Hey, what's that game? -- A thread for identifying ChoiceScript games

Vinnorias · 2021-08-04T22:09:19.354Z

That is it, thanks!

Empress_Nightmare · 2021-08-05T11:45:48.322Z

Empress_Nightmare:

Anyone know what IF this is?

So far no one knows which one this is? Damn…

Empress_Nightmare · 2021-08-05T11:48:15.968Z

Hey guys this is worming in my head for a while.
MC is an immortal (cursed or maybe a god), I think sleeps for a long time and then a cult or mercenaries binds MC to their group and have to do what they want for another 100 or so years

Twill8440 · 2021-08-05T13:56:09.292Z

Is it this one?

World Institute for Superpowered People: Episode One Other Interactive Fiction

[wisp1cover] This game is still on hiatus, but I’m currently converting it to Twine. It can be played here, but there’s no new content yet in comparison to the version that was written on CS. UPDATE: This game was abandoned. Some of its ideas were brought to Unsupervised.

Empress_Nightmare · 2021-08-05T15:20:43.013Z

Twill8440:

Is it this one?

Yup, W.I.S.P. thank-you.

Twill8440 · 2021-08-05T16:56:41.529Z

These 2 sound similar to your description.

https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/a-cage-of-mist-and-shadow-wip-updated-18-february-2020/72376

[WIP] Smoke & Velvet: The Gnawing Chronicles UPDATE 03/15/21 Works In Progress

Call me Roast or Cela, whatever works. I’ve wanted to write a choicescript game for years now but hey, quarantine does things to you, like kick your ass into gear and gets you to start writing. This game updates on the 15th of every other month. However, the patreon link is updated every month! The next public update is: March 15th, 2021 Important S&V is going on a temporary hiatus as I am finishing up my Master’s degree and need to spen the next few months putting as much attention on tha…

Zecke · 2021-08-06T22:37:19.183Z

I remember a game vaguely, a person who their memory, someone took them in and lived a nice quiet life but something happens resulting in a fight, or I should say massacre

nickcotton · 2021-08-08T02:28:20.561Z

Are there any Choice Of games set during the split of East and West Berlin?

wevpeople · 2021-08-09T04:36:00.043Z

Hey everyone, I was looking for help in finding a particular story. The mc is part of a gang, it involves a monster trying to kill members of the gang.

I remember you can name the gang, and a scene trying to bust out of prison. Any help would be appreciated. Be safe everyone

LadyUmbreon89 · 2021-08-09T09:27:37.750Z

This is a bit backwards, considering I know the name of the WIP I’m asking about. What I’m having trouble with is finding is the forum topic which might be locked, and hidden now? Or deleted by the author. That’s a possibility, too.

The WIP is called Deliverance, taking place initially in a western Asia inspired setting, with a unique take on the ‘find the prophesied chosen one’ angle, and an interesting cast of diverse characters. I wanted to look at the thread to see if there was anything new with it, but I can’t seem to find it–anyone know why that is?

Abe · 2021-08-09T10:03:55.172Z

i don’t know if it did have a thread but i did find a devblog that has the same name: Deliverance.

rose-court · 2021-08-09T11:56:12.720Z

Okie dokie, so these were the results of my six search queries ~~pls ignore what time it is in these screenshots, my sleeping schedule is a mess, lol~~ including the queries themselves in case you'd like to confirm the results for yourself (none of the results I got were hidden, so you would see the same results as me).

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Query: deliverance in:title
0 results

This one searched for any threads that have ‘deliverance’ in the title. Zero results.

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Query: deliverance in:first #hosted-games:works-in-progress
8 results

This one searched for the word ‘deliverance’ in the opening post of the #hosted-games:works-in-progress category.
There were eight results, but none of them resemble the game as described in the above linked devblog. There was a sci-fi game, a game where you were (are?) a fish, a game where you’re a pizza delivery person (also sci-fi), one where you’re a god, one where I think you’re in actual hell(?), an interest check for a Sleepy Hollow inspired game, a solarpunk game, and another sci-fi game where you’re a mercenary.

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Query: deliverance in:first #off-topic:other-interactive-fiction
0 results

This one checked for the word deliverance in the opening post of any threads in the #off-topic:other-interactive-fiction category as the devblog mentions that it is/was(?) on itch.io, so it might also be a twine game. Zero results.

Speaking of the devblog, it seems that the player character was referred to as the Messenger so I ended up using that info in the following queries.

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Query: messenger in:first #hosted-games:works-in-progress
8 results

This one checked for any threads in the #hosted-games:works-in-progress category that had the word ‘messenger’ in the opening post.
There were eight results, but once again, none of them resembled the premise from the devblog. There’s one where you’re Satan, two of them are about witches, one of them just described itself as a hero’s journey but the setting appears to be European-inspired instead of SEA as mentioned in the devblog, one where you’re a high school student, one where you were in a car crash and woke up 1000 years later(??), one where you play as a tiny person living in the walls of regular sized people in the vein of the Borrowers (which I am actually very excited for), and there was one thread that wasn’t even a WIP just a thread about offering to help authors with ROs which would probably be more appropriate in the #game-development:writing-and-content category (but it’s from 2013 so I’m not gonna move it).

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Query: messenger in:first #off-topic:other-interactive-fiction
4 results

This one searched for the term ‘messenger’ in the opening post of threads in the #off-topic:other-interactive-fiction category.
There were four results, none of which resemble the game mentioned in the devblog. Two of the results were for the same game (one was an update) that has four protagonists but whose premise I have trouble identifying, another one is a cyberpunk game, and a final thread that is collection of smaller games none of which resemble the premise or setting of the game we’re looking for.

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Query: messenger in:title
0 results

And just in case, I searched for any threads with ‘messenger’ in the title, but received zero results.

tl;dr It doesn’t seem like there was ever a forum thread for the game you’re looking for.

Here_Not_There · 2021-08-09T20:02:45.216Z

I think it might be hidden or deleted but I am kind of sure Abe is right and that the Deliverance they linked is the correct one. They even have a dashingdon link over there. Also it fits your description I think?

https://dashingdon.com/play/lavworthmyway/just-the-messenger/mygame/

Edit: I am very sure I’ve seen and played this before. I swear I’ve seen it before on the forums here so I guess the topic was deleted some time ago but hey! It’s still being worked on so that’s good news! That’s if it’s the correct one anyway but still.

LadyUmbreon89 · 2021-08-09T21:13:24.126Z

Thanks everyone!

The thread was how I even learned of the WIP initially, so it must be deleted now. I spent about a week and a half trying to remember the WIPs name, and I knew it was a decently recent one; this side of the new year at least. If I didn’t have it bookmarked, I would never have found it without conceding I needed to come to this thread. Good to know I’m not the only one who couldn’t find it.

Cingulum_diaboli · 2021-08-15T21:47:52.090Z

There was WIP… MC was a journalist and had some supernatural abilities. They had an aunt in a small town, and they had to go back there after she died. Anyone remember the title?

MeltingPenguins · 2021-08-15T22:14:15.107Z

https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/model-citizens-unmasked-wip-update-september-15-2020/

this maybe? only thing that comes to mind

Abe · 2021-08-15T22:17:41.277Z

Could it be Into the Shadows?

Cingulum_diaboli · 2021-08-15T22:18:52.053Z

Yup! Thank you.

kiyesa · 2021-08-20T23:01:44.856Z

hey guys i need help >< i recently found a wip that is about a world where winged people? faeries? live and there are different clans. mc, her childhood friend, the person they met who has a dragon, and the prince who was disguised as a teacher all have unique wing color and they later found out that they are actually the children of the gods/goddesses. their world was about to end so their souls were transferred to earth to achieve their mission.

I ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED THE INCOG TAB SO IT’S LOST FOREVER N I CANT REMEMBER THE TITLE

Starkness · 2021-08-20T23:12:48.936Z

pretty sure its the changeling exchange ?