check for updates)

Golden (WIP) - @milaswriting (😈😈😈😈)

Blood/line (WIP) - @bloodlineoffical (simply put,,, LARRY)

Supernatural in New York ; The Bastard of Camelot (both WIPs) - @llamagirl28  (UGH Both of these are so good in their own ways but equally as exciting to see updates for. I haven't consolidated my feelings much further than "my MC for SiNY is so cute" and "Mordred is a child" but they're all generally positive.)

Ace of Spades (WIP) - @steph-writing (I keep thinking about,,, con........)

Nevermoore (WIP) - @asteristories (AHHHHH.... let me say it again for those in the back: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH)

Son of Satan: The Mortal Coil (WIP) - @sosthemortalcoil (YES.)

Shepherds of Haven (WIP) - @shepherds-of-haven (yes. I just have to sigh because it's very good and I like saying those funny little words of power. But also outside of the game I can only picture this game as a great, grey border collie)

Attollo (WIP) - @attollo (Also a very interesting concept, whoo... I almost forgot how immersive it was untill I played the demo again and was reminded of how 'into it' I was straight off the bat. Also the seperate, short little piece on the blog with Sysba was also really good and I had a dream about it the other day)

Into the Shadows (WIP) - @wynnakang​ (whooo.... I'm sighing again, but louder. I press restart and play the demo again)

A Comedy of Manors (WIP) - @sviyaginthegreat (I kept replaying options that I hadn't chosen before because I wanted there to be more lmao)

Fallen Hero: Rebirth - @fallen-hero (I think there's a sequel coming up? I haven't stopped thinking about this storyline since I finished it omg... the.. the details are really good and I've become ridiculously attached to my tragic villain? Character... she IS the standard for my reusable IF persona, or at least one of my most prominent ones ;-D )

Samurai of Hyuga (WIP series) - (I'm pretty sure multiplechoicestudios.com is the development blog for this game, or at least what I've been checking for updates..... this is a series with four book currently out.... and I've been playing through book 4 at slower than a snail's pace in a desperate attempt to prolong my experience. I really didn't think I was going to like it as much as I did but I got a little too into it and now I'm horribly attached to all the characters)

The Porthecrawl Witness(WIP) - @porthecrawl-witness (I'm pretty sure this is a WIP?? But ugh. SCREEEEEE- it's so good. It's SO GOOD. I really want to punch Talbot in the face. And Asher, if for a different reason. And sort of Staci just to try. Quinn is just a cutie I could never hurt him like that. Ugh but they're all so good and I forgot that I was reading a WIP untill it suddenly was over..... I'mfeeling really aggressive rn as I'm writing this, so please just note that the punch comment is meant as a statement on how interesting the concept and immersiveness of the characters and story is)

Forgotten Names (WIP) - by Alexandra_Zorila on the CoG Forum (turn the volume up. AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Look, look. It's..... delicious. It's SO interesting and I obsessively have a tab open on my computer to check for updates)

OFNA: Birds of a Feather (WIP) - @ofna (the vibes are so grey and smoky but the fog is definitely from a party smoke machine and the room is only dark because the walls are taped with those huge sheets of black construction paper that teachers use to cover their bulletin boards with... the game definitely falls in the 'dark and mysterious' genre but something just strikes me as really funny when I play it. Anyway it's good and it's in a lot if recommended lists for a reason. Also I'm very attached to my American Goldfinch)

More Things in Heaven and Earth (WIP) - @morethingsgame (in the same way that it's fun to play Guenevere in the Guenevere game or Mordred in The Bastard of Camelot, playing Ophelia in the sort-of Hamlet story is really fun. If anyone has read the Missing collection- which I absolutely love- by Margaret Peterson Haddix, this gives me similar vibes for some reason. Anyway, I really want to give Hamlet a hug and make him a flower crown or something)

A Tale of Crowns (WIP) - @ataleofcrowns (It's kind of not even funny how much I love this game... It's hard to even describe why I like it, just that it's so well rounded in terms of the story, characters, dialogue, and relationships. It's such an interesting plotline and it's pretty immersive. Also the first time I read the demo, there was an update as I was reading and the high that sent me on has very rarely been matched. Also Dara running to save my Crown in the tunnel?? 🤚😩🤭💓 ugh. UGH!! That's good food for my fool heart)

Scout: An Apocalypse Story (WIP)- @anya-dev (I'm usually not that into apocalypse themes/plots but I really enjoyed this game, and the plot was very good and intruiging... it really pulled me in and I like my character in the story a lot. I don't know why but it tastes like chikuwa, atsuage, and this specific type of carmelized onions that my mom makes sometimes)

Nothing left to burn (WIP)- @clowdee-works (......ouch. I *knew* what was going to happen and I STILL became attached to Drew)

Smoke and Velvet - @roast-ifs (It's good. And I am VEDY much into my character design. Also the story is really interesting, and I enjoy the setting a lot somehow)

Speaker (WIP)- @speakergame (very fun to play, and each update gets me more interested in the aspects of the plot. I also really like the little descriptions of what the characters think of the player)

The Nameless (WIP)- @parkerlyn (interesting plot, I like the characters a lot, and The aesthetics of this world are so interesting. Definitely had a good time visualizing what everything looked like)

Fields of Asphodel (WIP) - @asphodelgame (I think it's really cute so far!!! I like mythology in general, and the persephone/hades dynamic is *mwah!*... I like the way the story progresses in the beginning, and I think it works well in drawing the reader into the world. I also very much enjoy petting large dogs.)

...there are so much more.. and I have followed so many blogs.........

I'm not sure why I can't find it rn but there's this one WIP game that I really like where the MC buys a manor for like dollar and moves to go live there with her best friend and shenanigans ensue as they try to settle in and fix up the estate

Harbringer (WIP) - @harbringercog (....are you KIDDING me?? I was fully planning on just enjoying the demo and keeping a mental note to update the list sometime later,,, but this game... THIS GAME really made me fold. It's very immersive and regardless of how nervous the author claims to be after releasing the demo, it's of my humble opinion that those nerves can be calmed. It's very good. I was planning on procrastinating and reading a little bit and then going back to this essay I need to write, but somehow I got pulled in and ended up reading through the whole demo and it's apparent that I honestly had no chance of getting through this without becoming invested in the plot.... just... so good.. I'm very excited to see how this will progress)

Visual Novels:

Andromeda 6 (WIP) - @andromeda-six​  (I repeat: Obsessed, I come back every few months to see an update and I fall deeper into the hole every time...)

To the Edge of the Sky (WIP,, probably) - by Ajané (??) on Steam (I think, it’s been a while)

Next on my list to check out: Perfumare by pdrrook

Does.... does The Arcana game by Nix Hydra count as VN?? If so, then yes.

Similarly, the FictIF games are all entertaining, although Last Legacy and Heir to Love and Lies are my favorites rn (and.....unfinished....)

I also don't know if this counts, because I kind of consider Otome games to be their own genre, but on the Love 365: find your story by Voltage Inc. There are a bunch of fun stories, my favorite of which are: the Shinichi Kagari route on After School Affairs and the Saejima and Keiichiro routes on Bad Boys do it Better

..To be continued...

[whisper-game]

Do you read WIPs yourself? Do you have any favourites that you have enjoyed/are looking forward to/would recommend?

There are so many good ones and I am so behind with reading, but here are some ones that I’m really excited for:

Blood Moon - @barbwritesstuff

OFNA: Birds of a Feather - @ofna

The Fifth Horseman: Fear - @superfuckingtired

Exiled From Court - @beeanca-writing

Speaker - @speakergame

The Hunt: Demon Eyes - @tirankawrites

The Golden Rose - @anathemafiction

Task of the Burdened One - @task-of-the-burdened-one

Rise of Etrea: The Royal Spy - @jinxed-games

Smoke & Velvet - @smokeandvelvet-cog

Shepherds of Haven - @shepherds-of-haven

REMEMBER, YOU WILL DIE - @vapolis

Virtue’s End - @crimsiswrites

Ace of Spades - @steph-writing

Into the Shadows - @wynnakang

Arcadie: Second Born - @sofia-d-asb

Summer Court - @summercourtgame

Regrets of the Traitor - @rotten-games

Diaspora - @diasporatheblog

Sentinel - @nyehilismwriting

Snakeroot - @cerberus-writes

Greenwarden - @fiddles-ifs

The Nameless - @parkerlyn

Golden - @milaswriting

The Rosy Ones - @rosykingdom

The Odessa Dating Games - @theodessadatinggames

The Northern Passage - @northern-passage

The Edge of Dawn - @elysianfiction

God of the Red Mountain - @friendlybowlofsoup

Wilhelmina - @fidere-k

Attollo - @attollo

Willow Creek Run - @willowcreekrun

Ab Sanguis - @ab-sanguis

Dark of Night - @darkofnightgame

Scout: An Apocalypse Story - @anya-dev

I don’t know what’s going on with these but I love them and if I don’t mention them I’ll die:

Calling of Metem’s Hollow - @stormheartgames

Heir to the Throne - @heir-to-the-throne-cog

Hunter’s Sacrifice - @fullyfadingnight

[stephschoices]

Did you remake the shows names for the edit? How did you do that???

everything was done in photoshop if that's what you mean lol but like specifically? i'll explain under the cut lol

- for @bodycountgame nell has this image at the top of the blog so i used it for the banner and just used screen blending on it to get rid of the black background.

for the thumbnail:

the same font wasn't going to be visible enough so i chose one that looked like neon signage since that's the body count vibe ~

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- for @nyehilismwriting 's project hadea i took inspo from their chapter 1 post:

and found a similar font to the one they are using on the actual game on itchio and remade the circles by just making like 4 circle shapes and cutting out pieces of them ~

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- for @northern-passage it was simple because the author has this image in their pinned:

so i just did my best to recreate it ! chose a similar font and found sword vectors to use i made the swords too tall tho smh

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- for @attollogame i took inspo from this font used in their pinned:

and just tried to recreate it ~

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- @milaswriting 's golden was actually fun to make lol , she has this logo for golden in her pinned:

and this is on me if i'm wrong lol but i was assuming it was meant to look as if the word itself is gold, so i just found a similar font, a crown vector and made it look like gold bars (used part of this tutorial on how to do that) ~

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- @ofna was a bit harder bc i looked over the blog as much as i could and their cog forum and the demo itself but i didn't see the author use any specific fonts or logo type posts anywhere so i just made one i thought would fit ^^'

i chose a sort of rough writing font for the "ofna" cause i thought it fit the vibes, a feather vector image as the colon (":") in the title cause i thought it needed something bird related in it, and a sort of spooky scratchy looking font for the "birds of a feather" cause i also thought it fits the vibes

[ofna]

OFNA: Birds of a Feather, the interactive fiction WIP

Chapter 6 added to demo! | March 22nd, 2022

Hi, everyone! I've (FINALLY) finished writing the first draft for chapter 6 and it is now playable! Thanks so much to everyone who has sent kind words and been patient while I took a break to regroup. I'm in a much better place for writing now and hope to get back to a regular update schedule.

Also, I broke the saves so you'll all have to start over... sorry! But it's been a long time since the last update, so it hopefully won't be too much of a slog to get through.

INFO ‡ DEMO ‡ FORUM

I have edited the demo on dashingdon to add chapter six! Features:

Additional 27k words for a new total word count of 83k (~39k per playthrough)

The first official day at OFNA

Get (some) answers about what's going on

Inherit a very mysterious family heirloom

Practice using your gifts

Please let me know if you find any bugs/typos/general issues. I plan to implement some of the things you all find in about a week or so. Thanks again for everything and I’ll let you all know when I have the next update! 🪶

[bryceslahela]

hi jade!! i think i remember u mentioning that u like interactive fiction, like the sword of rhivenia. what other ones have you read/do you recommend??

dashingdon: mindblind, ofna, greenwarden, triana academy, ace of spades + seven days in purgatory!

not cog: fictif (i like roadkill + tatw), episode (i have some recommendations on my acc! just search episode), litg (s2 is my personal fave)

[beaumontbash]

BEAUMONTBASH’S 1K GIVEAWAY (1/3)

Isabelle Jacobi | OFNA: Birds of a Feather | @pegxcarter

[bouncyballcitadel]

Do you have any favorite CoG WIPs? I absolutely adore yours! You’re an amazing writer ❤️.

Aww, thank you! <3 

In terms of my favorite CoG WIPs, I wish I had more time to explore the forum and play a lot of them. As of now, I’m currently following OFNA by @ofna and Scout by @anya-dev (which is written using Itch.io), but I’m always game for new suggestions!

For finished CoGs, I really like Crème de la Crème and Choice of Rebels. For Hosted Games, the Wayhaven Chronicles and The Grim and I are my favorites.

[asaxophony]

what IFs do you trust? I like recs from ppl with picky tastes 👀

Hewwo nonny I'm answering this from work rn, I will either reblog later with links or edit them in. But for now  Okay edit time bc I just spent hours looking for gpus that wouldnt make me go broke and failed.

I feel like its important to note that when I say the writing is good, if I don’t like the prose or style of writing I will literally stop reading something. So when I say the writing is good it’s something that I legitimately enjoyed reading without having to get caught on awkward phrasing, prose, style or grammar mistakes, because I don’t power through that shit I just stop. Also if I think the premise is just straight up dumb or ridiculous I will also just drop it. It’s why I stopped reading so much I literally have so much trouble finding books I can actually sit through and read.

The first three are Manor Hill, Bad Ritual and Hybrid [Masterpost]

The writers dev blog is Heart-forge.

All three of them are well written with fun and interesting premises. The responses and dialogue branches feel like something an actual person might say or respond to. Every demo uses routes instead of flirt options (❤) so the development of the relationships feels normal. They're also all twine based.  And lastly, Forge is just a chill person who has repetitively stood strong against some of the bullshit with in the community.

The fourth or second? technically? Is a sci fi cog called Valhalla by Palette_Jack on the(Cog) forums [Link] [Tumblr]

I totally didn't become attached to it because it let's the MC use a double trigger sniper rifle. But in all seriousness it's a cog that is very obviously inspired by other sci fi shows/movies/games but doesn't drip with obviously copied terms, premises and references. There's multiple alien species you can play as that obviously take inspiration from other things but the lore and customization for them completely overshadow that. The writing is good. there's a sentient weird spaceship and a roomba. You can be a raging dumbass and the worldbuilding is fun and well developed. All the characters have been great so far and it captures the spirit of a dramatic wacky sci fi adventure, honestly whats not to love? Palette Jack also comes off as chill and very positive and I'm super impressed that they turned what was originally a fairly dark original fiction concept into what the cog is now and I'm excited for the rest of the story.

Next, and I’m gonna put it under a cut because these will get long, are other general IFs that I found entertaining enough to read through, but didn’t really hook me for various reasons which I will list. I’m also not  going to give you recs with hiatus or dead wips (but i can lmaoo)

Mind-Blind                                                                                                               I have to include mind blind bc it’s literally the exact opposite of fhr. Writing is good, im not always fond of all the pop culture references and one of the ROs is british but I will give it a pass bc you can reenact the exact conversation I have with my second graders whenever I tell them I’ve been playing pokemon since before they were born. Oh and I am a sucker for close sibling relationships. No but seriously its a well executed and interesting premise, I wish MC could be more feral as  usual. But in all kudos to Jo for making what could be an extremely dark story comedic while still hitting some pretty serious and heavy notes and doing it well.

OFNA                                                                                                               Birds, thats like all you need to know. Is magic bird cult. Literally my only nitpick is the authors lack of encyclopedic knowledge of birds but thats literally my own problem for having an encyclopedic knowledge of birds and the author unknowingly placing it in the northeast where I live and actively birdwatch.

Spellbound                                                                                                            Is a great premise bc you’re literally just a ghost getting dragged along for the ride. Writing is decent, the entire premise is very fun. I love the idea of being a formally powerful person being stuck as a completely powerless and ancient ghost that everyone refuses to treat with any respect despite being centuries old and once leading an entire army. Not all that fond of the ROs but it’s fine I’m a ghost. This is one where I really wish you could be more jaded and a raging asshole and feral. I just feel like MC deserves it. As a treat.

Atollo                                                                                                               wacky sci-fi cyberpunk setting that branches into the supernatural and superhero genres. Just a good time overall. I died in like the first minute to a fishman I accidentally pissed off. MC’s very bad no good day. World building is very elaborate. You are Canadian. I’m from Newfoundland and could not be a simple fisherman. Again just another one where the ROs aren’t really my cup of tea OH got asked out on a date by a the leader of a bunch of anarchists and I could not say yes :(( he even gave me his jacket.

The Exile                                                                                                                  I actually really like this one. Can be an absolute raging dumbass and a feral bastard. Also the romance routes! ! are not just like two options that are (flustered) and (flirty) they actually make sense for the MC and corresponding RO. If I’m being super nit-picky I’d say it’s hard to play a MC that isnt a bastard and the worldbuilding is I guess either a bit heavy handed or too on the nose.

Sentinel and Project Hadea                                                                               Both are good with good writing, project hadea so far i just <3 <3 <3 i honestly cant think of anything too nitpicky, we couldnt name our AI in Hadea which kinda sucked. Oh. Are twine games with very good aesthetics. Or actually idk if the author fully converted sentinel over yet.

The Nameless                                                                                                 magesmith my beloved. Fun premise I like the ROs fun to play through. Yeah sorry akjslhd there really isnt that much to say about this one

Those are just the ones felt worth linking. If you’re hanging in the cog forums and are bored you can check out

A Mage’s Rebirth which has like such a fun dramatic premise but I don’t vibe with a lot the worldbuilding or ROs

The Golden Rose which like is great a lil purple prose sometimes but it just leans this going to sound insane but it leans towards being a just lil too straight and trust me u will know when u read it, which honestly makes it kind a  slog to playthrough but u can be feral and dumb

Bloodmoon which is werewolves ooo

I, the Forgotten One, which you can only get to in the +18 section. I could say A LOT and I mean A LOT about this one. There’s a lot a like about it and a lot I don’t but it is interesting and entertaining to play through.

Theres a few more but i honestly a lot of them are dead in the water or I can’t remember  them or feel like tracking them down.

Anyway if you actually read this far down wtf dude

[sysba]

Hi! hope you're doin' alright. What COG books can you recommend ma'am? except for TWC, TFKYN, FH:R, KOTSAM, TSSW, I have read those. heheheh!

you guys are the best dfdsddg okok if you don’t mind demos definitely check out: mind blind, ofna: birds of a feather, serpentine, the hunt: demon eyes, the northern passage, blood moon, virtue’s end, a bard’s tale, conspiracy in emerson, nothing left [to burn],, fields of asphodel, and im stopping bc i feel like this is getting too long but literally all the ones i put in bold in my pinned post lol.

also, if you don’t mind itch.io rather than COG... definitely check out scout: an apocalypse story, insight, a tale of crowns, wayfarer!

[kdelarenta]

every piece of IF I've ever played

- a simple list to keep track of everything i've played, my main characters and their routes

finished 

The Wayhaven Chronicles - Book 1/2 

Amelia Winters - Nate, Mason

Josie Valentine - Mason

Edith Sinclair - Felix

Surina Burch - Adam  

The Shadow Society - Book 1 

Maxine Waldorf - Michael 

Rory Harrington - Love Triangle (R/A)

The Fog Knows Your Name 

Olivia Walsh - Rex

Fallen Hero : Rebirth

Vera Brown - Daniel

Keeper of the Sun and Moon 

Luna Peters - Kol, Leon 

Madison Reed - Cyrus

The Soul Stone War 

Cecelia -  Straasa

Valkyrie - Manerkol

Creme de la Creme

Katherine Duval - Max 

Monique Davenport - Blaise

180 Files: The Aegis Project 

Ava Coleman - Angel 

Mask Of The Plague Doctor

Lilith - might use her for something else*

Tally Ho

Joy Hartmann - Haze, Valentine

Breach

Lana Bautista - Gabriel

WIP

From The Shadows 

Marina Spencer - Daniel  

Supernaturals in New York

Gwen Darcy - Grey

Shepherds of Haven

Verena Hatche - Chase, Trouble

Secrets of Swatheford 

Charlie De Luca - Cas

Davina Patel - Mercado 

Wilhelmina 

Wilhelmina Murray - Jonathan 

Sentinel 

Mina Asano - Adrian 

The Golden Rose 

Arya - Hadrian 

Royal Affairs 

Beatrice -  Laurie

Speaker 

Josephine Clayton - Sebastian, Liam

Greenwarden 

Harper Ackerman - Marc 

KODAN 

Madison Reed - Dominic, Cyrus

Wayhaven Book 3 demo

TSSW Book 2 demo

Odessa Dating Games 

Isabella Ronin - Lyon 

Modern Citizens : Unmasked

Astrid Hayes - Finley

Mind Blind

Colette Wiseman - Gray, Glitch

Monsters of New Haven High 

Ruby Mephisto - Hunter 

Attollo

Rue Blanchard - using her for something else*

Remember you will die

Artemis - Dante

Virtue’s End

Nadia - Shea, Elexis

Conspiracy in Emerson

Theo(dora) Hawthorne - Rohan, Curt (?)

Amber Sparks - Gabe

Exiled from Court

Seraphina - Harry

Golden

Hazel Mcclaren - Kaidan

Tricksters

Penelope Kim - Erik

Into The Shadows

Faith Argent - R

The Lure Of The Gallows

Devorah Redding - Warren

OFNA

Nellie Whitlock - Jeremy

Just West Of Autumn Boulevard

Imogen Prescott - using her for something else*

The Spirited: Origins

Hyacinth Blaire Decker - Vargas (?)

Faith of Gods

Hypatia - Cian

Ace of Spades

Annette Griffin - James

When Twilight Strikes

MJ Evans - A

Body Count

Rosalie Yang - Charlie

Souls of Nothing

Valerie - Kyle

TE

Gemma

Fernweh Saga

Norah Bradshaw - Reese

CMI3M

Prudence - Jareth

College Tennis

Barbara Bobbie Friedman - ?

The Exile

Guinevere Acheron - Nikke

Amarantha - ???

Ear Candy

Camille Choi - Winslow

The Marriage Market

Agatha Hartcliffe - O Belmont

What Lovely Bones

Maya Fox - ?

Redwood

Amber Wright - Max

Disenchanted

Mallory Sanchez - Theo

Witches of Fengrowe

Charlotte Craft - C. Calloway

Beyond The Mist

Dawn - Cy

Slaughter Squad

Jules Ortega - The Host

Softly, Opulent

Yasmin - Aleks

Embers of Hope

Poppy Vesper - Creon

not cog

Scout : An Apocalypse Story 

Dexadora Park - Oliver

A Tale of Crowns 

Nîyaz Cezîrî - Dara 

Superstition

Camille Roe - Chris

Perfumare

Summer - Laurent

A6

Adaria Pegaasi - June

ASOS

Margaret Fairchild - Mateus

LOA

Fallon Harrington - Gabe

TPS

Tabitha Julivert - Clarke

[pearlcscent]

tysm mary @beaumontbash for the tag! ☁️ use this picrew to make four cog mcs:

💥 nolan wiseman from mind blind

🐦 falina black from ofna: birds of a feather

🍂 pearl clemens from the wayhaven chronicles

💋 flora im from conspiracy in emerson

tagging @bobbymckenzie @farahhauville @eugenehartmann 🖤

[ofna]

OFNA: Birds of a Feather, an interactive fiction WIP

genre(s): urban fantasy, romance, mystery, supernatural, dark

PLAY THE DEMO HERE

After a strange encounter, you start to have disturbing dreams and cannot shake the feeling that something is watching you. Plus, that stupid bird won’t leave you alone. How fortunate that the Ornithological Fellowship of North America is here to help, and they only require a few drops of blood.

It’s probably not a cult… right?

Gain psychic gifts, choose a familiar, and get to the bottom of your family history as you are inducted (willingly or not) into a secret society that may be more than it claims. Forge bonds and romances with other OFNA members, but remember that everyone has their secrets. Can you really trust anyone?

Features:

Customizable MC, including gender, sexuality, their familiar, and what gift they have

Learn about your mother’s disappearance, OFNA secrets, and how to control your newfound gifts

Control your attitude about joining OFNA (accepting vs resistant)

Five ROs available to all players (more info on them here). This will be a relatively large element, but there will be strictly platonic options for each

Join a cult probably

Story, choice, and character driven narrative

Sell your soul

Links: CoG Forum ‡ Navigation ‡ FAQ  

Updates on this blog! Currently at 7 chapters, 99k words total