Hello all!

I am one of three authors of Trouble Brewing, a romantic comedy interactive fiction. I'm learning Twine as I go through a combination of tears and the help of the lovely folks over at intfiction.org, who have very patiently answered all of my questions. 

Trouble Brewing, in addition to being a rom-com, is a coming-of-age story about the youngest child of master brewer Sir Merewin, who is engaged against their will to their sworn enemy -- Bainbridge, the wet-blanket drunken noble from the barony next door. With the help of their childhood friend, Quinn, they escape this terrible fate, only to be immediately captured by bandits intent on ransoming them back to their family. Trouble Brewing deals with themes of rebellion,  autonomy, and the growing pains of emerging adulthood. 

The first five chapters are currently uploaded and include:

• choosing your MC's name, gender, primary personality traits & sexuality
• meeting four possible love interests, including a broody bandit leader, an over-eager prince (or princess!), a charismatic courtier-turned-bard, and a talented fool-of-all-trades

Trouble Brewing is projected to have 10-12 chapters and a playtime of a few hours by the time of its completion. 

Trouble Brewing can be played at  Trouble Brewing: A Romantic Comedy About Beer, Rebellion, & Skipping Out On Your Responsibilities

Updates will appear here, as well as our Tumblr.

Chapter 3 Update

Hello!

Chapter 3 is complete and available to the public! This update adds about 15-20 minutes of content, dependent on reading speed. 

In this chapter:

• try not to burn breakfast
• have a heart-to-heart with your kidnapper
• the introduction of Reese, the fourth and final love interest

Other updates include:

• Settings page -- allows adjustment of font/text size for easier readability
• Cheat menu -- allows changing variables, or jumping straight to Chapter 3

If there are any other features in settings that you would want to see, let me know and I will try to include what I can in the next update. The Cheat Menu is only for testing purposes and will be removed prior to the completed game, though there will be a New Game+ feature when all is said and done. The next update will include going on recruitment missions with Reese and Al, and I will be fixing the relationships page to look nice and pretty. 

Also, please let us know what you do or do not like! Thanks!

See yall next update!

John, Maudine, & Doug

Chapter 5 is complete!

After four months of writing, we have completed Chapter 5, which now sits at over 30K words (for reference, that is approximate the wordcount of a mid-length novella) and over 150 new passages (I am very tired of coding). This brings the total project word count to 88K words and marks the midpoint of our project. For once, we actually undershot our expected word count, but we are rather satisfied with the final product regardless. As always, we welcome feedback. 

So what happens in  this chapter?

1. The ghost of your (very much living) father guides you in crafting beer, mead, or ale. 
2. Some very familiar children make a reappearance. 
3. Holy crap, so many side characters. 
4. Learn some new sides to the ROs, ranging from the very silly to the very sad. 
5. Maybe sleep in an actual bed?
6. And more!

We thank everyone for their patience and support in the last few months.