Mission Light
The Story
You’ve worked hard to build the life you have.
You live in New York, completed your education with good grades, landed your dream job and it seems perfect on paper. Your coworkers are friendly and your work brings new challenges each day.
Others would envy the stability and success you’ve achieved for yourself.
So why does it feel like something is missing?
Now that you’ve reached your goals, why does the life you imagined leaves you feeling empty?
It’s hard to shake the nagging feeling that there must be something more out there, something beyond the ordinary life you’ve built. But what can you do? You can’t just quit, can you?
However when an old friend—someone you had a falling out with years ago—contacts you again, demanding that you owe him something. You, despite knowing he’s involved with shady people, agree to work with him.
For the first time in a long while, you feel alive, full of adrenaline—this is what you were missing, right?
But things quickly spiral out of control. What he has drawn you into is far deeper than you ever imagined.
The world you thought you knew is only a small part of a hidden, dangerous reality.
You soon discover that your coworkers are secret agents and when unexpected superpowers awaken within you, you realize that you have no choice but to join them, now that you are a part of this big mess.
As a new member of the secret, independent organization known as the Cryptic Order (CO), you travel across the globe, protecting the Child of Light—the key to defeating a looming and powerful threat.
Every choice you make will shape your path, your relationships, and your destiny, all while uncovering secrets that challenge everything you thought you knew.
The stakes are higher than you ever imagined and the future of the world—along with the life of the Child of Light—depend on you and your team.
But as time goes on, you may begin to wonder if your old normal life maybe wasn't so bad after all.
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Mission Light is a thrilling, interactive novel that follows the journey of an ordinary person yearning for more in life. When they are unexpectedly thrown into a world of secret agents, superpowers awaken within them, leaving them with little choice but to join the team. Alongside their new allies, they must travel across the globe to protect the Child of Light—the key to defeating a looming, powerful threat, while uncovering secret plots and complex events unfolding in the background. Every choice you make shapes their path, relationships and how the story progresses, while the future of the world is on the line.
Play on mobile, PC, or laptop and let yourself be pulled into a text-based adventure featuring stunning CGs and artwork. Customize your character and choose your path, form relationships from romance to deep friendships—every decision matters. With a lot of side content and exciting features planned for the future, I’m sure you will have plenty to experience.
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You can find me on Tumblr for updates, art, additional writing, lore and a small introduction.
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Features
Create Your Character
Customize your character's appearance and identity with options including trans, male, female, non-binary, gay, aromantic (specific to Aneka's route), aroace, asexual, and more.
Choose Your Backstory
Start your journey with one of three distinct prologues and career paths: lawyer, police officer or doctor.
Explore Your New Powers
Uncover and master the superpowers you’ve gained, explore how they influence your journey and shape your character.
Define Your Path
Discover what you truly want in life, find your sense of belonging, and navigate the chaos you've been drawn into.
Travel the World
Embark on a global adventure with your team, explore diverse countries and face unique challenges along the way.
Engage with Diverse Characters
Meet a cast of interesting characters, each with their own unique struggles, stories, and arcs.
Forge Deep Connections
Form and nurture meaningful relationships through romances (with both monogamous and polyamorous routes available) and lasting friendships.
Character-Driven Storytelling
Experience a narrative that focuses on your relationships with the characters and their interactions and bonds with one another.
Support and Protect Adam (The Child of Light)
Develop a strong bond with Adam, whether as a sibling or a parental/mentor figure, while guiding him through his journey of self-discovery and personal struggles, as well as protecting him from harm.
Endgame Choices
Pursue endgame options like marrying your love interest and adopting Adam (only available on specific routes).
Content Warnings
While the general age rating is 18+ due to violence, mature themes, and sexual content, every chapter includes specific warnings to help readers prepare themselves for each individual chapter, ensuring an appropriate approach to sensitive topics.
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Characters - Love Interests
The Leader
Sinan Demir
he/him - ex german BND agent - fire - has the biggest heart
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The Strongest
Nayla Leong
she/her - flower shop owner - earth - always there when you need her
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The Empath
Aneka Evans
she/her - a doctor - water - comfortable in your silence
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The Cunning
Hongyu Huang
he/him - a lawyer - lightning - just can't seem to find a moment to calm down
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The Kind
Miguel Martínez
he/him - a surgeon - wind - first to stand up for what is right, but has trouble to do so for himself
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The Ambitious
Min Lim
they/them - police officer and professional boxer - cyber/code - hard to get close to
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The Unassuming
Marcos/Maria Soto
(he/him, she/her) - a lawyer - force field/barrier - trouble admitting to mistakes
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Characters - Others
The Child of Light
Adam Omondi
he/him - the teenager you have to protect - light - struggling to navigate in this world
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The Haunting Ghost
Noel Ehrenfelde
he/him - your ex best friend - speed - tangled in past mistakes
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Informations
Motivation: I’m writing this mainly for myself, to prove myself, that I can finish things and fulfill my dream of creating and telling a story.
Challenges: I have ADHD and autistic traits, which makes it hard to stay motivated and organized at times. It can be difficult to make my thoughts and ideas fit together and make sense. My energy levels, commitment, and writing style can change frequently due to the constant chaos in my head. What makes sense to me might not always make sense to others, so please let me know if that happens and I’ll work on fixing it. Also English isn't my first language, I am from Germany, so please excuse if my writing sounds a little off sometimes.
Updates: Since I go to university, have a job, other hobbys and friends, I might not be able to update very often. I’ll work on the story when I have the time and motivation.
Planned are: 1 introduction, 3 prologue’s, 12 chapters and an epilogue
Content Sensitivity: If something I wrote is offensive in any way, even if I try to avoid it with research, please let me know on Tumblr and I’ll change it.
WIP: This story is work in progress, so the story, characters, routes, and choices can change at any point in time.
Final Release: After finishing the story, I plan to review and rewrite everything to improve it before publishing the final and polished version.
Free for Now: The story and all additional content is free for now. This may change later depending on how much time I put into this project, if people are even interested and how my life and financial situation will be after I graduate.
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Credits
Writing by acetheyul
Idea, World & Characters by acetheyul
Coding by acetheyul
Cover Art by acetheyul
Background Art by acetheyul
Character Art & CGs by acetheyul
Chapter Pictures from Pixabay
Music from ….
Updated | 6 days ago |
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (14 total ratings) |
Author | acetheyul |
Genre | Interactive Fiction, Action |
Tags | agents, Character Customization, First-Person, LGBT, Romance, Superpowers, Text based |
Average session | A few seconds |
Development log
- Mission Light - Lawyer Path Part 1 - Out Now!Sep 09, 2024
- Prologue ReleaseMay 20, 2024
Comments
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Just a heads-up! Picking hearing-aids says the mc has contact lenses in the bio. Haven't finished the demo so far, but I already know I'm going for Marco(He seems like such a cutie patootie:33)
Oh thanks for telling me, I fixed it for the next Update :) I am glad that you played the demo, the new Update is coming soon with more Marcos/Maria content :) And I am glad that you like him/them.
There seems to be a problem where no matter what you pick when selecting a drink you get the energy drink response
I am aware of that. I am currently working on an update where I fix that and some other things and add some of the lawyer prologue. I hope I can publish it at some point in the next two weeks. :)
Still thank you for telling me and reading my story :)
I’m excited for this!!
I am so happy that you are ☺️
Sorry if this is a bit of an obvious question (I'm a bit slow :p), but what exactly do you mean by secondary route?
After the first prologue you can choose three routes, the lawyer, the police officer and the doctor. Depending on your choice you get different skills and meet some of the characters earlier etc. :) I am currently working on the lawyer route. All those routes happen in every playthrough, even if you don't choose to play them. The doctor happens after the lawyer route and the police officer route plays at the same time as both. :)
Hope that answers your question.
Oh wow i love this so much!! It's really lovely.
Might i just suggest tho putting it under the interactive fiction category. Or under the HTML5 platform like most IFs.
I know there's alot of IF readers on here that might not see it because of the category. I usually click on the IF section to just scroll through new releases and i didn't see yours at all. i saw yours on a repost on tumblr.
I never look through books because that just makes me think of like ebooks. Not interactive ones. Just a friendly suggestion tho. 😇
Thank you so much, I am so happy that you like it.
And thanks for your advice too, I changed it to the IF section :)
Great Start!! 💕
Thank you :)