Interactive Fiction (IF) for Yuletide 2024

[karios]

Are you interested in text adventures, CYOA, Twine games, or other sorts of interactive fiction? Do you want to let your writer know you'd be happy to receive something along those lines? Are you looking for someone to write IF for? This post is for you.
 

 

(I copied and pasted this directly from last year which was also copy pasted from previous years. Let me know via comment or discord ping if any of the links broke or anything else needs editing.)
 

 

What is IF?

 

Interactive Fiction (IF) covers everything from text adventures through to visual novels, by way of all sorts of experimental works. It can be mostly a game, or mostly a story; it can be a way to immerse the reader, or to play around with the concepts of storyteller and audience; it can be an exploration of chance, or of fate; it can be a straightforward story, or something else entirely. From Healy's post:
 

 

[IF] is a term used for games which are made up primarily of text, like Adventure, Zork, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and other text adventures, or more experimental hypertext works like My Father's Long, Long Legs, or even visual novels. Interactive fiction these days is generally divided into two groups based on how you interact with the game: parser-based IF, and choice-based IF.
 

 

Parser-based IF, more commonly known as text adventures, are controlled by typed in commands, like "GET KEY", "OPEN DOOR", "GO NORTH", "LOOK UNDER BED", and stuff like that. Not every command you type in will work, though, so they're hard to get used to if you haven't tried them before. To make things easier, here's a card of most of the common commands. Some good parser-based IF to try first would be Ryan Veeder's So, You've Never Played a Text Adventure Before, Huh?, Admiral Jota's Lost Pig, Andrew Plotkin's The Dreamhold, and Adam Cadre's Photopia.
 

 

Choice-based IF is simpler; you just pick from a number of options. This can be done through hyperlinks and other clicky selections, though more rarely you may have to type a number from a list. Good examples of choice-based IF include Anna Anthropy's Star Court, Alan DeNiro's Solarium, the various games hosted by Choice of Games, and most every given visual novel.

 

 

Writing IF for Yuletide

 

IF is considered opt-in for Yuletide - please don't write it for people who don't want it. If you aren't sure whether it would be welcome or not, ask a mod to check with the intended recipient.

 

You are still required to follow the normal rules, such as focusing on requested characters (unless the recipient has said you needn't include them all).  

It can be hard to figure out what word count an IF story really is - what you've written is full of code that doesn't count, and what your recipient sees may vary in length depending on their choices. If you're posting to the main collection, try to overshoot the minimum requirement a bit, just to be on the safe side. Say a minimum of somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000 words. Or probably about 10 to 15 minutes play through.

 

If your post to the main AO3 collection is under 1,000 words (e.g. you're just linking to an online playable version elsewhere), please drop the mods a note so they know it isn't someone posting something under the minimum, and provide them with an estimated word-count.




If you're writing a treat, unless it includes over 1,000 words of text and you're also sure your recipient would be happy with it as a main gift, please post it to Madness

Your recipient does need to be able to access what you've created! Please link to a suitable IF interpreter if required, or if possible make a web-playable version.

 

Requesting IF for Yuletide

 

If you would be happy to receive IF this year, please leave a comment below, following this template:

 

<b>AO3 username:</b></div><div><b>Letter link:</b></div><div><b>Fandoms:</b></div><div><b>Anything else:</b> (optional - the sort of things you love about IF, specific IF prompts and preferences etc)

 

 

IF Canons Nominated for Yuletide

 

Plenty of IF canons get nominated for Yuletide! While it's still important to ask before writing IF for someone, someone who consumes IF already will probably be more interested in getting it. (Some of these canons were adapted into other mediums, so it's possible that someone who's interested in one of those isn't at all into the IF side of things. Thus why it's important to ask.) Consider requesting or offering one of these if you're interested in IF for Yuletide. I haven't had time to compile a list of tagset IF canons, but if you have any in mind, consider posting them to the comments so other people can see what you're thinking about!
 

Some IF Tools

 

A * means they can make web-based games.

 

Parser-based

Inform*: One of the biggest development tools for making parser-based IF. Has an English-like code. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Quest*: Another big IF development tool. Has a click-and-point editor with the option to check out the code. For Windows and web.

TADS*: A long running engine for writing interactive fiction, though generally not as easy to use as Inform. The latest version can make web-based games, although they need to be hosted on a non-https address or on the IFDB.

 

Choice-based

Twine*: Very popular tool for making choice-based IF. Has a visual editor, with some code-y bits for variables and the like. Can be extended with some Javascript passages. Available for Mac and Windows, and Twine 2 is web-based. See this comment for more notes.

ChoiceScript*: Used by the fine folks over at Choice of Games. Uses simplified Javascript to make games. It's very stat heavy. Requires a text editor. See this comment for notes.

Ren'py: Engine for making visual novels. Uses a simple scripting language. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and can make games for all those platforms.

Inklewriter*: A completely web-based engine for making CYOA-style games.

 

Comments

[kubernetes_writes]

AO3 username: kubernetes

Letter link: https://kubernetes-writes.dreamwidth.org/1019.html

Fandoms:
Scavengers Reign (Cartoon) (promo)
The Employees - Olga Ravn (promo)
There Is No Antimemetics Division - qntm (promo)

Anything else:
I feel like the latter two of these fandoms are especially well-suited to IF - The Employees with its cyclic plot and surreal dream logic, Antimemetics with its use of characters’ ever-changing perception/memories as a core plot conceit, both of them being nonlinear puzzle-box-y bureaucratic horror. I’d love to see anything you come up with for Scavengers Reign, though!

I’d prefer choice-based IF over parser-based, please, and a format that is either web-based or Mac-friendly. I'm not super into visual novels. I love puzzles but am not great at them; if you choose to include them, hints or a walkthrough would be much appreciated!

[rosehiptea]

AO3 username: TeaRoses

Letter link: https://rosehiptea.dreamwidth.org/288116.html

Fandoms: Silent Hill 4

Anything else: The other canons I nominated this year really don't lend themselves to IF in my opinion but Silent Hill 4 definitely does. Maybe something with Henry and Eileen exploring Silent Hill, Henry rescuing Eileen from Walter or the other way around? Just throwing those ideas out there, whatever strikes you as fun will be fun for me! I'd prefer choice based IF and something I can access easily on my laptop but beyond that I'm totally flexible.

[reydawn]

AO3: ezazahaz
Letter link: https://reydawn.dreamwidth.org/1273.html

Fandom: Belladonna Melodrama

Quick promo:
This is a five-minute song of intrigue, secret societies, nefarious schemes, betrayal, and murder!

Belladonna Melodrama tells the story of Alexander and Isabella, two lovers immersed in intrigue and danger from the plans of mysterious secret societies conspiring in the shadows for unknown nefarious purposes. The narrative builds suspense until a melodramatic climax that spells tragedy for the star-crossed couple.

Listen / read the lyrics on Charming Disaster's Bandcamp page

Why IF
Perhaps because the canon is a song and not prose like my usual requests, I think it could be fun to make/play a CYOA or similar game based on the experiences of one (or more!) of the song's main characters. There must be paths to a less-tragic result, right? There are so many twists and turns in the schemes of the mysterious powers in control, but as a mere pawn in a game on a board that's on fire, do you even know which of your choices will lead to what consequences? How can you accomplish your goals and outmaneuver your rivals if you don't have any idea what your own true objectives are, let alone theirs?

I know intrigue can sound intimidating to try to plot out--but I'm not looking for detailed explanations or final revelations that make every secret and enemy action make sense. If the player is left with more questions after every answer, I'd consider that a successful tribute to the song!

Some story directions I included in my letter, which may or may not work into an IF structure:
How did Isabella and Alexander meet? What did Isabella know at that point?
What did Alexander's father share (or keep secret) from Alexander while on his deathbed?
Was Isabella involved in Alexander's father's death?
What were Isabella's true motivations and feelings?
Did any of the characters fake their death(s)?

Possibly relevant Do Not Wants:
Graphic violence (canon-typical action is fine)
Homophobia, transphobia, or racism by any of the protagonists
Rape/non-con
Animal harm

[(Anonymous)]

AO3 username: TheBigCat

Letter link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yK0TGmBmwVBWe5JpaNdyU-Z-xHjKmrABp7C9Pu0UUj8/edit?usp=sharing

Fandoms:
What Did Veronica Dream Of? (Video Game)
Nightmare Academy Series - Dean Lorey
The Tribe Series - Ambelin Kwaymullina
Doctor Strange (2015)
What's in a Postcard? Baby I just wanted to make you smile - Sophie Dumaresq
The Adventure Zone: Outre Space (Podcast)

(Links and explanations for all of them can be found at my letter!)

Anything else: I don't have any particular thoughts or requests for any of my fandoms, but I absolutely adore IF gifts and would love to see some for any of these. I think What's In A Postcard and What Did Veronica Dream Of in particular would lend themselves to an IF-y format, but I can easily see any of them working out great.

[beleghir]

AO3 username: beleghir

Letter link: https://beleghir.dreamwidth.org/32964.html

Fandoms: Octopath Traveler

Anything else: I love this game exactly as it is, but the minimal character interactions leave so much space open for fanworks. When I play, I always stop for a travel banter scene, and anything along similar lines would be delightful, like a conversation unfolding with different dialogue options. I've requested H'aanit and Primrose and prompted them as a ship, though I'd also be delighted with gen fic (or only background relationships) and anyone else from the main cast appearing. E-rated works are welcome!

[hopefulnebula]

AO3 username: HopefulNebula
Letter link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR_T4tWf93h3aG5D0b4pcChNv77ALO4PJeKjPBr9CPbsDbEBYe_mqs9yFsd02vZfFEr6eqbuby2VPCm/pub
Fandoms: Alphas, Guild Wars 2, His Dark Materials, Murdle, Rude Litterbox Space, Sunshine (2007)

[meteordust]

AO3 username: Serenade

Letter link: https://meteordust.dreamwidth.org/260426.html

Fandoms:
Falcon - Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson
Fortress Series - CJ Cherryh
Fallen London

Anything else: I'd be happy to receive IF for any of these! Falcon is a gamebook series, Fortress is a novel series, and Fallen London is a text-based browser game.

[lea_hazel]

AO3 username: lea_hazel

Letter link: https://lea-hazel.dreamwidth.org/506726.html

Fandoms: The Saint of Steel, Their Majesties' Pleasure, Wylde Flowers, Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem, A Sorceress Comes to Call

Anything else: I have both game and book fandoms, but I genuinely would enjoy an IF in any of them. First/second/third person, all fine by me. Match the voice of canon (for e.g. TMP) or go your own way (either is fine by me, but you may find it easier to write IF fic for an IF fandom).

[estirose]

AO3 username: estirose

Letter link: https://estirose.dreamwidth.org/2024/10/07/dyw2024.html

Fandoms: Coral Island (Video Game), Cozy Grove (Video Game), I Want To Be a Wall (Manga), Starman (TV)

Anything else: I prefer choice-based over parser-based games, though I'll take either.

I'd be thrilled to see IF for any of my fandoms (and I think several of my prompts could be used for IF). By their nature, the video games can only do so much when it comes to character explorations (and I think expanding/exploring the television programs in Coral Island could be so much fun!). My manga request (I Want To Be a Wall) does a better job at exploring its characters but I think that there's lots of room for an IF full of domestic fluff and/or more character interactions, and Starman (TV) was, by its nature, very set up for episodic storytelling, perfect for an IF-based story.

[corpsebrigadier]

AO3 username: CorpseBrigadier

Letter link: https://corpsebrigadier.dreamwidth.org/30556.html

Fandoms: Betrayal at Krondor, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy Tactics

Anything else: I have a little section of my letter discussing mini-challenge-specific prompts here where I delve into more of the particulars about what I like in IF and some ideas for the fandoms nominated.

[quailfence]

AO3 username:QuailFence

Letter link:

https://quailfence.dreamwidth.org/50261.html

Fandoms:

But I'm A Cat Person, Leif & Thorn, Ghost Trick, Pokemon Horizons

Anything else: More familiar with choice-based, but willing to try a parser

[nerakrose]

AO3 username: nerakrose

Letter link: https://nerakrose.dreamwidth.org/949492.html

Fandoms:
Afdeling Q | Department Q (Movies)
Astreiant series by Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett
Dancing Queens (2021)
Ocean's 8 (2018)
Ocean's Eleven Trilogy (Movies)
Shetland (TV)

Anything else: my fandoms this year seem to be mainly either thieves or detectives, which lends itself pretty well to interactive narratives - I'm very open-minded when it comes to IF so whatever you want to try out, even if out of the ordinary, I'd be delighted! I am someone who grew up on choose-your-own-adventure books, which do tend to be mysteries, but don't feel constrained by this.

I made a short interactive narrative back in 2020 in twinery and whichever version of harlowe was default, it's online here (hosted on github): SPOOKY LIBRARY
(it was a school assignment so the story itself is very bare bones, it was more about demonstrating x y and z for a grade, but shows, I hope, something of what I like about IF!)

[skazka]

AO3 username: skazka

Letter link:

https://skazka.dreamwidth.org/180353.html

Fandoms:

Asteroid City (2023); Edward Edward - Lolah Burford; Hannibal Lecter Tetralogy - Thomas Harris; George Smiley novels - John Le Carré; Strange Angels - Kathe Koja

Anything else: I really love using the mechanics of interactive fiction to convey a character's state of mind and to explore multiple possibilities for how an encounter could unfold -- this feels very basic but I really love exploring the universe of an IF story either by replaying and exploring different potential paths (playing the game as the nicey-niciest player character ever versus choosing the most inflammatory dialogue option, finding new ways to die!) or by examining every little thing. Asteroid City is a film about a fictional TV broadcast of a program about the production of an equally fictional play, and its various meta layers (as well as self-consciously tongue-in-cheekily retro mood) seem like they'd lend themselves to the mechanics of play, but I'd love to receive IF for any fandom. I'm most familiar with parser-based IF but I enjoy choice-based formats also.

[longwhitecoats]

AO3 username: Longwhitecoats

Letter link: https://longwhitecoats.dreamwidth.org/194392.html

Fandoms: Star Wars: The Acolyte, Dark, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, and True Detective: Night Country

Anything else: I would be excited to receive IF for any of my fandoms, but I'm especially interested in IF for the TV show Dark. I love how immersive IF can be, especially for stories that hinge on choices and branching fates.

[22degreehalo]

AO3 username: fallacyfallacy

Letter link:https://22degreehalo.dreamwidth.org/21595.html

Fandoms:

Final Fantasy X-2
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Turning a Sphere Outside In
Monster Prom
Chihayafuru

Anything else: I love so much about IF - the way it can be a multi-sensory experience, the way it can explore What Ifs even within the inherently What If-y format of fanfiction, the immersiveness, the potential for surreality and uncertain reality...! Naturally, Monster Prom lends itself well to IF fic mimicking canon; maybe something like a Deep Conversation ala Road Trip, but more specifically tied to both the shipped characters. I also think it could be fun to explore multiple shipping through an IF; like, does Seliph end up with Julia or Ares or both or whatever else: your choice!! But even if an IF is super simple, my ADHD brain will definitely still enjoy the novelty! :P

[porcupinegirl]

AO3 username: PorcupineGirl

Letter link:https://porcupinegirl.dreamwidth.org/1293.html

Fandoms:

For All Mankind, Baby-Sitter's Club, The Magnus Protocol, Sherlock & Co.

Anything else: In For All Mankind, I feel like IF would be a cool way to build canon divergence - like, some choices are the ones they made in canon, some aren't, see where it leads when you diverge at different points!

For The Magnus Protocol, there's potential for interactive horror - can you help Alice (or whoever) survive an encounter with one of the Avatars? Or you could take advantage of the computer stuff somehow (JMJ errors, case files, etc) - like the reader is interacting with FR3-D1.

Sherlock & Co. it might be a fun format for casefic.

Baby-Sitter's Club it would be thematically appropriate to write it like an old-school CYOA book :) The CYOA super special we never got lol

[mousek]

AO3 Handle: Mousek
Letter Link: https://mousek.dreamwidth.org/799.html
Fandom and character(s):
The Strange Case of Starship Iris:
Characters: Any

Tress of the Emerald Sea
Characters: Tress

Monk and Robot
Characters: Any

Chants of Senaar
Characters: Any

17776
Characters: Nine and/or Ten

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
Characters: Any

Anything else: Some of these canons would make brilliant IF! But some things I love, generally: puzzles, CYOA games, mixed media (I love podfic!).

[elidelio]

AO3 username: timegoesby
Letter link: Letter link
Fandoms: Time for Chaos (Podcast), Ghost Wax (Podcast), Agent Stoker (Audio Drama)
Anything else: I think it'd be kind of cool to format a casefic in the style of interactive fiction, the slow uncovering of clues, making choices, and good/bad ending options of a story based in a central mystery lend themselves to a fun IF format!

[penguinzero]

AO3 Username: PenguinZero
Letter Link: Here.

Fandoms:

Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine: I think an IF, particularly a choice-based one, could really capture the surrealism of the Chuubo's setting quite well, especially if the story involved the Bleak Academy. Playing with perception and the compulsions of despair, making an Answer to the Bleak visible but unavailable until you got the proper support, maybe some cheeky references to the TRPG's mechanics...

Wayfarers Series: One of the key elements of Speaker's storyline was Roveg's creation of a sim where she could explore a planet without her exosuit. A game could recreate the Wushengat sim, or another one he developed later. And to make it more than just exploration, you could put Tracker in there, or other Akarak she's introducing to the idea, and have her need to interact with them, aid them, or convince them to support her in her plans to use the sims. Or perhaps something could go wrong with the sim, and she needs to fix it based on half-remembered advice from Roveg...

Lavender Jack: There's two angles you could take on this: either a mystery game, where you play Madame Ferrier attempting to solve one of her notorious cases, or a dating sim, exploring the romance between her and Marguerite. Or mix them both!

Magus of the Library: Possibly the hardest to make IF for, but there could be an interesting game in figuring out how to repair a grimoire, or taking a book through the approval process of the Central Library, or a kafna-in-training taking on the various challenges of their schooling.

Other Information: Would need either a web-based or Mac-friendly game. Fine with either parser-based (I'm old enough to have been an Infocom fan back in the day) or choice-based.

[moontyger]

AO3 username: Moontyger

Letter link: https://moontyger.dreamwidth.org/770631.html

Fandoms: Changeling Charade, Dreamdark - Laini Taylor, Scholomance - Naomi Novik, Snow-Eyes series - Stephanie A. Smith, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, Their Majesties' Pleasure

Anything else: I just started trying IF due to some discussion pre-yuletide nominations and ended up loving it enough to have requested two IF fandoms. But also so far I have only tried it on Choice of Games site, so maybe I'd prefer choice-based, but I'm not sure? I don't think I have any specific IF prompts, but if you want to do it, go for it! Also, while I have second person as a generic DNW, IF gifts are explicitly an exception. First, second, or third are all fine!

[crantz]

AO3 username: Rosencrantz

Letter link:

https://crantz.dreamwidth.org/182609.html

Fandoms:

Murder She Wrote
X-Men: The Animated Series (no knowledge of the '97 sequel, don't have an opportunity to watch it anytime soon!)
Hellboy (Comics)

Anything else: I love mysteries and horror.

[sarriathmg]

AO3 username: sarriathmg

Letter link: https://sarriathmg.dreamwidth.org/20858.html

Fandoms: DC vs. Vampires, Ender Series - Orson Scott Card, Dread Weight (Video Game)

Anything else:

For DC vs. Vampires, I'm interested in exploring different relationships or aspects of the world with each route.

Ender series - love to see some alternative endings to the first book depending on Ender or Bean's morality choices.

Dread Weight is itself a dating-sim-esque game, so it fits the theme perfectly. But exploring the characters/relationships outlined in my letter further or changing the POV character from Protagonist to someone else are great ideas, too.

Dating-sim-esque and spooky horror adventure (or a mixture of both) are both something I love! Some tropes I'm very interested in for IF are: different endings are different relationships | your moral choices determine your corruption level and dark vs good endings (the choices can be anything from whether you want to commit genocide to whether you want to commit noncon) | time loops until you get it right | multiple unhappy endings + 1 happy ending | unreliable narrator | different routes lead to different scenes + worldbuilding details | playing with breaking the 4th wall and mindfuckery, psychological horror, gaslighting the player character with the illusion of multiple choice, etc.

I'm very open to second-person POV (with "you" being a requested character).

[carmilla]

AO3 username: Carmilla

Letter link: https://carmilla.dreamwidth.org/36360.html

Fandoms: I Saw The TV Glow
The Limehouse Golem
The Champions
The Persuaders!
Death in Paradise

Anything else: I love interactive fiction and would be delighted to see it for any of my fandoms. I think I Saw The TV Glow is especially well-suited to the format - maybe something eerie that plays with genre changes and time skips in the same way the film does?

[the_alchemist]

AO3 Name: the_alchemist

Letter link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GjPwuPw6_SIb0uk9Rw2DXM4BeBVKEwOXUXdaeDxoc_Y/edit?usp=sharing

Requested fandoms and characters

The First Law - Joe Abercrombie, Sand dan Glokta

Cabaret - Kander/Ebb, Emcee

Moby Dick - Herman Melville, Captain Ahab

Slow Horses (TV), Jackson Lamb

[themidnightgirl]

AO3 username: The_Midnight_Girl

Letter link: https://risethemidnightgirl.blogspot.com/2024/10/yuletide-letter-2024.html

Fandoms:

• Die (Image Comics)


• Escape the Green Room - Gamechanger Episode


• Innkeeper Chronicles - Ilona Andrews

Anything else: I think Die and Escape the Green Room particularly lend themselves to IF, and I'd be stoked to receive some. I've enjoyed text-style adventures (and FF-style gamebooks) since I was small. Puzzles are great... basically, anything is good.

[glitterpig]

Question for anyone interested in creating IF:

I've made a couple reasonably complex IF fics on Twine - these stories are closer to games as they let you pick up and use items and include health stats. I feel like I am just sitting here with this knowledge and instead would love to teach the basics to anyone interested!

I was thinking of doing a casual 1-2 hour zoom tutorial where I could walk everyone through creating a basic 5 minute IF story on Twine including how to use the Twine interface, allow the reader to make choices, change colors, remove the back button, and other basics. Then, if people are interested, I could show some of the extra mechanics that are more gamelike, including adding an inventory system, choosing dialogue options, and points counters.

Anyway, let me know if this is too weird an idea or if this would be useful to anyone!

[grayswandir]

Hey, I saw this linked on Discord (but I only saw it when backreading later, and I don't think adding an emoji would have notified you), so I'm commenting here instead to say I'd potentially be interested if you end up doing this!

[glitterpig]

Awesome! I'm not sure what everyone's timezones/availability are so I made a poll for people to let me know what times work best for them. If none of these choices work we can find another day that does.

Fill this out:
https://tallycal.com/p/2519550

[caras_galadhon]

AO3 username: Galadriel
Letter link: https://caras-galadhon.dreamwidth.org/513650.html

Fandoms:
• Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022) RPF (Characters: Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson)
• Killjoys (TV) (Characters: Johnny Jaqobis, Dutch|Yalena Yardeen, Khlyen)
• Constantine (TV) (Characters: John Constantine, Manny)
• L.A. By Night (Web Series) (Characters: Vannevar Thomas, Suzanne Rochelle, Chaz Price)

Anything else: There's two big reasons I love the idea of IF:

1.) I fondly remember thumbing through Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid, trying out all the options, keeping my thumb stuck in between the pages of the last choice I made, trying to make my way through to the best outcome...and then going back and trying out all the other options too! And of course, the very first video game I played was Moonmist, which was a frustrating -- but ultimately exciting and rewarding -- detective game chock full of LOOK AT HOUSE, OPEN BOX, and unending lines of W - W - W - W that always ended with me hopelessly lost. And yes, I did go back and play it all over again, because of course I had to see all the permutations, and get all the endings! In more recent years, I've developed a soft spot for visual novels (such as Doki Doki Literature Club and Hatoful Boyfriend), so IF continues to be something I seek out and enjoy.

2.) All four of the fandoms I've chosen are full of 'What If's. What if the characters' choices had been ever so slightly different? How would everything have changed?
• Interview with the Vampire RPF - The human condition is a continual series of what ifs, but I've also asked for a BIG what if in my request: What if one (or both) of Sam and Jacob was actually turning into a vampire? What would happen? What would the consequences/fallout be like?
• Killjoys literally has the what if baked into the initial relationship between John and Dutch. What if they'd never met the day of Dutch's wedding? What if their first encounter had gone even just a little bit differently? And of course, what if Khlyen had made a thousand different choices before the story even began?
• Constantine is an unending exercise in what if things go bad/get worse? What if this spell doesn't work? What if John doesn't pull everything out of the fire at the last possible moment this time around? What if John found out/never found out about Manny's betrayal?
• L.A. By Night is literally a roleplaying game. The dice (and rule of cool) rule all. What if the players had rolled just a little bit differently? What would have happened if things shifted ever so slightly in another direction?

[grayswandir]

Great, thanks!

[themangosity]

AO3 username: TheMangosity

Letter link: https://themangosity.dreamwidth.org/2896.html

Fandoms:

Dissidia: Final Fantasy

Suzume

Paper Mario

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Anything else: I love all sorts of IF! Text adventures, choose your own adventures, and visual novels are what I imagine when I think of IF. I like little puzzles where you have to figure out what to do with items you find in the world (i.e. you find a book in a house and then later you meet someone who's bored, and the solution is to give them the book). I also like links that let you jump around the world so you don't have to keep typing "go left, go right." I've played a lot of Quest games in the past, but if you don't know Quest that's okay. Use whatever engine you're most familiar with and inspires you the most. If someone goes to all the trouble of making an IF gift for me, I'm sure I'll love it no matter what!

[hekateras]

AO3 username:Hekateras

Letter link:https://hekateras.dreamwidth.org/4259.html

Fandoms:Invisible Inc., Betrayal at Krondor, Citizen Sleeper, Tactical Breach Wizards, Live a Live, There Is No Antimemetics Division, Citizen Sleeper x The Red Strings Club

Anything else: I enjoy text-based IF but also IF with audio or visual elements. I'm a huge fan of when interactivity in fiction is used to heighten emotional investment or make the story events feel more immersive and personal.

[tigerlily]

AO3 username:LittleRaven

Letter link:https://tigerlily.dreamwidth.org/67378.html

Fandoms:Black Magician Trilogy - Trudi Canavan, Pellinor - Alison Croggon, Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Anything else:
I love making choices and seeing different outcomes, or different journeys to one outcome! And clicking things to reveal other things! Interacting with an environment!

I use Windows 10 and Apple mobile devices. Most of my experience is with choice games--for example, like Alabaster, The Book of Guenevere, Affairs of the Court, visual novels like Oxenfree and Cinders, dating sims like Long Live the Queen and Magical Diary , and paper books where you turn to a page for every choice--but I’d be delighted with a parser game too. Puzzles, mazes, and timers aren’t a strength of mine, so I would enjoy a walkthrough if those are present.