Most of the characters that you meet are kind, patient, and respectful of your needs. Also unusual for a game in this genre is the ability to politely opt-out of sexual encounters, without necessarily closing off the romantic aspect of the relationship, which frankly is something more games should allow. 3 You’re free to set boundaries and define each of those relationships as strictly platonic, without missing out on content. The cast is diverse, featuring multiple people of color, non-binary characters (plural!), and yes that’s a cat you see there. Yeah, so basically, it’s the game loop of Persona. ![]() Outside the dunj, you can then use the cash and treasures you’ve collected to craft gifts for your new friends or lovers, and hanging out with them in the downtime allows you to increase your bond and unlock new abilities. Together you can face your fears, solve the case of the kidnapped weapons, and grow as people. Unique to the world of Boyfriend Dungeon is the concept of a “dunj” ever-shifting worlds that open up beneath public spaces, and are shaped by the fears of those who enter.Īs you explore the dunj, you’re joined by a cast of “weapon-people” that is, individuals who can transform into a specific weapon roughly corresponding to their personality, who have awoken in the dunj to find their memories hazy and pieces of their weapon forms missing. One of your first dates (with a fencing instructor who is incidentally sweet, buff, AND a sword) inadvertently introduces you to the game’s primary mystery. More specifically, Jesse has learned you have never been on a date before, and is determined to meddle, or at least net you some friends. Your character struggles with anxiety, panic attacks, and a general fear of intimacy for reasons which are left undefined, which has your family worried about you. While the protagonist is player-generated (pronouns included!), they have a set character arc your cousin Jesse, who has recently moved in with a partner, has graciously offered to let you live in his old apartment until the lease runs out at the end of the summer. Originally kickstarted by Kitfox Games in August 2018, it released last month on PC, Xbox, and the Nintendo Switch. □□īoyfriend Dungeon is a visual novel with rouge-lite dungeon crawling elements, in which players alternate between randomly generated hack-and-slash combat sections, and flirtatious downtime with the supernatural residents of Verona Beach. Content warnings for: domestic violence, stalking, emotional abuse, and also I’m gonna say the word sex a couple times. Spoilers for the entirety of the game ahead if you’d like to play it (which I highly recommend), maybe do that first! It’s only five or six hours long. ![]() Finally, we’ll talk about the unique potential of dating sims as learning tools, which empower survivors of abuse to safely re-engage in intimate relationships. ![]() We’ll also break down the anatomy of an abuser, by isolating specific emotional manipulation techniques that are employed by its antagonist. In this article, we’ll discuss how Boyfriend Dungeon contrasts via gameplay both healthy and unhealthy consent models. It’s shockingly sincere, at times uncomfortably relatable, and I can’t recommend it enough. I went in expecting something goofy, but I have to say this game took me completely by surprise. 1 And Boyfriend Dungeon’s premise seems scientifically engineered to hook me date your sentient weapons, who are also people sometimes. I don’t know where I picked the habit up, but I love them unironically. ![]() Little known fact about me I have a thing for gimmicky dating sims.
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