The Story

On a Wednesday morning, you leave your doctor's office with the diagnosis of an inoperable brain tumour and the knowledge of an estimated four months left to live.

Suddenly left without any direction in your life, you find yourself in a support group for the terminally ill. Where you expected to find sadness, melancholy and a looming sense of dread at thought of a fast approaching death - all the same feelings you harbour - you find smiles and laughter instead.

You're drawn in by the people you meet there, curious and confused by their carefree attitudes. They're kind to you, they take you in, they turn your frown upside down - literally and figuratively. And just when you think you might be beginning to accept your fate; they decide to throw all caution to the wind and whisk you away on the adventure of a lifetime.

You don't know what will come of the next four months but with your new friends at your side, you're excited to find out. After all, this is the only life you've been given, and though it may be ending soon; you might as well live it to the fullest.

More Than Me is a story about love, friendship, found family and acceptance. It will deal with heavy topics such as death and illness, and may be uncomfortable for some readers. Viewer discretion is advised.

Features:

  • Full character customisation including, but not limited to, appearance, personality and gender
  • Meet and befriend a cast of characters, four of which you'll be able to pursue a romance with
  • Experience a new world as you road trip cross country with your new 
  • Live your life to the fullest while you still can

Romance Options

Adelaide Scholz - 29 • F 

A bit rough around the edges, Adelaide is a personality that takes some getting used to. Sharp tongued, self deprecating and blunt as baseball bat, Adelaide always has something to say - most times at the annoyance of others. But a stage 4 lung cancer patient such as herself doesn't have the time nor patience to care what anyone thinks of her. With her leather jacket and a carton of cigarettes in her back pocket, doomed to forever be unlit, she's ready to see the sights and if need be, kick some ass. She'll try, at least.

Hayden Della Rocca - 31 • F/M 

Hayden is probably the happiest person you'll ever meet, despite their failing heart. Diagnosed with cardiomyopathy just shy of graduating university, they've been on the transplant waitlist ever since but they haven't let that stop them. Having been cooped up in their studio working as a freelance artist, they're now ready to take on the world, pacemaker and all; and heaven help you if you try slow them down.

Gabriel Torres - 30 • M 

There's not much to say about Gabriel, mostly because no one knows anything about him besides his chronic liver failure. He's silent and mysterious but he's always happy to spare a smile if he catches you staring. Though preferring to keep to himself, he's more than willing to share his secrets as long as you're willing to listen.

Mavis/Maverick Chen - 31 • F/M

A quirky and eccentric bartender you meet on your journey. Longing for a change of scenery, they jump at the offer to join you. Beyond their eccentricities - somehow both charming and strange - they fit in surprisingly well among your group, bringing new life to the party; pun intended. They help open your eyes to new experiences and hey, if all else fails, they can at least make you a mean drink.

UI and template by Vahnya.

StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(75 total ratings)
AuthorRyan
GenreInteractive Fiction

Development log

Comments

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Yeah my heart's gonna break reading this through when it's done 😭😭 already had me tearing telling Sutton like dang dude c'mon

Tried to download the game but it is saying that there are no downloads available? 

its not meant to be downloaded, you have to play it in your browser 

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Omg i am so excited for this!!! Thank u!

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I'm glad this is not abandoned

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I hope this is continued eventually, and that the author is doing well.

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I have excellent news

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WOO!!

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Just found it and it is incredibly well written, am also very curious as to where the story will go. Keep it up!

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Ooooh I'm gonna cry whenever I play more of it, I know it ! But it's great ! Actually what I'm looking for :3 That would mean that this if game is great ! Any ideas when will be the next update ?

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Soon, my friend :)

Yeah ! I'm sure it will be great as well ^^

The demo ended with me feeling nervous even if I wasn't really there, I'm looking forward to more of the demo, or the full game! Thank you for the great experience so far!

Thanks so much for reading!

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This story is gonna hurt me isn't it? T-T

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That's a very real possibility :[

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Hayden beloved <3 this is such a beautiful story already and I'm excited to read more as much as this story will definitely wring tears from my eye ducts. Stay safe and be well Ryan  

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thanks so much!

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I need more ;-;

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It's coming, I promise :)

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I'm not sure what to think of this. My dad's in palliative and has been pushing his expiration date further and further out, which is both sublime and agony, and it's been so horrible to watch him wither and suffer and lose every human dignity. 

This demo's been a cathartic read, and I look forward to reading more.

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I'm sorry to hear about your father, it's never easy to watch a loved one suffer and I hope you and your family are doing alright. Thank you for reading.

My goodness this seems amazing already. It was so good I just got sucked right in. 

Thanks so much!

Is this game still being worked on? I'm asking because the tumblr was deleted when I tried to follow the link.

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I'm still working on it, I unfortunately lost the files of all I'd written so I've had to start over. With regards to my tumblr account, it was accidentally deleted, I'm sorry for the confusion!

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Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry that happened! I hope for your sake the smoothest road possible in reattaining lost ground. No pressure at all.

It was amazing! (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠`⁠)⁠。⁠*゚⁠+

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I'm not anywhere near ready for the heartache I'm sure this story is going to bring me. But my IF obsession is still going strong, so I guess it's time to strap in.

i got emotional just thinking about mc telling their brother about their illness i am not ready

jokes aside this is great so far <33 thank you for sharing!

Love it

Thank you!

Little short, but promising. I'm looking forward to the next content update :D Definitely getting the feeling that this will make me cry though.

Thank you! I'm currently working on part 2 and it'll be a lot longer, I promise!