WIP - Parasitical(sci-fi/vague cosmic horror, update July 6 2025 | 278k words)

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I just replayed the demo for the first time in a while, and it’s so good! I can’t wait to see where the story goes (as well as romance…nobody can convince me Icarus isn’t the best)

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Just to make you aware, Dashingdon hosting will be closing soon so I would recommend moving this to cogdemos or uploading a compiled html file:

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Oh, thanks for informing me! Parasitical is up on COGdemos but I think I’ve been forgetting to add the link to the forums

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I’m very pleased to announce that Chapter Five will be releasing in four days, on Sunday, July 6th, at (roughly!) 11:00 AM CT.

I want to save information about details and features until the release post, both for suspense’s sake and because I am, predictably, still changing many little things around(I’ve wanted to make this post for about a week now, but kept telling myself I had to finish ‘this one more thing’ before I could announce it).

I will say, however, that this is both the longest chapter yet, and my favorite, and I am so excited to share it with all of you! Keep your eyes peeled <33

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I’m very excited for the update! You’ve written one of the most interesting and intriguing settings I’ve come across in IF. Can’t wait to explore it further.

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I really liked the worldbuilding. Can’t wait to read it!

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I’m really looking forward to the update :grinning_face: :heart:

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DEMO | TUMBLR

Parasitical Chapter Five is OUT! This update contains almost exactly 100k words of new content! This brings the wordcount without code to 260k and the wordcount with to 278k, and the average playthrough length to 71k.

For those of you who’d rather jump in without spoilers, the features are under the dropdown, but otherwise…

Featuring...
  • Experience he journey leading up to the Old Colony—a long, long hike through much, much meat
  • Bother, flirt with, or quietly evaluate your companions!
  • Scary stories, scarier dreams
  • Discover what sort of creatures you share His Grace’s body with
  • Share a few tender(romantic or platonic!) moments with someone special… or not

There are also, as always, a few ‘meta’/technical improvements.

  • Both Ami and Cato have actual relationship bars now
  • Added the option for custom pronouns, changeable at any time from the stats page
  • The always-glorious typo and bug fixes
  • Fiddled around with some of the images(as seen in this post. can you tell graphic design is my passion)

I so much hope that you all enjoy <33

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@EnaMeena im super into this IF. But i feel like I’m not getting enough point opportunities for “quiet” stat compared to a lot of outspoken ones that also kind of feel a bit unfair that i can’t be quiet and have an opportunity to not miss out on conversations…quiet doesn’t mean introverted, right? Regardless this is just commentary, u do u i respect ur art :innocent: its a great game

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Thanks for the feedback - I might’ve gone a little overboard with the balancing this chapter, as before this update, I was feeling like there weren’t many chances to increase your ‘outgoing’ stat compared to quiet. Thank you though, I’ll definitely keep this in mind for the next update!

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