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Comment on I Just Want To Be Single!! is an aromantic dating sim that’s rewriting the rulebook

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Hmmmm, a bit confusing it’s a dating sim if it’s meant to be about an AroAce person, but it’s somehwat understandable if somebody is trying to figure themselves out.

Might check it out once it’s complete (early access is too hard to trust especially with a newly made studio).

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Goretantath@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yeah, i’d just call it a visual novel. If you aren’t dating in it then its not a dating aimulator.

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- theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s an anti-dating simulator… Kind of like an anti-joke or an anti-game, they’re subcategories of jokes and games
  
  If you invert the game mechanic, you’re still using the mechanic. That’s very different from not using the mechanic
  
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- Sas@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Disclaimer: I’ve not played the game and don’t know if it’s accurate but it could be about going on dates with the expectation of it just being a friend date but then the other person wants more and stuff like that. Like how in BG3 you just want to dance a bit with Wyll and he randomly tries to kiss you
  
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Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Dating is lava.

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- SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  How so?
  
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  - theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I think they’re trying to explain how this works in a dating sim.
    
    This isn’t the first game to do it… Instead of trying to weave through the choices to date a character or characters, you weave through the options to avoid dating without getting a game over (or whatever game mechanic they use)
    
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    SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Thanks for explaining! We appreciate it!
    
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