My 19-year-old son has a new passion project - a dating sim where you date... bugs.

5 months ago by ickplant to c/casualconversation

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My question is… where did I go so right?

It includes characters like Daxter the Praying Mantis and Kiki the Lunar Moth, among others.

He is creating all the art (and he is damn good) and the dialogue, then his friends will help with the technical stuff.

Sure, it may never see the light of day, but I’m just proud he is doing something this weird.

That’s my boy.

neidu3 65 points 5 months ago

Fucking hell, that's parenting done right. If there's linux support, I'll check it out out of morbid curiosity.

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ickplant 34 points 5 months ago

Haha, thanks! Neither one of us is super techie, but his dad and friends are, so I will bring it up as a point to them.

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SubArcticTundra 14 points 5 months ago

He should post on here, I'm sure plenty would be eager to help! This place is full of Linux ppl

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Kolanaki 41 points 5 months ago

If it's half as good as Hatoful Boyfriend, a dating VN where you date literal pigeons, I'm sure it'll be a huge hit with the bug furries and people who just love bugs.

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lasta 22 points 5 months ago

It could be the next My Horse Prince!

It’s great that he’s having fun with his project though lol

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ComfortableRaspberry 4 points 5 months ago

I played that many years ago. It was wild and uncanny :D

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ickplant 4 points 5 months ago

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Eyro_Elloyn 1 point 5 months ago

Still my favorite scream of his.

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ickplant 9 points 5 months ago

That’s a good point, actually. One of his very close friends is a furry (although a fox, not a bug), I wonder if he served as inspo.

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tal 7 points 5 months ago

https://store.steampowered.com/...

Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim

If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.

All Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive

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ComfortableRaspberry 7 points 5 months ago

I raise you Date everything

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yuri 2 points 5 months ago

date everything is so impressive, i can not imagine wrangling up that many voice actors

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faythofdragons 3 points 5 months ago

Honestly, Hatoful Boyfriend was far far better than I expected going in.

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grue 3 points 5 months ago

I'm not sure they count as "bug furries" unless they're into bees or tarantulas specifically.

Edit: Never mind, I just DDG'd it and there are more fuzzy bugs than I thought.

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Kolanaki 6 points 5 months ago

They can even just put fuzz on the non fuzzy ones. We got furry dragons; why not furry praying mantises? 🤷‍♂️

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points 5 months ago

I think they're called scaleys or something. I can ask my godson, he experimented with therian stuff before he came out ftm

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yuri 2 points 5 months ago

some of these guys already look like OCs even without fuzz

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stray 1 point 5 months ago

I've never held with the idea that one has to literally be furry to be a furry. It's an umbrella term. (But by all means, make the fuzzy mantids!)

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pebbles 33 points 5 months ago

Finally a way to answer the age old question: "Would you love me if I were a worm"

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 5 points 5 months ago

Would you love me if I got cut in half? Which half?

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TropicalDingdong 19 points 5 months ago

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SubArcticTundra 5 points 5 months ago

Best use of this template yet

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VerilyFemme 18 points 5 months ago

If he releases anything, post it here!

It's so fucking cool to see you backing his creative projects like that. I'd play it.

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LibertyLizard 17 points 5 months ago

Damn you and your family are fucking cool.

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FilthyShrooms 16 points 5 months ago

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ickplant 11 points 5 months ago

How did you get my son’s Tumblr account? 😂

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yuri 16 points 5 months ago

i have a vague idea for a dating sim esque game wherein you’re a factory technician and you have to date all the machines to fix them.

idk when it happened, but the meta for dating sims now is “you can just do whatever you want” and i’m SO here for it

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ArmoredThirteen 9 points 5 months ago

Deep rock galactic fan creations has entered the chat

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Kepion 4 points 5 months ago

But Doretta is just so pettable...

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mnemonicmonkeys 5 points 5 months ago

This needs to have a character that's speed dating where it's literally just the "guess we're making ___ now" meme

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Ribbons 12 points 5 months ago

Love to hear it! Hope you share more if it ever goes public, plenty of folks who'd love playing that. (It's me, I'm plenty of folks.)

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ickplant 10 points 5 months ago

I will absolutely share it here if when they finish it.

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Tuuktuuk 9 points 5 months ago

Please make sure that all of the ass-sets of the game will be released to public if the development ever stalls!

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ickplant 13 points 5 months ago

There is a rhinoceros bug that’s a gym bro. He lifts, and he is swole. On the femme side, Kiki the moth is very elegant, and Miranda the tarantula has a pet frog.

Yes, this needs to be released to the masses. Art belongs to the people.

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Little8Lost 3 points 5 months ago

Pet frog for the tarantula :D

Thats the thing i hoped for after reading the headline

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RizzRustbolt 8 points 5 months ago

If he has a Tumblr account then he's going to make a fortune.

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njm1314 8 points 5 months ago

Is there a rolly polly?

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ickplant 15 points 5 months ago

There isn’t right now, but I think that should totally be an option. I shall pass it on. Should it be into polyamory so it’s a poly rolly polly?

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Etterra 7 points 5 months ago

Dating bugs? In this economy?

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INHALE_VEGETABLES 5 points 5 months ago

Blowfly girl anyone?

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ickplant 7 points 5 months ago

(ಠ_ಠ)

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slazer2au 5 points 5 months ago

Is you kid a fan of the Monster Prom games?

https://store.steampowered.com/...

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whelk 5 points 5 months ago

Wish him well for me and ask him to consider adding a marine gastropod of some kind please.

Also in case he isn't already aware of it, some music to listen to while working on bug creations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIYnXgvRJVM

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Ryanmiller70 4 points 5 months ago

Weird dating Sims are really fun. I loved Hatoful Boyfriend and Date Everything.

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SabinStargem 4 points 5 months ago

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ickplant 5 points 5 months ago

Funny you should post the bee. His bee is a lot less sexualized:

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vivalapivo 4 points 5 months ago

Gregor Samsa would be so happy if he'd lived today

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funkless_eck 3 points 5 months ago

doubt. he wasn't happy when he did live.

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humanspiral 4 points 5 months ago

The praying mantis dating scene is full of mean entitled bitches.

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IndigoLarry 3 points 5 months ago

For whatever reason, reminds me of ...

Naked Lunch (1991) - IMDb https://share.google/zB59vfl6NU4OLvcnc

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diabetic_porcupine 2 points 5 months ago

Idk man… a lunar moth? Sounds more like a bouba to me

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RebekahWSD 2 points 5 months ago

Good luck to the game! I'm terrified of insects so I'll stay far far away.

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ickplant 3 points 5 months ago

Thank you! The insects are very humanized, as in they are wearing clothes and stand and walk like humans. Idk, maybe that’s more terrifying?

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RebekahWSD 2 points 5 months ago

Generally less terrifying! But it depends how humanized they are!

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 point 5 months ago

Can... Can I alpha test? I have a weird sense of humor

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