You are part of a mysterious order of Shadows. Once you were regarded as highly loyal and skilled group that reached where their Kings hand couldn't reach. From diplomatic espionage to making sure some secrets don't reach outside the castle walls. You were a kid brought in from the street, clever and talented, with a bright future in front of you. Or as bright a future can be for someone who uses and manipulates the shadows. Doing work for nobles, for your Order, racing your childhood best friend/rival on the rooftops has seemed like a perfect life compared to what fate had started you out with.

No king has sat on the throne for as long as you and anyone you know has been alive.

That is no longer true.


  • Play as female/male/gender neutral
  • Grow up
  • Don't worry about social norms/racism/homophobia etc.
  • Be good at what you do
  • Make friends and/or lovers
  • Keep your mask on and don't show your face to outsiders of the Order! (or not)
  • Be wary of the sneaking plot

This is my first IF project and I’m trying to keep things light and nice. With enough action and angst to keep your interest. There are four (4) romance options (for now) though it is not necessary to go for any of them. 


The demo includes right now a prologue, to learn a bit about the lore and make a bit of character customisation.

Rating is 16+.

More info/contact me @tumblr: https://shadowsif.tumblr.com/

Resources used:

Template: Nyehilism: https://nyehilism.itch.io/twine-template

Chapel's Custom Pronoun template: https://bit.ly/3Js6tPa

Over all sample coding by HiEv: https://bit.ly/3EEsg2G

Art and banners made by: https://www.instagram.com/pinupcolada/


StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
AuthorAjjia writes
GenreInteractive Fiction
Tagsdemo, Fantasy, Romance, Singleplayer

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Is it no matter what you do Hede always fails?

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for some reason when i click to be a boy, they still refer to me with she/her pronouns

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I really like the worldbuilding and the lore you created. I can't wait to learn more about the order ! Some feedbacks I do have. 

WARNING SPOILER

- Found multiple small errors in pronouns or the coding sign was still next to it. There is too many for me to list. Also in many phrases there tend to be words that repeat somewhat. Not one word specifically. But for example one phrase say something and the next reuse the word, and the third phrase do the same. Not really important but something to keep in mind when you edit again.

- I regret that we don't have more choices on our MC personality or reactions. I can't be as specific as I would like cuz the stats are not there yet. But I see countless opportunity to add some choices not necessarily on what we decide to do. As ofc for plot reasons we need to take some actions. But on how we feel about it or even our view of the people around us. Like I wanted to play an MC who was basically a "first of the class" good girl who hate causing trouble and was keen on studying real hard to enter the order. So I found it weird when the apple pie accident was hinted at, as I thought that meant we were the kind to get in trouble and act up. (I think Aarne have something to do with it ? Not sure I remember correctly) Or with the tickle fight, wish we had an option to tell Hede to behave. Or even decide a part of our relationship with him/her, the fact we are friends can remain but I will be honest my MC would probably not be as close to them as the game seem to suggest. I also wish there was an options to say we made friend with other kids and have them interact with us more. 

- Inseparable from it is that despite the writing being really good. I think it drag on a lil bit as one of my strongest impression is that I spent 70% reading long text and being passive and the remaining 30% making choices that mattered. And it's not necessarily a problem but it made me feel as if this was more a book then an IF. Because of so many things being decided for us, I didn't feel strongly connected to my MC or the other characters as much as I would like. Many of our reactions and feelings seem to be set. I don't mind semi-set MC or the fact that since we are a street urchin we are going to have some wariness or other or such. I just wish we could be different flavor of it. 

- Related to all of this is that I wish we had more informations given to us. I know you probably want to keep the order a mystery as much as possible but I think foreshadowing a little more could be beneficial. The best example is when we decide to sneak out of the room. When Hede asked us if we were afraid I said "yes" because I thought we were sneaking out for real and my brainy MC would have refused outright if we had another choice. If I the reader knew it was the test then I would have take the "no" answer immediately. But then when it was revealed that we knew it was the sign of our test rather then being pleasantly surprised I was kinda more confused. Might want to make that more clear. Another thing is that the MC is supposed to be around 9? Smth so I chose the dead mom option, we were visibly old enough to remember where our family came from or have a few memories of our mother. So I assumed the MC had a very distant but still present knowledge of what life was like with her. Thus seeing my MC being hyper wary of if anyone would steal their food in the breakfast scene seemed a tiny bit off. Overall it seemed like we were a young 5 years old who had always lived in the street and didn't knew that in situations like this, it was highly unlikely, something an older 9? could have deduce easily. I just felt like the MC seemed younger then they are supposed to be presented as in general. I would expect a 8~9 that grew up in the street to have developed enough (and matured much more fast) to quickly guess that now that they are in the order rumored to do horrible thing, a decision we are told we cannot go back from. MC could guess that it's normal for them to take care of them all kids as they obviously want something back. Seeing all of that good treatment as the order taking care of it investment. After all the MC seem to have live long enough in the street to be suspicious and cynical of people intentions, and think that if they haven't killed them yet, then they want to use them or want something in exchange. Rules of the street and all.


Sorry if this is not specific enough, I'm kinda tired but be happy to give more in depth answers if you need.

Hello for some reason I am not able to enter my name and continue playing

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ah, you need to click on the word 'chosen' at the end of the sentence :D

Thank you!

youre welcome <3

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hi, a quick question is normal that when i click on "Back into the shadows" nothing happen ? even if i refresh the page or restart the game? 

i also tried doing anothe run and after i give Hede the bracelet and choose the option "blush'' it shows  an error , saying that the object bracelet doesnt exist and I can't continue after that.

hope you keep working on this i already love it 

Hi, 

I'm sorry this is late, but I've been stuck in real world for a while...

I can't recreate the problems. But if you get to the 'Back into the shadows' bit that's the end of the demo as of this moment. 

Did you use a back button or a save when you tried a rerun to get the bracelet?

Sorry for the questions but as the choices work for me I'm having a hardtime pinpointing the problem. ^^'

hello, no prob i am pretty aware how much the real world  can take the time of someone.

btw when i did the rerun i am pretty sure i used a save 

hope that the real world life will give  you an easier time  ^^

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The description say dont worry about social norms, racism, homophobia etc but i think it would be really insightful in you included it. How many were and still are narrowminded and give us insight on how people dealt with it and the impact that happened. But thats for you to decide, thanks for the game! :)

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Hi, 

So, first of all, thank you for trying my game and commenting!
Secondly. Just... No. It's not something I want to write in this story. Hope you'll still stick around.

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This is amazing... I can't wait for more ;_;


Pls is there any way to save my relationship with hede ;(

I like him...

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Thank you! I'm trying to get a bit more released before the year is out. But it will be short scenes that cover the years the story is going to timeskip over.

Your relatationship with Hede is up to you in the future. Mostly. Maybe. 

Glad you like Hede and have stuck with the story!

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I feel so hurt reading how Hede is angry with me. I hope we can still salvage our friendship T^T 

This has good so far. Thank you for your hard work! 

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The future is up to you! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the kind words. Though, I hope the hurt was the good kind and not the bad kind.

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Looking great so far! I have a question, are the choices to join Samuil not available because of my choices or because you haven't added it yet?

Also, after giving Hede the bracelet, choosing the option ''you blush'', it shows that these is an error. I can't continue after that.

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Hi and thank you! The choices for Samuil are not yet finished as it's mostly lore and I wanted to get the update out where the actual fun stuff happens. I'll update the scenario in at some point. Sorry about that.

Thank you for the bug, no idea how that happened as the code was writtten correctly. But as I fixed it I also found a few missing pieces of choices that were kind of hard to get into. Unnecessarily, to take my thanks doubly for finding and reporting the bug!

This looks so good so far! Genuinely frightening when Hede falls. Keep up the good work! <3

Thank you so much! A little fright does good every now and then if the end is happy. :)