Timeless: Lost Myths (WIP) [Mythological Fantasy |

Hi,

I like history, specifically Mesopotamian history, and I like angels. Those two facts together gave me an idea for a story I decided to try and write. What I have managed to write so far is a bit more linear than I’d like, but that is because my ability to code is abysmal. Honestly, there’s still a lot more work I could do, but I’m just posting it. Hope you like it.

Timeless is a story about the Earthly Angel (you). An immortal guardian who has watched over humanity since before memory. Across countless eras, from before the founding of the first cities to the fall of empires, you have been there. Through beauty and tragedy, through grief and loss, you endure.

And I’d enjoy hearing your thoughts :slightly_smiling_face:

Plot

Play as an ancient, winged warrior. Ages ago, an eldritch demon broke free from its prison, and like a shadow, it has eluded you ever since. Now, an old friend has crossed its path, and with their help, you may finally put it in its grave.

The world is not what it once was. Only echoes of mystery and ruin remain. Though their hidden temples stand empty, desolate, and their empires have crumbled. Would-be gods and those who believe themselves eternal still live, diminished, but not gone.

Yet even as the world struggles to move on, older things linger. Shadows from a forgotten epoch. Things once cast into darkness.

And because of you, one of them has escaped its pit.

For millennia, you have hunted it. Struck it down. Yet it always rises again, slipping through the cracks of history like a sickness. But now something has changed. Now it moves with purpose. It has found something, or someone, it desires.

And you are not the only one hunting it.

Romance Options

Danni/Danny.
Lean and sharp-eyed, Danny/Danni carries themselves with the easy looseness of someone who has spent all their life on the edge of things, half in human society, half in the wild places. Their black hair is always a little unruly, and the sun brown of their skin speaks to long days spent roaming under open skies. Despite their low place in the world, they are friendly and earnest, but beneath the easy grin is a wolf’s patience, a wolf’s bite.

As perhaps the last of their kind in the Americas, they are desperately lonely. But they wear it with humour rather than sorrow. They’re the type to defuse tension with a joke, to smile when afraid, to offer company even when they need it more themselves.

In their true form, they are an enormous, black wolf. A war beast strong enough to break monsters in half

Eithne MacTiernan
Severe and otherworldly, Eithne is a woman of deep roots and even deeper wounds, bound to both the grandeur and cruelty of the past. Even centuries later, she carries the scars of motherhood lost, a home she can never see again, and a curse that broke every piece of her.

In spite of her sorrow, she still carries herself like a queen of old, and to the rare few who earn her trust, she is fiercely loyal, driven by an old, aching need to protect what little remains to her.

Her power may have been taken from her, but on her chest burns a bright, searing light, pulsing like a heartbeat that is not her own.

The MC

A forgotten guardian who has endured long past the era that birthed them. Charged by ancient decree, they fought on behalf of humanity, standing against the pantheons and old world powers that sought to rule in their own twisted regimes.

But immortality is a flame that consumes its light. None now live who remember those wars, deeds whispered in dead languages.

And humanity is not so helpless anymore.

Content Warning

Graphic violence.
Horror elements. [Demo](https:/
Mature themes.

Play the demo here; CoGDemos
Ask me anything: Tumblr

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Interesting start, some typos and such but those can be fixed, lookin forward to more. Did get this error though,

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like it intresting start wanna see how it will goes but so far you got me hooked, some grammers but i think you will fix that with time keep up the work

Edit: get the same error like @FabulousBlasphemer did reload a few times error wont go away or is it the end of the demo ?

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Thanks for spotting the error, and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Should be fixed now.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed playing it. Should be fixed now.

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Good start dude. Loki’s interesting and combat scenes are nice nice

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… so MC can retire and finally have time to take care of themselves…
Eh, it’s never that easy, no?

It’s great start and I got hooked right away. I love that MC can fly - pretty unusual thing in interactive fiction. And even more so - descriptions of how MC actually flies. I think you did well here, same with gore descriptions. The monster hunt scene was epic ~ I could picture it in my head. In anime style :joy:
Good luck with your project.

Some little typos that caught my eye

Summary






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This a tad late, sorry about that. I have just now logged back in and saw your reply . I’m glad you like it and thanks for spotting those typos.

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A small update.

A brief tussle with Aag, and the introduction of Eithne.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to send messages and point out the typos. I know there are still plenty scattered throughout, and I haven’t fixed them yet, but I will.

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Demo removed? Will this be making a return or has it been officially dropped?

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Hey. No, it hasn’t been dropped. I just pushed an update and it broke, and I haven’t gotten around to fixing it yet. The demo didn’t have much traction anyway, so i just removed it until I sorted it. I can upload the old demo again if people want.

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I enjoyed the demo and love the concept. Will you also complete the options that were grayed out?

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A few of them already are completed. They were in the update, and maybe that could be causing the issue. And sorry they were grayed out to begin with. I wrote this right around the same time I was moving to Asia, so a lot of stuff got changed on the fly. Like the cafe scene, for example, the MC was originally supposed to be there to kill the Sumerian god Enlil, and Loki only shows up later, thus beginning the purification and battle with Aag. But i didn’t have time to finish writing it, so I just rewrote it to meeting Loki, hench why there are also typos galore everywhere :sweat_smile:

But I’m glad you enjoy it. I’ll upload the old demo once I’m home.

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Yes, would like to give it a read.

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Can we kill him later in the story? He was an asshole.

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Demo is back up.

Yeah, he really wasn’t a great guy. But yeah, the MC will probably deal with him at some point.

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This is part of a larger update I’ve been working on for a while. I thought I’d post it. This brings the word count to around 200k words, or a bit over.

What’s in the update?

  • Road trip with Eithne
  • Rescue a werewolf
  • Kill a few monsters

I spent way too much time writing a POV poem for another character. I’m honestly not sure if it fits, or if I should take it out and write something else. Maybe you guys can tell me what you think. Also, this is my first time writing a gender-selectable character. I think I put all the proper pronoun variables where they’re supposed to be, but if I didn’t, please let me know.

I would also like to remind people that I have a Tumblr in case anyone would like to ask me anything.

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:partying_face: We can finally meet Ros.

As for Tumblr, I recommend making a bit more extended description (similar to the one here) in a pinned post and add tags like “interactive fiction, “IF games” “Cogdemos”, etc. It will be easier for people to notice your blog.

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Yeah, I really need to spend some time making detailed descriptions. But thank you so much for the tag suggestions.

I hope you enjoy meeting them.

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Love it! I look forward to future updates!

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Update time. I’m pretty sure I put the proper variables in the correct places, but if not, let me know.

MC is in trouble :eyes:

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