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Rules

  1. Please stay on-topic: post about otome games. Otome games are romance games aimed at women who want to romance men. For the purposes of this community, games with female love interests (LIs) count as long as it isn't mostly female LIs: men should be at least half of the LI options. Note that you do not have to be a straight woman to post: people outside the target demographic play too, and you are welcome here. Amare games will be allowed given how small the community on the Fediverse is for it, and how they overlap with otome, but if the community starts to overwhelmingly have non-otome amare posts I reserve the right to change this rule and redirect those posts to a new amare community.
  2. In an effort to keep this community more discussion-based, please only post fanart and the like if you made the art yourself. Your own fanart, cosplays, etc. are very welcome.
  3. Don’t be a jerk.

3a. No bigotry or discrimination. This includes but is not limited to homophobia, racism, sexism, etc.

3b. Be respectful of other peoples’ tastes. You may absolutely despise an LI and want to discuss it, and that’s fine. Casting negative aspersions on or directly insulting people who love that LI is not fine. What we find interesting in fiction does not always directly translate to real-life desires.

  1. Please don’t directly link to pirated content.
  2. Tag any NSFW content as such. If you are not sure whether to tag it that way, err on the side of caution and tag.
  3. Please indicate spoilers. The following format works on both Lemmy and Kbin, but if you are using an app it may not. See this comment for which apps handle spoilers. Note that spoilers in post bodies will just show the text in the preview if you link the post in, say, Discord, instead of spoiling it.
Spoilers for OtomeGame: The GameSomething that happened at the end of the game! Something else that happened at the end of the game!

That will appear as:

Spoilers for OtomeGame: The GameSomething that happened at the end of the game!

Something else that happened at the end of the game!

7. When promoting an otome you have worked on, please use common sense for what is spammy. If there's about four new posts here weekly, don't post a progress update weekly—we don't want self-promotion overwhelming the community. But we do want to inform people of new otome and dev updates are cool, so do post them here every once in awhile! I reserve the right to change this rule to be more specific about what exactly counts as spammy and what does not, but I feel I'll know it when I see it and trust most posters to operate in good faith.

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Weekly what are you playing post and one I missed last week! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

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and say which one you chose and why in the comments ;)

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LicoBiTs announces otome visual novel UN:LOGICAL for Switch

https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/licobits-announces-otome-visual-novel-unlogical-for-switch

Plot:

“UN:LOGICAL” is a virtual reality game that can only be played by invitation.

In this virtual world—where touch, taste, and pain feel real—adorable “apprentice angels” are said to welcome players as NPCs.

However, those who join for the reward money soon find themselves threatened by the “side effects” caused by the game.

VNDB

@[email protected]

#Otome #OtomeGame #VisualNovel #unlogical

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Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

Forgot about this post yesterday ;-;

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[Demo Release] Korean Fantasy Otome VN Luna's Twilight

Story:

Luna's Twilight is a fantasy romance visual novel that mixes classic fantasy elements with heart-fluttering romance. In a secluded mansion deep in a silent forest, four men from different races whisper words of love to you. Who will win your heart?

The game features fully animated CGs, with animations for all character sprites and 76 CGs (including general scenes, endings, items, and SD CGs).

The devs are aiming to release the full version in early access in November.

Steam

@[email protected]

#Otome #OtomeGame #OtomeGames #VisualNovel #LunasTwilight

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Supernatural Horror Otome 9 R.I.P is released for Nintendo Switch

Story:

In this town, there is a long-standing rumor about people being spirited away… They also say that people with lots of anxiety or those who are struggling are more likely to get spirited away. You think you’ll be okay…?

In the beginning of autumn, during her second year of high school, that’s what Misa Isshiki, was told by her best friend, causing her heart to skip a beat.

I’ll be fine, I don’t really believe in any of that stuff anyway.

That’s right… She doesn’t believe in that kind of thing… It’s just… Her life had been filled with so much stress, all related to what her future would hold…

That’s when an eerie voice reached out to her…

Why don’t we take a look and see what you should do with your life!
Let’s put you on the right path…

And that’s when all the strange things around Misa began to happen…

Nintendo Store

VNDB

There are already several reviews you can check out before you grab it:

@[email protected]

https://blerdyotome.com/2024/10/08/9-r-i-p-otome-review/

@otomeology[email protected]

https://otomeology.com/9-r-i-p-review-when-romance-meets-paranormal/

@[email protected]

https://otomekitten.com/2024/10/10/9-r-i-p-review-nintendo-switch/

@[email protected]

#Otome #OtomeGame #OtomeGames #VisualNovel #9RIP

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Mirage Noir is a detective VN focused on found family, inspired by games like Ace Attorney and Bustafellows.

Story (quoted from the Steam page):

Play as a detective, solve cases, and try to catch an elusive serial killer in this mystery visual novel focused on found family (inspired by games like Ace Attorney and Bustafellows)

When Yunie graduated from college, she believed she had her whole life ahead of her. Returning to her hometown with a shiny new dream job, it seemed like nothing could stand in her way.

However, two years later, not much has changed. She hasn't made any new friends, isn't allowed to investigate anything worthwhile, and feels like she's stuck in mud, moving in place.

So when an unexpected opportunity arises, she doesn't hesitate to take it. The case is a weird one, but it introduces her to an eccentric team of people she immediately connects with, and she decides that no matter what, she won't regret getting involved.

Even if it means crossing paths with a serial killer.

Full game coming in 2026! The demo covers the entirety of the prologue.

Steam | Itch.io | VNDB

They'll also be running a Kickstarter from Oct 22 - Nov 21

Kickstarter

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Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

I almost forgot about this thinking it was Saturday, and I now have time to try to fix the OtomeGamesBot, so hopefully you may see these posts made by a bot. Or I can do it in the Lemmy Scheduler, although I'd have to manually type the dates myself instead of a bot automating it away for me…

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Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

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Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

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It seems more otome people have been getting on the Fediverse lately.

BlerdyOtome is on it, kind of, via web.brid.gy (found out about that thanks to @[email protected], thank you!). Frustratingly enough, searching for her via @[email protected], which is how you are supposed to do it works on Mbin but not Lemmy. It does work on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@[email protected] EDIT: Also thanks to @[email protected] I found out she has a Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@blerdyotome

OtomeKitten is here on https://mastodon.social/@otomekitten.

I think both BlerdyOtome and OtomeKitten are not actually checking those accounts, just reflecting their posts on their main sites over to Fediverse platforms, but hey, at least they know we're alive!

The two otome creators I know that are here are

There was a VN creator who did amare, perhaps otome, that I found on Fedi but I do not remember their name. I'll put them here if I remember.

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Synopsis: The year is 1995, and you're newly single and ready to mingle in Stradania, the dysfunctional micronation whose chief exports are pig iron, human misery, and radioactive souvenir mugs. Sample the nightlife, try a VR trip or two, and maybe even find love - just try not to get your organs stolen.

Steampage

Itch.io

VNDB

The co-writer and artist for this game is on fedi btw! If you're interested in this game, consider giving her a follow~

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Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

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Late weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing! One day I will have enough free time to fix the bot!

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Game released on 9/12, so I am a bit late to this post! The sale applies to both Switch and Steam, with both ending on 9/26. The Nintendo eShop also provides a sale end time: 02:59 a.m. EDT.

Steam Nintendo eShop (US) Nintendo eShop (United Kingdom)

According to the otomekitten review, the localization was done well, which I am relieved about. I think when I originally posted about this game on the kbin.run otome community (the community that came before this one and went down when the instance kbin.run went down), I noticed a mistake on the official website that made me worry about localization, so I'm happy to hear it was well done. But people might want to be warned about this:

Unlike your usual otome visual novel, this game does not branch from a common route to individual love interest routes. Instead, the game is very linear and follows only one story path. This means all the dates happen within the main storyline. So, if you want to experience it as if you’re playing one specific route at a time, you’ll need to carefully choose the options that lead to certain date scenarios with the guy you prefer. Otherwise, the heroine will jump from one love interest to another in each chapter.

This happens because this is a straight port of a mobile game, where certain scenarios were paywalled, which is likely how the guys were separated out—just pay for the ones you want to see. This game removed the paywalls (and thank goodness, paywalls in a game you already paid for would feel bad) but judging by the review it did not restructure requirements to see certain scenes. Not sure if this will come off as her falling in love with all the guys people, or if it will feel like it was intended to be one at a time and that some of the scenes you see were not intended to be shown to you at that time. The otomekitten review says it feels like she's three-timing. If that's your thing in fiction, more power to you, but I figured I'd toss a warning 1) for those who do not want it and 2) I feel people who would be into legit loving multiple people and people who would be into a more deceptive three-timing thing would want it to feel like the story actually intends that to be happening, and not like an unintentional byproduct of just removing paywalls form a mobile game. I have a feeling it will feel like that unintentional byproduct, though of course I could be wrong.

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Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

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Switch & Steam

  • Ephemeral Fantasy on Dark
  • The Crimson Flower that Divides: Lunar Coupling

Switch

  • Steam Prison
  • Hana Awase New Moon -Mizuchi Volume-
  • Hana Awase New Moon -Himetsugi Volume-
  • Hana Awase New Moon -Karakurenai/Utsutsu Volume-
  • Hana Awase New Moon -Iroha Volume-

There are also two BL titles on sale.

  • Hashihime of the Old Book Town (Switch)
  • Of the Red, Light, and the Ayakashi Tsuzuri (both Switch and Steam)
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It has the latest news on relationship-focused indie games~

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Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

Making this post manually, hope to fix the bot soon.

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