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Barb Writes

@barbwritesstuff

Hello. My name's Barb. I write stuff. For Details: barbaratruelove.com
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My name's Barb. I write stuff.

Specifically:

App Store ✦ Steam ✦ COG Forum ✦ Tumblr Post

Blood Moon is a 445,000 word interactive novel. Play as a werewolf as you defend your pack against vampires and (if the mood is right) fall in love. Published with Hosted Games.

Of Monsters and Mainframes is a story about a spaceship who decides to kill Dracula. It's about 70,000 words and it coming out in 2025 with Bindery Books.

More Info ✦ Signed Copies

Crying Wolf is a 110,000 word novel about twin brothers (who also just happen to be werewolves) fighting for freedom in a system rigged against them. Published with Riptide Publishing.

Download for free on Itch.io ✦ Tumblr Post

A Fairy Tale is a 28,000 word visual novel about fairies finding love (and maybe a little light murder).

Download for free on Itch.io ✦ Tumblr Post

Something a Little Super is a 20,000 word interactive story about adopting and raising a child with super powers.

Free Demo ✦ Tumblr Post ✦ COG Forum

Thicker Than is a sequel to my previous choicescript game, Blood Moon.

I'm also working on a couple of other projects:

  • Drown with Me is an interactive novel about cannibalistic mermaids and pirates built in Ren'py. Check out the demo!
  • Mysterious Manuscript is a mystery manuscript full of mystery, magic, mayhem, and mystery.

I also have a website and a KoFi page which is the best place to support me, if you like what I do.

Thanks for stopping by.

#pinned intro#interactive fiction#writeblr
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Anonymous asked:

(apartment anon here!) I forgot to add this, but I think it's so cute to think of mc buying/trying to learn how to cook meals for Nathan, putting them of the freezer with sticky notes like "EAT -BW" (adds little face with fangs)

I think I might not have gotten the first half of this ask, but I will say I love the implication that MC has forgotten how to cook human food.

MC: "I have prepared some human food for you."

Nathan: "Is this... just a single unchopped lettuce?"

MC: *lizard blink*

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rip-interactive asked:

Just found and read all the way through the demo of Thicker Than. I only have one thing (well two)

1. If something happened to Minjo I will commit murder to everyone then myself

2. Just wanted to add how amazing the characters and story has been so far. Like total chief kiss

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💙💙💙

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snowflake-blake asked:

If the pack was renting the warehouse, what uh happened with that after rental agreement post Blackwell's uhhh free demolition service? I'm guessing they didn't get their deposit back 💀 do they still live at the warehouse? have they fixed it up or moved somewhere else? PLEASE tell me if they stayed that they have proper walls and a better kitchen and bathroom situation eventually 😭

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I actually go back and forth on this.

Part of me thinks they'd have moved on. Vampires now know the werewolves' den and that's not really a great thing... and there are other nearby locations that could've been converted to house a bunch of werewolves.

But another part of me thinks that the werewolves know they'll be discovered wherever they are (it's not hard for humans to spy on them) and they've made a stand here now.

Also, I'm still not over the werewolves living in a warehouse pun. I doubt I'll ever be over it.

So... I dunno. If they're still in the city, they might still be in that warehouse (post renovations), or they might be somewhere else.

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Anonymous asked:

I'm trying to get two specific achievements on BM but cant seem to do the right thing to get either. Can you tell me how we can get the Possessed and Ghostly Ally achievements?

  • Kill Carrie in Chapter One
  • Go with Vicky to see the Witch
  • Summon the Ghost
  • "Let her in."
  • When the ghost offers a deal, take it.
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recuperationdisliker

eagle: so what do you think about stigmata

prometheus: you know we're in a pre-christian myth, right? like that word doesn't exist yet. your dumb joke is anachronistic.

eagle: stigma talons in your flesh

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athelind

And yet he couldn't see the punchline coming.

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theragnarokd

Eagle: I can do jokes. it's all in the de-livery.

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Image 1: tags added by @melissonomos that read as follows:

besides being a beautiful joke in its own right, this is a beautiful demonstration of a framing device that I think we see a lot on tumblr and twitter. Where you have a pun that is fine but not great, and so you place it in like a little narrative frame that acknowledges that it's not a sufficient joke on its own, but elevates it to a perfect shitpost. Shitpost as bad joke plus knowing narrative frame? Shitpost as dad joke plus allusive wink?

Image 2: a reply by @battybiologist that reads "Oh my god, the eagle expected him to answer 'stigmata?' and banked on stigmata not existing yet, but Prometheus' domain is foresight. It's such a clever fucking joke"

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gwygle

local loser tries to be a good mother while dealing with a gambling problem, navigating the politics of a secret society and being undead

this is my vampire mc maggie from the in-development if "thicker than"

thicker than is written by @barbwritesstuff !

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barbwritesstuff

A vampire in my inbox!

I love seeing original characters (I don't even know what MC looks like, so its great to see and finally meet my protagonists) and I'm already a massive fan of Gwen's art. You've knocked this one out of the park, as always. I'm living for the vibes. 💙

#thicker than if#oc#mc#fanart
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Anonymous asked:

hi barb!!

listen i might be crazy for asking this but can you get a ro to die in blood moon? does it have to do with the relationship stat or is it choices you make during/before the battle with blackwell?? i’ve never had it happen before and i’ve only ever lost terry nikolas and on occasion sergi

i crave the angst

Every RO can, theoretically, die in Blood Moon.

I think Ed's death is the saddest, but no one has ever mentioned it to me, so perhaps it's really hard or even impossible to actually access. I'm not a very good coder and it's entirely possible I wrote a bit of the game that doesn't even work. 😅

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Anonymous asked:

NOT AN AIR MATTRESS😭😭😭

Only the best for MC. 😁

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slushrottweiler asked:

Hi Barb! All this talk of new content, esp with Nathan and air mattress had me running to replay the demo, but I can't seem to find it.

I just wanted to check, is there another demo; maybe for paid members or something? Or am I just bad at playing your game haha?

Any help or guidance would be welcome and appreciated

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Sorry, I didn't make it clear, it's the paid demo. The full scene will be available for free when the moon is full.

I depend a lot on the support I get via kofi, so people who donate there get a demo that updates every week instead of every month.

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Anonymous asked:

hi barb i love love love how, seemingly, from the train station meeting onwards, nathan seems to put vampires into 2 categories: mc and everyone else, and that really really becomes apparent when you get to his apartment and see his boards and mc's photo is set aside, and that he went out of his way to find a better photo of them than the one with blackwell 💖

honestly the fact that, even though he does still keep the stake nearby, he allows, and wants a vampire's mouth near some very important and unprotected bits makes me weak

if anything happens to him my mc will kill everyone in the room and then herself i think

im just extremely obsessed with him thank u for writing him

Keep in mind, that this is only when Nathan believes MC doesn't hurt humans. If you do hurt humans, he'll treat you like any other vampire.

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Anonymous asked:

“Next time we’re using the chains” Barb you know what you started when you added that. ❤️❤️

I want to speak to a lawyer. 💙

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