It’s a stat-raising dating sim inspired by classic otome games like Tokimeki Memorial! There’s also a kickstarter campaign running atm so I checked it out. Normally this should be totally my thing, but I was honestly kind of underwhelmed :/

Summary:

Pros:

  • nailed the 90s anime/otome game aesthetic
  • Music is good as well
  • Everything is pretty

Cons:

  • The love interests’ sprites all share the same base
  • There are no hover sound effects in many parts of the UI :< doesn’t feel tactile
  • The sprites are blurry when they are zoomed in and the demo overall lacks a little bit of polish
Story thoughts

I personally also really disliked that all of the love interests already seem to have a crush on the protagonist. The point of stat-based dating sims is that you work towards conquering your LI of choice, what’s the point if they already blush during your first conversation? >:0

Has anyone else played it?

VNDB | Kickstarter

  • Elevator7009@ani.socialMEnglish
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    5 days ago

    No, but I was intending to. Also seems totally like my thing.

    I like stat-raisers for… huh, I have no idea why. I just do. It’s fun. I actually do like the thing you hid in your spoiler, to be honest, as well as its opposite. After all,

    spoiler

    I’d imagine they still will not get with you unless you have high enough stats, or you get a bad end or something. There is still something locked behind stats. But I do like both working to conquer LIs and them having a crush on you from the start.

    Thanks for the review! I actually stopped the weekly threads because people did not usually post in them, and I figure it is more searchable and useful for folks to see review posts that typically mention a title instead of wading through tons of weekly threads CTRL+Fing or hoping searching by comments actually turns up the game and not (every single time I search Lemmy comments, every time) some unrelated political comment that happens to include the words they searched for.