Hunter, O’ Hunter,
your undying body has experienced the seasons wither and flourish in endless perpetuity,
the forest scattering its corpses at your feet.
Rot to sapling to bloom to death.
Through heartbreak and loss, bloodied knives and slaughtered hope,
you have persevered.
TUMBLR (my personal one for now) || PLAY DEMO || PINTEREST (an old inspiration-board) || PLAYLIST
Oh, choicescript. We’re really in it now. This is my first attempt at writing a CYOA-story and writing the characters from a world I’ve tinkered with for years!
Ouroboros is an adult science-fantasy story that heavily focuses on romance and characters, set in world that brims with magic and mystery. The world might have ended this one time, but a prevailing sense of hope lingers in every corner of this solarpunk setting.
I want this to be a deep RP-experience, where you carve out your character from a multitude of choices, and have the option to go through different arcs. Your PC will be growing and changing along with the story and the world around them.
Content Warnings
(As of 2022/03/08)
- Swearing
- Depiction of alcohol use if the player chooses it
- Depiction of a controlled panic attack if the player chooses it
- Mentions of death
- For folks with thalassophobia [fear of deep water], there is a main scene with depictions of drowning and a bottomless deep.
If you think anything is missing here, please let me know!
Synopsis
Some 200 years ago you were forced into retirement due to repeated, horrible events that made you unfit for duty. Released from your pledge to save your hometown from certain demise, you now live in your precious cabin in a safe part of the forest. Isolated. Lonely. And with a whole lot of trauma, either healing from it or still in it’s clutches.
One day a letter is delivered to you, one that summons you back to your hometown of Riven. Nothing is as it once was with this town; it is now brimming with techy gadgets and a robust community separated from the beasts that prowl the infinite forest. The defensive, organic wall that runs around Riven holds the last bastion of humanity alive, and you once helped build it.
You are asked to face your past and join the guard again, once again taking up the role of a hedgehunter to go on one more expedition, deep into the mythical forest that warps reality the further you go.
This journey will leave you learning about the people around you just as much as it will stump you with new revelations – Who will you trust and work with? How will Riven change as a growing city? How does your past affect your future? Where do you stand as the secrets of the wells water unravel?
I’m terrible at writing summaries but this is what I got for now. Eek!
Features
- Regarding stats: I have decided against using stat checks for failure/success and rather use stats as an elaborate personality quiz-type beat that the world around you reacts to. This also means that as I write, I will probably add more choices and flavor text to earlier parts, and I would love input on what choices you would like to have!
(As of 2022/03/07. Playable wordcount 33k~ I decided to cut off the demo just before the RO one-on-ones so that I have time to breathe edit all of them.)
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Play as male, female or non-binary.
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Play as Gay, Straight or Bisexual and romance accordingly.
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1 Customizable (player-sexual) RO/friend(can still be romanced as friend), 4 player-sexual RO’s.
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Extensive character creator; choose to be a rare human or between two fantasy-races, choose your origin and customize your body and looks.
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Choose to fight for your retirement or go willingly
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Choose how your past affects you: are you healing from trauma or still in it’s clutches?
RO's
IDREN // IDA (RO)
Your sworn enemy due to unfortunate events, but will they forever remain so?
[Art Coming]
ID’s a mysterious figure made of mist and mischief, their vague humanoid shape taking shelter in armor as black as night, a plain mask covering the void of their face. Rude, nonchalant and adamant on that you are rabid, this long lost friend of yours has left a thing or two unsaid between you.
The main tropes that can be explored with this route: Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers or Enemies to Even Worse Enemies And Not Lovers At All.
Auryn (RO)
This four-armed druna is a master of martial arts and a unapologetic flirt.
[Art Coming]
Brown hair, golden eyes.
Confident, muscular and kind, Auryn is a hedonist that works hard and plays even harder. Their sense of duty is an inspiration to all, and their rare parties last for days.
The main tropes that can be explored with this route: Friends to Lovers, Friends with benefits to Lovers.
Yor // Yana (RO)
The built-as-a-brick-house Commander of the hedge is a bear in human form.
[Art Coming]
Grey hair, green eyes.
A bit older and a bit jaded, this stoic tower of a person is probably so muscular since they lug a heart of gold around at all times. Sometimes they clam up emotionally, but nothing softens them up as much as honesty and genuine care; especially if you hold the same values regarding honor and duty.
The main tropes that can be explored with this route: Defrosting the Ice Queen, Fake Relationship/Arranged Marriage/Forced Proximity.
Sene // Selene (RO)
This frazzled and frankly mad scientist is passionate about the development of Riven and it’s many technological advances.
[Art Coming]
White hair, faintly lavender eyes.
With pearlescent skin and stone-colored horns that they themselves despise, S is the romantic that gracefully wanders the halls of the hedge in their frilly shirt, tinkering with the many technological upgrades they have helped implement.
The main tropes that can be explored with this route: They Loved You First, Master/Apprentice.
Leith // Customizable (RO)
Your long lost friend/lover. How was the relationship between you, once before?
[Art Coming]
Preset: white hair and amber eyes.
Redacted for spoilers.
Coming Soon
These are some things I’m excited about:
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Bestiary and Lore Compendium for the statpage (N/A)
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Timeline for your hunter with choices you make for the statpage (N/A)
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Art and character portraits (N/A)
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Both smutty and asexual routes that aren’t just the ‘friend-route’ / where sexuality is discussed (I’ve started, but the story hasn’t arrived here yet. I will give ample warning before it does, and I will need lots of help and input to get this right!)
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RO one-on-ones (Next Update)
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Weapon and armor kitting! Time to decide how you will fight. (Next Update)
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First Major Branch/Moral Dilemma (Next Update)
I’m steadily making progress but I have to account for real life so I am not setting a deadline. However I am active on both the forum and on Tumblr so I will make sure to update anyone who is interested.
Everything in the story is plotted out but subject to change, and the process of writing it goes steadily forward.
I’m eager for concrit though I am screaming in terror, I am not used to sharing my writing. Please be kind! English is not my first language and the learning curve for choicescript still looks pretty steep to me. I look forward to hearing your opinions and improving the story as I go.
I apologize for any coding errors and weird-looking sentences, I would love if you could point them out to me so I can fix them! As well as continuity errors and if you feel like something is confusing or missing, that would be very helpful.
Finally, if you made it all the way down here, thank you so much for reading and I hope you try and like what I have so far! This story and these characters mean the world to me, so I’m hoping you’ll like them too. :>
Good health, hunter. See you in the woods.
For all NSFW conversations and questions, please visit the adult thread, or write me on tumblr.
. Hmm… which to choose first for my play through. cough arranged marriage cough
The MC just kind of goes with it with no complaints. A little too amicable if their main personality trait is stubbornness. It’s forced service I know. Still, it would be funny if they tried more escape attempts haha.
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you better make an option to run and jump into their arms when we finally get to meet them. im going to cry so hard if you make them forget us or something. like i would smother them with affection.
I read your demo this morning and couldn’t put it down, despite being late for work.
or the “frog-like cat” (a quite disturbing picture but one that sticked)…
Also! I’ve gotten some really good feedback over on tumblr, and I’m definitely adding more brooding options into the story for after/during the briefing. I think you’ll like that 
