MY GOD THAT AMAZING GAME. What a good game, breaking expectations all the time, I laughed a lot during the game. It's so creative, I really wanted to be with Sammy, I was really disappointed, but I agree with everything I read haha. I didn't understand the people who comment that this is a terrible game, it doesn't make any sense, five stars, I made all the finals.
I only now discovered this game & got the zane end so far. I must say I'm pleasantly surprised & loved the writing in this a lot. Looking forward to the other endings! Thank you ^^
this- how could you do this to me? i cried! this got me good! anyyyyywayyyyyyy I loved the game. omg it was so good!!!!! the character arcs are amazing. plus I liked that sneaky shower scene you added in ;) ;DDDDDDDDDDDD
honestly! it's been a while since i've thought about this game, but i saw some old screenshots in my folder that i took a while back. the messages at the end (and the @s like damn this went hard lmao) and the themes were really important to me then, and even now still mean a lot!
i was feeling a little bit sad today, but i was reminded of a lot of things i somehow forgot so!! for that, thank you for this game and that reminder!
This game was okay I guess. I didn't care for the message at the end. Made my anxiety kick in which I guess that's my own fault. This game just wasn't for me I guess. And I'm sorry that I had some days off and I just wanted to play a little game. Sigh....
Dont worry, you have nothing to be sorry about. You get to choose how you want to spend your time, and you'd rather not spend it playing this and thats completely fine. I also like to play little games in my free time
So was intrigued by the mixed reviews and thought I'd give it a shot. Was actually pretty funny at first. Then the humour kinda stops being light-hearted. Even with the motivational ending, it just comes across as mean-spirited. If you want to send a tough-love, positive message with a good chuckle, I'd reccomend trimming the fat. Going on and on and on about the negatives loses its comedic punch and comes across as edgy trolling on a high horse. :¬I
Overall, I appreciate what you were going for, though I don't think it worked in the end. Your art and the game's design was pretty clean!
Created an account just to tell you how shitty this game is. People are depressed and they use dating sims sometimes to escape reality. Berating people with depression/anxiety for wanting to play a video game is in terrible taste and most likely makes people feel worse. If you were trying to get across a "good message," this is a fucking terrible way to do it.
What the hell is wrong with you? Besides being hella pretentious that is. Pathetic.
I LOVE IT!! It's hilarous. Everyone is a crybaby in the comments. I can't believe someone get offended by a game. People are so sensitive these days. Anyways, i love your humor. Please keep it up with your work. Have a nice day <3
ok here game ive been doing my chores and ive been abused by my sister and iam right here taking a break playing this game. and your telling me ((us)) that were lazy, hold up there game director i just want to read something atleast play this game and thats the ending? thats the ending ok well i like the artstyle, the background, the music or sterbucks if thats what they call.. li just want the REAL story T^T
I feel... Strange about this game. In one hand I'm annoyed because the game tell me what my parents are telling me all day, that I waste my time and more, so it doesn't really help me.. But, on the other hand, Sheldon loves me so... it warms my heart a bit.
Anyways I love the drawing I'm just a bit disapointed because this could have been a really cute game about self esteem (the drawing adding a really good thing to it) but... the game just told me to go f*ck myself so...
Is it bad that I looked all over Wattpad to see if anyone had tried to write a fan fic about this, and then got dissiponted because there was none? ;,(
I have made a little Valentines Day special on my gaming channel, playing four games that somewhat fit the theme, and I gotta say... this was a lot stranger (and funnier) than I thought it was.
Much of a laugh as I got out of it, I do feel like it could give some manner of hint as to where to find each character, considering it pretty much left me up to the luck of the draw based on where I went. Granted, that does tend to be somewhat normal for dating sims, but for one where the scenarios can be so potentially short (and subversive), it'd be nice to have some indication of how to reach the things you WANT on a second playthrough. I played this twice without even realizing Grace can be dated at all, for instance - which was a bit frustrating, since I didn't consider Zane or Sheldon particularly likable from their first impressions.
But once I dug deep and got to some of the funnier sides of the game, I really started to enjoy myself, and I can easily see myself playing it again to try and see where else it can all go and how much weirder things can get, so you definitely got me hooked. And the art is pretty friggin' adorable to boot. So good job!
Make a new untitled folder, rename it DateAlmostAnythingSim, drag the contents into it, delete the original and at the end of the name of the new folder you just made write ".app". That should do the trick! (that's the mac way at least.)
Hii. Just wanna say that I got Sheldom ending at 1st try and it made me cry because it said I was worth of something... Hahah lol i'm not one of those butthurt people, so I'm just gonna inform that thanks and I'm going to sleep and get nice sleep rather than go to sleep deprived to school~~ <3 pls guys don't take this game so seriously ok, yeah it's not masterpiece and i'm never gonna come back but it's good wakeup call
This game is great, and it can be kinda insulting at times but come on y'all, haven't your siblings said things worse? And besides, I don't take it to heart. I'm the awkward sap who plays dating sims because they're not even in highschool yet soooooo.... But yeah anyway, how do you get the Grace ending??? I even got the Calluna ending because I've been scrolling the comments looking for how to get the Grace ending. Do you have to screw up the orders or something? Please help.
This game is awful. I have a really bad time trying to deal with romantic situations in real life because of anxiety, and being told to stop playing the game and start doing something more productive in reality(sammy ending), in what i thought was a safe space, did not make it any better(also, fyi playing simulations helps with anxiety regarding a situation in case you're wondering, google it, there's a research).
telling a person with anxiety to" just chill"...SUPER insensitive considering that you claim to have it yourself. good for you that you're not complaining but everyone is allowed to have their own opinion of the game reflecting their experience. keep it pushing lol
Do more research next time.... Don't get offended by a game and point fingers at it because you failed to look into the game as well as the fact that you are the one too weak minded and offended by a scripted game that doesn't even know of your existence.
Honestly i've only been playing for a little while but i love the humour of it! It's great for a laugh, the art is also great what makes it also nice to look at (: Just like above it isn't a serious game so really people shouldn't take it so serious and just enjoy (:
I watched a Let's Play of this game, and fucking hated it. If your art demonstrates such contempt for your audience you have to earn it, either by being so good that people are still forced to engage, or so bad that you dip into irony. This game is thoroughly mediocre, judgy and basically should be titled "hear your drunk mother lecture you simulator".
This game is a piece of shit. I've never thought I would be insulted by a game by holding onto my opinion. And the main character said not what I implied, because the answer option is too vague short and you can't understand what your character will say. The other ending I got have no story at all, just some utopian delirium. Don't play this, unless you're a brainwashed tolerast.
So I played this with a fellow game developer and some other friends who have a lot of visual novel experience.
When we came to our first ending (Zane's bad end) we thought it was pretty funny. A nice little meta approach to visual novels that we thought was amusing. Then we tested the Zane friend ending and that was okay. Then we get to the Zane boyfriend ending, and by then the meta endings sort of lose their lustre.
Having played parodies of visual novels and meta games and games that break 4th wall with the player, we weren't particularly fond of the way the game handled it. I found the level of antagonism toward the player to go beyond "fun" into "well f*** you, too," territory. Like a platformer that's beyond hard for the sole purpose of being hard. That's all well and good if that's what you expect, but I find it comes across aggressively pretentious in this format.
Having read about other routes, it seems like there are some very interesting narrative approaches, but the way the game has presented itself to me thus far doesn't make me want to engage with it anymore. That's a shame because it seems a like a lot of love was put into it, and it's trying to have a poignant message.
I understand why other reviewers seem to find a connection, but I don't see the appeal of a game that doesn't seem to want you to play it.
I don't get how so many people are so salty about the ending? I loved this game! I loved the style and I loved all the characters! Sure I was bit upset that I didn't get what I wanted, but it was a nice reminder.
The art is adorable, I love the color of the lines and how well everything looks. And using photos as backgrounds is really cool!
And I actually started to cry because sometimes I forget how loved I am and how far I've gotten. I found the ending amusing and something completely new!
I really love this game, and I think I'll come back to it whenever I need a fresh mindset.
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MY GOD THAT AMAZING GAME. What a good game, breaking expectations all the time, I laughed a lot during the game. It's so creative, I really wanted to be with Sammy, I was really disappointed, but I agree with everything I read haha. I didn't understand the people who comment that this is a terrible game, it doesn't make any sense, five stars, I made all the finals.
My favorite route was with you~ <3
I only now discovered this game & got the zane end so far. I must say I'm pleasantly surprised & loved the writing in this a lot. Looking forward to the other endings! Thank you ^^
Well, that was a pleasant surprise. I think i found my new all time favorite game lol. The art is really pretty too, kudos to you.
"Don't you have something better to do?" Nah, i'm quarantined.
seriously tho- why?`(>▂<)´¯`·.
this- how could you do this to me? i cried! this got me good! anyyyyywayyyyyyy I loved the game. omg it was so good!!!!! the character arcs are amazing. plus I liked that sneaky shower scene you added in ;) ;DDDDDDDDDDDD
god i got the bad ending because i didnt talk to sheldon and now i have watch a math video? thanks alot then , i love math!!!
is what i would like to say but that would be the shittiest lie.
this game was pretty good and as much sesitive i am i still didnt feel offended. well kind of but thats because im a lowlife
honestly! it's been a while since i've thought about this game, but i saw some old screenshots in my folder that i took a while back. the messages at the end (and the @s like damn this went hard lmao) and the themes were really important to me then, and even now still mean a lot!
i was feeling a little bit sad today, but i was reminded of a lot of things i somehow forgot so!! for that, thank you for this game and that reminder!
this is rare, but the good kind of rare. edgy, like a preteen but realistic like an adult. IM POETIC.
This game was okay I guess. I didn't care for the message at the end. Made my anxiety kick in which I guess that's my own fault. This game just wasn't for me I guess. And I'm sorry that I had some days off and I just wanted to play a little game. Sigh....
Dont worry, you have nothing to be sorry about. You get to choose how you want to spend your time, and you'd rather not spend it playing this and thats completely fine. I also like to play little games in my free time
Yeah, the creator was super condescending towards their audience, which is so uncalled for.
So was intrigued by the mixed reviews and thought I'd give it a shot. Was actually pretty funny at first. Then the humour kinda stops being light-hearted. Even with the motivational ending, it just comes across as mean-spirited. If you want to send a tough-love, positive message with a good chuckle, I'd reccomend trimming the fat. Going on and on and on about the negatives loses its comedic punch and comes across as edgy trolling on a high horse. :¬I
Overall, I appreciate what you were going for, though I don't think it worked in the end. Your art and the game's design was pretty clean!
Created an account just to tell you how shitty this game is. People are depressed and they use dating sims sometimes to escape reality. Berating people with depression/anxiety for wanting to play a video game is in terrible taste and most likely makes people feel worse. If you were trying to get across a "good message," this is a fucking terrible way to do it.
What the hell is wrong with you? Besides being hella pretentious that is. Pathetic.
Great game 10/10
I LOVE IT!! It's hilarous. Everyone is a crybaby in the comments. I can't believe someone get offended by a game. People are so sensitive these days. Anyways, i love your humor. Please keep it up with your work. Have a nice day <3
bro i just wanted to take a break from life and play a fun video game and i get attacked
ok here game ive been doing my chores and ive been abused by my sister and iam right here taking a break playing this game. and your telling me ((us)) that were lazy, hold up there game director i just want to read something atleast play this game and thats the ending? thats the ending ok well i like the artstyle, the background, the music or sterbucks if thats what they call.. li just want the REAL story T^T
Me before playing: *looking for game to play cause im bored*
Me after playing: "Well damn ok, you got me there"
I feel... Strange about this game. In one hand I'm annoyed because the game tell me what my parents are telling me all day, that I waste my time and more, so it doesn't really help me.. But, on the other hand, Sheldon loves me so... it warms my heart a bit.
Anyways I love the drawing I'm just a bit disapointed because this could have been a really cute game about self esteem (the drawing adding a really good thing to it) but... the game just told me to go f*ck myself so...
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AMAZING! I actually loved this game. I downloaded it because I was like, "This looks interesting..." but I REALLY loved it.
This was... kind of like going to McDonald's and ordering a burger but instead the cashier starts lecturing you about how bad junk food is for you D:
Kinda like the idea and some of the execution though. Maybe it's because I'm bit of a masochist.
Is it bad that I looked all over Wattpad to see if anyone had tried to write a fan fic about this, and then got dissiponted because there was none? ;,(
Thanks this fucking sucked i came here for an actual fucking dating sim not to get bullied by some lowlife
Hi there!
I have made a little Valentines Day special on my gaming channel, playing four games that somewhat fit the theme, and I gotta say... this was a lot stranger (and funnier) than I thought it was.
Much of a laugh as I got out of it, I do feel like it could give some manner of hint as to where to find each character, considering it pretty much left me up to the luck of the draw based on where I went. Granted, that does tend to be somewhat normal for dating sims, but for one where the scenarios can be so potentially short (and subversive), it'd be nice to have some indication of how to reach the things you WANT on a second playthrough. I played this twice without even realizing Grace can be dated at all, for instance - which was a bit frustrating, since I didn't consider Zane or Sheldon particularly likable from their first impressions.
But once I dug deep and got to some of the funnier sides of the game, I really started to enjoy myself, and I can easily see myself playing it again to try and see where else it can all go and how much weirder things can get, so you definitely got me hooked. And the art is pretty friggin' adorable to boot. So good job!
Your game starts at 40:17, if you are curious.
Everytime I unpack it it just shows me a folder with another one inside called `contents`but theres no game, how can I fix this?
Make a new untitled folder, rename it DateAlmostAnythingSim, drag the contents into it, delete the original and at the end of the name of the new folder you just made write ".app". That should do the trick! (that's the mac way at least.)
Thank you! It worked
Bob Ross would be proud
very proud
Very Very Proud
Never though I would get a hell at the ending, and gosh, seriously? It's 3-5 hours non-stop! 😧
What kind of idea you got that you make this kind of game anyway? 😆
Good games from my perspecitve, kinda remind me with some friends. Good job at making this game! 👍☺
Hii. Just wanna say that I got Sheldom ending at 1st try and it made me cry because it said I was worth of something... Hahah lol i'm not one of those butthurt people, so I'm just gonna inform that thanks and I'm going to sleep and get nice sleep rather than go to sleep deprived to school~~ <3 pls guys don't take this game so seriously ok, yeah it's not masterpiece and i'm never gonna come back but it's good wakeup call
this game is AMAZING
This game is great, and it can be kinda insulting at times but come on y'all, haven't your siblings said things worse? And besides, I don't take it to heart. I'm the awkward sap who plays dating sims because they're not even in highschool yet soooooo.... But yeah anyway, how do you get the Grace ending??? I even got the Calluna ending because I've been scrolling the comments looking for how to get the Grace ending. Do you have to screw up the orders or something? Please help.
Get the first order right, then screw up everyone else's
This game is awful. I have a really bad time trying to deal with romantic situations in real life because of anxiety, and being told to stop playing the game and start doing something more productive in reality(sammy ending), in what i thought was a safe space, did not make it any better(also, fyi playing simulations helps with anxiety regarding a situation in case you're wondering, google it, there's a research).
telling a person with anxiety to" just chill"...SUPER insensitive considering that you claim to have it yourself. good for you that you're not complaining but everyone is allowed to have their own opinion of the game reflecting their experience. keep it pushing lol
Do more research next time.... Don't get offended by a game and point fingers at it because you failed to look into the game as well as the fact that you are the one too weak minded and offended by a scripted game that doesn't even know of your existence.
two words for you: bitch. move.
Honestly i've only been playing for a little while but i love the humour of it! It's great for a laugh, the art is also great what makes it also nice to look at (: Just like above it isn't a serious game so really people shouldn't take it so serious and just enjoy (:
I watched a Let's Play of this game, and fucking hated it. If your art demonstrates such contempt for your audience you have to earn it, either by being so good that people are still forced to engage, or so bad that you dip into irony. This game is thoroughly mediocre, judgy and basically should be titled "hear your drunk mother lecture you simulator".
This game is a piece of shit. I've never thought I would be insulted by a game by holding onto my opinion. And the main character said not what I implied, because the answer option is too vague short and you can't understand what your character will say. The other ending I got have no story at all, just some utopian delirium. Don't play this, unless you're a brainwashed tolerast.
Holy shit, dude. "Tolerast." Good word.
We played this last Valentine's Day and did awful so we thought we'd give it another go!
So I played this with a fellow game developer and some other friends who have a lot of visual novel experience.
When we came to our first ending (Zane's bad end) we thought it was pretty funny. A nice little meta approach to visual novels that we thought was amusing. Then we tested the Zane friend ending and that was okay. Then we get to the Zane boyfriend ending, and by then the meta endings sort of lose their lustre.
Having played parodies of visual novels and meta games and games that break 4th wall with the player, we weren't particularly fond of the way the game handled it. I found the level of antagonism toward the player to go beyond "fun" into "well f*** you, too," territory. Like a platformer that's beyond hard for the sole purpose of being hard. That's all well and good if that's what you expect, but I find it comes across aggressively pretentious in this format.
Having read about other routes, it seems like there are some very interesting narrative approaches, but the way the game has presented itself to me thus far doesn't make me want to engage with it anymore. That's a shame because it seems a like a lot of love was put into it, and it's trying to have a poignant message.
I understand why other reviewers seem to find a connection, but I don't see the appeal of a game that doesn't seem to want you to play it.
I don't get how so many people are so salty about the ending? I loved this game! I loved the style and I loved all the characters! Sure I was bit upset that I didn't get what I wanted, but it was a nice reminder.
The art is adorable, I love the color of the lines and how well everything looks. And using photos as backgrounds is really cool!
And I actually started to cry because sometimes I forget how loved I am and how far I've gotten. I found the ending amusing and something completely new!
I really love this game, and I think I'll come back to it whenever I need a fresh mindset.