Four romantic games to keep you warm during the spooky season 🎃 - Mr. Hands' Naughty List #3
Hello, lovelies!
Welcome to the third edition of my Naughty List! We are now firmly in October, but not to worry, the only spooky thing I have for you is my lack of planning. 👻
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Let’s get into it, shall we?
Relive your awkward teenage phase in LoveSick Darlings 💞
When Syd moves into Foster Hills at the start of the year, he has difficulty making friends at his new high school. Luckily, a girl living next door named Maisy takes him under her wings. Over time Syd becomes integrated into Maisy's group of friends at their school. 🏫
As the school year comes to an end, Syd's friends start pressuring him into asking his crush out to the formal held at the end of the year. He's worried that he won't be able to do it. 🙈
How will his friendships be affected when one of his friends sees him as more than just a friend? It's up to you to make these hard decisions and deal with the consequences for Syd and those around him.
LoveSick Darlings is a counter-traditional dating sim. Unlike in most other games in the genre, you won't be able to get away with pulling someone's heart strings without affecting those around them. Characters will comment on your relationships with others and you need to think about how they are perceived within their circle of friends. Basically: what if the characters had agency? 😱
LoveSick Darlings is coming out on Steam later this year, but you can download a preview from Itch right now! And make sure to follow them on Twitter as well!
Date virtual girls near you in Isekano 📱
Did you know that there is an entire dating scene hidden right under your nose? 🕵️♂️ Using the Isekano app for your mobile device, you can unveil this hidden world and start dating the virtual girls wandering around your neighborhood! 💖
This unique dating sim uses augmented reality to pull you into its world, allowing you to take different girls on dates in real-world locations. And you can text and flirt with them, just as you would on your other apps. 🤭
Featuring five heroines so far, each girl has her own story to tell, filled with drama and adventure.
Isekano is currently in development and doesn't have a planned release date yet. But be sure to follow them on Twitter so you get notified when they do!
Girls! Girls! Girls!? will have you wondering where the creamer came from 🍨
Akihabara Electric Town in Tokyo, Japan is a district known to be the center point of Japanese pop culture, serving as a major shopping hub for video games, anime, and prominently featuring maid cafés as well. ☕
Girls! Girls! Girls!? is one of these cafés, where you can be served by four of the cutest boys in maid outfits you've ever seen you've ever seen. 🥰 Featuring fully animated characters, this is a story about friendship, romance, and indeed, crossdressing! 👚
Girls! Girls! Girls!? is an upcoming visual novel by Myosuki that is about to be launched on Kickstarter on October 13th. Make sure to follow them for the latest updates! 🤗
Keep your friend from flying away in Desert Comets ☄
Dina is an aspiring mechanic at the spaceport and her childhood friend Julie recently graduated from flight school. After spending three years apart, Dina is more than happy to put on her hiking boots and meet up at their old hangout spot. Julie is ready to fly away and see the splendor of the universe in all its glory, but Dina doesn't want her to go just yet. Will Dina able to confess her true feelings for Julie? And how will her friend react? 🙈
Desert Comets is a short lesbian romance story featuring 10,000 words, two optimistic endings, and five original music tracks. You get it right now by naming your own price on Itch!
Did you know I make games too? 🖱
It’s true! I’ve been working on Up There They Love for almost three years now. It sounds bad when I put it like that, but I’m working on the game alongside my full-time job as a AAA game developer. Oh and I’m doing the game design, programming, writing and indeed, marketing myself. 😅
I don’t have a lot to share yet, but you can follow me on Twitter for exciting updates like this:
And that’s it for this newsletter! If you have a project you think I should take a look at, feel free to bother me on Twitter! 🤗
-Mr. Hands