Time Fall (steampunk/cyberpunk Arcane-inspired IF) WIP

Hi hi :smiling_face: My name is Mira and I am the author of Time Fall! It is a drama WIP IF inspired by the animated series Arcane, with steampunk/cyberpunk elements, and a focus on complicated relationships, complicated choices, and complicated consequences.

As of 11th of January 2025, I have just released the Prologue. To follow the progress of the game, look for updates, check for trigger warnings, send in feedback and bugs, you can go over to my account @timefall-if on Tumblr !

Thank you so much for your interest!!! :smiley:

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About the game

SUMMARY — Time does not wait for anyone, even for the one that controls it.

After the bloody aftermath of Draeken’s rebellion against Delphora, you’re left an orphan. Your mother lies dead beneath a pile of bodies, crushed under the boots of the Time Watchers, and your older brother, Mylo, is nowhere to be found. Bruised and scared, you’re taken in by Marek, your mother’s friend, together with a few other strays he managed to catch hiding in the shadows of the night.

As Marek tends to your wounds and wipes away your tears, the Council of the Eternals, forever holed up in their lavish upper city, is falling apart. They are in complete mayhem and disarray as, unbeknownst to you, one of the five time shards that keep the heart of the city—the Clocktower—working in tune with time’s balance has been stolen.

Oddly enough, that lost shard looks suspiciously similar to the strange shiny stone your mother gave you and your brother right before the doomed uprising. With it gone, the flow of time grows slippery and erratic, as the Clocktower starts to decay without its missing piece.

Life in the undercity of Draeken, also known as The Depths, is brutal enough. But when an ill-fated encounter leaves you forever altered—your blood itself changed—you’ll soon realize that time is strange, and the thin fabric of reality a fickle thing. Even more so when it’s something you can no longer just witness … but may be forced to control.

FEATURES

  • Fully customizable MC including: pronouns, gender, physical appearance, personality, sexuality etc.

  • Choose 1 out of 5 occupations for your MC: underground pit fighter, street artist, black market medic, inventor, or dingy bar singer.

  • Romance 1 out of 4 love interests, all of which are gender-selectable. Engage in hookups with other side characters.

  • Find your brother, or let him find you.

  • Go through an unimaginable physiology-changing experiment and manage to keep your sanity, or become completely unrecognizable to those closest to you.

  • Betray the people you care about or
    protect them at all costs.

  • Explore the dual state-cities of Delphora and Draeken on a steampunk/cyberpunk background.

  • Become the hero everyone wants you to be, a new world order dictator, or God :smiley:

ROMANCE OPTIONS

  1. Maddox / Maxine (M/F) - Rough around the edges and with a body built for combat, M’s very demeanour and appearance reflects years of hard living together with you in Draeken. Taken in by Marek after the failed uprising, M had grown overbearingly protective of you on the very first night of sharing a bed with each other as kids. Now, all grown up, M fights in Marek’s underground fighting pit to earn their keep, but with every bloodied knuckle, their anger grows—anger at the scraps their people are handed by Delphora’s elite. M is ready to make a change. Are you?

Possible (romance) routes: Best Friends to Lovers / Best Friends to FWB to Lovers / Best Friends to Lovers to Enemies / Best Friends to Enemies

  1. Riven / Raven (M/F) - A street-smart wildcard loyal only to the highest bidder, R lives by a simple rule: survive and have a good time while doing it. So they smuggle goods and sell information to whoever pays the most. R is not above double-crossing anyone, and they don’t pretend to be. Always charming, confident, and looking at you like they want to take your pants off any second, you’ll have to find out if R is worthy of your trust, or if they’re truly incapable of not betraying those they care about.

Possible (romance) routes: FWB to Lovers / FWB to Friends / Lovers to Enemies / FWB to Enemies

  1. Seraphim / Seraphina Vaughn (M/F) - The strangest person you have met down in The Depths, and that’s saying something. S is sweet, about as intimidating as a puppy, with a wide and bright smile and … clothes that sometimes seem to be too well tailored to their frame with golden silky linings that make them stand out in ways they’re trying to hide. They’re a people pleaser at heart, but S’s thinly veiled ambition and naivety about the streets of Draeken makes you wonder about their intentions. They seem to be attached to you from the moment you meet. Can you figure out the catch, or will your trust come back to bite you?

Possible (romance) routes : Friends to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / Friends to Enemies

  1. Cassian / Calypso Kazimier (M/F) - C’s deep sense of superiority and disdain for The Depths is reflected clearly on their sharp and cold face, their commanding presence demanding respect and authority with every move. As the most influential member of the Order of the Eternals, C makes it their very purpose to ensure that no one can challenge their rule, and that any threat to their control is dealt with swiftly and without mercy. What happens when that threat might be you? C is untouchable, they will make sure to squash you with their own hands. Unless …

Possible (romance) routes : Corruption Arc / Enemies to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers to Enemies

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I love what I have read so far, definitely going to be reading this as it updates!

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thank you so so much <33

instant like and boomark

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For me when pressing stat screen had a endless loading type of error. Yet thats the only thing that jumped out at me wrong lol its a good start an the premise intrigues me looking forward to seeing how it all plays out. :smiley:

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I can’t wait to see how this plays out personally I love the concept of what you’re going for with a mix of steampunk and cyber it brings a certain taste to my feelings and watching arcane too I just want to see what concept you’re working with in your little universe

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Awesometacular

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After watching arcane this is amazing

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I loved it! I’m fascinated by both the Arcane and Cyberpunk universes, and I’m really excited to see a story based on these two. I can’t wait to see what’s coming next. Best of luck with this project!

By the way, when accessing the stats menu, this error pops up.

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Super interesting start! I think the prologue does a really good job of setting the scene and introducing the characters, and I like that the focus is not on the MC just yet. It gives an opportunity to understand how things stand before we dive in / start the interactive part, and as a player I appreciate that :smile:

I’m officially intrigued, can’t wait to see where this goes :eyes:

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yiippiee thank you!!

yup, sorry about that! i just haven’t gotten around to create the stats screen since i didn’t need it just yet >_<

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thank you so much, i’m glad to hear it!!!

new word added to my vocabulary

thank you so much :face_holding_back_tears:

thank you so very much for the kind words!! and yup, the stats menu is not finished since i didn’t need it for the prologue! should be ready for chapter one though ^^

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thank you!! i wanted to kind of give a glimpse of how the dual-state cities work and introduce the Watchers, Vessa, Marek, and Amara since they’re all pretty important! i’m so glad to hear you liked it <3

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Cyberpunk, playing with Time and:

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This is definitely the most exciting WIP I saw recently :orange_heart: The prologue seems neat detailed enough yet not boring. Very promising!

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thank you so much for all the kind words!!! i definitely struggled a bit with feeling like i was too repetitive in the prologue, so i’m glad to hear that wasn’t the case <3

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I love this and can’t wait for the first chapter! Keep up the good work.

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