what a fantastic game! i didn't intend to play it all in one sitting, but the story characters are written in such a way that i couldn't put it down. i almost fell out of my chair when Toasty tried to tell me which data center to play on lol i'm obsessed with FFXIV and i feel so unbelievably catered to
I swear, I was squealing so much while playing this game. I love it so much. The OST is amazing, the song playing at the main menu? I listen to it everyday now. I have so much to say but to keep it short, **this game is amazing and the work put into it is admired!!!!**
(also this game reminded me of mystic messenger but discord ver lol I really liked that.)
I have never swooned so hard in my life, Toasty, Quest and Nightowl are all so charming in there own ways, i can literally feel the amount of love and dedication that was but into this Visual Novel, the story, the game play, the personalities...god i might play this again and again. By far one of the BEST games i've played on this site, tysm for creating this masterpiece <3
I just finished all three routes and got the bad end but I was wondering if there is a route for xyx? Is there just an epilogue or is his route coming soon?
edit: I don't know why it completely slipped my mind to say this but I had literally so much fun playing this and this is honestly my favorite game. So creative and funny! andsuperhotboys
all of the server interactions were so fun! the voice acting in the calls kinda shook me LMAO their voices really fit the characters :D the routes are freaking emotional rollercoasters, and I enjoyed playing through all of them - I think I related to nightowl's the most but NakedToaster's was my favorite :) anyway, it's a really excellent game! super immersive and all the characters, even just the basic server members, were incredibly realistic and funny <3 (except you. you know who you are)
This was such a fun and creative game, I loved all the characters. I couldn't stop smiling, their interactions were entertaining but heartwarming as well, i've had trouble with joining servers because i'm very shy so this made me feel happy. Thank you for this lovely game:)
AND when quest said good girl?! don't play with my heart like that omg
This game is amazing and the best part is that it's free. The voice acting is really superb. The title song is catchy, I listen to it daily. Each character is unique which interesting backstories. Though my personal favorite is toasty. I recommend checking out the game.
I open itch I profess my love for nightowl I close itch. u can't just give me a character with a somewhat volatile personality caused by a lack of emotional support and low self-esteem and expect me not to fall in love w him hello!?
The way I loved literally every character in this game tho omg I hope we get to see xyx's route one day because I'm 101% sure it'll be as amazing as the other three
Hey! Sorry to bother but I'm not getting the "..." option with Toast? When his selfie comes up, I get "LOL cute" and "uhhh". Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance!
Hello! The "..." option is at the very beginning when you enter general chat. You'll need to select that and then, later at the selfie, also select "LOL cute". Hope this helps!!
I sat down last night after getting a recommendation to play this game and unhinged my jaw and inhaled it all like a fucked up snake. It was delicious tyvm
NO BUT REALLY!!! The feeling of a discord server was so well captured and I loved all the unique faces in it. Each route was short and sweet and sooooo so cute.... It's ironic that Toasty compliments your laugh when his is literally the cutest sound I've ever heard. I'm going to be rotating this game in my head like it's stuck in a washing machine for months, thank you so much for your hard work and for sharing this story with us.
My cheeks hurt from smiling and blushing so much. All the routes were the absolute best and each character's story felt so real, even the non love interests felt interesting, life-like, and made me want more even when each route had come to a close.
The voice acting was so good, especially the opening song. Nightowl, hands down, best boi though I also adored xyx and can't wait for his upcoming route. That epilogue was HAWT <3 <3 <3
this game was DELIGHTFUL i had a blast the entire time playing it!!! i can't believe how real it felt and just how creative and amazing it was! i can't tell you how often i've replayed it! all the dialogue was great, the art, the VAing--truly such a fun experience!!
All the characters were so lovable (except a certain boi who I WILL throw hands with) but Quest has my heart, I want nothing but good things for that man ahhh he deserves it! they all do! and so does everyone who worked on the game, y'all did an amazing job!
mmm im pretty sure theyre working on xyx's route as someone in the comment section mentioned so yeah and im also looking forward to it THEYRE ALL SO HOT LIKE I CANT and yeah i guess biglady is not going to be another one of the routes i think? but i woud be so happy if she was i love her and everyohne else in the bloonini server EXCEPT you know who lmao
agreeed!!!!!!! Like yeah i love everyone and slaomi(hopefully thats right) i want a wise "future is brighter than you think" kinda old man too as my friend. and big lady and everyone ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH
omg are you tlaking about salociN? LMAO because yes like i want someone like him as my grandpa as well!! ANHD YES I LOVE EVERYONE THERE SM we all do hehe
I love this game so much, and honestly, I feel like I'm stealing from you because it's free to play! I think I've played Quest's route like three times already because he's just too cute.
I AM ABSOLUTELY HEAD OVER HEELS FOR ALL OF THESE BOYS!!! Everyone did such an amazing job, this game was incredible. I adored every second of the playthrough. I can't say I have seen a similar concept explored before! It was so creative, and so well created! Love it!
Hi! Hi! I love the story of Blooming Panic, soooooo, much! The routes, the characters! Bby salo and June uwu. Gosh it was just perfection!!!
Though, I do have a question if you don't mind me asking qwq, how do I get to read the epilogues or are they not readable? Or maybe, I have to complete the good endings and the bad endings as well??? Idk, maybe I'm just dumb or smth. Cuz when I press the names in the epilogue, they're blank... is my laptop just dumb? XD (wait... are the epilogues the endings?? sjskhhsdjgdg) im really dumb, haha........
And thank you so so much for sharing this game with us lonely and single peps! <3 Love you!!! <3
Nightowl! What a moody hunk <3 with such a cute quirky voice! I loved every minute of his route! Thank you! Not only that, but the art style of this game is so fun and looks amaze-ballz! Thank you for creating this!
there's not nearly enough love for nightowl in this world and i am writing mainly to make justice for him
no but i love this game so much!! i have been playing it for the past couple of days and i have just finished going through all the routes but i will most likely keep on screaming for another week. love the art, love the writing, LOVE the voiceacting!! i never thought it'd be a big deal but was i wrong!! all the characters are so lovable (they make me cry.) and the music is just so cool.
thank you for creating this game, really. and good luck with any future projects!! we all are looking forward to them!!!
Like everyone else here, I just want to tell you that I really loved this gem of a game. I was hesitant at first because I've never been a fan of messenger-style VNs, but everyone was gushing about it and I knew I had to give it a shot. I'm so glad that I did. It was so incredibly special. Setting it up as a Discord-like server was such a great approach and was executed wonderfully, and you handled the delicate balance of identity vs autonomy with amazing skill.
I dearly loved all three romances and thought the VAs did a wonderful job, though Toasty was my favorite (and that's not just because I am also a huge FFXIV nerd). Each route walked a new path, so it was always fresh while still being the same server with the same group of loveable friends and fans. The story progression of the routes was so well-paced, and the climax was very satisfying and on-point.
While I loved the story and the romances, the part of this game that shined the most for me was the rest of the cast. All of their personalities were so varied, distinct, and realistic that I constantly found myself thinking, "I know him. I know her. Yep, I know that one, too." They made me laugh, they made me love them, they made me believe they were real people and wish dearly for our friendship to continue long after the credits rolled.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful game with us, and I am so looking forward to seeing it expanded with xyx and any other content you might have planned!
Okay, so wow. This game was such a gem and I HIGHLY recommend it if you like realistic romances. It has some twists to it that definitely don't make it your run of the mill dating simulator, and the three routes felt extremely fresh. It is kind of assumed you will go through all three routes and so the repetition between all three is pretty minimal. All the characters were extremely likeable when they were intended to be, and it felt like a real server in so many ways. You could tell there was a lot of care and attention put into crafting these online personalities, as I felt like I had met similar people in real discord servers. By the third run you I ended up caring a lot about these characters and felt very invested in the server. Overall this was a fantastic experience and throughout my ~6 hours of gameplay (I was so hooked I basically played this until 4AM..) there was never a lull, the game kept me engaged throughout. The humour and writing was incredibly on point!
Gameplay-----------
This was one of THE most engaging UI's for a visual novel I had ever had the pleasure of playing. Exploring the server features, entering video chat, being added to hidden channels was a really exciting experience. I spend almost all my time on discord and I was surprised how giddy I was at something as small as using bot commands lol. The pacing of this game is excellent and none of the parts overstayed their welcome. The intensity of the gameplay is pretty much entirely dictated by who is in the chat and how active the server is, and I love that there are times where everyone is online and actively typing and others where it's a little slow and you get to know some of the server members better. There are also some nice twists and turns by the time you romance NakedToaster and those were really refreshing. The gameplay and UI never got old to me, and the OST had no right being this good.
Story-----------
If you play this game the way the devs intended (recommended) you get an initial two options: a young, immature romance and a heavy mature one. I ended up being unintentionally locked into the immature romance first and knew right away as I was going through his route that this was a bad one for me. I felt all the red flags come up for codependency and some toxic behaviours and and ended up failing his route the first time because of it. I was blown away by how realistic this character was and how this game really didn't shy away from going there. In my second run I was successful in getting the more mature romance, and right as I thought things were calm and chugging along, BAM! I was hit with a huge plot point and that this route would not necessarily be 'easy' either. I was totally taken off guard and never had expected this game to go to this *totally different but almost equally as realistic* place either. I love that it made me question my own code and morals and I either had to jump ship or double down. I was so glad I did double down and it was an extremely rewarding romance, with a lot of depth because of it.
People don't come to you in life as perfect little dolls waiting to be romanced by you. They have their own lives, histories, ambitions and this game was really successful at reflecting that. I went back to complete the first failed run and then went for the third (now unlocked) romance and it was a really endearing experience. I'm really glad I went through the romances in the order I went through because it built upon itself really nicely, and there are so many juxtapositions between the first two that make for compelling character writing. I would say out of them all the mature romance was my favourite, which seems to be the common view here.
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ABSOLUTELY LOVED PLAYING THIS GAME,
I loved Quest and Toasty route <3
I loved this, I'm hooked and it's amazing how much care went into this. One of my new fav otomes
I'm so in love with Quest its unbelievable
what a fantastic game! i didn't intend to play it all in one sitting, but the story characters are written in such a way that i couldn't put it down. i almost fell out of my chair when Toasty tried to tell me which data center to play on lol i'm obsessed with FFXIV and i feel so unbelievably catered to
I swear, I was squealing so much while playing this game. I love it so much. The OST is amazing, the song playing at the main menu? I listen to it everyday now. I have so much to say but to keep it short, **this game is amazing and the work put into it is admired!!!!**
(also this game reminded me of mystic messenger but discord ver lol I really liked that.)
I have never swooned so hard in my life, Toasty, Quest and Nightowl are all so charming in there own ways, i can literally feel the amount of love and dedication that was but into this Visual Novel, the story, the game play, the personalities...god i might play this again and again. By far one of the BEST games i've played on this site, tysm for creating this masterpiece <3
I just finished all three routes and got the bad end but I was wondering if there is a route for xyx? Is there just an epilogue or is his route coming soon?
edit: I don't know why it completely slipped my mind to say this but I had literally so much fun playing this and this is honestly my favorite game. So creative and funny! andsuperhotboys
//kind of spoiler??
the devs have said that his route is coming out for next year's otome jam :D
Easily my fave game in the jam! I covered it in Part 3 of my Otome Jam reviews! C: Starts at 1:29.
actually gonna get myself quest's tattoo one day ugh so well done i love nightowl so much ok everyone i cant pick favorites aaaaaaaa
I'm attached to Nightowl's voice <w<
WOOHOO GETTING ATTACHED TO FICTIONAL BOYS LETS GO
all of the server interactions were so fun! the voice acting in the calls kinda shook me LMAO their voices really fit the characters :D the routes are freaking emotional rollercoasters, and I enjoyed playing through all of them - I think I related to nightowl's the most but NakedToaster's was my favorite :) anyway, it's a really excellent game! super immersive and all the characters, even just the basic server members, were incredibly realistic and funny <3 (except you. you know who you are)
A huge, HUGE ABSOLUTELY MONSTER ENORMOUS love for all of them
except you-know-who
Spoilery stuffs⚠️
Loving that pretty zen MysMes reference tho.
Also not me being jelly of salo's wife and disappointed when I don't get to know their real names 😁
Looking forward to another hot mystery! ;) 🤤 Damn, i wanna date xyx so bad now wtf
Ahhh
This was such a fun and creative game, I loved all the characters. I couldn't stop smiling, their interactions were entertaining but heartwarming as well, i've had trouble with joining servers because i'm very shy so this made me feel happy. Thank you for this lovely game:)
AND when quest said good girl?! don't play with my heart like that omg
WHEN DID HE SAY THAT
Hi ;)
In the second video call with Quest! after you tell him " More like why was my day, ha!" and then " I'll try my best "
This game is amazing and the best part is that it's free. The voice acting is really superb. The title song is catchy, I listen to it daily. Each character is unique which interesting backstories. Though my personal favorite is toasty. I recommend checking out the game.
Toaster boi <3
I open itch I profess my love for nightowl I close itch.
u can't just give me a character with a somewhat volatile personality caused by a lack of emotional support and low self-esteem and expect me not to fall in love w him hello!?
The way I loved literally every character in this game tho omg I hope we get to see xyx's route one day because I'm 101% sure it'll be as amazing as the other three
Hey! Sorry to bother but I'm not getting the "..." option with Toast? When his selfie comes up, I get "LOL cute" and "uhhh". Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance!
Hello! The "..." option is at the very beginning when you enter general chat. You'll need to select that and then, later at the selfie, also select "LOL cute". Hope this helps!!
omg ty!! I see now I misread lol,, again tysm!!
I sat down last night after getting a recommendation to play this game and unhinged my jaw and inhaled it all like a fucked up snake. It was delicious tyvm
NO BUT REALLY!!! The feeling of a discord server was so well captured and I loved all the unique faces in it. Each route was short and sweet and sooooo so cute.... It's ironic that Toasty compliments your laugh when his is literally the cutest sound I've ever heard. I'm going to be rotating this game in my head like it's stuck in a washing machine for months, thank you so much for your hard work and for sharing this story with us.
My cheeks hurt from smiling and blushing so much. All the routes were the absolute best and each character's story felt so real, even the non love interests felt interesting, life-like, and made me want more even when each route had come to a close.
The voice acting was so good, especially the opening song. Nightowl, hands down, best boi though I also adored xyx and can't wait for his upcoming route. That epilogue was HAWT <3 <3 <3
OMG I LOVE THIS GAME, QUEST IS AMEZING I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM LIKE PLEASE I AM MELTING RN
I just wanna say that THIS GAME IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING that I've never tried before. This will be my favorite from now on omg love it!!!!!
this game was DELIGHTFUL i had a blast the entire time playing it!!! i can't believe how real it felt and just how creative and amazing it was! i can't tell you how often i've replayed it! all the dialogue was great, the art, the VAing--truly such a fun experience!!
All the characters were so lovable (except a certain boi who I WILL throw hands with) but Quest has my heart, I want nothing but good things for that man ahhh he deserves it! they all do! and so does everyone who worked on the game, y'all did an amazing job!
umm so like in the epilouge there's xyx...
does the game actually have his route?
not like route per say. like we just ended up with him or smth. like HOW DO I GET THEREEEEEEEEEEEEEE??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and umm bigLady? can i see more of her? idk how but like arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
mmm im pretty sure theyre working on xyx's route as someone in the comment section mentioned so yeah and im also looking forward to it THEYRE ALL SO HOT LIKE I CANT and yeah i guess biglady is not going to be another one of the routes i think? but i woud be so happy if she was i love her and everyohne else in the bloonini server EXCEPT you know who lmao
agreeed!!!!!!! Like yeah i love everyone and slaomi(hopefully thats right) i want a wise "future is brighter than you think" kinda old man too as my friend. and big lady and everyone ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH
yea i get u i love them 2 lol
omg are you tlaking about salociN? LMAO because yes like i want someone like him as my grandpa as well!! ANHD YES I LOVE EVERYONE THERE SM we all do hehe
I love this game so much, and honestly, I feel like I'm stealing from you because it's free to play! I think I've played Quest's route like three times already because he's just too cute.
MY NEW FAVOURITE!!!
it's sooo goood. the art, storyline, characters, EVERYTHING PREFECT
NO WORDS ITS JUST NGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG CUTEEEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SO CUTE SO CUTE SO CUTE SO CUTE AKSM,NBFJASBF
does anyone know any games that are similar to this one?? i've played through each story at least twiceeee
I just finished this game and.....IT WAS AMAZING! I LOVE IT SO MUCH GOOD JOB....AND TOAST IS THE BEST BOY <3
I AM ABSOLUTELY HEAD OVER HEELS FOR ALL OF THESE BOYS!!! Everyone did such an amazing job, this game was incredible. I adored every second of the playthrough. I can't say I have seen a similar concept explored before! It was so creative, and so well created! Love it!
xyx merry me <3
AHHH!!! playing this made me... so happy <3 i played thru the good routes for each boy twice <3 toasty my beloved !!!
Hi! Hi! I love the story of Blooming Panic, soooooo, much! The routes, the characters! Bby salo and June uwu. Gosh it was just perfection!!!
Though, I do have a question if you don't mind me asking qwq, how do I get to read the epilogues or are they not readable? Or maybe, I have to complete the good endings and the bad endings as well??? Idk, maybe I'm just dumb or smth. Cuz when I press the names in the epilogue, they're blank... is my laptop just dumb? XD (wait... are the epilogues the endings?? sjskhhsdjgdg) im really dumb, haha........
And thank you so so much for sharing this game with us lonely and single peps! <3 Love you!!! <3
Oh no! I haven't seen that happen before. Please email us a screenshot at bloomingpanic@gmail.com and we can try to help you out!
Fuck, my face has been stretched wide after reading Toast's good ending and now it's starting to actually hurt.
xyx best boi
wow I really love this <3333 can't believe this game also has voice actor :000 10/10!!
This is my favorite visual novel ever! They are so sweet and romantic awwww MY HEART
10/10 I love you Thx for creating this
Nightowl! What a moody hunk <3 with such a cute quirky voice! I loved every minute of his route! Thank you! Not only that, but the art style of this game is so fun and looks amaze-ballz! Thank you for creating this!
kinda stupid comment but i like how they make spelling errors. like bro i legit type "waht" more than "what"
also petition to burn societyboy at the stake
there's not nearly enough love for nightowl in this world and i am writing mainly to make justice for him
no but i love this game so much!! i have been playing it for the past couple of days and i have just finished going through all the routes but i will most likely keep on screaming for another week. love the art, love the writing, LOVE the voiceacting!! i never thought it'd be a big deal but was i wrong!! all the characters are so lovable (they make me cry.) and the music is just so cool.
thank you for creating this game, really. and good luck with any future projects!! we all are looking forward to them!!!
Like everyone else here, I just want to tell you that I really loved this gem of a game. I was hesitant at first because I've never been a fan of messenger-style VNs, but everyone was gushing about it and I knew I had to give it a shot. I'm so glad that I did. It was so incredibly special. Setting it up as a Discord-like server was such a great approach and was executed wonderfully, and you handled the delicate balance of identity vs autonomy with amazing skill.
I dearly loved all three romances and thought the VAs did a wonderful job, though Toasty was my favorite (and that's not just because I am also a huge FFXIV nerd). Each route walked a new path, so it was always fresh while still being the same server with the same group of loveable friends and fans. The story progression of the routes was so well-paced, and the climax was very satisfying and on-point.
While I loved the story and the romances, the part of this game that shined the most for me was the rest of the cast. All of their personalities were so varied, distinct, and realistic that I constantly found myself thinking, "I know him. I know her. Yep, I know that one, too." They made me laugh, they made me love them, they made me believe they were real people and wish dearly for our friendship to continue long after the credits rolled.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful game with us, and I am so looking forward to seeing it expanded with xyx and any other content you might have planned!
Aw. Appreciate this. Thank you for playing!
Okay, so wow. This game was such a gem and I HIGHLY recommend it if you like realistic romances. It has some twists to it that definitely don't make it your run of the mill dating simulator, and the three routes felt extremely fresh. It is kind of assumed you will go through all three routes and so the repetition between all three is pretty minimal. All the characters were extremely likeable when they were intended to be, and it felt like a real server in so many ways. You could tell there was a lot of care and attention put into crafting these online personalities, as I felt like I had met similar people in real discord servers. By the third run you I ended up caring a lot about these characters and felt very invested in the server. Overall this was a fantastic experience and throughout my ~6 hours of gameplay (I was so hooked I basically played this until 4AM..) there was never a lull, the game kept me engaged throughout. The humour and writing was incredibly on point!
Gameplay-----------
This was one of THE most engaging UI's for a visual novel I had ever had the pleasure of playing. Exploring the server features, entering video chat, being added to hidden channels was a really exciting experience. I spend almost all my time on discord and I was surprised how giddy I was at something as small as using bot commands lol. The pacing of this game is excellent and none of the parts overstayed their welcome. The intensity of the gameplay is pretty much entirely dictated by who is in the chat and how active the server is, and I love that there are times where everyone is online and actively typing and others where it's a little slow and you get to know some of the server members better. There are also some nice twists and turns by the time you romance NakedToaster and those were really refreshing. The gameplay and UI never got old to me, and the OST had no right being this good.
Story-----------
If you play this game the way the devs intended (recommended) you get an initial two options: a young, immature romance and a heavy mature one. I ended up being unintentionally locked into the immature romance first and knew right away as I was going through his route that this was a bad one for me. I felt all the red flags come up for codependency and some toxic behaviours and and ended up failing his route the first time because of it. I was blown away by how realistic this character was and how this game really didn't shy away from going there. In my second run I was successful in getting the more mature romance, and right as I thought things were calm and chugging along, BAM! I was hit with a huge plot point and that this route would not necessarily be 'easy' either. I was totally taken off guard and never had expected this game to go to this *totally different but almost equally as realistic* place either. I love that it made me question my own code and morals and I either had to jump ship or double down. I was so glad I did double down and it was an extremely rewarding romance, with a lot of depth because of it.
People don't come to you in life as perfect little dolls waiting to be romanced by you. They have their own lives, histories, ambitions and this game was really successful at reflecting that. I went back to complete the first failed run and then went for the third (now unlocked) romance and it was a really endearing experience. I'm really glad I went through the romances in the order I went through because it built upon itself really nicely, and there are so many juxtapositions between the first two that make for compelling character writing. I would say out of them all the mature romance was my favourite, which seems to be the common view here.
Thank you so much for this review! This really meant a lot to our team. 💚