This IF follows a Main Character that always wanted to be a superhero in a world without superpowers. Then one day they get their wish. This is a work in progress and characters, events, and full chapters are still subject to change.
Currently the demo about 65% done, 18 Chapters in, with a total word count for the demo is around 270k so far. I now have two demo links. The first in the latest version, there has been a lot of powers and features cut back. I will work on reintroducing powers in later updates. For proof of concept and to see the changes I have left the original demo link as well.
Earth. Modern Day. The world continues to view superheroes as comic book or movie characters. The abilities of those extraordinary individuals are not possible in this universe. This will soon change. A story is about to begin as someone steps forward to inspire this dawn of heroes. All heroes have a beginning. This one begins in Ryker City. A small city with a big town mentality. Select your characterâs gender, sexuality, profession, and powers. Start a romance, or not. Save a city or fail to. The choices are yours; the consequences are impactful. Welcome to the Dawn of Heroes.
New Demo Changes (6/23/2023):
Gender locked Rowen.
Some superpower selections will be unavailable until the power is fully implemented.
Turned off the Power Customization until I have figured out all the powers.
Minor changes to the Prologue and Chapter 1.
Replaced, moved, and removed chapters.
Removed some characters, changed the impact of others, and added new ones.
Karma system now runs in the background.
Added âSystem Settingsâ in âShow Statsâ to toggle features on and off.
Will not be advancing romance stories until later.
NPCs
Will focus on romances in a later update.
The Team
Aegis: Superheroine that is strong, tough, and fast. She believes that heroes need to stand as examples for the rest of humanity.
Breaker: A street level vigilante with a costume that acts as a taser. She is searching for the last man to have seen her missing sister.
Camouflage: A cat burglar whose costume allows her to go invisible. She enjoys a good chase and finds the Main Character and their ideals interesting.
Genesis: A mage that is looking to prove themselves to the team and society.
Kilchii Jacox: Police Officer with the Ryker City Police Department. He is a man of the law and is opposed to vigilante justice.
Lugh: A god from the Celtic Pantheon. With his trusty but blood thirsty spear the god is looking to find out why he has returned to the realm of mortals.
Rowen OâReilly: A billionaire that brings the team together in hopes of making a better and safer city.
Villains
Antiquity: A woman looking to recover a magical artifact and will do whatever it takes to obtain it.
Blitzkrieg: A speedster working for Providence.
Dante: Second in charge of the Twelve Cycles. A main who values respect and keeping your word only after family.
Providence: A powered armor villain who is uniting the gangs for an unknown goal.
Pykrete: Leader of the Ninth Street Angels. A superhuman with superhuman strength and toughness. Has control of fire or ice depending on skill color.
Santa Muerte: Danteâs bodyguard and assassin. A woman of few words but highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
Sight: Twin to Sound. A villainess that has control over peopleâs sight.
Sound: Twin to Sight. She can control what people are able to hear.
Other Important Characters
Malcolm Schwartz: CEO of Unified Industry Standards LLC. A businessman and technical genius in robotics.
Career
CEO
Valentina/Valentin: CCO of Global Energy Management Solutions.
Kyra: Female lawyer to Global Energy Management Solutions.
IT
Aurora/Austin: IT helpdesk tech of Global Energy Management Solutions.
Kyra: Female lawyer to Global Energy Management Solutions.
Factory Worker
Ya-han/Yeong-Gi: A spirited coworker who has dreamed to work with airplanes. Prone to let their curiosity led to rash actions.
Vinny: A father-like coworker who is always looking out for others.
⢠a save system is always useful.
⢠could we get a list of names for the MC to choose from?
⢠the bisexual option being âdating a man and woman at the same timeâ seems stereotypical.
⢠I prefer a second person POV to a first person POV in interactive fiction, but thatâs just my preference
⢠the power selection is confusing. What are sensory powers? âMiscalaniousâ ones (assuming you meant miscellaneous)?
⢠the chapters are quite short, Iâd consider merging some of them - in many of them, there seems to be no motivation for the chapter to end.
⢠it would be nice to have more options for customising the costume - a monochrome version? A glittery one? A shining one? Whoâs going to stop a superhero?
⢠just to make things cleaner, Iâd end each choice with a full stop.
In the future, will there be character customization? Hair⌠Eyes⌠Or customize clothing or armor?
Will I be able to be a hero, villain or anti-hero? Will I be able to be a powerless person, but a very smart or strategic person? (Example batman or iron man)
Yes, I do plan to implement character physical customization including adding more options for the actual hero outfit.
There is no option for being a villain. I find it requires reworking too much and would take away from the story. However, Hero and Anti-hero options will be in. I will try to add that to the description of the story.
If you are powerless or not is up to you. Explore the game/story with the character that you are wanting. Thatâs why there is not point-buy system, I was just wanting people to have fun with the character they want as the lead.
It will start with small generic powerless bad guys. As the story progresses you will start to interact with super powered individuals, not all criminals, but many opposed to the main character.
Well if the job we work at actually pays us we could use the money to buy components to make gadgets and weapons and your stats can help decide if you fail or not while trying to make a device I got the idea from hero or villain Genesis maybe you should look up his code it could help give you ideas if you want to I forgot the name of the guy who made the game sorry about that.
One more thing I forgot to tell you if you do decide to go down the handing devices Route make sure that this person has the clout to give me these gadgets because I donât know about you but Iâm not putting my life on the line bye using gadgets made from some guys basement workshop unless itâs my basement workshop because if my gadgets fail then at least I could say itâs my fault Plus I think it might be a waste of the technical skills we seem to have.
Armored Hero? The only premade route with an exoskeleton was the tech device route, no natural powers. The exoskeleton is part of a power armor, not natural. Iâll try to better convey that.
To exit the custom powers menu select the option âDone With Powersâ. This is on the main menu, the screen that lists the different powers types (Offensive, Movement, etc.)
