Projects directory

Hi! I’m Oscar (she/they - 37) and I write interactive fiction and novels. I created this blog to talk about my smaller IF projects that I didn’t feel needed a whole blog dedicated to them, and as a directory for my larger projects as well! I’ll also use it to update you on other writing projects I might work on.

Without further ado, here are my games:

THE EIGHT YEARS REVOLUTION

blog: @eight-years-revolution — demo

genre: high fantasy, political intrigue
last update: May 4th, 2023

In The Eight Years Revolution, you play as a young monarch on the run from their country after a revolution broke out. While you hide from those who would do you harm, you gather allies and try to figure out your place in this tricky political landscape.

BETTER OFF

intro post — demo

genre: urban fantasy, mystery
last update: February 6th, 2023

In Better Off, you play as a mage, born with natural magical abilities in a country where magic has been prohibited, forcing you to live as a criminal. One day, your unpleasant partner, Roy, doesn’t come back to your shared apartment. You turn to detective Maria Reyes, an old friend, to help you solve the case.

GONZAGUE

blog: @gonzague-if — demo

genre: historical, court intrigue, swashbuckling
last update: March 21st, 2023

In Gonzague, you play as the villain of Le Bossu, by Paul Féval. You have secured the title of Prince de Gonzague through ruthless ways and seek out fortune by marrying the daughter of the Marquis de Caylus to put your bloody past behind you for good. Some unforseen revelations might put your plans in danger, however…

And the novel I’m currently working on:

SPELLS SEX AND SUN (working title)

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genre: fantasy, romance
status: drafting book 1, part 3

In this multiple POV story, you follow Floris de Savarre, a young noble whose city-state has been taken over by the neighboring empire and who hides forbidden magical abilities from the imperial and religious authorities; Vallerian l’Amaury, the imperial heir destined to marry Floris’s sister who seeks to amend the empire’s expansionist ways; and the knight Yvain de Montdrac, the prince’s protector and friend who has unshakeable faith in Vallerian and passionately advocate for the forgotten of the empire’s rigid social order.

LINKS

itch.io — Ko-Fi — Discord

Jul 9 129 notes

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Boldly: Intro Post

It is the year 2452.

Humanity’s spaceflight capabilities are limited to solar-capture plasma engines, and the Earth Space Exploration Coalition has just finished construction on the MSB Aspidochelone. Everything humans think they know about the nature of the universe–and their place in it–is about to change.

And they’ll face the galaxy’s challenges… boldly.

Hot off the success of their holographic remaster of ESEC 2: The New Frontier™, Fitzjames 3D Entertainment, Inc. is back with a reimagining of the classic first season of ESEC: Boldly™, now fully realised in holographic 3D for you to experience like never before. Explore every deck of the iconic ESECS Peregrine in person, watch in awe as fully-rendered space battles and dazzling stellar phenomena are recreated for your viewing pleasure, and marvel once again at the incredible journey of Rear Admiral Niloufar Ghassemi and her crew, as you stand face-to-face for the very first time with legends from the heyday of science-fiction entertainment.

Meet the faithful Commander Sahr Kanu, the Kalama siblings, eager Lieutenant Damarco Wright, Major Michel Desrosiers, everyone’s favourite Doctor, Jude Acosta, Lieutenant-Colonel Thaemnas da Silva, the beloved bartender Onnayl, and even the mysterious and intimidating alien creature known only as The Revenant, as you journey across the stars alongside the Peregrine’s celebrated crew.

So what are you waiting for? The transposition beam is standing by… take the leap into a bold new adventure today–in 3D this time!

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Jul 4 12 notes

Finally decided to finish this little lineup of outfits for Yvain in the hopes it’ll get me motivated to write again. Not sure it’s working but at least I finished this lol.

Jun 13 18 notes

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Q&A tag game

tagged by @kithj and @nyehilismwriting thanks! <333

Q1. Favourite Character to Write?

It’s always the one I’m currently writing lmao. I just love them all, so every time I return to a character, I’m like, I missed u baby. <3
Currently I’m in the middle of a Vallerian pov chapter in my novel project, so I guess that makes him my favorite at the moment.

Q2. Which character surprised you the most?

Characters who have been foiling my plans on occasion would be Felice in 8YR and Yvain in my novel. I can’t say I’m exactly surprised, tho, because I already knew these would be characters hard to pin down and that I needed to figure them out as I wrote them.

Q3. Are there characters you worry people might hate?

It’s not really based on him having particularly unlikeable features, but I do worry people might not like Floris because he’s the most central character and has the most pov chapters in my novel. So, obviously, if people don’t like him, it’s not going to be a very good experience reading the book lol. And I know he’s on the passive side, which some people don’t like in a MC.

Q4. Any characters buzzing about at the back of your mind, but have no place in the story (yet)?

Obviously, I’ve yet to get to write Berhane in 8YR and Lagardère in Gonzague, and I’m looking forward to get to them if or when I do get to them (crossing my fingers).

Q5. Characters who might be better suited for another story?

I hope not, cause that would mean I’m doing something wrong, I think lol. I do think not all the ROs in 8YR are that essential to the story tho. Ajmal and Berhane are definitely more involved in the main plot than Zanetta, Felice, and Armine, especially after act 1.

Q6. Characters you’d want to be friends with?

In 8YR, Zanetta and Armine, for sure, they’d be fun to hang out with. <3 In Gonzague, Nevers is obviously bestie material, and Maria from Better Off is supportive to a fault, so I would love to have them as a friend too. And in the novel, there’s Prince Vallerian, who’s a sweetheart, and I think I would get along with Floris. There’s also this minor character, Maura, who’s just very friendly lol.

Q7. Characters you’d avoid IRL?

Gonzague and Peyrolles, for obvious murderous reasons… But I think I wouldn’t like being around Yvain either, they’re too confrontational for my liking.

Mar 9 12 notes

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kithj

1349. Plague has arrived in your small, secluded village in the mountains.

Many pray to God for mercy, including the people of your village. But generations of isolation have sustained older traditions. An older god. The Pale Lady, once known as the White Wolf, protects your village from accusations of heresy, and has shielded your people from violence and war for as long as you can remember.

All she asks for in return is a dreamer - once every ten years.
When she sends her knights into your village after a long, uncertain silence - in which many of your fellow villagers have died or fled - some are hopeful that, at last, your punishment has ended.

Chosen by the Pale Lady, you are whisked away, up the mountain and into her grand keep. But even inside the high walls of Wolfenstone, the plague lurks, along with an infectious hunger like you've never felt before....

art by @fat-rolls-frictions

Dream Eater is my entry for Queer Vampire Jam 2026! Set during the outbreak of the black plague, you play as a young woman from a small, isolated village vaguely situated in southeastern Europe.

This is a (mostly) linear game, with three romance options (in order as pictured): Yoss the knight, the Pale Lady, and Una the bloodmaid. It's currently playable through the end of Part I of V. Content warnings are included in the game.

Play it here!

Feb 27 151 notes

congrats!!!other ifs

nyehilismwriting

In Sanguine Veritas

Ten feet from you, ten feet and thirty years down the path, she stops. Lifts her head. You can hear her breathing. See, delirious and ecstatic, the flutter of her pulse in her bared throat. She's taken off her scarf, sweating in the frosty air, and her shoulders heave. Camphor and ambergris, the smell of the wet, dying earth. A hint of smoke, of sulfur beneath. You lick your lips, and watch her yellow eyes narrow.

Thirty years after disappearing in the night, a body finds its way home.

Content Warnings:

Blood
Plague

Entry to the 2026 Queer Vampire Jam!

Feb 26 158 notes

yayyyy congrats!!!other ifs

For valentines day here’s a romance-y little snippet from the novel, with the usual disclaimer that it’s a first draft and possibly subject to change:

Senhor Floris reacted to the contact with a thrilling little sigh. The thought of catching it with his lips caressed Yvain’s mind pleasantly. He captured the imagined taste of the physician’s tongue, locking it away in his thoughts to revisit later.

Feb 14 5 notes

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Drew a bunch of outfits for Floris and here are most of them (I’m keeping the underwear one and the costumed ball one for myself for now lol)

Jan 18 16 notes

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A little update to say I finished drafting part 2 of book 1 of my novel project. At the moment, it’s 138k words long. Hard to say if part 3 and 4 will be as long as part 1 and 2, so I could be halfway through book 1 or a little further (that’s my guess anyway). Fingers cross, I can finish draft 1 of book 1 this year.

Jan 11 5 notes

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I might as well give a little update on the novel writing while I’m here: it’s been going pretty steadily for the past couple of months. I’m 128k words into the first draft of book one and about two chapters away from finishing part 2.

I expect part 3 and 4 to be a bit shorter, since the pacing will be faster, but I could be wrong lol. So hopefully that means I’m halfway through the book or nearly there.

If everything goes well (which, with my fluctuating mental health I can’t fully count on), I may be able to finish this draft this year. Gonna cross my fingers.

Jan 1 6 notes

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sent a message

I found gonzague and the eight years revolution while wandering around on the internet in the past few days and I wanted to let you know what an absolute delight they both are. I know your focus right now is on your novel instead of IF and I wish you all the best with that, but I do hope that someday the wheel of fate spins you back to one or both of these projects, as they're not just some of the best IF I've ever found in terms of writing but also in terms of design.

Gonzague in particular turned me into a series of shrieking exclamation points as I got into a screaming fight in the rain with my best friend (I am in love with him) over his secret wife (I am trying to marry her) (I read their correspondence) and then IMMEDIATELY banged our other best friend out of spite. No notes, most ideal sequence of events that I have ever encountered in any text based roleplaying game. What I loved about gonzague (aside from everything) is how utterly human it felt. Both "giving in" and "resisting" actions were natural, authentic, and generally free of narrative condemnation, and I was able to mix the two freely and feel that it delivered a consistent, continuous character. Yes, a person might do this. Yes, you can see why a person might do this. Different combinations describe different kinds of people but always people. "Immoral" choices felt true and sometimes necessary as much as taking the "right" road did. It's just... a really well rounded and emotionally truthful game and I'm so psyched that I found it.

Both games are also superbly designed and formatted. The use of a character sheet (with updating stats and relationships!), the ability to toggle on and off cues that give you meta information about the choice you're making, the back button in gonzague (I LOVE the use of a back button. It's so rare and it makes it SO much easier to explore different dialogue trees without having to start a run over from the beginning or constantly save and load), the ability to set your pronouns, gender, and title individually in revolution (really the way you handle personal identity in general is so incredibly thoughtful and well executed), the different stat paths in revolution... these are just SUCH well crafted games with clearly a ton of care and thought put into them. They're a delight to play and I'm grateful to you for sharing!

Ouagh, what a compliment to receive on the first day of the year. Thank you so much, it’s really thoughtful and I’m so glad you feel that way about my games. I truly do hope the pendulum will swing back to me writing games again in the future because I do love each of them.

When it comes to stats, character sheets, etc, I can’t take full credit, I took inspiration from the IF I’ve played myself, but the writing is all me so I’ll take the compliment on that lol.

I’m especially touched about Gonzague because it goes right to the heart of what I was trying to accomplish with their character. I wanted them to feel human regardless of the path you choose, I didn’t want them to be cartoonishly evil or anything like that.

Thank you so much and happy new year to you and everyone who’s been following my games. :)

Jan 1 5 notes

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