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Down by the river

There's an old man called the Mississippi
That's the old man that I'd like to be!
What does he care if the world's got troubles?
What does he care if the land ain't free?

Ol' man river,
That old man river
He must know something
But don't say nothing
He just keeps rolling
He keeps rolling along"

-Oscar Hammerstein, "Old Man River"

In this story game, you play Samantha, a 25-year old engineer who's recently been through a rough breakup. Out of the blue, your grandfather asks you to accompany him on a river-boat journey where you two will traverse across a national treasure, our very own Mississippi River. Explore the natural beauty of this great waterway as you embark on a journey of self-discovery and finding love. Will you successfully find both on this wonderful river-boat adventure? Only one way to find out!

Falsely Accused:The Telenorian Kingdom's Worst Prison

Submitted for Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest.

In this game, you play as a thief. The princess has been kidnapped and everyone suspected that the big fat evil dragon kidnapped her. Naturally, since you and your crew are the dragon's known associates, you are put in the jail. But here's the thing, you're innocent. From the moment you're in jail, it's been one nightmare after another. Far from administering the justice, the Telenorian Prison is nothing but exploitative and conniving. Will you be able to survive and point the finger back on those that did you wrong, or will you succumb to the darkness in jail without getting the chance to vindicate yourself. Warning: This game can be emotionally disturbing and contains dark themes with many parallels to real life. Proceed at your own risk.

that's really exciting!

Can't wait for it, I'm sure it will be really good! I thought the pacing was really good, I love how you slowed down the fight with the golem and gave us choices to approach it that felt like a video game. I should have read and reviewed a lot earlier, this was great

Regarding Ignis and Aero, I just want to say that I really loved the game. I played the game recently, and man it was so fun. It was a treat trying to get to all the 6 endings. At some points it felt like I was getting video game cut scenes, with the switches in perspective to the dad, the brother, and to Helen. The game was really fun and immersive, and I thought you did a really fantastic job. The idea for the golem's core was cool, it felt like I was playing a fantasy video game, it was great. I think Skeptic might have been my favorite ending because Aero was being a terrible brother in that path, basically thinking of Ignis as a stupid kid and lying to him, so I really empathized with Ignis's frustration and anger.

You should lean into the dark, gritty city story. I saw night in Chicago(didn't rate it yet but Im going to) and I thought it was really well done. The cover was cool, I think you and Mystic make cool covers. I feel like you could really lean into the "urban horror" and write something super cool, that's a good niche.

Hi Stargirl, Nice to meet you! Read my new story, Down by the river(shameless self plug)! I haven't interacted with you yet, I'm pretty new but just wanted to drop that rec. Other recs: Fluttershy's Secret of Gods and Satan John X's Altiar III search and rescue: This author writes good sci fi, but this time he outdid himself and did some crazy cool stuff with the editor. I have no idea how, but he managed to put in a freakin' flight simulator. I really want to beat it on my own so I'm waiting for a good day to play it through. Orange's Re-election campaign(Contest winner) Fabrikant's Rainbow 1 Clayfinger - Ignis and Aero Fluxion's Fey Light, Shameful Dead Cat2002's into the darkness Milton's golburger Yet Another World-Ending Scenario by Fresh scapegoat by sitelung waffle house by petros Ben's really good Fleeing the forest(Watership down inspired) and just a lot of the recent contest works. Also I don't know if you're aware of this, but since you've read the history you probably are, but abgeo got banned for AI use in one of the thunder domes against fresh. It was a really big thing and that thread got really crazy, I was actually active at that time so I remember it.

Amazing! This looks just like a real newspaper, love it! Thanks for interviewing me, this was fun! I really love how much effort you put into it, this should be commended!

I'm really glad you found this interesting Crimson. Thank you for mentioning the vitamin D pills and magensium pills, that's really insightful.

I agree that it was hard to get the worst one. I got it in the game because going in I chose to isolate, and to do all those options, but I also feel like the game was a bit optimistic in thinking that multiple people will quickly notice because I don't think people are that perceptive in real life. Plus depressive patients are known to mask, it's a whole thing. And if they are that perceptive, they're probably just annoyed that you're being a Debbie downer but I could be wrong. Maybe im being overly cynical, but to be honest I wish no one had this at all, and depression didn't exist.

The mom though was 100 percent accurate, I've seen a lot of people talk about beating depression with a positive attitude and hard work and it annoyed me to hell.

Hmm karen, let's see, it's a neurological disorder that has been shown to actively decrease gray matter in your brain, with studies showing lower amounts of gray matter volume in frontolimbic areas and caudate nuclei and the same inflammatory pathways found in CANCER are also found in depression patients("Given the shared inflammatory mechanisms implicated in both depression and cancer, it is no surprise that depression in these individuals is intensified because psychological stress combined with cancer-related inflammatory pathways may have a synergistic effect on cognitive symptoms."), so depressed patients are literally losing their minds(not in a derogatory manner, I mean in the neurological manner and just to emphasize the seriousness of the issue), but go off on how scented candles, happy slogans, and fake Facebook posts about caring about mental health will fix all these underlying cellular and neurological issues.

I really like their writing style, I found it realistic and engaging. They didn't trivialize the serious issue of depression and they made it really realistic. I also felt that the author shone at writing relationships, particularly with the partner, the online friend, the older brother, the mom, and how your character would have different inclinations to tell each of these people when they ask you if something is wrong. That was a nice touch. I hope the author of this story is in a better place, because it sounded like they experienced the full scale of emotions of the depression.

Hey y'all:

Since we're in December and I recently discovered this interaction fiction story game, I thought I'd just post it, in case any of y'all are feeling kind of depressed. If this game was on our site, it would be under the Edutainment category I think.

Seasonal affective disorder(SAD) symptoms include feeling sadness or hopelessness, loss of energy, sluggishness, tiredness.

Spend time outside and soak up all that natural light since we don't get that much anyway during these winter months.

Now moving on to the actual game:

It's called Depression Quest and it's basically where you play as this person who gradually goes through depression. You have choices on how you deal with it and usually choosing to confide in people or get help gives you the better endings, I thought the game was well written, and it's actually engaging, it's not just info dump but there's a story and stuff, so it's pretty good.

Here's the link in case any of y'all are interested, or if you guys are feeling depressed or down, I think it can help: Depression Quest

After playing it, tell me what you thought, we can make this post a discussion place to talk about whether the game was good or bad, if it was effective or not, etc...

I played through the most depressing path where you don't seek help, you isolate, etc... but I'd be interested to see what the other paths are like.

Stay safe y'all.

Out of all the characters, the Ben character has the craziest backstory, with really crazy plot twists and developments unfolding by this character saying it randomly in conversation. Like he'll just casually drop the most unhinged and crazy lore and then go back to normal as if nothing happened, but viewers really enjoy this character for their fleshed out and colorful backstory with actual real life miseries and tragedies as well as the various different endeavors that receive very mixed critique among the populace. So overall Ben is a very interesting character who's had his ups and downs that make for watching great TV, sort of like the RDJ jr of this place, now the audience is on tenterhooks for the iron man arc.