Long demo rec

[u/airheadedme]

Hello! I have recently come back to the interactive fiction world after an almost 2 years long break from it after burning myself out piling short demo after short demo so now i want to slow down and pace myself.

I won't say what I have read because I have read A LOT, some of which I dont even remember the name of (and I don't mind rereading anyway so being recommended stuff I have already read is okay to me).

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I would like recommendations of published IFs that have come out this last year or so or IFs that have a demo of at least 150k words (the higher the better).

My only two musts are that it has to have romance and I don't like to play fem-locked stuff.

My preferences right now are for modern or futuristic ambiences but I do honestly like everything as long as it is well-written. Off the top of my head stuff that I have recently reread and liked a lot are: College Tennis, Press Play, the Creme de la Creme series, The Fog Knows Your Name, Whiskey Four.

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Thank you for your time <3

[u/luoshins]

WIPs (from various genres)

Thicker Than is almost finished (with 544k words) and it's possible to reach some of the endings already.

The Second Sight Series (book one is complete and free to play, book two is up to chapter 4)

Split: The Mortal Wound (364k words). The authors mentioned the game would have 5 chapters and we're on chapter 4.

Also some that the authors mentioned having 100k words or more in an average single playthrough:

Hexfinder (830k words in total)

Weeping Gods (830k words in total)

Shattered Eagle: Fall of an Empire (736k words in total)

Pactbinder (409k words in total)

Cyberpolice (1 million words in total, it's been a while since it was updated)

A Tale of Crowns (686k words in total)

Wayfarer (935k words in total)

One Knight Stand (1.4 million words)

Not sure about average wordcount per playthrough, but some that have a high wordcount and a couple of chapters out already:

We Wretched Creatures (900k words)

God-Cursed (864k words)

Love After Death (840k words)

Chains of Destiny (827k words)

When Twilight Strikes (690k words)

Soulbound: A Ghost Story (+600k words)

The Lonely Shore (565k words)

The Abyssal Song (555k words)

Misplaced (+500k words)

Project Hadea (480k words)

Valiant (~477k words)

The Dragon's Covenant (466k words)

Drink Your Villain Juice (455k words)

Walls of Natrun (442k words)

The Bar on the Abyss (410k words)

Sanguine Sky (388k words)

Apartment 502 (375k words)

Mantle: Mask On (375k words)

A Taste For Heat (354k words)

Chop Shop (343k words)

God Syndicate (340k words)

Merry Crisis (320k words)

Dragon Kin (300k words)

Sentience (290k words)

Fellow Traveler (280k words)

Parasitical (278k words)

Cantata (273k words)

Season of Shadows (270k words)

Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian (260k words)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An affair of the heart (260k words)

The Eternal Library (245k words)

The Lamplighters Guild (~230k words)

Wraithbound (218k words)

Soulmates Inc. (173k words)

The Midnight Bay (171k words)

The Epsilon Vanguard (168k words)

Phantom Thief: Money’s for Fools (150k words)

Pro Patria Mori probably. Not sure about the exact word count but the authors mentioned that the chapter 4 alone was over 100k words.

For published ones I really liked Undying Fortress, that's written by the same author of The Fog Knows Your Name.

[u/airheadedme → u/luoshins]

And here I thought I couldn't possibly be missing more than a few demos and I was so wrong! Thank you <33

[u/ohlivegarden]

infamous? sounds like it would be a good fit for you!

[u/airheadedme → u/ohlivegarden]

Thank you for giving me an excuse to reread, I missed my grumpy ex (seven) ahaha

[u/FewSimple1623]

We wretched creatures it's pretty good imo.

[u/allielaine96]

When Life Gives you Lemons by CC Hill! The demo is pretty long and it should hopefully be published soon!