Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian Has Been Updated With Over 45k Words, Bringing The Game To A Total Of Just

𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄

𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚'𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨.

bitch, what does this update contain?

the prologue (duh).

physical customisations.

character history.

interact with your family and a relatively strange long-time friend of theirs.

teefs.

b҉e҉c҉o҉m҉e҉ ҉s҉o҉m҉e҉o҉n҉e҉ ҉t҉o҉ ҉b҉e҉ ҉f҉e҉a҉r҉e҉d҉.҉

GET INTO IT (YUH)!

Happy New Year everyone!

I’m delighted to announce that Interact-IF is officially back in business! I (Allie @allieebobo) will be taking the reins as the new mod, and I’m very excited to get this blog up and running again!

First, a heartfelt thank-you to the original mod team for everything they’ve built. Interact-if has become such an invaluable resource and hub for interactive fiction fans and authors alike. It’s a tough act to follow, but I’ll do my best to keep the spirit of this wonderful space alive :)

A little bit more about me: I’m the author of two WIP interactive fiction games, @collegetennisoriginstory and @merrycrisis-if. Interact-if was one of the first blogs/places that I discovered almost three years ago now, and it led me to so many amazing stories, authors, and resources.

When I saw that the blog was going into archive mode, with a call for a new generation of mods, I wanted to do my best to help out. I reached out to the original mod team and worked out a gameplan for the future of Interact-if, which I’d like to share with all of you today.

P.S. If you would like to join me, I’d love to have you on the team! Scroll down to the section on ‘open call for mods’.

Without further ado, here’s the plan!

My goal is to focus on retaining the aspects that made Interact-IF so special: spotlighting diverse authors, and creating a warm, inclusive space to talk about and share wonderful games.

🟢 Active:

Game Updates & Intros: If you’re an author with a new game or demo update, or if you’re organizing a game jam or event you’d like to share with the community, simply tag @interact-if in your posts, and I’ll reblog them. It would also be helpful if you added tags stating the IF's genre (e.g. horror, romance), has a demo/no demo.

Themed Author Features: I’ll continue the tradition of spotlighting authors and games based on monthly themes (e.g. Pride Month, Disability Month). These interviews are such a great way of celebrating diversity and inclusivity in the IF community, and I’d love to keep these going! Stay tuned for a detailed post on this soon!

Community Spotlight: Once every quarter, I’ll also do a call for reader recs around certain categories/themes (e.g. Fave RO, Fave Worldbuilding/setting, Fave plot-twist etc.) and compile these recommendations to share. Think of it as a bulletin of crowdsourced faves and a way of sharing a little note about an IF you love!

🟡 Remain open/active, but not modded:

Game directory: The Interact-IF repository of games (excel) will remain open for authors to update/list their games and/or readers to discover their next read. (Feel free to continue to update/populate the repository, though do note it will remain completely crowd-sourced/author-updated).

Discord: The discord will remain open and active for discussions, resource sharing, and casual chats, though again, this will not be officially modded (though I, and some of the original mods like roast, may be active from time to time)

🔴 Not active:

Asks: I will not be answering asks except for specific submissions (e.g. for author features, reader recommendations etc.). If you would like to ask for specific game recommendations, or have questions/just wanna chat, the discord channel is a great place to do just that! :)

Keeping track of events/game updates: As mentioned, I’ll rely on authors / readers to tag me in updates posts and/or flag any games with questionable content/anything that might need my attention, as I won't be able to search out update posts or do any extensive vetting.

Open call for mods:

Finally, I’d love to have some company! If you’re interested in helping out—whether with reblogs, interviews, or brainstorming new features—please reach out. Having a small team would make this space even more vibrant!

Thank you for your support, your enthusiasm, and for being part of what makes Interact-IF such a special corner of the internet! :)

If you have any suggestions or ideas on how Interact-If can be improved, feel free also to drop the blog a direct message or an ask. I look forward to getting to know all of you better. Here's to an awesome year of interactive fiction (and many more!)

Demo Update

Did you think I would leave you with just the little snippet for Grey's birthday?

You silly little internet people.

It’s small, but you get to talk to Grey! Sorta!

(Edit: As I did edit some things in the first part of the demo your saved files will probably not work. Sorry.)

Click here for the demo

Intro post

Grey's playlist

Once again, any bugs or typos or continuity errors can be sent here or to my email: olivewrites99@gmail.com

who are you?

you’re 37.

you’re a marriage councillor.

you’re a divorcee.

quite the irony, isn’t it?

moving on…

what were you?

monday to friday, just like in any 9-5, you, my dear, took on the role of the all-knowing marriage councilor.

see, you were quite the talk of town; known for your great insight, marriage-saving advice, and whatever more descriptions people could come up with.

trust me, everything was going perfectly fine: you were on top of the world, and nothing could’ve knocked you down.

skip to: a rainy day, you were sat in your car, and all of a sudden there were blinding beams coming straight at you.

⚡️lights out⚡️

where were you?

you awoke in a bright white room, with the putrid scent of vomit hanging heavy in the air. any guesses yet?

*ding, ding, ding*

if you guessed a hospital, you are correct! if you didn’t – doesn’t matter, we’ll just pretend you did. good job.

long story short, a car rammed straight into yours. needles to say, the driver got away unscathed (as they tend to always do) and you, well you got off pretty well too – except for the concussion part.

where are you now?

right now, you’re stood in your humble bungalow – office set up in one of the few rooms, and well… you’re not exactly sure where to go next.

it seems like you’ve been granted the chance of a fresh start – ‘do-over’, if you will.

⚡️so, are you going to repeat the past or set out on a new path?

customise your mc: gender, name, personality, appearance – you name it.

choose one of three new career paths OR stick to the status quo.

romance one of three love interests.

rewrite your life.

and so much more!

‘the ex-wife/husband’ [f/m]

why did you divorce?

don’t look at me, I don’t know the ins and outs of your relationship and history. don’t worry though, it seems like they’re happy to fill in all the gaps for you – the news of your accident caused them to pack their bags, fly over, and check into a nearby hotel.

pretty clingy for someone you haven’t even exchanged two words with, in the last three years… absence makes the heart grow fonder, was it?

’the patient’ (but not really) [f/m]

and don’t even think about it! patients are off-limits, remember?

…even if the last time you saw them, roughly two years ago, their marriage was fine, and you parted ways amicably…. that would still be wrong, understood?

yadda yadda... they're no longer your patient, but think about the town. folks talk – you should know that better than anyone!

‘the bartender’ [f/m]

cliche, I know.. but even your highly praised self had a habit for the nightlife… mostly the wasting away at the bar, and ordering shot after shot bit. but let’s not get into that right now.

let’s just say: they’ve been a shoulder to lean on, whenever you unleashed the burdens accumulated during your working hours. honestly, marriage can be seriously depressing.

demo (tba) | ro profiles | forum

Hi there! Samhain scenes are now playable. There are 34k words in this update, bringing the game to a total of 160k words so far. In this update you can:

Spend time with all of the ROs

Try to fix Quinn's mess

Try to fix your contubernium's mess

Offer the Dead some refreshing beverages

Dance!

Thank you for any possible feedback you might have in mind and thank you for reading my little story. ❤

link to the game

This Too Shall Pass is an Interactive Fiction that has themes of horror with minor cosmic influence. You play the Chosen One, the former Chosen One in a world that tried to bury you away with all the other mistakes they've made. Once holding you up on a pedestal then throwing you away as soon as you failed.

WARNING: This  Too Shall Pass is aimed at a 16+ audience and will contain graphic depictions of violence and gore, strong language and potential mature sexual content (choice dependent). Trigger warnings will be listed and updated as I write.

DEMO | RO | SNEAK PEAK

You were only 13.

15 years ago you were trained and prepared and groomed to become the savior of the world, the hero that was written in so many stories. The hope of so many people, the pressure of them relying on you, it nearly killed you.

It wouldn't be hard to argue that it did.

You now return to an old town that had been lucky 15 years ago. Facing something you wish you weren't familiar with.

Whose responsibility is it now to save the world?

You who failed once before, or a 15-year-old who was pressured to learn from your mistakes.

play as the legendary failed Chosen One

fully customizable MC - gender, sexuality, personality, appearance

trans and non-binary inclusive

Aro/Ace option doesn’t cancel out sexual relationships/romance

delve into how your MC copes with grief and trauma

major focus on Character and Relationships - not romance-driven

your choices matter, your personality will affect your relationship with characters

MC . the Chosen One .

28/29 years

"Lights, I can't see.

What did I do,

that this would be done to me?"

Oakley Harper . the lost .

29 . Gender Character-Determined

childhood friends

"Do you wish you were me

should I wish I was you?"

Alexis Boer . the paladin .

27 . trans man

hometown stranger

"Give me nothing,

but let me know you.

I will be there,

just let me show you"

Delilah Krakowski . the watcher .

32 . cis female

a skeptic

"It opened the grown and walked me into hell.

But I knew the pathway and I knew the door.

So it was opened again and I walked up through the floor."

Cass Di Candilo . the seeker .

30 . Non-Binary

escapsim

"moving on,

I guess I realize

that they didn't make words for this.

there are not words for this"

Noah Gupta . the familiar

32 . cis male

comfort

"all things will fade

maybe it's better off that way

I wish you'd stay with me"

Adrienne Mullay . the known

28 . trans woman

a guide

"You make my heart lighter

my love for you

will never tire"

A cat’s life.

A cat’s life

Hello! This is M speaking! This is my first time writing an IF or any books…Coding is new to me too and my first language isn’t English, so if you see any spelling errors or anything that may help please tell me! 

Reposting this post is appreciated!

Please keep things SFW. Any NSFW ask will be deleted.

This is now an official project ~ :D, I will try my best!

You won’t be able to talk to the characters at the start, just interact, but I promise you’ll be able to after a while. (And no, before I get asked this: MC isn’t a cat they are a shapeshifter, they can shapeshift in a human form.)

Don’t wanna keep you guys waiting~, so here it is hehe! :D

Story:

You’re a cat.

That’s right, but your not just any cat, you’re Echo. Someone who was feared both in the human and the supernatural world, people called you the Watcher.

As time passed, you were forgotten, and today only a few remember your existence. To this day, you are enjoying the peaceful sleep you can get. After all, cats sleep most of the time.

Until one day, you get kidnapped adopted by a group of people. Or more precisely, supernaturals. Ordered by some unknown agency, they are tasked to find someone. Who? Now now, I won’t tell you that :)                               

They don’t seem to know who you are, yet.

Will you help them with their search? Will you try to escape, back to your normal boring cat life? Or will you find love on the way?

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WULFEBOUND is an interactive fiction novel about what you had to do to survive nine years of captivity, and what you will have to do in order to live with the consequences of your newfound freedom.

You have survived by hiding your true nature. Ever since you were young, you recognized the grim truth: if people knew what you truly were, none of them would protect you. No one could truly love a creature such as you. You have your parents and your twin siblings, and you always figured that was enough.

And until you met the wulfe pack that claims the land at the edge of town, you believed it. No one had ever listened to you the way Ansel Lavaud-Mazet and their inner circle did, and you had finally let yourself trust them all. You had let yourself grow comfortable, and you had been utterly blindsided when the huntsmen came for you.

No one came for you when you called for them. No one rescued you in the years that followed when you were twisted and bound beyond recognition. No one stopped you when you tore your captors to shreds with your teeth and claws until the floor was soaked red with their blood.

Now, you will return home. This time, you will not make the same mistakes.

This time, you will be the starving wulfe in a meek sheep’s clothing.

[PLAY THE DEMO]

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Hi, I'm mush! So, initially I made an account to write my own IF because I had a few ideas. but then I remembered that I actually don't like writing, and am terrible at coding.

HOWEVER!

There is one thing I like to think I'm, at the very least, decent at - which is editing.

So, at least for the next little while, if you are an IF author and need someone to look over some writing, please feel free to ask me! Not only do I want to be useful and contribute to the community somehow, but I'm also really bored at the moment and do genuinely enjoy this kind of thing.

🍄💗