Public Updates (CogDemos, Itchio and VNs)

[Knightstorm]

Update: Negative Exposure (Complete Chapter 1)

A/N: I need to be better at keeping you guys in the loop, I'm sorry!

I've been so busy, but things are starting to calm down for me which makes me hopeful that I'll be able to be more active on here. I'm so thankful for all of the follows and love my story has been shown so far, and I've been hitting a really great flow with the story recently. I feel good at the timespan at least half of chapter 2 will take to go live as well.

 

[Knightstorm]

Update: Softly Opulent

A/N: 45k words! With part one of chapter one released, we've already gone past the og word count! This is, yes, only part one of chapter one. I planned for the chapter to be much longer, but we encountered technical issues. I also... got impatient. From this update forward, the chapters will be growing in size. Especially later on, when we start to get into the routes.

What to expect in the next update:

- More R and A, an insufferable amount, because you're sailing for a month with them! Yay!
- More Barrett!
- C and M... a smidge.

Please enjoy. Please. I know it's short but please.

 

[Knightstorm]

Update: The Eternal Library



It's been quite a while since I last released a public demo update for The Eternal Library. I wanted to wait until I had enough new material to make it worth your while, and I'm happy to report it's finally time!

This update gives you access to the story up through chapter six, which includes approximately 38,000 words of new material. Current word count is as follows:

Public Demo: 218k

This free public update carries a lot of weight on its own and I'm thrilled for you to read it!

I've been writing this WIP a bit slower than my previous projects. It's so nice to go at my own pace, chipping away at it without stressing over deadlines. My work-life balance is wonderful and it makes me enjoy the story that much more. I'm not rushing through nor sacrificing time I should be spending with family. Though this means it takes longer to complete each chapter, it's well worth it to avoid burnout and maintain my love of this story!

New material includes:

- Prince Kedrick's return, with Dorian and his team (which might include the MC).
- Time with Gemma, Marienna, Collin, Dorian, or Sevitas, depending on the RO.
- The return of Prince La'rast.
- A very happy Princess Khanna.
- Diplomatic strategy.
- A chance to help Prince Collin win over the court.
- A fiasco at a feast.
- Court intrigue.
- And much more!

 

[Knightstorm]

Update: Sanguine Sky (Chapter 3 Part 2)

The update contains 161k words [excl. code].

Total word count: 369k words [excl. code] | 408k words [incl. code].

What awaits you in the update:

- The return from the crime scene to the department [main story evening scene].
- Evening scenes for all the ROs.
- Two *** scenes + a small bonus scene with the secondary rival [depending on your choices].
- ROs' POVs [including a few hidden ones].

A/N: The updated demo also includes polished Chapters 1 and Chapters 2, with some content slightly rewritten [more customization options, a less silent MC, more opportunities to push back against R, etc.].

 

[Knightstorm]

New IF: Noir Book 1: Quintessence

CoGDEMOS LINK.
itch.io LINK.
Current Wordcount: ~65 000.

Summary:

New Spire City.

A shining metropolis built on an isthmus between two continents. The last great symbol of hope. Where the dregs of the world coalesce into one great, big floating heap of s---.

Whatever you call it, NSC is impossible to ignore.

...Even more so after the mayor's murder.

YOU are a PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, struggling to make a living within a city that's almost at war with itself. When the assistant of the recently-slain mayor of your district walks into your office, one day, your life will change forever...

Features:

⇒ Customize your private investigator! Be gay, straight, or bisexual; aromantic or asexual.
⇒ Work to solve the gruesome murder of Mayor Adam Bergman in this thrilling noir mystery! Will you work to see justice served...or are you just in it for the money?
⇒ Interact with the corrupt cyperpunk landscape of New Spire City as a human, an android, a cyborg, or an artificial intelligence!
⇒ Romance the mayor's shy former assistant, a tenacious reporter, or a sultry lounge singer!
⇒ Use your investigator's skills and traits to solve problems and find unique solutions to obstacles...but be careful not to let your stress overwhelm you!

 

[Knightstorm]

New IF: Romantic Comedy of The Damned (Chapter 1 Part 1)

Hello everyone, I’m leaving my short demo here… I hope you all enjoy it. This is my very first CS project, so I’m a complete newbie when it comes to this. And Tumblr, surprisingly.

If you are a fan of anime or visual novels that feature heavily cynical, sarcastic protagonists navigating the exhausting politics and drama of high school, then this game isn’t for you. Just kidding. That is the exact plot. It’s heavily inspired by romantic comedies—specifically Oregairu (My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected)—so when you encounter scenes that feel oddly familiar to that series, consider it a homage. The story will diverge soon, so whether you like it or not is up to you.

Features:

Play as a fixed, highly cynical protagonist. (First-person POV). Name yourself, but your pragmatic, melancholic worldview is locked in.
Shape your defense mechanisms. Your choices don’t change who you are, but how you cope. Lean into Sarcasm, Morbidness, or something entirely Genuine.
Solve (or worsen) school dramas. Deal with a rotating cast of students bringing their messy, emotional problems to the last people on earth who want to hear them. (WIP)
Navigate messy relationships. Romances and friendships aren’t just about building “Affection.” Track your “Friction” stats as you decide whether to build a healthy bond or a deeply co-dependent disaster. (WIP)

 

[ozekia]

Update: Softly Opulent

A/N: 45k words! With part one of chapter one released, we've already gone past the og word count! This is, yes, only part one of chapter one. I planned for the chapter to be much longer, but we encountered technical issues. I also... got impatient. From this update forward, the chapters will be growing in size. Especially later on, when we start to get into the routes.

What to expect in the next update:

- More R and A, an insufferable amount, because you're sailing for a month with them! Yay!
- More Barrett!
- C and M... a smidge.

Please enjoy. Please. I know it's short but please.

I hope the MC gets revenge on their family (or at least tortures and ki**s them ). I can’t stand playing the MC suffering so much as a child only for them to not get revenge lol, Especially after their father killed Reina who was the only one that truly showed MC love and affection

 

[Keiko]

I hope the MC gets revenge on their family (or at least tortures and ki**s them ). I can’t stand playing the MC suffering so much as a child only for them to not get revenge lol, Especially after their father killed Reina who was the only one that truly showed MC love and affection

The king is gonna die of old age you can see that for a mile away and like I don't feel the vibes that this will have a revenge plot (more of a woe be me until they learn their place and become a house (boy)wife or escape with someone who gives them attention aka the pirate) because that's what mf think "Drama" is

 

[Keiko]

New IF: Romantic Comedy of The Damned (Chapter 1 Part 1)

Hello everyone, I’m leaving my short demo here… I hope you all enjoy it. This is my very first CS project, so I’m a complete newbie when it comes to this. And Tumblr, surprisingly.

If you are a fan of anime or visual novels that feature heavily cynical, sarcastic protagonists navigating the exhausting politics and drama of high school, then this game isn’t for you. Just kidding. That is the exact plot. It’s heavily inspired by romantic comedies—specifically Oregairu (My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected)—so when you encounter scenes that feel oddly familiar to that series, consider it a homage. The story will diverge soon, so whether you like it or not is up to you.

Features:

Play as a fixed, highly cynical protagonist. (First-person POV). Name yourself, but your pragmatic, melancholic worldview is locked in.
Shape your defense mechanisms. Your choices don’t change who you are, but how you cope. Lean into Sarcasm, Morbidness, or something entirely Genuine.
Solve (or worsen) school dramas. Deal with a rotating cast of students bringing their messy, emotional problems to the last people on earth who want to hear them. (WIP)
Navigate messy relationships. Romances and friendships aren’t just about building “Affection.” Track your “Friction” stats as you decide whether to build a healthy bond or a deeply co-dependent disaster. (WIP)

The link as a error is missing a : on the HTTP

https//codemos.ink/play/artwoo/romantic-comedy-of-the-damned/mygame

You know... Reading this made me realize is just weeb slop and not even good weeb slop so I'm gonna break the link again... I realized your intentions too late and for that I apologize Knightstorm

 

[Knightstorm]

New IF: Have You Seen Me?

“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”- Edgar Allen Poe​

Prologue: May 16th 1992. Senior Skip Day. The day that Lexie Pearson went missing. What should have been a fun camping trip before graduation turns into something far worse.



In 1992 just three weeks before graduation you and three friends go camping. Everything was fine until it wasn't. What should have been a fun trip ends at the police station filing a missing persons report.

Ten years has passed and what remains of the friend group has returned to Bryson City to attend your high school class reunion. As you three return, strange things start to happen. Something or someone wants you to go back to the woods.

Will you figure out what happened to Lexie or will whatever is waiting in the woods get you first?



- Play as: female, male, trans, agender, nonbinary.
- Choose your sexuality.
- Character customization.
- Choose a vice.
- Reignite a former romance or forge something new.
- Strengthen past friendships or destroy them.
- Learn what happened to your friend while trying not to die.



- Brittany (Brit) Ward (F)

1992: Brittany is smart but troubled. She is very protective of her cousin Lexie. She is hit the hardest when Lexie disappears. She sticks out a bit with group, but they are her oldest friends.

2002: Divorced and happily single. She returns to her home town only to be haunted by the mystery of what happened to her cousin. Brittany is hesitant to return to the last place she saw her cousin because she has her own child to think about.

- Ashley (Ash) Culpepper (M/F)

1992: Ashley dreams of getting out of town and being anything else. The resident goth kid of the group Ashley takes the role more seriously than required. Ashley has a tough home life and does their best to cope with that. Ashley was the immediate suspect in Lexie's disappearance though nothing was ever proven.

2002: Ash has changed from who they were in high school. Though some sharp edges remain, what happened in 1992 changed them. Ash is eager to return to the woods if it means proving they had nothing to do with it.

- Lexie (Lex) Pearson (F)

1992: Lexie has led as sheltered of a life as her mother can provide. Since her father left nothing as been the same. Eager to go camping she could never have imagined how the night would end.

2002: Still missing

 

[Knightstorm]

Update: A Shriek of Ash and Fire (Update 24, Cold Road Machine Love)

Features:
- The Road Fleet has lost sight of the Despair’s Demise. Set up camp and await news as suspicions rise about this new land.
- Depending on your choices, commit to Tinnafri, Zuan, Micraik or Chesucsi. Each has a new ‘big scene’ not shared across other paths.
- The Basilisk path must come to terms with failing machinery and invasion. Escape with Avalina.
- An extended scene, for those who get close to Avalina, has been added.
- Cold Pact Reapers, Saints, or Firebrands find the Grey Torment rusting and decaying. Can they withstand the lingering curse of Malachar?
- Cold Pact ROs include Pickles, Ironwill, Frans or Scram. Or, for non-Reapers, enjoy a night with the crew playing with ‘pastry zombies’.
- Basilisk and, especially, Cold Pact paths can probe further into what awaits them…

A/N: Behold, the last of the ‘Love’ updates, for those who chose to be amorous. Otherwise, we can strengthen our bonds with our friends and crewmates. All paths for this and last month share a similar theme: a trap is placed around us that springs at the end of our selected route, though we experience it from slightly different angles.

Next month will be the ABHIDHAR update. Sera gets roped in, no matter what, although the outcome will depend on how deeply she has been corrupted. Some of us may, indeed, be the prime Abhidhar. For those who are not, we will witness terrifying events, including the invasion of our crawler or an attack on the Road Fleet.

 

[Knightstorm]

Update: Hunted

A/N: Read the content warnings for this one. It will not be for everyone.

 

[Knightstorm]

Update: Silk and Death (Prologue)

A/N: Hi everyone! I know I've been silent here for the last few months. Just wanted to let you know that the prologue for Silk and Death is officially up. It stands at 9.5k words.

In this prologue, you:

- Meet and customize your MC.
- Embark on a dangerous mission.
- Learn a bit about the Guild of the Kiss.
- Get assigned with the assassination of Alekos.

 

[Knightstorm]

Update: Romance of The Damned (Chapter 1 Part 2)

A/N: The second half of Chapter 1 is finally up and ready to play. Picking up exactly where the last update left off, the agonizing silence of the clubroom is officially shattered by that heavy, hollow knock. With this update, the full WIP is now 22K words with code and 20K words without.

If Part 1 was a contained, slice-of-life bottle episode designed to establish the baseline toxicity between the protagonist and Kanashiro Kana, Part 2 is where the narrative actively attempts to break them. I believe I succeeded mostly. I decided to lean heavily into the eerie, liminal atmosphere of an empty Japanese high school at twilight. Depending on whether you choose to bravely investigate the hallway or stubbornly retreat to the clubroom, you will experience either a locked-corridor deductive mystery or a suffocating, high-society standoff.

Regardless, here is the official Romance Option list, as many have requested me to do so:

Kanashiro Kana ( 哉城 可那 )

— The founding president of an unamed club. Kanashiro Kana is introduced as a girl whose solitude feels entirely deliberate. The protagonist notes her strikingly elegant features and describes her eyes as deep, frozen pools that seemingly dissect every cynical thought he harbors. He ultimately categorizes her as a beautiful fortress, built to be admired only from afar. Or, a breathtaking fortress that naturally commands distance. It depends on the protagonist you have built.

Romance with her is a slow-burn battle of wits where yielding an inch of rhetorical ground is a fatal mistake.

Fukami Reika (怜華 深見)

— The phantom of the eastern stairwell and a resident of the elite Class 2-F International Track. When she finally steps out of the shadows, the protagonist is immediately struck by her elegantly slender frame and her small and subtly upturned eyes. He notes that her hair possesses the sort of black you find on old lacquerware, moving exactly as much as it needs to and no more. Above all, she radiates a profound, atmospheric emptiness that immediately triggers the protagonist’s survival instincts.

She is a locked door in human form, carrying the unyielding authority of someone entirely accustomed to finding the people around her insignificant.

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I highly recommend doing at least two playthroughsof this update to see how the “Investigate” and “Retreat” paths diverge.