An Adventagonistic Christmas
You are one year into your 100 year transition into a mysterious celestial beast. You are six months into a midnight-black romance with Mr. Pages, a dread and nefarious member of that same race. The holidays are fast approaching, but gift-giving is illegal in Pages' culture.
Stealthily determine the best gift for your wretch of a paramour, and leave it utterly defeated by your superior show of humility, goodwill, and selfless affection.
You are going to get SUCH a good grade in romance.
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- A weirdly competitive romance between two inhuman monsters,
- over 4,000 words,
- 5 endings, plus a randomized correct gift, resulting in several possible runs,
- Assets made with fountain pen and watercolor paint,
- For extra fun, try to figure out which words are real, and which ones are Pages making them up in an effort to sound as eloqintellectual as possible!
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This is a Fallen London fangame, and while the characters and setting were made by Failbetter Games for the 2023 Festive Fanart Competition, developer Alexis Royce is solely to blame for this bit of Christmas hogwash.
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I played it through, paying careful attention to what Pages said, and on my first try, I got it right! ... ... And then I reloaded my last save and got it wrong, which was much more fun, so I got it wrong again! And that was even better. :D
As a long-time romancer of space bats, I find this game delightful.
Heeheehee, the space bats are sooo much fun to romance, I’m glad I could capture a sliver of it! And one of the things I love about Fallen London is that failing at a check can be even more fun than succeeding. I wanted to convey some of that feel in my own mechanics.
This was absolutely incredible! I loved the witty dialogue, and the dynamic between the characters was so fun to read. Looking forward to seeing your other work!
Thank you! This game was super self-indulgent, so I'm glad that a few other folks have had fun with it! I've written a few fics with these two, but I really wanted to get to paint them yelling at one another, too. XD
What fun! Thank you and Happy Christmas!
Okay, “botched Amber job” has officially entered my Neathy vocabulary. XD
This was so much fun to finally get to sit down and watch; it made me happy to see other Fallen London players getting the jokes and references I was setting up. A writer can’t control how a reader reacts to what they make, but it is really really gratifying to see when your intentions click well. Also your combined laughter is really infectious; watching this put me in such a good mood.
You’re correct about how the randomized element works; it’s assigned right after the player clicks to Start a new game on the main menu. It sets values for each of the three books, which picks one that pages wants as a gift, one which pages would NOT like as a gift, and one which it already owns. Pages’ art changes based on that last one, and a different book will be hanging from its belt.
I love that you both had a wager on the outcome of this playthrough! It makes me want to make more games that people can have a friendly competition with! That might be silly to say when, you know, two-player games are super common. But I make visual novels, so there usually isn’t any PVP! XD Sorry that this had to be a game with the end message of “Win conditions are subjective,” when you directly needed a binary win/loss for your own fun style of play! I’m going to be pretty busy with other visual novels for the foreseeable future, but if I make another game with Pages, I’ll let you know about the possibility for a rematch! 😁
<3 replied in the video comments, but thanks again and congratulations on the competition win!
ace attorney reference omg
It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last, that is a Turnabout Guarantee ™️
Pages is adorable, they are a kindred spirit!
Yeah, Pages can be very evil, but it’s just so cute while doing it 😊