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Get two narrative games from Grumps for 10% off in the Game Grumps BundleSep 28, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsOh hey Dads! Check out the new Game Grumps bundle on Steam for a discount on Homebody and Dream Daddy together. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29213593/0abbb823e1e2306d3ef56789fa98214cdd88be54.png If you're a fan of Dream Daddy you might want to check out HOMEBODY, created by Dream Daddy narrative designer Jory Griffis and co-written by Dream Daddy co-creator Leighton Gray. It's a surprisingly sweet scary story about getting older and dying over and over. Now you can get it for 10% off if you own Dream Daddy... or get them both for 10% off if you get them together! (The "..." in that sentence should hopefully have filled you with dread and suspense. That was the intent at least. Picture it in the Crypt Keeper voice maybe) https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35080/Game_Grumps_Bundle/Best LGBT+ games to play beyond Pride MonthJun 29, 2023 - PCGamesNQueer identity isn't just confined to 30 days of the year; it's the lifeblood of so many communities, all across the globe. To celebrate that queerness, we've got a list of the best LGBT+ games on PC to come out in recent years. Spanning a wide range of genres and sexualities, our collection is guaranteed to have something for everyone, whether you're a dating sim traditionalist or a platforming aficionado. Some of the best PC games offer you the chance to romance characters of the same gender, but we've opted to focus on games that position queerness at the center of their design. We've also curated this list in a way that celebrates the entire spectrum of the LGBTQIA+ community - and while many of our picks incorporate the struggles and anxieties that surround the queer experience, they're ultimately defined by hope rather than tragedy. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best platform games on PC 2023 How to watch AGDQ 2023 and what's on: Neon White, Final Fantasy Itch.io's 1,000 games bundle for Ukraine raises $6 million Check out HOMEBODYJun 1, 2023 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29213593/d10eb75f822f33785d7ffcca220bce8ba93fe41a.gif Hey Dads!!! Our amazing narrative designer Jory Griffis just released his new survival-horror game (co-written by DDADDS co-creator Leighton Gray)! Check out HOMEBODY, from Game Grumps and Rogue Games. It's a bittersweet, sad, earnest story with fun characters and some silly jokes. And puzzles! The tone is a lot like Dream Daddy, only it's scary and you die a lot. It would mean a lot to us if you gave it a try!Pride Week: Hunky Dads & Voxel Flags - Video Games and Our Queer FutureJun 29, 2021 - EurogamerHello! All this week Eurogamer is celebrating Pride with a series of stories examining the confluence of LGBT+ communities and play in its many different forms, from video games and tabletop games through to live-action role-play. Next up, Sharang examines the way players are using video games to explore the potential of a queerer future. When we talk about videogames as "escapism", we tend to focus on provenance: we're escaping from the humdrum of our jobs, our obligations, the petty horrors that fill modern life. Seldom do we focus on destination. Where are we escaping to? Is it actually a better world than the one we're attempting to leave behind? Videogames can offer us worlds we might like to live in; can they offer us worlds we can live in? And particularly for queer people, what does that world look like? In Tracing Utopia, a documentary that premiered in the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021, filmmakers Nick Tyson and Catarina de Sousa question a group of queer teenagers about their vision of a queer utopia. The responses are varied. Better access to mental healthcare, queer history in schools, desegregated bathrooms... "My idea of a perfect world is a forest," chimes in one teen. Read more Have You Played… Dream Daddy?Nov 26, 2020 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I’ve never really played many dating simulator games. Back when Dream Daddy first came out, I gave it a go, and had a solid time overall. I went on some nice dates with a handsome coffee shop owner and he introduced me to the band PUP, who have a load of absolute angsty bangers. (more…) For the second year running, the Glaad awards look like they're missing the mark on celebrating queer representationJan 9, 2020 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Glaad (formerly known as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) have brought their media awards back for the 31st year, and for the second year in a row they’re recognising video games “for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community and the issues that affect their lives”. Last year, Jay Castello wrote about how these video game awards highlight difficulties in celebrating queer representation, and this year it’s slighty better, but it still feels a bit like it’s missing the point. (more…) The 10 best visual novels on PCNov 29, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun On a rainy night, some people enjoy getting comfy, grabbing their beverage of choice, and curling up with a good book. Some others like doing the same exact thing, but with a game. I say, why not both? Visual novels are the perfect genre of game to curl up with. Here s our collection for the ten best visual novels. (more…) Why visual novels are a haven for LGBT+ storiesApr 12, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun As a young queer woman, often I have to ask myself what media I want to consume in my video games. Sometimes it s simply picking the next best thing that includes LGBT+ representation, even if that representation is actually pretty damn awful. There are limits when it comes to certain genres, as well as the type of game, be it indie or giant global studio. LGBT+ representation is much harder to come across in FPS shooters, or even in action-adventure games. Luckily, there s an increasingly popular kind of game that s giving me more options. LGBT+ visual novels, along with LGBT+ developers who put in a huge amount of work to deliver unique, respectful and interesting stories, are challenging my old mindset completely. Instead of settling for the next best thing of having a gay character who is there but later killed off, or is sad and alone, these VNs allow queer sexuality and love to play a role of importance. The most mainstream example is Dream Daddy, which broke through partly because it was developed through Game Grumps, but every day even more VNs with queer themes are getting made, and more are getting time in the spotlight. (more…) 7 more games that could use a Geralt of Rivia guest appearanceFeb 12, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun I worry about Geralt. The Witcher series may be over for now, but this hasn’t stopped Geralt from taking odd jobs here and there, slaying beasts in Monster Hunter: World, or stabbing folks in Soul Calibur VI. Is Geralt getting adequate retirement benefits? Have witchers unionized yet? I hope he can get some rest, or at least find more contract work that doesn’t involve exterminating monsters all the time. Freelancing is tiring. Here are seven games that need to be blessed by Geralt s presence. (more…) Dream Daddy: Dadrector's Cut Now AvailableOct 30, 2018 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29213593/2cf39752ad76cfbeff9797be46fe6c3d1cad8ee6.png Hey Dads! It's finally here! Dream Daddy: Dadrector's Cut is now out for PC/Mac/Linux and PS4! It features new sidequests, previously cut content, and a brand new minigame for your enjoyment! You can get the Steam version here! (Free automatic update! If you see Dadrector's cut at the start of the game menu, you're in!) The PS4 version is right here!You'll soon be able to date your Dream Daddy on PlayStation 4Oct 17, 2018 - EurogamerDaddy dating game Dream Daddy will soon be dispensing its delightful daddies for the delectation of PlayStation 4 owners, starting on October 30th. Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator launched on PC last year and quickly became something of an internet sensation. Turns out everyone's thirsty for daddies. It casts players in the role of a lonely single father (daddy) who moves into Maple Bay with their daughter Amanda. The game itself unfolds in classic visual novel style, with players - having established an avatar of their own - able to pursue the hot daddy of their dreams through conversation, mini-games, and good old-fashioned (off-screen) boinking. Choice daddies include Mat, Craig, Hugo, Brian, Damien, Robert, and Joseph. A quick Eurogamer staff poll appears to agree that Robert is the best daddy. Read more… Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Comic Book - Available Now!Aug 29, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHey Dads! Today we announced our partnership with Onipress to release a collection of five stories from Maple Bay starring your favorite Dream Daddies! You can pick up the comics here on Steam, through Amazon, Comixology, or through Onipress directly! Hope you enjoy em! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29213593/70e8ed88776e040c1e9bd9e0649a7b134eb30a54.jpg *Every copy of Dream Daddy contains a free preview of the comic in the Extras folder! How to Access comics: Right click Dream Daddy in your Steam Library and select Properties. Select Browse Local Files in the Local Files Tab. Open the comic pdfs in the Extras folder. How much say do developers have in their schedules?Nov 3, 2017 - PC GamerI'm talking to Jake Birkett of Grey Alien Games, developer of Regency Solitaire and upcoming card-based RPG Shadowhand. "It occurred the day after I had done some kind of crunch until 5 am," he says. "I got up in the morning and crawled under my desk to switch the plugs on, and my back went out. I'm just in my early 40s now." In a blog post from 2015 , creative director Clint Hocking said the 80-hour weeks he worked during the development of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory "gave me brain damage". Whether or not crunch time is necessary to release a game ‘on time' is a perennial topic in game development circles. The web connecting contractors, publishers, platform holders and developers that determines how release dates are decided upon, and whether they actually get met, is obscured behind a cloud of non-disclosure agreements. When you throw the possibility of community-enraging delays into this potent mix, it quickly becomes apparent how developing a schedule that allows you to make an excellent game, while taking care of yourself and launching in a reasonable period of time, is far more complicated than it might initially appear. Since release dates are usually set far in advance of a game's completion, developers are always trying to find more efficient ways to account for hurdles that pop up along the way. In the case of Dream Daddy, director Tyler Hutchison developed a compiler that, no matter what changes were made during the game's dev cycle, would automatically plug all of the elements of the visual novel in their proper places upon its completion. However, despite this tool, the team still worked 14-16 hour days leading up to launch. "It was a team of all indie developer people so everyone was just like, ‘Nah, this is fine! We'll just make some more coffee and keep going!'" Hutchison says. "Everyone was really gung-ho, and, of course, that completely exhausted us." Dream Daddy ended up being delayed by six days, but after the resulting exhaustion, the team still worked overtime. "All of us were so aware of it," says Hutchison. "To be like, 'Okay, we're not gonna do this again!' And then we'd send a build to QA at 4 am and just be like, ‘Fuck! We did it again!' Tanya X Short, co-founder of Moon Hunters developer Kitfox Games, explained the phenomenon of consistent overwork thusly: "Crunching can feel amazing. You feel more productive, even when you're not! "Every dev dreads disappointing their players, but, honestly, if you have to choose between disappointing them with a delay or disappointing them with a buggy sub-par game experience, I'll pick the delay every time." Regardless of developer size, it seems the conversation of how to mitigate crunch when it feels necessary regularly occupies the industry. Bill Gardner, lead designer on BioShock, and cofounder of Perc...Get a free PC Gamer ebook worth $10/ 10 when you vote in the Golden Joystick Awards 2017Oct 17, 2017 - PC GamerThe voting for the Golden Joystick Awards presented with Omen by HP closes in just under three weeks (November 3rd), and before that happens, we want to see our favourites from the last 12 months get the recognition they deserve. Not to manipulate the process because we want all the PC games to win in every category, or anything, but because there are so many amazing projects nominated that we want to celebrate. If you vote, too, you get a free digital copy of The Best PC Games Ever, which we published earlier this year. Take a look here for more information on what's inside, but it contains a great making of feature on the All Ghillied Up mission from Call of Duty 4, retrospectives on classics like Red Alert 2, Deus Ex, Max Payne 2 and tons more. All you have to do is vote, enter your email, then you'll receive instructions on claiming this lovely-looking digital book. There's a bunch of great PC games up for awards at the Golden Joysticks this year. Rock-hard modern classic Cuphead is up for best visual design, for example, and offbeat horror platformer Little Nightmares is deservedly nominated for best audio. The best indie game category is full of great PC titles, of course: Dream Daddy, Everything, Friday the 13th, Night In The Woods, Pyre, Slime Rancher, Stories Untold, Tacoma, Thimbleweed Park and What Remains of Edith Finch. And that's just a few of the categories. There are three eSports categories, and the best PC games category has the likes Total War: Warhammer 2, Endless Space 2, West of Loathing, PUBG, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam and a bunch more—check out the voting page and pick your favourites. Midweek Madness - Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, 33% OffOct 10, 2017 - AnnouncementSave 33% on Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator during this week's Midweek Madness*! *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time Humble s got a Very Positive thing going on right nowSep 26, 2017 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunNot only does Humble currently have its second ‘Very Positive’ bundle going on right now, the site is now listing a separate sale, appropriately titled the ‘Very Positive Sale’. As with the bundle, the sale features a bunch of games all with ‘Very Positive’ or higher ratings on Steam right now, with discounts of up to 80%. Before you ask, yes, that means you can get Dream Daddy for 9.89 / $13.49. Also featured are things like lovely retro Metroid-like Axiom Verge, perpetual Early Access feudal RPG Kenshi, the Homeworld Remastered Collection, Sniper Elite 4 and more. We covered the strange adventure possible in Kenshi quite recently. In a year that gave us Divinity: Original Sin 2’s hungry elves and face-stealing undead, it’s astonishing to realise that Kenshi has weirder cannibalistic possibilities than Larian’s latest masterpiece. (more…) A dreamy update!Jul 29, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHello, Dads! We're all thrilled about the response to the game and want to thank you all sincerely for playing. Today's update should fix a lot of the issues we've had reported to us over the past week. Here are the changes... Fixed inconsistency in mother/father choice during the intro. You know how forgetful Dads can be but that was a bit much. Corrected other consistency errors based on player choices during the intro, especially during the cookout. Fixed a variety of animation/character movement/transition bugs throughout the game. Also fixed a handful of grammar, spelling, and dialogue issues throughout the game. Fixed an issue that caused Joseph's twins to randomly reappear in the Diner in Craig's path. We're not always gonna be around to fight your battles for you, but this was a weird one. Those kids had to go. Rebalanced choices related to Amanda so it should be easier to see her bad ending. Honestly we're not sure why you'd want to do that, it seems like you two have a nice relationship. Quizzmaster Quinn is more talkative now. Did some work in the backyard. The old tree is looking more idyllic than ever. Adjusted texture settings, solving Daisy's weird pixelated appearance. She's a high-quality kid and doesn't deserve such low-quality treatment. Tweaks and balancing for the Hugo Date 1 minigame. Tweaks and balancing for the Brian date 1 minigame. A competitive Dad should get a reward for beating all 18 holes now. Brand new, fully Dad minigame during Robert Date 2. We apologize for any issues you've had playing the game and ask that you please report any bugs you encounter on the Support subforum of our Steam Discussions page and/or through our support email at [email protected]! UPDATE There was a bug in Hugo Date 3 causing the game to lock for some players. This has been found, fixed and patched!A dreamy update!Jul 29, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHello, Dads! We're all thrilled about the response to the game and want to thank you all sincerely for playing. Today's update should fix a lot of the issues we've had reported to us over the past week. Here are the changes... Fixed inconsistency in mother/father choice during the intro. You know how forgetful Dads can be but that was a bit much. Corrected other consistency errors based on player choices during the intro, especially during the cookout. Fixed a variety of animation/character movement/transition bugs throughout the game. Also fixed a handful of grammar, spelling, and dialogue issues throughout the game. Fixed an issue that caused Joseph's twins to randomly reappear in the Diner in Craig's path. We're not always gonna be around to fight your battles for you, but this was a weird one. Those kids had to go. Rebalanced choices related to Amanda so it should be easier to see her bad ending. Honestly we're not sure why you'd want to do that, it seems like you two have a nice relationship. Quizzmaster Quinn is more talkative now. Did some work in the backyard. The old tree is looking more idyllic than ever. Adjusted texture settings, solving Daisy's weird pixelated appearance. She's a high-quality kid and doesn't deserve such low-quality treatment. Tweaks and balancing for the Hugo Date 1 minigame. Tweaks and balancing for the Brian date 1 minigame. A competitive Dad should get a reward for beating all 18 holes now. Brand new, fully Dad minigame during Robert Date 2. We apologize for any issues you've had playing the game and ask that you please report any bugs you encounter on the Support subforum of our Steam Discussions page and/or through our support email at [email protected]! UPDATE There was a bug in Hugo Date 3 causing the game to lock for some players. This has been found, fixed and patched!You showed us your dream daddies, and we're eternally gratefulJul 29, 2017 - PC GamerLast week we asked you to show us your dream daddies. No, not your ideal father figures in real life, but the man you imagine when you think of—well, the imaginary cartoon man you'd like to guide through the choppy waters of the dad dating scene. And by dad dating, we mean dads dating other dads, exclusively. It's the premise of Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, which starts of with a great character customizer, proven by some of the fantastic fathers you sent our way. Here are some of the best entries we received, with their provided descriptions attached (if they had one). Some comments have been edited for grammar and clarity. Dad: Hulk Hogan Designed by: Katarzyna Vidavidtch "Oops." What you do mean, oops? Dad: Adam Wilde Designer: Mathilde Semin "Adam Wilde, the Hipster Dad. ( Am I using "hipster" right ? Help me, Amanda ! ) King of trying too hard, very nitpicky on punctuation, and ready to mocha-out with one hot barista." Every use of 'hipster' is the correct use. If I breathe or sip from a mug, I get called a hipster from someone in the building across the street. Fire away. Dad: Al Nyason Designed by: Al "My dad is pretty much a total drama queen, but he is also a total worrywart and tends to try and get Amanda to talk to him about her problems instead of letting her have her space. He apologizes for it though nonetheless. He knows when he is at fault. He just really gets worried easily. But other than that, he doesn't mind if he embarrasses himself with his antics with Amanda since he likes showing everyone that he has a good relationship with her. He tries his best to be the dad who his daughter can see as someone she can talk to when she can't talk to anyone else." Dad: Geralt Designed by: Matthias This dad needs no introduction. Dad: Vince "Vinny" McCurdgeon Designer: Mag Magnet "He is the dad I would be, had I been born a dad. aLSO I SAW HIS LOOKALIKE IN A MALL TODAY??? I MADE HIM REAL!!!!! PS I LOVE THIS GAME" Dad: Geralt Designed by: Tirahmisu "Is he daddy Geralt enough for you?" asked Tirahmisu in their submission. Absolutely. Dad: Cornelius Flowers Designed by: Ronny "My dadsona is Cornelious Flowers, freshly stepped out of an early '90s small town indie flick." Played by a young Ryan Gosling, apparently. Dad: Yui Plisetsky Designed by: Lanean This dad design is based on Yurio from the popular anime series, Yuri on Ice. Dad: Jack Harper Designed by: Melanie Hawke "Beard and hair matches the outfit, of course. A good dad. A good egg." That's a man, not an egg! Dad: Mishka Medvedev Designed by: Loki Duck "This is my dadsona Mishka Medvedev c: He's a Russian papa that looks grumpy and tired all the time but is actually really loving and friendly and speaks in broken English. His name also basically means Teddy...Podcast: The Electronic Wireless Show talks Pyre, Dream Daddy, and horrorJul 27, 2017 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunWhat’s that unsettling white noise coming from the other room? Oh no, it’s the 10th episode of the RPS podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show. This week, the gang are talking about horror in games (but not necessarily “horror games”). Adam and Brendan are terrified by the depths of Subnautica, which doesn’t frighten Pip in the slightest. But we also like playing non-scary things. Brendan has been competing in the purgatorial fantasy sport of Pyre, and Adam has been catching fish and watching tranquil sunsets in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles. Meanwhile, Pip has been dating dads in the gay suburban utopia of Dream Daddy. There’s also reader questions, in which we return to the subject of horror, and experience the shrill scream of a truly terrifying beast… (more…)
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