As a 17 (soon to be 18) year old senior, you are anxiously awaiting for the day you graduate, pack your bags, and ditch Sunnyview, the sleepy, incredibly boring, town that you have grown up in all your life. It has been your dream for as long as you can remember—sometimes you can almost taste freedom on your tongue, so close yet so far away.

But one day, all of that changes when the filming for a movie is announced near your hometown. Not only is it a Stephen Zuckerberg, but it stars the recent award-winning actor Taylor Victory. Their presence stirs great interest and excitement in your small town. You did not care much, or at least, you thought you did not.

Until you have a chance encounter with the one and only Taylor Victory, and you notice the eerie facial similarities you share with them. Thus, a deal is struck between you.

You will swap places with each other—Taylor will experience a normal week of high school as you, and you will live the life of an actor in their place. Plus, their offer of money doesn't quite hurt, and with it you would have enough to leave Sunnyview.

Oh, how little did you realize how much trouble you were about to get yourself into.

Swapped is a slice-of-life interactive fiction game that contains sensitive content such as violence, language, bullying, depression + depictions of other mental illnesses, manipulation, and more may be announced as the game continues to be developed. Please do not read if you are sensitive to these topics. This game is rated 15+.

The demo, which contains the first episode (aka the Pilot), has about 17k words.


↬ customize your name, nickname, gender, looks, personality, etc.! however you will think of yourself as a "regular, ordinary" person living a boring life.

↬ taylor's gender, pronouns, and looks will be identical to yours (with a few modifications)!

↬ take the place of a famous teen actor and perhaps get to film a few scenes. lie, cheat, gaslight, manipulate; whatever it takes to convince others that you are who you say you are. otherwise...

↬ fall in love with your best friend, the popular kid (aka your crush), your "co-star," or no one or the secret RO. break or make your relationships with them.

↬ celebrate your 18th birthday as taylor and all by yourself.

↬ attend prom as yourself. or taylor? you aren't quite sure what it is yet.

Taylor Victory (gender based on MC) → The Identical Twin

The actor who became well-known for their lead role in the romcom movie Swipe Right and won a Cinny award for it. Ever since Victory entered the entertainment industry at the age of 5, they have never been able to live a "normal" life. Until, that is, they meet you. They are charming, suave, and everything that you imagine an actor to be. Especially their cockiness.

Maxie Yang (gender selectable) → The Best Friend

You have known them ever since you were in diapers; your sweet, quirky, and incredibly reliable best friend since forever. They have always cherished you and you to them, acting as your shield when you used to be heavily bullied in middle school. They have a remarkable passion for art and is a total geek for mythology. Years later, Maxie remains the same as ever, though sometimes you catch their adoring gaze at you. Do they...no, probably not.

Tropes: friends to lovers, unrequited pining (on their part)

Kelsey Lovelock (gender selectable) → The Crush

Kelsey Lovelock is one of the popular kid at school...and has also been your longtime crush since 8th grade. You don't remember when it first began, but they have always treated you nice enough even if their friends are assholes and made your life hell the years before and during. Charismatic and currently in the running nominations for Prom King/Queen. They likely do not feel anything for you considering how little you have talked to them in your final year of high school…and they are dating someone else.

Tropes: acquaintance to friends to lovers, unattainable

Peyton Ryans (gender selectable) → The Co-star

Taylor's co-star in their upcoming movie together. And for whatever reason, they seem to hate Taylor with a passion. Unfortunately, they play as the protagonist (that's Taylor)'s love interest, so you often have to make contact with them. Perhaps you could try to persuade them to see a "different" side of Taylor and change their view. It all depends on how you play the game—just hope they don’t find you out.

Tropes: enemies to lovers, coworkers

Published 22 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Authoraurelim
GenreInteractive Fiction
TagsCharacter Customization, LGBT, Romance, Slice Of Life, Story Rich, Text based, Twine

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OMG maxie's sooo cute!!! (btw is he chinese?)

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Yes, Maxie is Chinese!

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omg im Chinese too!

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YOOO MAXIE'S ADORABLE (cant wait to play a dumb*ss who has no clue)

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Very promising and I love it! im so excited to pursue Kelsey the loser geek x popular jock (and one that's in a "relationship") is just to good to pass by for mc (im especially curious how it'll go when roles are swapped)

Also a bit funny but while playing I decided to do chores so I had a nice cackle when I read this 

Your Episode 1 runtime was 01:16:55 (1 hours, 16 minutes, and 55 seconds).

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Also my MC and Taylor having their "I am a girl like you" barbie moment LOL

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I. WANT. MORE. I love maxie :3

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so silly!!! i am. so so excited i l,ove this sort of silly switcharoo plot.. neeeeeddd!! will be so excited for ur progress RAGH

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ohh, i absolutely loved the demo!! i'm so excited for what's to come for this if!!! i'm a sucker for friends to lovers, so you know i made my girl crush on maxie. i'm so curious about kelsey as well. what's up with them and their partner.. we'll have to find out hehe

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Fun start!  Looking forward to more!

(+7)

im going crazy this feels noslgic, just in the plot and writing. its already so cute and I am a bit sad to find it so early beacuse im impatient af lol


so excited to see whats coming next!!!!

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NONONONONON NOW I NEED MOREEEE

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Maxie vs the popular kid 😭 (( I love Maxie tho))

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I ALSO HOPE THIS GAME CONTINUES IT'S SO GOOD (( also I just noticed you also made stardom, that's crazy))

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A bit disappointed MC has a crush on Kelsey. Seems like terrible taste, tbh. Interested to see where this goes though. 

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Terrible as in typical high school crushes? 😂

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REAL

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Maxie my beloved

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I really liked it. <3

Kelsey Is not my cup of tea but Maxie is. <3

Can't wait for more. thanks for this lovely game.