What's new in version 1.5?

There is yet another major update to the LoveSick Darlings demo! I wrote all about it here in this month's dev update on Kickstarter! You can read all the juicy details and news there. But here is a basic rundown of the changes!

CHANGES TO THE LOVESICK DARLINGS DEMO IN VERSION 1.5:

- Complete overhaul of Albie's story. Now features his struggles at his religious private school and choosing between making Maisy or his parents happy. He has a frail constitution due to a life-saving surgery when he was a baby, but is no longer chronically ill in the way he was before. - EXPANSION of Maisy's backstory! Maisy has now only arrived at Foster Hills High the year before Syd got there, after she was expelled from her previous school because of a certain "incident" involving her and another student. This is the same religious school that Albie is still going to currently! - RESHUFFLING OF EVENTS: The shopping trip with Maisy has been completely rewritten and takes place on on the Sunday of Week 6! And now features Albie! And gift-buying! It's good fun! I hope you enjoy this streamlined version of advetures with Maisy and Albie. - ADDITIONAL FREE TIME DAY NOW AVAILABLE IN THE DEMO! Because of the above reshuffling, this means Monday Afternoon on Week 7 has opened up - giving players additional Free Time options in the demo! And a dilemma between Maisy and Steph that day! Who will Syd choose to impress? His crush or his best friend? It's up to you! - BRAND NEW Title Screen! - ADDITIONAL MUSIC TRACKS! A few new tracks have snuck into the demo! I hope you enjoy hearing them! - Albie's casual outfit and Maisy's Pyjama outfit have both been implemented! - Both Albie and Maisy's birthdays have been retconned. Albie is now a Scorpio, and Maisy is a Sagitarius to suit the in-game dates better (I know this seems minor, but it's an official retcon!) - Corrected typos. Fixed some events not triggering properly. And that about covers it! You can go play the demo yourself on Steam right now! (You should see the update in your Steam downloads!) I'd love to hear any and all feedback you have! Do you like Albie's new storyline? Is Maisy's expanded backstory intriguing? Tell me all your thoughts, please! And please let me know if you run into ANY errors or problems whatsoever! Follow the project on Twitter for all the latest news! https://twitter.com/LoveSickDarling Thanks for reading and following this game! Your support means the world to me, and I promise I'm still working hard on the full game! Links: LoveSick Darlings Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/4YAgnvd Itch Page: https://biolizard.itch.io/lovesickdarlings Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lovesickdarlingsofficial Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMNSE68JdVbfPSykQW4bcHQ Official Website: https://www.lovesickdarlings.com/ Dimitri's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DAdoniou LoveSick Darlings Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LoveSickDarlings/

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LoveSick Darlings is a visual novel where the player is put in the role of Syd, a sixteen-year old boy as he navigates the social landscape that is a friendship group that doesn't realize it's on the verge of collapsing at the end of the school year.

Syd goes to Foster Hills High, a school in a quiet town in New South Wales (Eastern Australia). Navigate this unique setting for a visual novel by interacting and learning about the characters in Syd's life with "Free Time."

"Free Time" is a gameplay element that is heavily inspired by the Danganronpa and Persona franchises. With "Free Time," Syd can choose who among his friends he wishes to grow closer with by spending time with them during the afternoons after school. But be careful, your free time is limited, and there's only so much Syd can do before the end of semester.

LoveSick Darlings boasts a cast of diverse characters with three main heroines in particular for Syd to interact with. A supporting cast of friends, parents, and rivals add colour to Syd's life and the gameplay experience. The three heroines, Maisy, Jayda, and Steph all feature extensive story-lines ranging from happy to the most utterly tragic. Get to know them and form unique bonds with each of them as you play.

Decide the fate of Syd and all his friends as he makes some of the hardest decisions in his life. Choose whether to confess your feelings, accept or deny the feelings of others, sabotage or repair broken friendships, and get to know Syd's friends in a way that he never did before. Enjoy these last few weeks of the school year while they last!

Game Features:

- A grounded, realistic, emotional story about people growing up and trying to understand their own feelings
- Gorgeous original artwork. From sprites to CGs, you can see the art in this game is top-notch from the highly-skilled artists working on this project. These same artists will be doing the rest of the art too.
- Heavy romance elements
- Original soundtrack with 15+ songs
- 15+ CG artworks
- No set "routes." The game seamlessly flows between events and scenarios based off of your decisions in a natural way
- Multiple unique outfits for each heroine
- Week and day system where you choose how you spend your limited free time!
- Highly customized playthroughs featuring dozens of variables and several endings
- 15 hours of gameplay per run - with dozens more hours in alternate endings and scenarios!
- Comprehensive "Player Review" system that assesses your relationships at the end of each play-through! Tells you what each character thinks of you by the end, how to get other results, and maybe even hints at a few secrets!

Content warnings:
Suggested age rating: 15+ (Not yet officially rated.)
Sexual References
Coarse Language
Mature Themes
Descriptions of and allusions to sexual content (nothing explicit)

- The game is still in production you encounter any bugs or issues in the demo at all, let me know ASAP. Contact me over Twitter (@LoveSickDarling) or via Steam, and I will make sure that it gets fixed :)