DarkFictionJude

Debating - Side Quests

I originally had the idea to do side quests every other episode but now I have the idea to do it every episode but that does mean it’ll take more time to release the beginning of episodes.

I don’t know. I love them but they do take time to write (like almost everything :s)

Sincerely, this confused writer

Side Story - Nia

1979

She thought that her mother was bringing her to the park far too frequently. She remembered how a long time ago — she isn’t good at giving a good estimate on time. It was probably a week ago — she begged to be taken to the park by the library.

Her mother had been so busy lately and she didn’t know why. Her mother didn’t have a job unlike her father.

Nia didn’t even know what a ‘job’ was but she knew that her father would leave when th...

I guess just some random crap/ Writing Diary #6

The public version is slightly different from the early access version. Not vastly different, just apart from correction of typos, some rearranging of words. The same story beats are hit so those who paid for it didn’t miss anything.

I haven’t begun episode 4 since I’m taking a slight break. Feels good since I’ve been working on episode 3 since December. Now episode 3 I think is the biggest episode so far, not all are going to be so long (thank god). Episode 4 I think I can rel...

Early Access - 3/3

Anyway here it is. It probably has a lot of typos as I haven’t done the sweep I usually do. I’ll do that between now and next week. I do think some code might be fucked because I added a lot to the last bit and so many lines you miss things so if there’s anything wrong just tell me :)

Password is: 2777

https://darkfictionjude.itch.io/we-wretched-creatures

Writing Diary #5

So I’m currently writing a scene that is a continuation of the scene at the end of episode 1, where our four family players are once again in the same space and… you can imagine how they’re interacting with each other.

Writing incredibly easily offended and cruel teenagers is so much fun. Like they go right for the jugular and it’s so entertaining to witness. MC is literally not the problem in these cases, they’re not the drama. Everyone else has baggage and that’s some equ...

Writer aches

Is there anything harder than writing dialogue without saying “says” or tense variations of that? Like that why don’t we have more synonyms words for said???

You can say “declares, proclaims, asserts” but it doesn’t evoke the same feeling as “said.”

There’s only so many ways I can make it engaging without repeating myself :,(((

That’s why I use a cheat and describe what they do with their bodies a lot. Facial expressions and all that. It fills the scene...

Sneak peek - Romance Episode 3

Imre friendly!romance: “answering my question with a question. If we both do that we’ll spend the rest of the night talking.”

Imre antagonistic!romance: “I’m partially offended that you would ever think I’m aiming to grow a white man’s afro.”

Nia friendly!romance: “I don’t. It’s a by-product of being you, Birdie. The people who least want attention always get it.”

Nia antagonistic!romance: “nobody ever manages to humiliate you as you do yourself....

Writing Diary #4

So I’ve been asked to include more options for speaking to the ROs. It’s interesting to get different sides of their personality depending on what you choose. It’s also exhausting to remain on one scene because you writing this dialogue for three people, but I wouldn’t change it. I don’t like the idea of giving the readers a copy and paste response no matter what they choose. It feels lazy, it feels like the characters aren’t people but props for romance.

To me romance work...

Side Story: Orla

May 1990

She almost cried as she tried to slip her strapped heel over her foot. As it came off it snagged on her big toe and she bit her bottom lip to stop herself from screaming.

She throws the heels, they scatter along the hardwood floor, stopping with two thumps against the wall.

She lays her ankle on top of the knee of her other leg and uses ...

Tier change

I really do not get tech sometimes. Anyway, I set the the the second tier the Croun resident one to 10$, what it didn’t tell me is that it automatically assumes it’s in USD and it doesn’t tell you 😭

So while I thought it would be 10$ Canadian and like 8 bucks American. It’s actually not that at all. So this is all to say I’m very tech dumb and that I’m deleting this tier and adding another one in its place that will be cheaper for anyone who wants it.

That’ll hap...

Writing Diary #3

I usually give myself like a few days before I start writing again but since the update I have begun working on part 3. Usually because the hardest part in writing for me is the first sentence when there’s a scene change or when there’s a time jump of a day or so.

This section is my favourite part of the episode because the major cast so far convene in one place. Plus I like going back in time to see what movies were in during the backend of 1994. I picked three and they’re a goo...

Side Story - Percy

JUNE 1986

He had hoped they would remember. He had told them. He had even drawn a reminder and put it up over the fireplace.

But Percival had awoken that morning of his 12th birthday, crept as silently as he could downstairs to the dining room, expecting an elaborate breakfast feast in his honour and was greeted with nothing.

Father and Mothe...

A DATE NIGHT

Enjoy a singular night with the man of many people's dreams years before the events of the same storyline. See who Sally is when he's not the big brother. 

As always all my work is for a mature audience.

Sneak Peak/Update

I did think that I wouldn’t finish episode 3 part 2 until March but by the way I’m going I think I could release it near the end of this upcoming week.

This part focuses a lot on mc investigating things and how they approach that which sometimes works in their favour and sometimes doesn’t.

There is also a Nia appearance here. It isn’t a big thing. You aren’t have a complete full talk but it’s make the beginning of establishing what kind of relationship you’re mc wa...

Writing Diary #2

In writing a mystery in an IF context is interesting because sometimes certain information that you would love for the readers to get is based on choices they make. Given this they might miss some interesting facts about the whole mystery at the centre of the game.

Oftentimes I have to stop myself from later on adding that information in a piece of dialogue as it’s not fair to those who do pick the correct options. Ultimately the story will go where it goes so I shouldn’t feel like ...

RO SIDE STORY - IMRE

1980

Imre Alonzo Duran didn’t want to go to school.

Alara, his mother had said that if he wanted to be a smart boy he would need to go to school because only stupid children didn’t go.

He had protested. He had yelled. He had locked himself in his room. He had said he could teach himself education. It would’ve worked if his Father hadn’t b...

Side story 1: Sally

DECEMBER 17TH 1975

The boy hadn’t expected this until New Year’s Eve.

Mother had said she was going to give him another sibling. He already had two, he didn’t understand why he needed another one. He didn’t even know if his Mother’s baby was going to be a sister or a brother.

He sat on his butt with his knees pressed to his chest outside the room. Mother had gone in there so long ago, he didn’t know when but Father had woke...

Episode 3 sidequests

I found I have a love/hate relationship with these... on the one hand, it takes me longer to finish something away from the main storyline but on the other, I love exploring the town and all its oddities. Plus it's good character-building for Crown to be able to solve things without their big brother coming in and holding their hand. 

But yeah, it's a bit slower going than I or...

WELCOME!

This is a bit strange to me... I never thought I'd be in the position myself to create a Patreon for my creative works. (Also making a bit more work for myself haha). If you're here thank you so much! And as a thank-you here is a sneak peek I've episode 3 :)