Advent Calendar: Let's Play 24 games!

All of this.

Listen to wise Donmai, DON'T LET HER IN!

Alright... Looks like the consensus is: Don't let her in.


I baby...
God, so many typos.




That's it for today's game, everyone! :D

I am so proud of us right now. -single tear-

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA I JUST CAN'T STOP LAUGHING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY!

Maybe because of the huge fail of getting expelled because you didn't know your way to school in your very first day?
Maybe because the game is over?
I DON'T KNOW!

I can redo and trust her and keep Takashi's baby ass from getting expelled on the first day, if you guys want. One-time deal though! If we pick wrong again and get another instant gameover, it's over for real!

Do it. I wanna laugh at typos.

Do as you want.

Srsly though, what's the point of having choices in a game if it's not for different paths or character building, it's just a "right choice" and a "wrong choice"?

I'm... Trying to believe it's a comedy game. Don't ruin it for me.

TIME MACHINE GO!
Takashi suddenly gets worried about if being late gets you expelled and lets her in.



Woah there, tiny lady.
You are a very tiny lady.

Anyway they banter for a bit, just the usual teasing.



And we're off!


Pretty place, but... where's the door?


N-No seriously where's the door?


How...
How do you accidentally-
okay nevermind, Takashi would be able to.


What, don't like someone joking about your molestion habits?
Pruuuude.


Well it IS a big building.
I'd get lost, too.



Another tiny lady!
Takashi, maybe your parents were killed for being freakishly tall.


...
"Really late".
Teacher's on her way to class.

Takashi, how late were you to get expelled!?
Anyway she takes us off to class.



That was quick!
That's the very next screen, even. Teacher's so late the class lasts all of one minute!


But so far, the only two people he knows are Elika and the class representative, who's a boy with a "honest face".

So, who? New character or neighbour mini-lady?

Actually... In my VN, originally you COULD die if you ran into Irakik and picked the wrong option, because of his whole "hateful over tiny things" aspect. It was mostly as a test to see if I got the ending stuff working, then I figured it gave him away too fast so I removed it, but I can understand if someone else did it as a sort of test then didn't care to get rid of it.

Hopefully it was a one-time thing.

Class rep! People with honest face must be nice!

Whatever a honest face might mean.

Talk to the new guy.

Class rep would be my guess.

Class rep it is!


W-Woah there. Personal space!
Also man Takashi's portrait is out of place.


I love how casually he says that. "You're new here, if you didn't know."



... Wh
Wait what!?


That's my question!
Takashi how the hell did you pass the entrance exam!?


Konw, heehee.
That's a funny word.

Anyway, new goal get! Takashi thanks the guy.


... Uh.


WHAT plan?


CLASS JUST ENDED!
You're just being lazy, dude!
In fact this is recess! Isn't recess a break BETWEEN classes? Are you just gonna--


And so, Takashi skipped the rest of school.


Probably.
Like the ability to typo everything you say.



... Without going to class, I assume.


Posting this because I think breakfast was spelled right earlier and now it's typoed twice in a row.
Something's fishy.

Oh, also someone knocks.



I love how he lets a complete stranger in without a second thought, but his neighbour? Hell no.
She's cute though.


She came to return a notebook Takashi forgot!
He understandably asks why she knows where he lives.


I'm preeeetty sure this is a parody game.
Phsichic is almost a pun, dangit. Psi-chick.


She asks if they can go to school together! Takashi thinks that he COULD, to get on her good side, or he can just ask her for help right here right now.

He does not think about the fact that she may be reading his thoughts right now.
"I..."

Whichever option leads to yaoi time with Allan.

Ask her the important question, whatever that question is.

Maybe important for Takashi is her underwear color.

To school

If this is a parody game, it's a pretty good example of Poe's law.

Well, I decided to look into her head.

It's not like she hasn't done it before, so this shouldn't be a problem.



You... you could just tell her, you know.



She's scared, don't be so harsh!

Well, she agrees, and...


...



NOT IN THIS CASE.

So...
It IS one of those games. (Wonder what the nice neighbour girl does if we talk to her, now...)


...
....


With that I'm off to bed. Wanna know the true end? You'll have to play it for yourself (I fixed the download link).

Tomorrow, we should play Magical Cosplay Cafe.

Too bad we can't get the break dancing ending our first play through.

I recommend Anyo's Love~ The super secret special ending is the best!

................... The fuck.

Also, Takashi would be a wonderful husband.
"Shut up and get to the kitchen, woman."

I think we should play Shrinkled.

It's kinda cute.

Okay, playing around a bit it looks like most choices DON'T lead to death.
We just picked the ones that did.
Whoops~

Yuuki, you are a horrible phsichic.

EDIT: Even if we did get Takashi expelled and killed, I still blame Yuuki.

I approve of any bad ending in which this protag dies.

... I did manage to make him kill himself, actually.

The game does have a lot of bad ends, but the other two I had to be a complete derp (randomly accuse someone of murder and not accept help from anyone ever) to get. Still, if you want to make Takashi suffer? This is the game for you!

YAY, I'LL TOTALLY PLAY IT!

As suggested by Donmai, today's game is "Anyo's Love"! A game starring roleplaying characters, I don't know if they all belong to the same person or if someone wrote a VN shipping their character with their friend's.
Though I will say, my RP community has considered doing this exact thing, just not with a dating sim.


Ooh, the main screen is nice and minimalistic. I like!


... Who?
Our mystery speaker apologizes for not being able to stay awake, and dozes off...


... With rather obvious results.
Can't get away with sleeping during class!


Ooh, is that us? We're cute!


"Again"? That's a bad habit to have, y'know.


She's been trying really hard to stay awake and sleep at night, but nothing seems to be working. Hm...


Oh. OH! It's one of THESE games.
No no, it's okay, just ignore me.
I prefer it that way.


Apparently, Antique Ivy is a school for 'gifted' and smart kids. Just like the one in the last game!
Anyo keeps wandering about, talking to the little creature hiding in the shadows of her mind, until she (literally) bumps into someone.


She's cute!
Her... her arm's kinda lopsided but still cute!


And who's Leo? Come on Anyo, you gotta tell me everything.


...
...
Please don't touch us.
I like Anyo she doesn't deserve death by brain bleed.


What.


Oh, son of a...


I'm being haunted by a PRINCESS?


Oh, that sucks.
...
We're being haunted by the least threatening ghost ever.


I guess we found our plot!
Rei leaves, evidently content with the amount of exposition she's given, but then returns.


... What, why?




... Shit.

Either I am going mad or the art in the games are starting to look reeeeaally alike.

I'm just as surprised as you!



Yeah, that'll be easy! All girls know who their true love is after all!


... Oh.
Well, damn.


Understandable. Who would?


She muses to herself about true love and who her true love could be. There are some knocks on the door, but she totally ignores them.


... Until someone yells through the door that is.


Wait, who wouldn't just try opening the door instead of shouting at it?


This guy is who!
... I keep adding bunny ears to my mental image of him. I blame Zara.


Instead of, say, something being seriously wrong.
You seem a little bit naive there, Leo.


Solution to our curse: GET! We just gotta kiss him at the end of our date!

Of course not! It's a life or death matter, kiss ANYONE.

Date? What date?
I WILL STEER YOU TOWARDS THE SECRET ENDING AT ALL COSTS

It's because they keep a generic anime style to them.
Those... do start to blend together.

I'll try to find one that has a different look, tomorrow.
BY THE WAY Magical Cosplay Cafe isn't on renpy's site, where do I get it?

Date What Date? Because for some reason I trust Donmai

Ahoy~! That's right, from the studio that made Ripples and Re:Alistair~! (Warning: Link contains walkthrough. Keep your eyes on the right side of the screen.)

http://www.sakevisual.com/magicos.html :D

Of course we didn't forget! Hahahahaha~!

Man, you guys like Magical Cosplay Cafe.
... With a title like that though ...

Anyway, what date?



Not really, no...


... oh.
I... thought you were actually a couple.



Eh, a date is a date. Don't be such a tease.


You better!


No, Anyo, it's the solution to it!


And then we went outside.
... I think this is someone's backyard.
With...
uh...
is that a grave?


Leo this is someone's backyard!