Texting the Awkward Ace Guy You've Had a Crush on Since High School
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It's tough having a crush. Especially when that crush is on your best friend. And especially when that crush lasts five, ten years! But it's OK—you can text him! Who knows, maybe he'll finally figure out what you've been unable to say these many years. Or, you'll just annoy him! Either way.
A short and sweet text-messaging-based visual novel created in seven days for the Only One of Any Asset (O2A2) Queer Edition Jam 2023!
As per the jam rules, this game contains:
- <1,000 words (991 to be exact)
- 1 sprite + 1 BG
- 1 music track
- 1 sound effect
As per my own rules, this game contains:
- Silly texting dialogue and shenanigans
- Self-indulgent gay feels (whoops how did those get in there)
- A very cute ace char who hasn't quite figured himself out yet
- Two different endings based on your texting prowess (can you get the cute sweet scene at the end?? teehee)
The two characters, Genzou and Iggy, are from my main game, Our Wonderland, but you don't need to know anything about them or the game to enjoy this little story! (Though if you like them, I hope you might try out the main game!!)
Content Warnings: adult language, topics regarding mental health (in particular, anxiety)
Credits:
- Writing, art, scripting, and GUI: Carrot
- Music: ISAo
- Additional code: Yet Another Phone for Ren'Py by Nighten, Snowfall GUI by tofurocks
- Testing: key
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All builds can run on both 64- and 32-bit machines!
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THIS IS SO CUTE OH MY OGODODFJOEWOJEWNEWNFJKNJWKNKNJNK AUHGHHHH I LOVE THEM SO MUCH THEY'RE SO SILLY AND AKAWRD AUGH
THIS LITTLE DOODLE IN THE HELP MENU AUGHGHHHGHGHGGRHRENER;RNRNR
aaaa this game is so cute!! and funny too, just the very beginning bit with genzou repeatedly sending "iggs" had me rolling lmao
i love the cg at the end seeing iggy in his winter clothes makes me feel warm dnkskfn
Iggy is such a mood. I love him platonically as a fellow ace and I also claim him as part of the greyromantic community until someone tells me otherwise
played the game and iggy is so me,,
i played the original first and playing this makes me so happy for no reason
Took 4 tries and comment surfing but I finally got the good ending. ( If you need help, try to not make him feel stressed out and at the end, ask him to call. that's what helped me. )
I can't get enough of these two ;-;
OKAY, TO GET THE NICE ENDING! YOU HAVE TO ASK TO CALL! DO NOT CALL WITHOUT PERMISSION! Also just be nice in general
dont choose the i never see you, choose the nothing to think of you and if you do the steps correctly you should get this screen
Maybe my pattern recognition is just messed up but the song in the title screen is Stereo Madness beat by beat
yeah it's like an acoustic guitar cover of it
i played it and i think i might have gotten the band ending becuse we stopped taking what did i do wrong?????
bad* typo
check midnightwo1f's steps they're correct
I actually played this one before Our Wonderland, and the fact that I enjoyed it enough to look into your other work speaks volumes!
I really just, picked what I personally would say, and easily got the good ending!
And I was so exited when I learned you get to actually *play* as Iggy in OW!
I...don't really have much to say here...sooo... Time for ark 5!
OH MY GOD I=OH MY GOD I LOVE THEM THEYRE SO CUTE DUDE I STARTED YAAAAYAYYAYYAAYYAAAAYING!! <DDD
the good ending is so sweet and cute >-<
I keep getting the bad ending :(
anyone know how to get a good or semi-good ending?
i know how to
go to midnightwo1f one
Porra que jogo bom, vai se ferrar mandou mt bem. Parabéns!!!!!!!!!
I ain't even played the game yet but I can already say with confidence that I am the awkward ace guy
How many endings are there??
2
An ace texting an ace
What could possibly go wrong?
...I relate way to much to buth here oml
a really sweet game i played while listening to the cicadas at sunset :-) a lovely experience
how do you get the good ending?
midnightwo1f
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! as an aroace this warms my heart! TwT
so cute qwq my heart is melting, as a aroace I am happy with this game alot TvT
I WIN
Is in Spanish?
2015!?
I loved this game so much :''')
Such cutie!!
They're so cute though
That's a really short title. Why didn't you just make it a few words longer? /hj
huh?
ADORABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D
I LOVED this game, even though it was really short.
This was such an amazing and lovely game, it's a full on 10/10 :)
I got the good one on the first try :3
nice
I love Genzou so much. This game was a bit anxiety-inducing itself because Iggy reminds me of a former partner where things didn't go so well, but nonetheless it was pleasant to play :]
I'll definitely check out Our Wonderland soon, would like to see more of The Lad. His speaking patterns are gold.
This was such a lovely playthrough!! Thank you so much for taking the time to record it and sharing it with me! I loved watching it so much!! 😭💕
fuck you for not making this longer i love you kiss me
HELPPPPPPP I'M SORRY???? 🤣💦
If it's any consolation I'll be putting out another longer game soon that is mostly texting-based and has these same characters (along with some other ones).
I'm glad you liked it, ahhhhh thank you for playing!! 😭💕
bro the intro is literally me and my besti
I'm ace and they're pan and they're the most annoying tester of all time
LMAO I'm glad you can relate!!! 🤣
ace representation yippee
Sob I'm glad you like it!! I'm always trying to add ace rep into my games 😭💕
how do i know if i got the good ending
The good ending is the one where you actually see Iggy! He shows up at Genzou's shop with coffee and they go get dinner. (In the bad ending, you don't get to see Iggy at all.)