Why play a dating sim where a hot guy falls in love with you, when instead, you can play a VN where a hot guy is your ex boyfriend who emotionally manipulates you and makes you feel awful?
Jokes aside, this is a really creative way to reinterpret romance games- the goal of a romance VN is to win a guy's affection, so Kathy's desire to find a way to mend things easily mirrors onto the player. And although they don't have shared history with Benny as she does, the streamlined narrative centering on him easily draws them to think about him as much as our protagonist does. Seeing Kathy and Benny argue gains a strange emotional catharsis, and somehow we're still left wanting his affection...
Either way, I feel really bad for Kate... lost her family, doesn't seem to have any close friends, and gets stuck trying to get emotional intimacy by transactionally keeping her tenants and ex boyfriend around. Even Lewis tries to flirt with her to cheapen the rent...
The title didn't attract me much, but I like dev's work so I decided to take a look. It's fun enough. I would say the relationship with lewis is way more than "friendly enough for a landlord-tenant", to know that much and have so much to say I get the feeling they communicate a lot more regularly and deeply than I do with all the neighbors I'm in friendly terms with.
I appreciate browser playing as I don't have to go out of my way to install things but it has limitations that may not appear in the downloadable version (music stopping and quick save not working).
But the important thing is: We all need a Lewis in our lives.
I need more of this ASAP! It's so good!!!! I'm already in live with Lewis. He's such a good friend to Kathy! But I really wish I had some choices, because it was hard to watch her berate herself for not being a doormat.
I was not expecting an emotional story from a premise like this. Very excited for what comes next. Also love Green Light, he is such a charming gentleman.
Wtf I expected this to be super goofy, but instead it's just about everything I'd want out of a narrative driven game??? the interpersonal dynamics are great, and I personally would love a cup of tea with Green Light
This is one of the better narrations, characters and interpersonal relationships I've seen in fiction in a long while. I was invested the entire time. There's clear skill behind this.
Oh, I enjoyed that a lot. I truly hope you continue it!! The worldbuilding, the characters, the complicated history between Kathy and Benny, and Lewis!! For being such a flirt, Lewis is a sweetheart with Kathy.
Ah I love it! The writing is so good I was caught off guard. Like I'm playing a game called ToiletF*cker, how am I getting emotionally caught up in Kathy's interpersonal relationships?? Also I love Lewis and hate Benny :p I hope to see this continue!
Heya! I know there will be VAs added later on, but I currently have an issue with the text boxes. The writing is very small and there is no option to change its size, and it's made it hard to read so much text. I'm going to watch a voiced-over Youtube playthrough instead, but I just thought it would be important to point out. Thanks!
omg I'm so invested in the story, the art for the characters are cute and appealing, and the worldbuliding is very intresting ! I can't wait for more in the future!!!
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This game is the shittiest thing my eyes have laid on, I have never been so disappointed in my life...
I could not fuck the fucking toilet!!!
Nor the traffic lights!!!
I want my time back!!!
I wish the developer nothing but pain and suffering in his/their/hers life!
Why play a dating sim where a hot guy falls in love with you, when instead, you can play a VN where a hot guy is your ex boyfriend who emotionally manipulates you and makes you feel awful?
Jokes aside, this is a really creative way to reinterpret romance games- the goal of a romance VN is to win a guy's affection, so Kathy's desire to find a way to mend things easily mirrors onto the player. And although they don't have shared history with Benny as she does, the streamlined narrative centering on him easily draws them to think about him as much as our protagonist does. Seeing Kathy and Benny argue gains a strange emotional catharsis, and somehow we're still left wanting his affection...
Either way, I feel really bad for Kate... lost her family, doesn't seem to have any close friends, and gets stuck trying to get emotional intimacy by transactionally keeping her tenants and ex boyfriend around. Even Lewis tries to flirt with her to cheapen the rent...
The title didn't attract me much, but I like dev's work so I decided to take a look. It's fun enough. I would say the relationship with lewis is way more than "friendly enough for a landlord-tenant", to know that much and have so much to say I get the feeling they communicate a lot more regularly and deeply than I do with all the neighbors I'm in friendly terms with.
I appreciate browser playing as I don't have to go out of my way to install things but it has limitations that may not appear in the downloadable version (music stopping and quick save not working).
But the important thing is: We all need a Lewis in our lives.
I need more of this ASAP! It's so good!!!! I'm already in live with Lewis. He's such a good friend to Kathy! But I really wish I had some choices, because it was hard to watch her berate herself for not being a doormat.
I was not expecting an emotional story from a premise like this. Very excited for what comes next. Also love Green Light, he is such a charming gentleman.
Wtf I expected this to be super goofy, but instead it's just about everything I'd want out of a narrative driven game??? the interpersonal dynamics are great, and I personally would love a cup of tea with Green Light
he's literally a digitized green flag
You need a lobotomy
This is one of the better narrations, characters and interpersonal relationships I've seen in fiction in a long while. I was invested the entire time. There's clear skill behind this.
Oh, I enjoyed that a lot. I truly hope you continue it!! The worldbuilding, the characters, the complicated history between Kathy and Benny, and Lewis!! For being such a flirt, Lewis is a sweetheart with Kathy.
Ah I love it! The writing is so good I was caught off guard. Like I'm playing a game called ToiletF*cker, how am I getting emotionally caught up in Kathy's interpersonal relationships?? Also I love Lewis and hate Benny :p I hope to see this continue!
Heya! I know there will be VAs added later on, but I currently have an issue with the text boxes. The writing is very small and there is no option to change its size, and it's made it hard to read so much text. I'm going to watch a voiced-over Youtube playthrough instead, but I just thought it would be important to point out. Thanks!
omg I'm so invested in the story, the art for the characters are cute and appealing, and the worldbuliding is very intresting ! I can't wait for more in the future!!!
god benny is so goofy I love them lol
Going to download to see if it works, but on the web, it's just stuck on the initial screen of "The following episode is meant-..."
edit: Confirmed to work on the download just for me, not on the web.