I’ve never been a big fan of dating sims or visual novels, except where glimpses of those genres lined up with the romance subplots of games like Knights of the Old Republic or Mass Effect. The Persona series carried me a little further into the outskirts…
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The sleeper hit ‘Doki Doki Literature’ has received new content in the form of a community-driven mod, ‘Monika After Story’. Download your perfect girlfriend today!
Recently, Max Gentleman Sexy Business!, a raunchy Victorian mash-up of dating and business, finished its campaign on Kickstarter. The campaign far outstripped its goal of $8,000 and raised a whopping $38,405. Hotly on its heels is another campaign for Boyfriend Dungeon, a dating sim come dungeon…
I’m not generally a huge fan of visual novels. I’ve picked up popular titles like Dream Daddy and Doki Doki Literature Club over the past year, but only ended up spending a few hours with each of them. Since the character designs for Seventh Circle looked promising, I gave their demo a…
Valentine’s Day, the most sacred day of love ever conceived of by greeting card companies. What better time to reflect on all the ways that love can really screw you over. Here are a few examples of games where love makes everything worse. Spoiler warning…
Maggese Games‘s Don’t Make Love has been nominated for Best Student Game at this year’s IGF awards. Artist Nina Kiel was kind enough to chat with Cliqist about inspiration, romance mechanics, and the essence of the tragedy at Don’t Make Love’s core. Blossoming Romance Cliqist: Hi…
It doesn’t feel right to review Jettomero: Hero of the Universe like a product, because it doesn’t feel like a product to begin with. Jettomero is the waveform of a cacophonous tone poem. A bittersweet stumble across the dots in a speech bubble. If Doki…