"Despite the shabbiness, it’s proof that humans still exist, proof that, no matter the trial, you’ll continue to live so long as there’s hope, determination and, if you’re being honest, spite."

City of Immortals is a work in progress that follows a pair of siblings after the downfall of the last city in an isolated desert somewhere no one can name. Believing the other to be dead, the two must now struggle their way through their respective situations and hope, somehow, they'll survive.

So what is City of Immortals?

Essentially it's a science-fiction interactive book masquerading as a western. It takes place in two very different locations in this strange world, following two similar characters who think everything and everyone they once lived for is gone. Gradually, the two worlds will collide and the two main characters will finally reunite, but at what cost?

Why should I care?

Why? Well, other than getting this for no cost--albeit currently unfinished--there are a number of current and future features to the game.

  • Completely customizable main characters: You can choose their names, skills, personalities, genders, sexualities and, later, their appearances.
  • Not everyone is completely human, not even you. This may not be immediately evident.
  • Two separate stories in two separate locations across the mysterious world the characters inhabit. One is a desert wasteland, abandoned by time and whatever Gods may exist, the other is a sprawling underground city inhabited by, you guessed it, immortals.
  • Where one sibling sets out to solve a mystery of mass-disappearances, another joins a revolt against the decadent ruling class who have spent centuries experimenting on those weaker and less well-off.
  • 13 diverse love interests. There are a collection of male, female, and non-binary characters for each mc, and some who will change depending on your choice. There is also a poly option! Be warned though, not all love interests are equally attracted to every mc!

So what exactly do you have right now?

Right now I have a prologue, chapter one and half of chapter two, which should give you an idea of what our two main character's are like. There is also a full save and load system, an autosave system,  and a now working settings screen!

If I want to give feedback, where can I contact you?

Good question! First and foremost you have the comments on this particular post so that's somewhere to start, but if you really want me to see it you're much more likely to find me on my blog. Here, there is also additional content and another game that I'm currently converting to twine like this game is.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read through all this, and I hope you enjoy the game!

Known Issues

If you're using Firefox you may come across a problem with saves.  I don't know what's causing this or if it affects anyone but me but to get around it either play on another browser or directly save your file to your computer, which can be done through the save button.

StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, HTML5
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(48 total ratings)
AuthorRotten_games
GenreInteractive Fiction
Made withTwine
TagsLGBT, Sci-fi
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse
LinksBlog

Download

Download
City of Immortals.zip 19 MB

Install instructions

The download should work on android but I'm not certain at this point so fair warning if you want to try it out. Otherwise in-browser will have to do.

Development log

Comments

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This is new. An IF with 2 MC that you can choose their adventure at the same time? Damn. Is there any update tho?

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oohhh this is very nice and interesting!! i cant wait for the next chapter

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I can't wait for more... this is interesting....

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I can't wait for the next chapter, it's my favourite interactive novel so far! :)

I love your take on werewolves! It being like a separate entity within you, kinda acting separately with its own thoughts, like with it "communicating" through the audible (to you) growls and stuff. It's really neat :D

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Nice work, I love it! I wanted to let you know that we've mentioned it in our list of recommended Twine stories. But if that's not okay just let me know. You can view it here, let us know if there are any other details we should add for your title --> https://itch.io/t/1763600/twine-games-with-character-customization-part-1

Hey! Enjoying the game, but I just wanted to report something - I chose brother instead of sister, and also chose the "oh, girl," option in the beginning, but Carol referred to my character as a man and the personal info states that I had a sister instead of a brother?

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Hi! That is correct. The first character in the prologue is not the same character as you play in chapter 1. That character is the brother you chose, whereas in chapter 2  you will start playing as the sister. Each chapter will switch between each character.

Hope this helps. :)

totally missed that, thank you!

As much as I like the premise and everything, the white on black is really hard on my eyes. Would you consider a lighter and more forgiving color scheme?

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Absolutely no problem there. As it is a newer game I haven't yet gone through and edited much, if any, UI so at the moment it's all mostly at the default settings. I'll try and get that changed to something a bit easier on the eyes before or by the next story update. Thanks for letting me know. :)

This game is great so far! Looking forward to seeing what comes next!

I really like it but it sometimes says "Error: <<set>>: bad evaluation: Unexpected token ',' on some choices.

I don't know if the dev has abandonned this game but it's really good for a demo. Keep it up!!!

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Hi there! This game is definitely not abandoned, there's an update incoming that may or may not fix the issues, however, if you can could you tell me where these errors pop up so I can help fix them for the next update?

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When you chose ''You barely pay me at all, Carol.'' or ''You barely pay me at all, Caroline.'' it says that but it still takes the answer so it's not really a bad thing.

Ah, okay thank you. That issue has been fixed in the upcoming version so once I update that shouldn't be an issue even if you can get past it. Thanks for letting me know.

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I absolutely love what you have so far, I'm dying to see what happens next- the characters have drawn me in already

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I just want to say, I'm super excited to see what this turns into! I just finished playing the demo, and I absolutely loved what's here so far.