Still Heroes is an interactive fiction piece that explores how it may be arduous to maintain going when your fellow superheroes resolve they don’t wish to do it any extra.
Have you ever questioned how tremendous heroes pay the payments? I imply, some of them preserve day jobs, and that’s clearly for a cause. Punching out aliens that wish to take over the world doesn’t actually offer you a lot of a paycheck. And, I imply, even when you have tremendous powers, you should eat and sleep someplace. In the world of this sport, there’s some cash coming in to superheroes who save the day, however like most freelancers (I imply, superheroes are freelance, deep down, proper?), it solely works when you’re getting loads of jobs. And Emeline’s group hasn’t been getting a lot work these days, making them query whether or not they actually wish to do that any extra.
Emeline nonetheless desires to maintain serving to individuals, although, however has discovered herself largely alone doing the work. She’s additionally juggling it together with her personal each day life, her relationships, and together with her monetary wants. You’ll discover these together with her as she fights to maintain saving and serving to individuals, all whereas taking small interactions in the work that convey you into the motion and feelings. There’s solely a handful of methods you join with this interactive piece of fiction, however they allow you to kind a formidable, touching bond with Emeline and her story. I can’t a lot go into specifics with out telling you about extra of the story, however these moments assist create a robust connection between you and Emeline, feeling it greater than if it have been solely the phrases on the web page.
Still Heroes is a superb visible novel that is aware of easy methods to kind a reference to the participant, all whereas delving into the hardships of following desires when everybody else is giving up on them.
Still Heroes is obtainable now on itch.io and Steam.
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