Creme de la Creme (tuxdb.com)

Update 3/28/23

Includes a new checkpoint system.

[ 2023-03-28 16:58:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

8/29/22 Update

Small fix to the game's credits.

[ 2022-08-29 21:35:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Crme de la Crme wins XYZZY Awards

On Wednesday, Crme de la Crme by Hannah Powell-Smith won the annual XYZZY Awards, winning in the "Best Game," "Best Writing," and "Best Story" categories. ("Best Game" was a tie with Zozzled by Steph Cherrywell; "Best Story" was a tie with Turandot by Victor Gijsbers.) To celebrate, we're putting Crme de la Crme on sale! It's 30% off until October 9. The XYZZY Awards celebrate the best interactive fiction of the previous year, and is decided by popular vote among the interactive fiction community. We're extremely grateful to the entire community for this extraordinary recognition. This is a great honor for Hannah Powell-Smith and everyone who worked on the game, including managing editor Abigail C. Trevor, artist Paola Tuazon, and copy editor Kris Ligman, as well as the dozens of people who helped with beta testing. Speaking personally, I have always dreamed of one of our games winning the Best Game XYZZY Award, ever since we launched Choice of Games back in 2010. Creatures Such as We won the 2014 XYZZY Award for Best NPCs, and there was the, uh, "special recognition" award for Zombie Exodus in 2011, when we almost flooded the ballot box. Crme de la Crme has earned the highest honor from the interactive fiction community, and we are so, so, grateful for that.

[ 2020-10-02 21:57:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Creme de la Creme

Choice of Games Developer

Choice of Games Publisher

2019-11-27 Release

Indie Casual RPG Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 3

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (119 reviews)

https://www.choiceofgames.com/creme-de-la-creme

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Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?

Crème de la Crème is a 440,000-word interactive novel by Hannah Powell-Smith, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Gallatin College is a "finishing school" where young people must learn social graces, surrounded by their high-class peers. When your parents fall into disgrace, the rest of high society rejects them. It's up to you to enroll at Gallatin, to secure your future and restore the family's good name.

At Gallatin, you'll dance with royalty, impress decorated officers, and perfect your etiquette. What will you prioritize: a spotless reputation, a prestigious social network, or a pristine report card–and who will you backstab to achieve it? Your year in this sparkling, brittle world is about to begin. But are you a rake soaked in scandal, or a perfectly proper socialite? Sneaking out of class or polishing your ballroom dancing, either way: the road to high society starts here!

Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight, or bisexual; monogamous or polyamorous; asexual and/or aromantic.
Make a match with an aristocrat or royalty, develop a romantic connection with a fellow student, or fall for someone below your social standing.
Enjoy a no-strings-attached fling, or propose a marriage of convenience with a friend.
Join a clique - officially sanctioned by the college or decidedly not - and build its strength and standing.
Distinguish yourself by achieving a place at university or on a competitive internship.
Sabotage your classmates, or build friendships.
Repair your family's reputation, or grind it into the dust.
Uncover Gallatin College's dark secrets and reveal them to the world - or keep them under wraps.

Will You Be the Crème De La Crème?

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04