#myrk mire

[catt-nuevenor]

The Future

Time to establish what's going to happen from this point forwards.

The vast majority of you have been exceptionally patient this last year, and for that you have my deepest thanks. You've given me the time to not only write a book, but edit it, and send it off to literary agents, something I would have long given up on doing without the continued support of those who enjoy my writing.

Now that the book is off doing the rounds independently, it's time I got back to Myrk Mire.

Originally Myrk Mire was built in ChoiceScript, a scripting language created by the Choice of Games company. Choice of Games control what is done with their script, understandably, they own it. This does pose some restrictions. I can't, for example, release any paid material built using ChoiceScript unless it is directly through their publishing label. If I do publish under their label, I maintain IP or Intellectual Property Rights, however I also grant them the exclusive rights under perpetual license to publish the multiple choice game 'electronically'.

Source: Choice of Games.com

As you can see from the outline above, they do make exceptions for stories published in non-competing formats, and for sequels, prequels, and spin-offs. However, traditional publishing houses might require stricter control over IP, distribution, and exclusivity. It will only become more and more complicated as things progress, and being locked into a perpetual license agreement of any nature is not a decision to make lightly.

As some of you may be sensing from the tone of all this so far, I'm going to be moving Myrk Mire away from Choice of Games and ChoiceScript, and into a new medium/format.

After tinkering, and trialling with a few alternatives, I've decided to go with Renpy. Renpy, while largely used for visual novel style games and stories, provides a very workable framework for interactive fiction, and is an Open Source script, it isn't beholden to publishing contracts, licence cost, or exclusivity.

I'm not going to be diving into transferring Myrk Mire right away, it's a huge piece of writing, in an entirely different scripting language, and as previously stated, there are a lot of changes I want to implement with the cast. Instead, I'm creating a trial story: One Háḟest Day. My Patrons have been aware of all this for about a month or so, and have already seen some previews.

One Háḟest Day takes place in Aldmirham before the events of Myrk Mire, around the time the Main Character and the Wanderers first arrived in town. The reader will have the choice to follow one of the romanceable characters through a single day, with opportunities to explore their lives and relationships before the Main Character and Child come along. I hope it will provide a proving ground for the changes that previously caused debate, and an opportunity for people to try out the new format and interface.

My plan is to distribute One Háḟest Day through Itch.io, working with their early access framework and voluntary payments for such as soon as one of the character routes is ready to play from beginning to end, updating regularly with the other characters as they too are completed, and with additional features as required. Once the full game is complete, I will release a separate full build with a set minimum price that can be discussed with the community as we move forwards.

At the second, I'm aiming for a web hosted format and a desktop/laptop downloadable format, with phone compatibility to come later down the line once things are stable.

I will post production updates and info when I can to tumblr, though a lot of what I'm doing now is very python coding heavy, so perhaps not that interesting?

I've included some screenshots below of very early development, featuring a Character Log and Word Log that I hope will allow readers to more easily navigate the story. I'm toying with the idea of having a Mysteries Log as well that will keep track of snippets of information gleaned from each character's route, but that can be a tinkering feature for now.

Let me know your thoughts, concerns, or excitement, though do keep all messages objective and polite.

#MyrkMire #Myrk Mire #writing update #Moving forwards #Future Plans #The Future of the story

[seventies70s]

Been absolutely hooked on @catt-nuevenor ‘s Myrk Mire and I go insane, absolutely feral for Peidyn like you have no idea.

Also my MC and his lil girl. They hunt and fish and stuff

#my art #fanart #digital art #fan art #illustration #myrk mire #peidyn starling #Myrk mire Peidyn #of course I’m doing P’s romance #have you met them #it’s so imperative to me #MyrkMire #choice of games #hosted games

[shibe-myths]

Who would the ROs romance from other interactive stories?

OH! This is just so cute! Lady B: The HAREM ROUTE from @thescarsilivewith-if

Mostly because Lamis grew up in a harem to begin with and Polyamory is something that she and the MC can experience together with a couple side romances. With Lamis, I can see her being happy with a poly romance. Bernie: I can see my bb with Sierrahn Fhylliont from @accursedwhispers-if Shorties Unite. Laz: L from @catt-nuevenor 's game, Myrk Mire. That is a relationship that I think Laz would enjoy. Even beyond paltry flirts. Amyntas: MARGARET from my DAAAAAHHHHLING Tyrant over there on @nextinline-if We know that Amyn is a simp. A murderous simp. Who needs a perfect wife. As we all know, our Gemini Qwueeeeen is a perfection that the birdy bastard can never hope to gain. Bishop: Riel from @shepherds-of-haven Bishop would love a husband who is close to his true personality and values. Indigo: MAEVE from @moiraimyths I would say Aife, but Indigo has a staunch ANTI-Monarchy rule when it comes to her lovers. She will not be burned Again.

Peri: Raven from @leo-interactive-fiction It would be so fucking cursed. But, hey, at least they'd be happy together.

#romance options #romance #other romances #lich gate #lichgate #choice of games #if games #lichask #ask #interactive fiction #thescarsilivewith #accursedwhispers #myrk mire #nextinlineif #shepherds of haven #the good people #The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe) #triaina academy #ladyb #bernie #laz #amyntas #bishop #indigo #peri

[anxietytwist]

... are you sure about that??? 🤔

#myrk mire #myrk mire IF #if: myrk mire #myrk mier MC #myrk mire PC #myrk mire OC #myrk mire A #myrk mire Abelyn #Abelyn #IF #interactive fiction #interactive fiction game #screenshot

[ddwcaph-game]

To those who are celebrating today... Happy Mother's Day!

At least, I hope your day is happier for you than it is for me.

#i wanted to draw Tita Mary #but i didn't have the time #so here's Maggie and Wayne for now #from my myrk mire fanart #hehe #happy mother's day #mother's day #maggie #wayne

[chigusaeyes]

The finished version of the wip i posted the other day; my darlings from @catt-nuevenor's Myrk Mire - Ruža ( right ), my MC, and mother of Sanja ( left ), her darling daughter. Sanja takes largely after Marrin, but she did inherit her mother's hair color and numerous beauty spots & strong af eyebrows too and abundant curiosity about the world around her.

I did some research abt the general area that the story setting is inspired by/based upon, and found out that, accordingly, one can find European Gorse during the autumn & winter. So I hope that's at least somewhat true. Would it be found near the mire? That's neither here nor there.

Sanja made her mother a crown of brambles, which Ruža is currently wearing, and I imagine she will want to try to add some of the flowers to the crown. Or simply make her mother a new one, so that Mama too can have some flowers in her hair - to 'match' with the flower-ribbon decor wrapped around Sanja's own hair. ❤️

Setup Time: 15 hours

Render Time: 6ish hours

#kae's render tag #kae's art tag #myrk mire if #kae's oc tag #overall pleased with how it turned out #and I'm gonna use it as an experimental piece in blender #we'll find out how That goes #still pleased w how the dforce turned out ala the fabrics like Damn #i might be onto something

[juniemoe]

today i'm also thinking abt peyton from myrk mire, god bless my good taste

#i made a new mc and his name is duane and he's just some guy #all he wants is to take care of his son eat some chocolate read a good book and kiss his landlord #the landlord thing sounds gross but it's fine i promise #P is a sweetheart #myrk mire is so underrated like go play it

[interact-if]

Hi! I was wondering if you knew of any IFs/VNs where you play as multiple characters? Bonus point if at least one of the MCs is customizable.

Hey Anon, here’s a list where you can play as multiple characters! Let us know if there are any further recommendations that fit this theme and we’ll add them to the list.

Completed:

The 3Games by Ema Bícová and  Anna Michalcová 

The Letter (VN) by @yangyangmobilee

Trouble Comes Twice (VN) by @foxglovegamess​ 

Demos:

City of Immortals by @rotten-games 

Evanescent Eclipse by @nikkefort-dev

Lure of the Gallows by @lureofthegallowsgame

Myrk Mire by @catt-nuevenor

These Reluctant Years by @specterwrites

#interact if asks #if: rec list #multiple characters #playable characters #main character #interactive fiction

[dishonestlies-if]

Me again... sorry but you said you didn't want to do your assignment 👀

And I'm curious about your world building and thoughts. So I love that we can have a little girl I'm bias af tho cuz I have a little girl so I'm definitely gonna project alil.

I know some people aren't all in for the having a kid thing bt I love it, its different. I don't think I've played an if where we have a kid before. I've seen some where you kinda find a kid and raise them/take em under your wing because they were in a dire situation or had no one left. (Esper and abyssal) or where if we had a kid the kid was like 10ish (myrk mire) but not really where MC had a toddler that was bio to them. So it's unique.

What made you want to add that factor into the story? If it's okay to ask. ♥️

Don't apologize!! These questions are a delight to answer :D

Originally my main goal was to come up with something that the MC would kind of be forced to consider important - something they simply would not be able to give up unless it was pried out of their cold, dead, hands, and it had to be a living creature. I considered a pet of some sort, but with the things I was planning that just didn't make sense, and in any case everyone has different preferences, so I couldn't think of any way to make the pet important enough for the story. Then I considered maybe a close friend, or keeping Alix alive, but quickly realized that wouldn't work out lore-wise either.

Therefore, I figured a child would work best - even if you don't want a child (which I totally get, not everyone wants kids, me included), as the monarch and an only child MC would be expected to produce at least one heir with their political marriage partner, and even if you don't care for the kid at all (which is an option), they're important to the kingdom as your heir and the only other living member of the royal bloodline. There's just no way to willingly give up Luminosa regardless of whether or not you actually love her.

#celandine speaks #ask #ch: luminosa

[temporegal]

Full list of IF games i’ve played.

i will have summaries and full explanations of each eventually. updates will be consistent but for now i just want this post to be out there before i start editing.

more games are to be added on later, this is just a list i made for a friend at the moment.

i the forgotten one

replica: between universes

the golden rose

the moonless

breach: the archangel job

lemonade

werewolf noir

you live and fern

my love will never die

novaturient

crown of ashes and flames

the marked

esper

villains promise

a world without you

superstition

project 0

before dusk sets in

fields of asphodel

swan song

the sword of avalon

emberwood

everything is blue

crown of exile

the scars i live with

the kings hound

honor amongst thieves

witches of ferngrove

greenwarden

wayfarer

wayhaven

these crimson strings

blood moon

the error

next in line

forgotten names

adoriels tears

the abyssal

hollowmoon valley

rippers plague

when life gives you lemons

the operative: fires of revolution

faeted

once&future

defiled hearts

vendetta

remember you will die

fox of sunholt

graves of heirs

arcadie second born

myrk mire

speaker

creme de la creme

blood money

faith of gods

checkmate in three moves

the exile

when twilight strikes

body count

out of the blue

disenchanted

dead weight

after dark

the sword of rhivenia

snakeroot

the porthecrawl witness

fallen lights

the ballad of devils creek

mind blind

zombie exodus

zombie exodus safe haven

wild summer

invoker

the soul stone war

shepherds of haven

ofna birds of a feather

triaina academy

the caged songbird

keeper of the sun and moon

keeper of day and night

totem force

unnatural season one + two

fatehaven

evertree inn

sordwin

lux the city of secrets

gray eyes of death

a kiss from death

the nascent necromancer

life of a mercenary

fallen hero: rebirth

the lost heir series

the parenting simulator

blood for poppies

samurai of hyuga series

fifty

the shadow society

demon: recollect

hero or villain: genesis

life of a space force captain

dancing with demons

tin star

pon para and the great southern labyrinth

new witch in town

pon para and the unconquerable scorpion

paranormal preparatory school

tally ho

psy high

runt of the litter

heart of the house

witchcraft u

werewolves: haven rising

battlemage: magic by mail

deathless: the citys thirst

the eagles heir

sword of the slayer

a wise use of time

neighbourhood necromancer

blackstone academy for the magical arts

choice of robots

the mysteries of baroque

choice of magics

#interactive fiction #if #interactive fiction games #twine if #twine games #choice of games #hosted games #virtual novel

[thesecrimsonstrings-if]

As a long-time member of the IF community, thank you for giving us a love triangle which isn't genderlocked. Call me messy but I adore LT and I've probably played the one for TWC a hundred times. Other than that, whenever I see even a mention of a LT, it's always between two men or masculine characters and the PC

"Oh you want a love triangle? Have two men willing to fight over you. What about the women? Don't worry about them, they are too 'mature' to be getting into these kind of feuds." What is that even supposed to mean? Give me feminine folks who are pining over me, give me my daily sapphic dose without the male love interests being the only ones who simultaneously fall for the PC. Why do so many authors always flesh out male characters to make them interesting and appealing and the female characters are written on candy wrappers?

Hearing about Celia and Zoya was such a breath of fresh air because when you mentioned the love triangle, I was sure that it will be a random tall, dark and handsome guy. Not only did you give us two incredibly interesting characters, you also made the twins separate out with particular aspects of their own. I know we're going to break her heart in this book but Zoya has my lesbian heart going giddy and I'm ready to give her all the love in the spinoff

Sorry about the long rant, I just read over a blog with a LT happening between male characters and I just had to vent it out. Please ignore if it's too much

akhfksjfjs okay ouch, do you hate men that much? 😭 alright, jokes aside, this is a lot to unpack. but i gotta say that i actually agree with you, dear bonnie. i don't particularly have a problem when love triangles only involve male LIs but those are the characters that often get very popular in the fandom tho. thankfully, that wasn't the case with TCS since célia is surprisingly popular, probably second to tachibana, and i'm so grateful for that.

majority of the fandom is made up of straight or queer women with a preference for men so it's no surprise that male love interests are actually very popular. it's not something that the author can be blamed for tbh, it just be like that sometimes. however, i do get that it gets really boring and bland when the primary focus is only on men and their character development while female characters get paid with toilet paper from aliexpress.

i'm so happy that zoya is bringing you so much joy 😭 the reception to her and zion's character unveiling as been great and i really did not expect people to simp for the senarath twins so much when they aren't even two of the ROs in this book. while the love triangle arc is more like a one-sided affair on their part, i'm glad to contribute to your messy side because honestly, i love the drama too 😌

here are some book recs with female love interests who are on-par with the male ones (if there are any) which will give some relief to your wlw heart, provided you haven't heard of them yet. i'm not adding games with unbalanced ratio of m:f characters since i don't want to piss you off even more 💀

honour among theives // @leoneliterary

the exile // @exilethegame

a tale of crowns // @ataleofcrowns

wolfwater // @carrs-universe-if

ripper's plague // @ripperplague

a life supreme // @lifesupreme-if

sinners and saints // @sinnersandsaints-linwrites

fell star // @fell-star-if

myrk mire // @catt-nuevenor

from the ashes we rise // @fromtheashesweriseif

requiem // @requiem-if

the royal pretender // @theroyalpretender-if

#asks #i'm lowkey scared of you bonnie 😭 #y'all don't come for my neck #i feel like i'm being held at gunpoint for some reason #although you are allowed to vent here about IFs #these crimson strings #bonnie nonnie #other ifs #other if authors

[catt-nuevenor]

I'm still bummed about the story changes nuking the best parts of the story

Changes that you have not seen and do not directly know the consequences of in an unfinished demo property that was by its nature a work in progress and subject to change.

Part of the reason I'm working on the One Hærḟest Day story ahead of returning directly to Myrk Mire is to give readers the opportunity to explore the changes in a smaller setting and get to know the new faces.

If what you've heard so far really puts you off the story, you're entitled to your own opinion, there are plenty of other forms of interactive story for you to engage with out there, and I wish you the best of luck in finding something that suits you.

If you're on the fence, I advise you wait until you have material with which you actively judge the changes rather than speculate what effects they will or will not have on the story.

#asks #myrkmire #Myrk Mire

[saqueenkawockeez]

Meeting Jun gone wrong™

These characters are from :

Morderd from King's Hound by @the-kingshound

Shian from Fell Star by @fell-star-if

Fenris (costumable child) from Myrk Mire by @catt-nuevenor

Aimi-chan and Jun from Samurai of Hyuga 4

#im in mood for japan for now #quick sketch #...i miss jun fr #so sorry if any of y'all uncomfortable of me @ you #fanart #interactive fiction #kings hound #fell star if #fell star #samurai of hyuga #soh4 #jun #aimi chan #shian #morderd #fenris #MyrkMire

[anxietytwist]

Elijah Greer [He/Him]

XX | 5'8" | Trans Man (He/Him) | Queer | 💖A

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Picrews used:

#Myrk Mire #Myrk Mire IF #if: Myrk Mire #Myrk Mire game #Myrk Mire the game #IF #interactive fiction #interactive fiction game #Myrk Mire MC #Myrk Mire PC #Myrk Mire OCs #IF OCs #character profile

[chigusaeyes]

messy wip time, 3d art style

my darlings from Myrk Mire by @catt-nuevenor which was just updated today w the rest of chp 2 so go go go go read it, i am In Love with it

my MC ( right ) who has been named Ruža for this IF & her child Sanja ( left ) - bb girl takes a lot after her father but she did get mama's hair color & plethora of beauty marks ❤️

( the bramblecrown was made for mama by Sanja, so Ruža can't not wear it for at least a little )

anyways MM is amazing go read 📚

( where is she looking? maybe she heard a noise from the mire. maybe she's looking at some questionable, inky-haired man. she never appreciated blue eyes until Keldan. )

#kae's art tag #kae's render tag #kae's wip tag #kae's fanart tag #lighting needs severe working #idk why the child's dress is SHINY but that needs to go ( also 3000 other details I'm noting ) BUT #I'm excited bc this is the first time I've ever made usage of the physics engine on not one but 2 characters ( all that FABRIC DRAPING ) #& my first attempt at a child of any sort & i think it's coming out well overall 🤔 #kae's oc tag

[amediocrepigeon]

Get to Know Someone Tag Meme!

I was tagged by @bottlecaprabbitgames !! If you haven't checked out their games before, I highly recommend you do! And they also currently have a Go Fund Me up for help with their dental expenses if you could please check that out and share it around if you can!

Favorite Color: Blue/Violet

Currently Reading: Myrk Mire (also I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, if that counts xD)

Last Song: CLOSET - Yoh Kamiyama

Last Series: Inside Job

Last Movie: Nope

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Savory

Currently Working On: A wee gift for my mother c:

I tag: @starrypawz @cacklingcorvids @tired-and-swordless @youreyesarelikethesea (and anyone else who sees this and feels like doing it c: )