You're a dad is a text adventure about becoming a father. Get up, take care of your child, buy groceries, prepare dinner. Do nothing else. Repeat every day, because...
... You're a dad!
This is your child. It is your job to make sure he thrives, or at least makes it through the day. You can go skating, imaginary monster hunting, or just sleep the day away. I mean, the game reacts to your actions, so it really is possible. But should you?
(No, you shouldn't. Make good choices, okay?)
Navigate through all the endings!
Your family is coming for dinner. So not only do you have to be a dad - you also need to make food. You can make food. It's not that hard. Don't get lost in day dreams, going camping or starting a cat café. If your child starts reading philosophy, nip that in the bud before they get a PHD.
(Just be a responsible adult, please?)
Explore a really small world!
You can stay in your apartment. But if you need to make dinner, you might want to go to the store. In fact you should do that, buy groceries and make dinner. Don't get sidetracked. Everything is fine. I trust you.
Key features
A lovely story based on the maker's experience of becoming a dad
A non-linear narrative in a sandbox. You go where you like
Different options based on what you've done in the past
A repeating day where you can collect 15+ endings - each ending you'll discover more about the family
Short play throughs of roughly 3-20 minutes per ending
Buy food, make food
Unravel the family dynamic
Everything is fine, nothing is wrong, there's certainly no monster in the fridge (Wait, what?)
Pet the cat, capture the cat in a ball, fight challengers (No, don't! Just take care of your child!)
Oh my. Been a while since we talked, you and me, here on Steam, but boy have we been busy on this side of the table.
And I truly mean \"we\" as in me and Liberty Jensen , the artist for You\'re a dad. Aw yeah, you haven\'t missed that, right? We have onboarded an incredibly talented artist!
Liberty is working on redoing all of the art in the demo. That\'s no small task - we\'re talking about roughly 50 background images, a lot of icons, and a bunch of other things. But it\'s looking great, and we\'re both really excited to see it all come together.
In the meantime I\'ve been busy writing out the full game. It\'s going to be at least the double the length of the demo, with 30 or so endings, secret steam achievements, and - perhaps most importantly - satisfying conclusions to all of the arcs.
(I mean, I think so, and I hope you do too. My wife liked the game, and I\'m 40-80% sure it\'s not only because she\'s married to the creator.)
So, how can you play it?
The goal is to have the demo ready in October. If we get there, we\'ll chuck it into Steam Next Fest as well. Exciting times!
You don\'t need to wait, of course. If you want to play with the new art already you can opt in to the art-v2 branch right here on Steam. Most of the art is Liberty\'s new and improved, but some images are still being worked on.
When all pictures are done this will be the default demo build. We\'re pretty sure it\'ll make all children in the world sleep throughout the night, bringing their parents so many restful hours of sleep. It\'s that good.
Upwards and onwards!\nLinus, one of the world\'s many dads
Minimum Setup
- OS: SteamOSAdditional Notes: It should work on most. if not all. decks.
Recommended Setup
- OS: SteamOSAdditional Notes: It should work on most. if not all. decks.
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