#ofna interactive fiction

[hobgoblinsandpeachfuzz]

Okay so

After the update I wanted to make something cute for them and then my bed fell apart (it got better xD) so… ?? Just seemed like one more thing to make Nell’s stay at OFNA a Situation ™️ xD

Also I loved the update everybody go play it!! @ofna

[ofna]

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! 🪶

[sinsofsinister]

started OFNA: Birds of a Feather so i had to make a visual of who i’m playing, as is the custom. this is Devon Blackburn. they’re part of a cult or something now. it’ll be fine. probably. who knows.

[boom-doodles]

[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:

[neverendingn0ise]

Having way too much fun with these OFNA save slot names

[uroboros-if]

For Twine I recommend:

- Our Life: Now and Forever (It's complete w 3 DLCs for Cove's Route + a DLC for Baxter and Derek)

- Our Life 2 (currently only a Demo)

- Andromeda 6 (Not complete but already quite long!)

- Throne of Ashes (dark, but beautifully written)

- Superstition Seasons 1-3 (very long w amazing writing)

- Infinite Stars (amazing writing, still not completed yet but you already get lots of content)

- Wayfarer (amazing writing and worldbuilding!)

- Touchstarved (so far mainly a demo but already lots to read)

- A Tale of Crowns (beautiful worldbuilding and Story, w different routes and romances to explore)

- Speaker by Speakergame

- When Twilight strikes

- Hybrid by HeartForge

- The Spirited: Origins

- Atollo

-Blooming Panic (Fully finished w four routes, Discord Server Setting, making it quite unique. Very wholesome game tbh)

- You Live and Fern

Other IFs I recommend (some complete, some demos):

- Mind Blind by @mindblindbard

- Triaina Academy by @leo-interactive-fiction

- Honor amongst Thieves by @leoneliterary

- The Northern Passage by @northern-passage

- Night Market (full Demo is out, had me bawling my eyes out) by @night-market-if

- Defiled Hearts by @defiledheartsblog

- Wolfsbane by @wolfsbane-if

- College Tennis & Merry Crisis by @allieebobo

- Golden and Before the dusk by @milaswriting

- Chop Shop by @losergames

- Signal Hill by @signalhill-if

- Virtue's End by @virtues-end (has undergone re-writing so the demo is a bit shorter but already beautifully written)

- Sentinel by @nyehilismwriting

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by @doriana-gray-games

- The King's Hound by @the-kingshound

- The Exile by @exilethegame

- Fields of Asphodel by @chrysanthemumgames

- Keeper of the Sun and Moon by @keeperofthesunandmoon (2 completed games, third in the works)

- Bastard of Camelot and Supernaturals in New York by @llamagirl28

- The Nameless by @parkerlyn

- all the IFs by @hpowellsmith

- Eight Years Revolution by @eight-years-revolution

- Vapolis by @vapolis

- Blood Moon by @barbwritesstuff (and her other works too!)

- OFNA: Birds of a Feather by @ofna

- A Mage Reborn by @mage-parivir

- Citadel - A medical romance by @bouncyballcitadel

- Buried Love by @buriedlove

- Bodycount by @bodycountgame

- Devilscreek Ballad by @devilscreekballad

- The Fernweh Saga by @lacunafiction

- Eye of the Moon by @eyeofthemoongame

- Novaturient by @kalorphic

- The Soul Stone War Series by @intimidatingpuffinstudios

- Mind Games: Trepidation by @bottlecaprabbitgames

- Greenwarden by @fiddles-ifs

These are just some that I can think of and that I really like but for any IF Recommendation Lists you can also go check out @interact-if, it's a directory blog here on Tumblr!!😊

Thank you so much for all these suggestions! 🥹 (Although I am pretty sure all Our Life, Andromeda 6, and Infinite Stars are ren'py than Twine, which is okay since my family member loves VNs/otome as well!)

I've heard of almost all these things!! The only ones new to me, aside from the VNs, is Wolfsbane, Vapolis, Citadel, and Mind Games: Trepidation, so I will keep a particular eye out for those!! :)

Thank you so much for sending all these great suggestions aaaa 🥺💕 I'll also have much to try out myself!!

[galpalaven]

Interactive Fiction Game Recs

Hey, guys! I had a few people asking about suggestions for other IFs that aren't Wayhaven, so I've taken my list I keep for myself and put them all together here for you!

KEY Favorite** Complete On Hiatus Purchase Required* if you liked The Wayhaven Chronicles !

under the cut for length ;w;

Visual Novels

Our Life: Beginnings & Always***

Blooming Panic**

Andromeda Six

Ebon Light**

Touchstarved

It Lives Within** (fanmade sequel to It Lives in The Woods / It Lives Beneath available through the Choices app)

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York* !

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York* !

MeChat (available through the App Store)

ChoiceScript Games

The Exile**

Golden**

Hollowed Minds**

Mind Blind** !

Witches of Ferngrove

The Golden Rose*

The Fernweh Saga*** !

The Passenger*** !

OFNA: Birds of a Feather**

God of the Red Mountain (on hiatus)**

Virtue’s End

Body Count (on hiatus)

Creme de la Creme* (I've only played book one, but there are two of these!)

Infamous**

Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road* !

Vampire: The Masquerade - Parliament of Knives* !

Itch.io

Attollo**

A Tale of Crowns**

Project Hadea**

The Northern Passage**

Greenwarden

Vespertines

Red Sugar Society**

The Nameless**

The Numbers Game

When Twilight Strikes** !

The Black River**

Event Horizon

Swan Song

Scout: An Apocalypse Story**

Larkin** !

Tell Me If There’s A Way Home

Snakeroot

The Gray Ascendancy

Zorlok**

Sinners

The Eight Years Revolution

Signal Hill**

Speaker**

Supernova: Renegade**

All links should go directly to the game! However, most (as in, like, 80% probably) of these games do have development tumblrs!

You can find the tumblr linked for the itch.io games on their itch.io pages mostly.

The choicescript games you can probably find by googling (name) tumblr.

Sidenote: Please don't be offended by anything not marked 'favorite' if it's on this list it means I really like it!!! It's just an Extra Hard recommendation instead of a regular one ;w;

[fauville]

welcome to my interactive fiction side blog! my main is @juniemoe. i will follow & like from there.

this blog is 18+ only.

vilna • 20s • she/they/he • ace lesbian

links: main blog: @juniemoe • oc blog: @lesbian-solas • ao3 • pinterest • divider credit

writing tag: #vilna writes

original characters:

♥︎ the wayhaven chronicles:

vesper graves ♡ ava

charlotte langford ♡ nate

kitty lamb ♡ morgan

emmeline dahl ♡ farah

dimitri barkov ♡ love triangle (adam & nate)

♥︎ mind blind:

teddy wiseman ♡ gray

fawn wiseman ♡ kent & sally

ginny wiseman ♡ rosy

♥︎ infamous:

nikita rose ♡ orion

ruthie jones♡ seven

fernweh saga:

kore agnes ♡ james & mal

keeper of the sun and moon:

aisling templeman ♡ leon

basil emerson ♡ kol

shepherds of haven:

dahlia valendil ♡ blade

isidore wildegarde ♡ trouble

the exile:

caspian kalesko ♡ sabir

misc games:

minnie romero (speaker) ♡ sebastian

elisabet rosenberg (apartment 502) ♡ cal

aliyah (blood moon) ♡ marco

petra (thicker than) ♡ minjo

stella peg'asi (andromeda six) ♡ damon

luella scarlet (scarlet hollow) ♡ wayne

robin yeong (ct:os) ♡ rayaan

jesse mavis (scout) ♡ gage

multiverse:

kenji henris (ofna, infamous, blood moon) ♡ elliot, sebastian, sergi

lian chen (midnight hours, apartment 502) ♡ rylan, rainn

connie newman (the passenger, thicker than) ♡ jonny, iliya & nathan

fia robinson (body count, twc) ♡ charlie, love triangle (ava & nat)

[townofcrosshollow]

Hi I’d like to explain a very recent slew of events.

> Open tumblr and find a post of Caleb (artist on tumblr) being sad about his art

>> Checks notes: you’re there! agree with your comment. Wants to agree with comment in own comment.

>>> Goes to your blog to check for your name to refer to you properly

>>>> Finds the term IF: what the fuck is an IF???

>>>>> Investigates blog for meaning: Ah! Interactive Fiction. Like. Choose your own adventure? Or like audience based player choice making? Ooh, a survey. I can do that! This seems interesting.

>>>>>> Realize I don’t have enough context for the survey: Proceed to do more research by looking up names, information, and stuff you have already posted

>>>>>>> Brain gets attached: ah, yes, new fixation. Wonderful. /lh

>>>>>>>> Sighs begrudgingly: *follows* /lh

>>>>>>>>> Thinks: Hmm. This might make a fun ask. *about to send in ask* wait does it sound bad that I only followed because of the IF stuff? Maybe I should look at other posts— *sees post about Autism* OHO—

>>>>>>>>>> Hi.

djsksosksks ok but seriously good blog!!! v excited about reading more of your ramblings and about your IFs! :)

Oh gosh, thank you! This was so sweet! I'm glad you've stumbled upon me haha, I hope you like it here 😊

I don't reblog as many of the lovely IF writers on here as I used to since this became more of a personal blog, but if you're looking for folks to check out, I can highly recommend @lapinlunaire-games, @manonamora-if, @attollogame, @magiciansvoyage, @mondaysandwich, @evertidings, @parkerlyn, @ofna, @larkin-if, @exn0bisstudios, @zorlok-if, @nyehilismwriting, @cyberpunklesbian, @if-eventhorizon... uhhh gosh I'm sure I'm forgetting folks, I'm sorry, but that's probably a pretty good list to get started with! I can guarantee you'll get stuck even further down this rabbit hole if you follow any of their projects 🙃

[grapecaseschoices]

I discovered so many cool ifs thanks to your blog. I must say your taste in characters and stories is exquisite. Do you have a certain type of favourite ROs as in are there some romance tropes that you always go for? I'm a sucker for the emotionally unavailable ROs, so Orion and August have me in a chokehold rn. I'm honestly having so much infamous brainrot after reading that amazing demo. Do you prefer gender-selectable or gender-locked ROs? I personally don't mind either way as long as they're well written and portrayed. And you're so right we need more NB/Trans ROs for sure! Specially more that are POCs! <3

Oh, anon you don't know how much this makes me SMILE! Not so much about my tastes (though I'm smiling on that too, you flatterer :-P) but because of the IFs. I think Interactive Fiction is such a delightful medium with SUCH potential, and I love trying to stuff it into more people's faces.

Oh, man. I've actually been thinking of this -- because I once semi-jokingly said/had the thought that I always go for the characters of color [that's not TRUE, but I feel like I'm more inclined to give them a chance regardless of trope as long as I find the character intriguing enough] because I want to make sure they get love. So, I feel like I haven't really been looking at games/stories through tropes of late -- because IFs haven't yet reach a place where I'm afforded that? I don't know if I'm making sense.

BUT this question definitely took me back, lmao. And it is going to expose why TWC will always be on my neck, as well as that I am a LITTLE bit of a liar (because thinking on this made me realize though I may try and be broad with my interests to support characters of color, my subconious is a clown and likes what it likes werew lmao).

TL;DR I do love the stoic ones. I do love the ones that seem indifferent and/or cold or just So Serious and Don't Have Time For Your Tomfoolery but also have a sense of humor, a sense of justice/loyalty, and can get super soft/flustered for MC (but not just mc but their loved ones:

A du Mortain 🤡

Orion Quinn (Orion chuckling at Rowan's jokes privately? I knew he was the one for me BUT THAT SOLIDIFIED IT. I AM GONE FOR HIM)

August Pierce (letting themselves be suckered into things by their sister, being flustered by MC in a romance??)

Calderon (Andromeda Six)

Elliot (OFNA) - though I haven't gotten far in ofna.

D (atoc)

I love the soft and bright ones. Sometimes they're sarcastic (but to a point. There's a reason why I love the Scott McCalls more than the Stiles Stilinkis), they're mischevious. They don't need to have a dark past but I'm not against it. They're still KIND despite all they've gone through. Their hearts are just so BIG. And if you throw in a bit of friends to lovers? I'M THERE.

F Hauville.

Bash (a6)

I think Victoria might fit here, but more of a hardened shell version (which I wanted to add I feel this type has a lot of subcategories that I also enjoy). A more defiant version, a version who is less impulsive, more in control? idk what im saying. Which I'd also put Ayame from A6 here.

Skye Cortéz from Skin and Scales.

I feel Kiran from Unseelie will fit this.

Those are clear off the top of my head but there are other ones I like. I love characters that have poise but also are cunning (I think A from ATOC would fit here if you need an example; Sabir from the Exile, Straasa from TSSW, Leonie from Reaper's Bay .... that theyre all black is a coincidence -- one I JUST realized wqere lmao), I love childhood friends to lovers as I stated, I love enemies to reluctant allies to friends to lovers, I love second chance romances (or reunited friends that turn to romance). I'm blanking at personalties, right now. I'm sorry.

Oh, negl. Sometimes I go for the 'fuck everyone but you' Villain. I like it when the powerful "bad" guy (gn) is obssessed with MC. Like, not an RO but for an example Falk. Or an actual RO Manerkol from The Soul Stone Wars. Krios from Dying Stars.

Sometimes, but not always, I go for the hopelessly devoted and utterly loyal to MC bodyguard sort like Kai from Reaper's Bay. Devoted and protective does usually get my pitter patter - like John from Made Marian, but like I said not always. Especially if OVERPROTECTIVENESS can be a point of discussion between the pair (ie mc and the ro).

There are other stuff but i am blanking right now.

As for gender, I don't care generally -- but I do tend to shy away if there isn't an NB option when they're gender selectable, and if there isn't I want at LEAST ONE NB ro (more than one) that isn't gender selectable. I like it better tho when it's all gender selectable or like two are gender selectable and the rest are set genders but evenly so.

and yes that SPECIFICNESS -- you make a point I hadn't even thought of: DEFINITELY need more trans/nb options, PERIOD, but please writers and artists should consider having them of color as well!!

[ofna]

The Ornithological Fellowship of North America: The Woods

Take a night off. Chapter seven of OFNA: Birds of a Feather will be posted on Sunday, August 7th 𓅪

[pinkfey]

I'm not sure how many you've read but maybe top 5 interactive fictions? 👀💕 That you've read and/or want to read?

ask me my top five anything!!

ooooo this is such a good one!! i’ve only played a handful of IFs but…..

MIND BLIND. ofc <3 where would i be without audra and saskia <3 and kent is easily in my top ten fictional boyfriends

FALLEN HERO. i got into fh SO late so i missed the craze and i think that changed my experience of it a lot but i still enjoyed it!! i love my sidestep sm and i’m very due for a replay.

THE NORTHERN PASSAGE. i only played this one once so my memory is hazy but the immersion blew me away. clem was my choice of paramour nd i should definitely revisit it <3

SCOUT: AN APOCALYPSE STORY. another one i played maybe twice?? but i fell in love with ezra and had an oc addy for a wee stint. i haven’t kept up with it unfortunately ://

THE NAMELESS. i didn't make it past the first chapter because my brain is mush 😔 but i do adore the premise and i did start to make an oc for it !! another one i should revisit

i would luv some recommendations <3 i also played ofna and twc but ofna lost its pizzazz and twc is like a whole other can of worms hdjdndjsndnvd

[sinsofsinister]

does anyone else also listen to specific types of music for different IF games to help make the vibes immaculate?? if you dont i highly recommend it

[hobgoblinsandpeachfuzz]

I’m so excited about the OFNA update and so grateful cause I haven’t had much energy for drawing lately and this brought it back! 💖

Nell loves their familiar Jack and probably is already in too deep with Elliot

Everybody go play @ofna it’s great!!

[nemowrites]

Am I ever going to stop making musical shenanigans? - OFNA: Birds of a Feather Edition!

The answer to the title is nah, I'll keep making these until I lose inspiration, and that my friends isn't anytime soon (hopefully😌) :3, anyhow hey hello and welcome, glad to have y'all here, you can call me Nemo and yeah that's that 😌

But in all seriousness I'm enjoying these posts just way too much they turned from weekly posts to every other day posts, and It's also good practice for my guitar skills, I'm sorry if it's starting to get annoying I'm just enjoying it way too much :3

Also I type a bit too fast so sometimes I make spelling mistakes, sorry bout that :3, also I'm thinking about posting musical shenanigans' bloopers because there are a lot of those 😌

I also just noticed that no IF creator is safe from my musical shenanigans *evil snicker* >:3

As always if y'all wanna check out previous musical shenanigans posts then here you go :3

Now that that's outta the way, let's get into today's shenanigans:

Simon/Simone Yi:

S, one of my favorite chaotic characters, for S I have capo on third fret (I made sure to remember this time 😌) the progression I'm playing is (Bm7 - G - D - A) two times then (Bm7 - G - D - Am) now why change from (A to Am) you might ask, in the first progression I wanted to show the energetic and chaotic side, and in the second one I still wanted to show that but with a hint to their past that they don't like talking about:

Bea/Beau Cabott:

For B, I still have the capo on third fret, and I'm playing calm progression which is (G7 - D7 - D - a variation of the Em7 chord three times) and I felt like this fit B perfectly from what I've seen of them so far, I used the (G7 and D7) chords to show the mystery behind what B could be hiding, and the (D and Em7) chords to show B's warmer side:

Natasha Coleman:

For Natasha, I lowered the capo from third fret to first fret, and I'm playing an (Am - Em - Dm - G) progression, using the minor chords to show Natasha's sort of nonchalance and stoicness (is that even a word? well it is now😌) and the final chord to show the care she has for people closest to her (her twin and maybe the MC at some point) and the shifting between bass notes to show Natasha's sort of unpredictableness (why do I have a feeling that this also isn't an actual word in the English language):

That about sums it up for this post of Nemo's Musical Mess™, @ofna I truly hope I didn't butcher the characters with my musical shenanigans, and I hope you like it :3

And I truly hope y'all enjoyed this, this was particularly fun because it has more chord strumming than fingerstyle playing so yeah that's that :3