

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.
