Meteoric—Sing in a metal band with a possessed mic!

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Originally published at: Meteoric—Sing in a metal band with a possessed mic! - Choice of Games LLC
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You get fired from your job. Then your car breaks down. On the walk home, you nearly get hit by a meteor. You discover a spirit possessing a skull shaped microphone inside. He wants to make you a rich, famous metal musician.

Meteoric is 40% off for a week starting today!

Meteoric is a chilling 125,000 word interactive horror novel by Samwise Harry Young, where your choices control the story. It’s text-based, with occasional visual art, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. 

Mysterious magic quickly proves effective in gaining fame and fortune in the death metal music industry, but you soon discover that you must pay a tribute of blood. And when your meteoric rise inevitably creates a rival with a violent vendetta, are you prepared to face the consequences? 

  • Play as male, female, or nonbinary; romance men, women, both, or no one at all.  
  • Romance a charismatic bassist, a tough guitarist, a thoughtful guitarist, or a mysterious drummer. 
  • Reap all the benefits the influence of a magical microphone can conjure, and suffer the consequences, or try to resist the temptation. 
  • Read approximately 45k words per playthrough!

What and who will you sacrifice to achieve fame, fortune, love, and revenge? 

Sam developed this game using ChoiceScript, a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice interactive novels like these. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience. Write your own game and Hosted Games will publish it for you, giving you a share of the revenue your game produces.

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Samwise? Is that a typo or did Sam change his name?

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The name change was made at the author’s request.

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Well this is ALL kinds of intriguing. A CYOA with stats and an almost Twilight Zone-y feel? I hope it delivers, but I’m trying it

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Gotcha, thanks for the info. Haven’t seen Sam lately but hope he’s doing well and the release is a good one for him.

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Awesome! I’m happy to add this to my collection - it’s a fun story with some great characters!

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Will Sam’s name be changed on his old stories so he has just the one author profile on the omnibus? Or does he have to explicitly sign off on something like that?

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It was actually a good game. I enjoyed it.

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Personally, I’d recommend this beautiful, chaotic game brimming with profound sorrow, it’s given me something to think about. Incidentally, it’s rather amusing in its own way that here I can play a metal band singer who refuses alcohol, and only drinks water.

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Yes, that’s something we will be doing.

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Is there a planned release on Steam?

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Sold. That sounds so cool.

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No, according to the author, HG said it was a little shorter than they usually like Steam games to be. Sometimes a game that does well in other markets gets a re-release on Steam later on, but it’s not something you can count on.

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I think they usually prefer steam games to ideally be over 150k minimum :slight_smile:

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That is correct. As it says on our website, 150k is the minimum length for an initial Steam release.

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Thank you all so much for your replies. That’s a shame. :cry:

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