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Lateral Moves

a collection by Thaliarchus · last updated 2024-10-30 20:03:47

I don't know many things on Itch which are like the stuff I've written. 

The titles in this collection do different things to CWKB, but they all in one way or another invite analogy, often through some aspect of method or craft rather than premise. I made this collection because multiple people independently asked me questions along the lines of, What else is there here like this?

I'm sure I've not exhausted what Itch has to offer; this sort of thing's just not easily searchable. Let me know if you think I should add something else.

A Retelling of a Myth. Made in Twine
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Reimagines a legend in a skilfully wielded second-person interactive fiction format.

Henshin hero wasteland sci-fi in the style of a medieval Irish saga

Convincingly borrows the style of early Irish myth, rescuing it from soft-edged nineteenth-century pieties. Also there are Kamen Riders.

Three short stories about Mechs, their Pilots, and the Radio.

Okay, the connections here should be fairly obvious.

Connections in unexpected places
Interactive Fiction
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Laconic sf engaged with exile, power, and belonging.

lament your fate and write a poem about it
Interactive Fiction
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Simple but excellent premise, executed well.

The Snow Queen, from the coolest character's point of view

Repositioning a well-known story in another perspective.

An interactive narrative set in a retro-futuristic reflection of the collapsing Bronze Age
Interactive Fiction
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Anachronism wielded with intent.

A Baroque Mech Tarot Card Roleplaying Game

Possibly-doomed nobility steer machines from a past era in a last-ditch defence.