#romance games

[hpowellsmith]

Honor Bound: Guard students and secrets at an elite school!

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Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard for the children of the rich and famous! Return to the world of Crème de la Crème, this time as a military officer in the Republic of Teran.

Honor Bound is an interactive novel by Harris Powell-Smith where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, 595,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

You've built a promising career in the Teranese military, a force which has not seen major engagement in decades but which holds vast influence. Thanks to an injury, you're no longer in the field. Thanks to the complicated (read: scandalous) circumstances of that injury, you've been quietly reassigned as a bodyguard for the teenage child of a famous scientist. This should be an easy assignment: your charge is at boarding school in the wilderness, an exclusive sanctuary where the children of the rich and powerful become artists and scientists of the future. The school sits close to your own hometown, so you'll be familiar with the area. Finally, you can recover your health and get your career back on track.

But danger is closing in, and peril can come from inside as well as out. What secret projects are your colleagues pursuing in the dead of night? What is your commanding officer not telling you? Bandits lurk in the wilderness—including one of your childhood friends!—and natural disasters constantly threaten the fragile environment. And then there's the danger to your heart, from the complicated feelings that come from returning to your birthplace, and from adjusting to the new reality of your life. Can you really go home again?

Build a warm community and bond with your colleagues, or impress everyone with your aloof competence. Chase ambition to receive glowing reports and get your life back on track—or become such a disaster that only bandits will tolerate your presence. Or, just maybe, you will have to risk it all for the sake of doing the right thing.

Play as male, female, or nonbinary; cis or trans; gay, straight, or bisexual; asexual and/or aromantic; allosexual and/or alloromantic; monogamous or polyamorous.

Customize your age: play a junior officer in your 20s, a mid-ranking officer in your 30s, or a senior officer in your 40s.

Befriend or romance a severe military officer; a bold, easygoing outdoors expert; a determined and overworked priest; an earnest but scatterbrained fellow bodyguard; a childhood friend turned disgraced bandit; or the anxious, serious widowed parent of your charge.

Pet the dog, the cat, or both.

Meet the main characters of Crème de la Crème, Royal Affairs, and Noblesse Oblige, and find out what their lives are like now!

Shape the school life of your teenage charge: encourage her to make friends or sabotage her rivals; let her slack off or push her to achieve; and get caught up in boarding-school drama.

Unearth and thwart shadowy schemes—or join in the scheming for your own gain.

How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?

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[heart-forge]

Hybrid is a post-apocalyptic interactive fiction game made with Twine (playable by any browser on any device that supports them). Play as Zed, a nonbinary stranger in a vast green wild who's been thrust into a strange world of underground scientists under siege by a malevolent warlord.

The latest update has just been released on January 13th, 2025.

An interloper arrives in camp and turns your already tumultuous situation upside down. Under threat of violence from an unknown warlord, find out what your friends plan to do in the face of annihilation and decide where you want to be when the boot drops; and who you want beside you.

Thanks for reading! Bugs can be reported here on my blog or in the comments on the game page. You can also check out my other games on itch.io.

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[bruhainrot]

DOL is my favorite rape otome game. Ive been longing for a harem game where u can actually ting tang walla walla bing bang with the characters

[yesiplaygamez]

me at any non- romanceable NPCS that I like: If they didn't want me to romance them. Why make them hot?

[alexis-royce]

NonPlatonic Forms ver 0.36 is now available for $5 and up patrons, and ver 0.35.1 is available on itch.io!

Includes:

Nearly 175,000 words to read! And listen: don't sleep on this update. You'll see.

Over 35 new illustrations!

Various bug & typo fixes.

[lacunafiction]

Would Mal say yes if the MC proposed to them 👀

A most intriguing question, Anon. 👀

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Before you can even take out the ring box, get down on one knee, or shift closer to Mal for a romantic handhold, they're smiling a little more widely at you. There is more tenderness beneath that ineffable knowing quality that you've grown to accept. It's enough to make you pause, blinking for a second when they take out their own ring box—no, wait, that's yours. Your hand flies to your pocket, patting its newfound emptiness while you balk at your mysteriously hot beloved.

"I know we'll be together forever," Mal confidently concludes. "But you're welcome to put a ring on it if I can leave my own claim on you."

You're still a little stunned by this turn of events; however, Mal's hand finds yours to create an unyielding yet certain hold. They won't let go.

They won't let you go.

(To read Mal's full response, go: here. It's public on my Patreon. 🌲)

Book One Launch Post💚 | TFS Patreon🌲

New TFS Patreon benefits, including spicy stories 🔥, monthly alpha content drops ✨, and more! Please check it out: here. If you enjoyed your time in Fernweh, please consider reviewing/rating it. 🥰

We're into RO excursions (date branches)! 👀

[museaux]

I am gonna rant for a bit here about ‘The Thunderstorm Saga,’ a new story on Romance Club. And before anyone says it, yes, I understand that I can always read other stories and that some stories on RC don't have BIPOC MCs--I just really wanted to dive into this one with a Black MC lol. I would love to hear other BIPOC players thoughts on the character design as well, which is why i am posting this here. well, that and because the reddit page won't let me post it there lolz.

As a Black person who plays these games, whether on Choices, Chapters, or LITG, I can’t help but notice when the ball is dropped in terms of character representation. Since I have yet to get past choosing my MC, you could attribute it to the genre—sure, fantasy often lacks non-white characters—but Time Catcher does exist and offers pretty decent Black and POC MC options. So, I don’t know, I just feel kind of disappointed because RC has had some of the best BIPOC MC representation by far compared to other apps. It just rubs me the wrong way that these are the options available now when they were doing SO well, in my opinion.

[bitemedatingsim]

Bite Me is now on Kickstarter!

Do you long for a world filled with dark and twisted vampires? Want a glimpse of our alluring POC, Queer, and Trans characters? Crave a story with world-ending passion, wild love, and a touch of gore? THEN THIS GAME IS FOR YOU!

In an alternate-universe Iran, you are invited to an elegant Yalda-Night party at the Kymiagar family mansion. This is where you meet your six charming and elegant hosts. All seems well- until they slaughter everyone in the house to feed to their Mother. Will you be lucky enough to win their hearts and convince them to spare your life?

Check out the Bite Me Kickstarter page to help make this game a reality!

[mr-weirdo-mcgee]

I LOVE dating sims but I can't deal with the embarrassment, but also, why is it me?? I don't wanna be involved, I want to see ships, but I can't be picky!! Like why can't I just find a hero x villain dating sims where I'm not involved?? And when I mean hero x villain, I mean cartoonish! Kids tv show kinda hero and villain, because I can! Like stereotypical hero with "underwear" over pants and a mask and a stereotypical villain. But NOO I can't have fun and whimsy!!

[taylorannnx]

Oh Gosh I've Released A Lot Of Games This Year & Other Thoughts by Taylor Navarro

We're just over half way through February and I've released two new games, "re-released" a game, and I've been actively promoting my Kickstarter for about a week now. That's a lot of work! So let's elevator pitch my TTRPGs because I'm very proud of them all :D

Chefs de Partie

Need a breather from your RPG campaign? Make your characters cook together using this cosy one page minigame! (Examples of how to integrate with other TTRPGs included). Grab it on DriveThruRPG for $4.95 (options for 50% and 100% off available).

Constellation Crafting: Chaos Mode

Someone can't make it to session? Doing some worldbuilding? Want an RP warm up? Make your own zodiac in less than 15 minutes in this chaotic one-page dice-rolling game for 1-9 players! Grab it on itch.io here for $2 (free community copies available).

Dice of Life

This one-page TTRPG is an emotionally heavy exploration of parenthood, isolation, and the crushing, repetitive nature of too many pulls on your attention. Get it for Pay What You Want on itch.io.

Not Yet

Not Yet is a romantic duet TTRPG based on the "just missed them" and "right person, wrong time" tropes where you and your partner attempt to defy the odds to meet one another. This will be my first ever Kickstarter (and game with physical copies!) so if you liked the yellow umbrella saga of How I Met Your Mother, please sign up to the pre-launch page so you're notified when crowdfunding goes live!

[lovesoflauryn]

Representing The Human Race In A Romantic💕Survival Game

Death Game🔪 x Otome💕 x RPG Maker 👾

[hpowellsmith]

Honor Bound is coming late 2024!

As ever it’s not completely solidly set in stone, so the official message is that Honor Bound’s coming late this year… but Steam currently has the release listed for 5th December, so keep an eye out - and please wishlist so you're the first to know when Honor Bound is ready to play!

Not too much longer to go!

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You’re a promising officer in the Teranese military, a force which has not seen major engagement in decades but which holds vast influence. Thanks to an injury, you’re no longer in the field. Thanks to the… complicated circumstances of that injury, you’ve been quietly reassigned.

Now you’re to be the bodyguard to the child of a famous scientist who is attending a wilderness boarding school for the children of the richest and most powerful figures of Teran society.

According to your mentor, it’s an easy assignment. The school sits close to your own hometown, so you’ll be familiar with the area; you can recover your health and get your career back on track. What could go wrong?

Bond with those around you or impress with aloof competence. Be a kind, trusted confidante to your charge, or a strict, stern caretaker. Work hard for glowing reports from your charge, your military superiors, or the Headteacher to get your life back on track - or risk it all as you uncover secrets that put you and everyone around you in peril.

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Find out more about the game, setting, and characters

Play the first three chapters

[lacydigital]

Screenshots from my upcoming indie otome/amare visual novel, Ardency: Heart of the Rebellion. Lots of drama is taking place in camp after taking the elf, Kasanov, prisoner!

Extended demo coming soon!

[portablecity]

🚀🚀🚀 Good news, everyone! The LongStory 2 Kickstarter is live! We need games like LongStory now more than ever. We are looking to raise CAD $25,000 in finishing funds: https://bit.ly/4a8p7Jm

LongStory was originally created in 2014 as an alternative to shallow “insert coins for romance” sims on the market. LongStory was one of the first dating sims that supported young people in exploring their gender, sexuality and identity in a safe supportive space, and we’ve had a devoted fan base since the first game launched.

Your support will help us make a full new season of a diverse and LGBTQ+ game that our players have already fallen in love with. At Bloom we believe the world needs games that create that hopeful and loving future: You can help us continue this story with our signature compassion, curiosity, conversation and, occasionally, sarcasm.

Backing this project gets you access to the sequel, the original game and some sweet LongStory swag! Not to mention the satisfaction of knowing more inclusive, safe, consent-based emotional gaming content will be available for players new and old.

Also honestly the swag is so cute, folks, go check it out:

[yesiplaygamez]

when you try to befriend the love interest and this happens

them

your oc: