Edit 2023: I haven't played the game again but I did want to leave an update. I was harsh in this review because I was still in shock from how uncomfortable the game made me feel. I stand by what I said regarding the game as a whole: it is a very good game. It has good plot, good premise, and good characters. The game has thousands of positive reviews, don't let my one negative one ruin your experience. Play the game for yourself and decide. Blooming Panic is a good game, just not for me in particular. And I think that's okay.
Original review below:
I think I feel uncomfortable lol
You had me at the discord interface. Mwah. It's funny, it's clever, it works really well, and it makes sense to have a discord interface. The dialogue is ON POINT, like 100% how people speak in discord servers, and I felt myself become legitimately invested in this group of characters.
I haven't finished any route yet because the romance makes me uncomfortable. Or rather, the feeling of being forced into romance. I think... I'm leading into Quest's route by accident?? I agreed with him in a couple of things and suddenly he's CLEARLY interested in me, which, cringe. The dialogue options don't help, since they feel like I'm saying the same thing either way. Like come on, I can say "wow you're my hero" or "I wish I could kiss you"?? I don't want to say either of those things!! Sir we met 3 days ago!!! WTF!!!
I like the story, but god, between the ex still being in love with me and now Quest being in love with me, I had to close the game.
Blooming Panic is correct in that there is Panic Blooming In Me every time Quest starts acting sus. Again, we met 3 days ago sir. I'm on this server to talk about my favourite book with people, not smooch the first person who makes me laugh. There is no chemistry, I don't feel it. I don't even know HOW I got stuck in Quest's route, the game doesn't let me choose much.
Everything else about this game, I adore. I wish there were a few more options, and more often. The characters are all nice and fleshed out, they all have their own opinions, I legitimately feel like I'm talking with a group of real people. I like the little voice clips every so often. Quest please stop being attracted to me <3 and also maybe stop going on discord while you're on the job???
I think I'll begrudgingly power through Quest's route (if my crawling skin doesn't kill me first) and then I'll TRY and see if I can go for nightowl's route. I want to give this game another chance after reading other comments but I don't know if I can recover from this.
Edit: reading through more comments, I should have read the game description more carefully because apparently each route lasts one week so that's why the characters fall in love so quickly :/ bit disappointing, but I mean, I just want more of this game! I want this game to be longer! So please take that as a compliment. This game truly is phenomenal but it just made me uncomfortable, personally.
A friend got me to try Blooming Panic and it's been a long time since a dating sim has captivated me this much! The quick playthrough makes this game so replayable and I've already replayed it twice in the last few days! It's hard to believe that a free game can be this thoroughly enjoyable and I feel a little bad for not paying anything for it because it's definitely worth spending money on ❤️
I enjoyed this so much! As a fellow Ren'py dev, I was fascinated and impressed by the Discord interface. But mostly I adored the denizens of the discord server (special side character props to Biglady and Sal!) and... Xyx. Xyx, my love. I have not fallen this hard for a 2D person in a very long time and was so delighted to see that my natural dialogue choices landed me on his route.
Ahem, anyway! Adored the game and can't wait to see what you do next!
I've played two routes now and I love it so much. Quests story was sooooo good, and Im so excited to play nightowl again with the new update! One question, will there ever be name reveals? I had hoped that in the prologue, specifically Quest's since a name reveal is mentioned in the dialogue choices, it would've had some sort of name reveal. Slightly disappointed that it didn't, but not a huge issue.
Loved the game and plan on playing all the routes, thanks for the opportunity to play it!
i loved this so much, the best sim I have ever played. the ending twist was crazy and i enjoyed every second of it. loved how you can pick your pronouns, which is something i always look for since its hard to find mxm sims. i loved all of the characters (except our exboyfriend >:(( ) and i fell in love with all of them.
xyx's route was fun to play through and so was nakedtoaster, i wish there was a route for onion because i want to know more about him, but what we have is fine and amazing and im very happy with it.
thank you for creating this wonderful masterpiece.
I've played two routes so far and I really enjoy this game. I've only had two real gripes so far - that one week is not enough time to fall in love, but despite this I felt the progression was natural. Just too fast, but it's a short game so I can ignore that.
only other one is that I found it weird there has been no name reveals? Even in the ending scenes, we are still calling the by usernames and it's just very strange.
Overall really great work here, just wanted to offer the nit picky things I thought of.
Edit: I have finished all of them now, and I loved each one so much! This makes me really want to see how you could flex those writing muscles in an even longer game. There is a really wholesome and unique style to the whole story and I just love it so much. The artwork is also fantastic. I wanted to also say that you guys really nailed down the emotions and vibe of having friends online, and even falling for someone through such a platform. I've been there, done that, and it all felt so nostalgic to me.
I really look forward to any future projects. This was a true gem in the genre. :)
I just finished this and really enjoyed it! I'm especially impressed with how well you simulated discord with the programming, and I loved all the cute characters and the fun interactions between them. xyx best boy!
AAAAAAAAAHHHH OMG THIS WAS SO GOOD! I finished xyx's route and gosh it was so good and I wanted to come and shower you guys with praises BUT I played nightowl's route and I FELL IN LOVE not with just him, the dialogues, the banter, the fights, everything is so good! I LOVE that they're adults adults, not barely 18 like many otome/visual novels. I can be very VERY picky, harsh and even unforgiving when it comes to otome. Some creators have gotten the end of that but I have no complains, I absolutely ADORE the game and the characters. Kudos you guys! Keep up the good work! Hoping I'll see more from you guys! 💕
Oh right I forgot to say! Voice actors are awesome. Super hot and others super cute and fitting with their characters.
Again I forgot. I do have one complain. It's too fast and too soon for the characters to be trusting MC or even falling in love. At least not in one week or even a day like in xyx's case, he seems to already like MC in one day. It's a bit too unrealistic. It's forgiveable but only because the dialogues and characters are so good. I know it's a short game though it's important to remember that time is needed when it comes to the matter of the heart.
I had the same problem, I feel like the characters are falling in love waaayyy too quickly and I honestly felt uncomfortable playing T_T but other than that it's a great game, like seriously!!
okay, so - i was replaying quest's route and i found the option where he tells us about his allergy,
but the thing is my screen name has always been "kiwi"
so when he said that he was allergic to kiwis i got so scared LMAO i thought he was saying he's allergic to me or i found an easter egg or something but no HES JUST ALLERGIC TO KIWIS
anyways thank you for making me wheeze at that jdkjdn
All good! Someone did catch that bug a few days ago in the comments. If you redownload the game and restart the quest route (you can use CTRL and the red speed button to race ahead in 5 min) it should be patched out! You can see a list of fixed bugs above the download link - that's where I'll be trackin them.
Thanks for affirming ya saw it though, and glad you enjoyed the route!
Gah, now I want to read the entirety of "Blooming Panic" webnovel >_< The fan server background is so convincing, especially with the new zine and fanguide additions!
Also, I'm wondering how did xyx manage to mess up like that (the tech person speaking in me :D)
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I mean, how is it even possible for the HYPEBOT to have access to the titles of his emails? Is there a canon explanation? No worries if there's none - I'm just programmingly curious (not nitpicking!), it didn't take away from the joy of the story :)
the addition of pronouns makes me so happy, lmao it's not as hard to self insert myself anymore, appreciate it loads. I really like these new changes. I love y'all.
I came back here after I've played the updated version. OMG!!! xyx's voice is too hot to handle. I played it twice without seeing the walkthrough and YESSSSS I got bad ending first (too sad I actually cried) and then good ending (he's too cute stopppppp)
I was recommended this game by chance and my god I don't think I have ever made a better decision than downloading it immediately IN MY LIFE. Please know that I will be thinking about these beloved characters for AT LEAST the next decade or so. Everyone is so pretty.....gah, and the VOICE ACTING! So good!! My heart.........
Thank you to the team for this wonderful wonderful game! <3
So, I just bought a new PC and thought of playing something for my holiday break two days ago and saw that XYX ROUTE WAS OUT?? And NEW ART? With even more words than before? ...goodbye sleep.
But for real tho, I loved this game so much I'm upset I finished it again, all endings and stuff, and now no other game catches my interest because this one stole my heart.
I already wrote a review almost a year back, but I'll say it again: you guys made an amazing game, with really realistic dialogue, and I can't really imagine how much work you must have put inside this game, I can only say thank you for everyone that played a part in it.
Now is time for my babbling, if you wish to read me fangirl about those boys, please go ahead.
Last time I played, I loved Quest's route, and it was, by far, my favorite. But now all four routes have kind of... even out? Though I am inclined to like Xyx's a little bit more (maybe because I didn't really cared for Xyx before, his route really surprised me), and I may have played it twice already? His personality by the middle of the route forward sold him for me a lot, I really enjoyed the depth you gave him, beside the "funny and chaotic guy" we knew him from previous routes.
Nightowl's route... well, I only started it because I wanted to finish all the routes, but I really appreciate the additional scenes added. He is a good character, but his personality wasn't really one I match with, so if I had to rank all the routes, his would be on the bottom, but it was still pretty good. I loved the added content, the quiz especially was super fun!
Toasty's adventure game was amazing!! I read there was a lot more you created about it but didn't put it in BP, but maaan that was so much fun, I loved it (and wasn't expecting for the add stuff to be a game, but it was great), and the foreshadow in here got a lot better because of it. And well... it's Toasty, we love him, he's a cinnamon roll and I just laugh every time he mentioned Final Fantasy, he almost convinced me to play it (if I had the time lol).
Quest's route was the same, so I don't have a lot to say. I enjoyed it the same as before, and he's still the same sweetheart that stole my heart with that "angel" line (but he has competition with "doll" now). So I had not a lot of surprises with his route, but he still warmed my heart nonetheless. He is the nicest of guys there and he is so calm, but not in that cliché calm and cold approach often done.
Honestly, this game just raised the bar for good character in games too high. Out of everything I love about Blooming Panic (which is already A LOT), the character work is just phenomenal. They are just too realistic. You absolutely nailed them.
I can't express enough (in a coherent way, because the word doesn't even exist in my vocab), how much I enjoyed this game as a whole, and I will be playing it again and again, and other games you put out.
And if you read until now, I hope you all have a great holiday <3
Ps. that version of the opening song is HILARIOUS omg lol
hi! i adore the new update! fantastic game, but sometimes in the game they refer to me with they/them pronouns when i choose she/her? like in the second adventure game in toaster's route, and a few times during xyx's route. Love the game regardless! thank you for making it, it's been a really nice place of comfort, i think you've made my year, and maybe the next few, haha, thank you!
I absolutely love blooming panic and the team that created it! It blew my mind that this was done in a game jam, it was already so good I didnt think they could top themselves! Congratz on the release and I hope the team enjoys their holidays, thanks for giving fans such a nice holiday present <3
Left an early review 4 months ago and I'm doing it again now - this has been one of my favorite games since my first gameplay, and as soon as I saw the update notice I knew had to play this again. I'm not really far right now, but I'm having so much fun! I feel like I'm falling for Toasty once again, and the new content is fabulous! can't wait to play the other routes and finally try xyx's one. I'll be back soon to add more positive comments, for sure. Just wanted to thank you and your team for this great game, been having a rough night and this game really made me smile. 💞
also can't wait to become a blushing mess because of quest again
love the game, replaying it rn on the new update! just wanted to let you know that on day 4 when societyboy starts going off he uses she/her pronouns for the mc, when i have he/him pronouns selected! but again, still love the game <3
Someone pointed this out to us last night and we do have a fix up! If you redownload and restart the route, it should be fixed (you can use CTRL and the red speed button to race back to where you were). Sorry about that!!
Just ended it again,what can i say? The game already had my maximun rating,and now i want to raise it.You guys made it even better.Xyx route was cute,and the new Cg's are marvelous.Thank you for this update and for the game.
I wrote a really detailed comment when this first dropped about 6 months ago, but I just recently replayed for xyx's route and to see the changes and additions in the other routes, and this is still one of favorites (if not very favorite) renpy games. Xyx was always my favorite character, and it was amazing to get to have calls with him finally.
One small thing I noticed while replaying Quest's route: I chose to play with they/them pronouns, and when societyboy is giving Quest a hard time, he keeps referring to the player with she/her pronouns.
Okay, fixed!! Thanks again for letting us know. If anyone sees any other issues like that, please tell us 🙏
In order to apply this fix, you'll need to download the game again and start the route over from the beginning. You can use CTRL to skip through text and the red top speed button to make the process faster to get to where you used to be. Sorry again!!
I was planning on replaying this anyway after finals,,,
but to my surprise the game got reworked and a NEW XYX ROUTE?? I love it. I love the new content and the boys' new look <33 The relatable Xyx has quickly made it to the top of my list along with nightowl (but I still love quest and toasty as well).
unfortunately all of my saves have deleted themselves, seeing as I discovered this info before the new patch today :,) but that only serves me the pleasure of playing them again! is it wrong to have wanted to play xyx's route again already??
this game has made it to my all time favorites and i give a round of applause to everyone who has made everything in this game possible. one of the best presents for the holidays <33
now,,,
onionthief route when??? /j
yes he has his faults like in nightowl's route but he did genuinely apologize and I'd love to imagine what it'd be like to have a route for him. not necessary ofc I love the game how it is. just a penny for thoughts ig??? anyway, keep up the great work and have a happy holidays everyone!!
I think... Im in love with xyx??? i already loved his personality in the first version of this game (my type is the jokester flirty boi bc when they get soft on you it's asfsfa;sdfj) so now that there's an xyx romance route my life is complete.
it's exam season but you can bet i RAN here as soon as i heard the news!!
god. i would give my life for nightowl. the art is giving me life and the new content?? no words. i didn't think it possible for you to outdo the amazing work of the first release, but you definitely, definitely did. i can't wait to play through all the other routes again + xyx!! but alas. i have to study. i am a little biased towards nightowl (he has my heart) so i had to make an exception but i am telling you. i. cannot. wait. i'm gonna power through all the work i have left just to enjoy this in peace lol.
again, thank you for all your work. words cannot express how much this game means to me. thank you again. i hope all the team has a nice holiday season!! stay safe and take care <3
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finished the xyx route VERY AMAZING I just rlly luv this game I could play the same route for hours
Edit 2023: I haven't played the game again but I did want to leave an update. I was harsh in this review because I was still in shock from how uncomfortable the game made me feel. I stand by what I said regarding the game as a whole: it is a very good game. It has good plot, good premise, and good characters. The game has thousands of positive reviews, don't let my one negative one ruin your experience. Play the game for yourself and decide. Blooming Panic is a good game, just not for me in particular. And I think that's okay.
Original review below:
I think I feel uncomfortable lol
You had me at the discord interface. Mwah. It's funny, it's clever, it works really well, and it makes sense to have a discord interface. The dialogue is ON POINT, like 100% how people speak in discord servers, and I felt myself become legitimately invested in this group of characters.
I haven't finished any route yet because the romance makes me uncomfortable. Or rather, the feeling of being forced into romance.
I think... I'm leading into Quest's route by accident?? I agreed with him in a couple of things and suddenly he's CLEARLY interested in me, which, cringe. The dialogue options don't help, since they feel like I'm saying the same thing either way. Like come on, I can say "wow you're my hero" or "I wish I could kiss you"?? I don't want to say either of those things!! Sir we met 3 days ago!!! WTF!!!
I like the story, but god, between the ex still being in love with me and now Quest being in love with me, I had to close the game.
Blooming Panic is correct in that there is Panic Blooming In Me every time Quest starts acting sus. Again, we met 3 days ago sir. I'm on this server to talk about my favourite book with people, not smooch the first person who makes me laugh. There is no chemistry, I don't feel it. I don't even know HOW I got stuck in Quest's route, the game doesn't let me choose much.
Everything else about this game, I adore. I wish there were a few more options, and more often. The characters are all nice and fleshed out, they all have their own opinions, I legitimately feel like I'm talking with a group of real people. I like the little voice clips every so often. Quest please stop being attracted to me <3 and also maybe stop going on discord while you're on the job???
I think I'll begrudgingly power through Quest's route (if my crawling skin doesn't kill me first) and then I'll TRY and see if I can go for nightowl's route. I want to give this game another chance after reading other comments but I don't know if I can recover from this.
Edit: reading through more comments, I should have read the game description more carefully because apparently each route lasts one week so that's why the characters fall in love so quickly :/ bit disappointing, but I mean, I just want more of this game! I want this game to be longer! So please take that as a compliment. This game truly is phenomenal but it just made me uncomfortable, personally.
A friend got me to try Blooming Panic and it's been a long time since a dating sim has captivated me this much! The quick playthrough makes this game so replayable and I've already replayed it twice in the last few days! It's hard to believe that a free game can be this thoroughly enjoyable and I feel a little bad for not paying anything for it because it's definitely worth spending money on ❤️
Thanks for playing! If you'd like to throw money my way, you can check near the end of my devlog here for places you can send it 💚
I enjoyed this so much! As a fellow Ren'py dev, I was fascinated and impressed by the Discord interface. But mostly I adored the denizens of the discord server (special side character props to Biglady and Sal!) and... Xyx. Xyx, my love. I have not fallen this hard for a 2D person in a very long time and was so delighted to see that my natural dialogue choices landed me on his route.
Ahem, anyway! Adored the game and can't wait to see what you do next!
hot dudes, great story
10/10. five stars. would recommend.
I've played two routes now and I love it so much. Quests story was sooooo good, and Im so excited to play nightowl again with the new update! One question, will there ever be name reveals? I had hoped that in the prologue, specifically Quest's since a name reveal is mentioned in the dialogue choices, it would've had some sort of name reveal. Slightly disappointed that it didn't, but not a huge issue.
Loved the game and plan on playing all the routes, thanks for the opportunity to play it!
i loved this so much, the best sim I have ever played. the ending twist was crazy and i enjoyed every second of it. loved how you can pick your pronouns, which is something i always look for since its hard to find mxm sims. i loved all of the characters (except our exboyfriend >:(( ) and i fell in love with all of them.
xyx's route was fun to play through and so was nakedtoaster, i wish there was a route for onion because i want to know more about him, but what we have is fine and amazing and im very happy with it.
thank you for creating this wonderful masterpiece.
I've played two routes so far and I really enjoy this game. I've only had two real gripes so far - that one week is not enough time to fall in love, but despite this I felt the progression was natural. Just too fast, but it's a short game so I can ignore that.
only other one is that I found it weird there has been no name reveals? Even in the ending scenes, we are still calling the by usernames and it's just very strange.
Overall really great work here, just wanted to offer the nit picky things I thought of.
Edit: I have finished all of them now, and I loved each one so much! This makes me really want to see how you could flex those writing muscles in an even longer game. There is a really wholesome and unique style to the whole story and I just love it so much. The artwork is also fantastic. I wanted to also say that you guys really nailed down the emotions and vibe of having friends online, and even falling for someone through such a platform. I've been there, done that, and it all felt so nostalgic to me.
I really look forward to any future projects. This was a true gem in the genre. :)
Just finished nightowl's route and I absolutely loved it. He's a cutie and I enjoyed every bit of it.
Onion route when? / j
I just finished this and really enjoyed it! I'm especially impressed with how well you simulated discord with the programming, and I loved all the cute characters and the fun interactions between them. xyx best boy!
Just curious as to if you have walkthroughs for Quest and NakedToaster as well?
dev + team snapped. this was great fun
AAAAAAAAAHHHH OMG THIS WAS SO GOOD! I finished xyx's route and gosh it was so good and I wanted to come and shower you guys with praises BUT I played nightowl's route and I FELL IN LOVE not with just him, the dialogues, the banter, the fights, everything is so good! I LOVE that they're adults adults, not barely 18 like many otome/visual novels. I can be very VERY picky, harsh and even unforgiving when it comes to otome. Some creators have gotten the end of that but I have no complains, I absolutely ADORE the game and the characters. Kudos you guys! Keep up the good work! Hoping I'll see more from you guys! 💕
Oh right I forgot to say! Voice actors are awesome. Super hot and others super cute and fitting with their characters.
Again I forgot. I do have one complain. It's too fast and too soon for the characters to be trusting MC or even falling in love. At least not in one week or even a day like in xyx's case, he seems to already like MC in one day. It's a bit too unrealistic. It's forgiveable but only because the dialogues and characters are so good. I know it's a short game though it's important to remember that time is needed when it comes to the matter of the heart.
I had the same problem, I feel like the characters are falling in love waaayyy too quickly and I honestly felt uncomfortable playing T_T but other than that it's a great game, like seriously!!
SOOOO GOOOOOD literally couldnt stop playing ever since i downloaded it and finished everything within a day LOL
(minor spoilers for quest's route)
okay, so - i was replaying quest's route and i found the option where he tells us about his allergy,
but the thing is my screen name has always been "kiwi"
so when he said that he was allergic to kiwis i got so scared LMAO i thought he was saying he's allergic to me or i found an easter egg or something but no HES JUST ALLERGIC TO KIWIS
anyways thank you for making me wheeze at that jdkjdn
For other linux users - the .sh file packaged in the windows download is, in fact, natively compatible with linux if you have python installed.
i went for he/him proununs and in Quests route in day 4, when society starts bad mouthing Quest, he went
in some stupid deadend job who hasnt talked to a `girl` in 5 years
and now hes using his widdle mod powers to win `her` over.
its just a little typo mistake, loved the new route tho!
All good! Someone did catch that bug a few days ago in the comments. If you redownload the game and restart the quest route (you can use CTRL and the red speed button to race ahead in 5 min) it should be patched out! You can see a list of fixed bugs above the download link - that's where I'll be trackin them.
Thanks for affirming ya saw it though, and glad you enjoyed the route!
eewlbdlk time to get back in-
I'll be drawing toasty soon~ <333
Gah, now I want to read the entirety of "Blooming Panic" webnovel >_<
The fan server background is so convincing, especially with the new zine and fanguide additions!
Also, I'm wondering how did xyx manage to mess up like that (the tech person speaking in me :D)
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I mean, how is it even possible for the HYPEBOT to have access to the titles of his emails? Is there a canon explanation? No worries if there's none - I'm just programmingly curious (not nitpicking!), it didn't take away from the joy of the story :)
the addition of pronouns makes me so happy, lmao it's not as hard to self insert myself anymore, appreciate it loads. I really like these new changes. I love y'all.
I came back here after I've played the updated version. OMG!!! xyx's voice is too hot to handle. I played it twice without seeing the walkthrough and YESSSSS I got bad ending first (too sad I actually cried) and then good ending (he's too cute stopppppp)
THIS IS THE BEST VISUAL NOVEL EVER!!!!
I was recommended this game by chance and my god I don't think I have ever made a better decision than downloading it immediately IN MY LIFE. Please know that I will be thinking about these beloved characters for AT LEAST the next decade or so. Everyone is so pretty.....gah, and the VOICE ACTING! So good!! My heart.........
Thank you to the team for this wonderful wonderful game! <3
So, I just bought a new PC and thought of playing something for my holiday break two days ago and saw that XYX ROUTE WAS OUT?? And NEW ART? With even more words than before?
...goodbye sleep.
But for real tho, I loved this game so much I'm upset I finished it again, all endings and stuff, and now no other game catches my interest because this one stole my heart.
I already wrote a review almost a year back, but I'll say it again: you guys made an amazing game, with really realistic dialogue, and I can't really imagine how much work you must have put inside this game, I can only say thank you for everyone that played a part in it.
Now is time for my babbling, if you wish to read me fangirl about those boys, please go ahead.
Last time I played, I loved Quest's route, and it was, by far, my favorite. But now all four routes have kind of... even out? Though I am inclined to like Xyx's a little bit more (maybe because I didn't really cared for Xyx before, his route really surprised me), and I may have played it twice already? His personality by the middle of the route forward sold him for me a lot, I really enjoyed the depth you gave him, beside the "funny and chaotic guy" we knew him from previous routes.
Nightowl's route... well, I only started it because I wanted to finish all the routes, but I really appreciate the additional scenes added. He is a good character, but his personality wasn't really one I match with, so if I had to rank all the routes, his would be on the bottom, but it was still pretty good. I loved the added content, the quiz especially was super fun!
Toasty's adventure game was amazing!! I read there was a lot more you created about it but didn't put it in BP, but maaan that was so much fun, I loved it (and wasn't expecting for the add stuff to be a game, but it was great), and the foreshadow in here got a lot better because of it. And well... it's Toasty, we love him, he's a cinnamon roll and I just laugh every time he mentioned Final Fantasy, he almost convinced me to play it (if I had the time lol).
Quest's route was the same, so I don't have a lot to say. I enjoyed it the same as before, and he's still the same sweetheart that stole my heart with that "angel" line (but he has competition with "doll" now). So I had not a lot of surprises with his route, but he still warmed my heart nonetheless. He is the nicest of guys there and he is so calm, but not in that cliché calm and cold approach often done.
Honestly, this game just raised the bar for good character in games too high. Out of everything I love about Blooming Panic (which is already A LOT), the character work is just phenomenal. They are just too realistic. You absolutely nailed them.
I can't express enough (in a coherent way, because the word doesn't even exist in my vocab), how much I enjoyed this game as a whole, and I will be playing it again and again, and other games you put out.
And if you read until now, I hope you all have a great holiday <3
Ps. that version of the opening song is HILARIOUS omg lol
hi! i adore the new update! fantastic game, but sometimes in the game they refer to me with they/them pronouns when i choose she/her? like in the second adventure game in toaster's route, and a few times during xyx's route. Love the game regardless! thank you for making it, it's been a really nice place of comfort, i think you've made my year, and maybe the next few, haha, thank you!
I believe in those instances it's more of a writing choice where sometimes you refer to someone as "they" offhand. Thank you for playing!
I absolutely love blooming panic and the team that created it! It blew my mind that this was done in a game jam, it was already so good I didnt think they could top themselves! Congratz on the release and I hope the team enjoys their holidays, thanks for giving fans such a nice holiday present <3
im replaying this again for the 100th time and its literally melting my brain (affectionate
Left an early review 4 months ago and I'm doing it again now - this has been one of my favorite games since my first gameplay, and as soon as I saw the update notice I knew had to play this again. I'm not really far right now, but I'm having so much fun! I feel like I'm falling for Toasty once again, and the new content is fabulous! can't wait to play the other routes and finally try xyx's one. I'll be back soon to add more positive comments, for sure. Just wanted to thank you and your team for this great game, been having a rough night and this game really made me smile. 💞
also can't wait to become a blushing mess because of quest againlove the game, replaying it rn on the new update! just wanted to let you know that on day 4 when societyboy starts going off he uses she/her pronouns for the mc, when i have he/him pronouns selected! but again, still love the game <3
Someone pointed this out to us last night and we do have a fix up! If you redownload and restart the route, it should be fixed (you can use CTRL and the red speed button to race back to where you were). Sorry about that!!
just noticed that rn! sorry lol
Oh no worries at all. I'm glad someone affirmed they saw it!! Don't hesitate to let us know if you see anything else!
xyx my beloved....
and god bless kazoos
Just ended it again,what can i say? The game already had my maximun rating,and now i want to raise it.You guys made it even better.Xyx route was cute,and the new Cg's are marvelous.Thank you for this update and for the game.
I wrote a really detailed comment when this first dropped about 6 months ago, but I just recently replayed for xyx's route and to see the changes and additions in the other routes, and this is still one of favorites (if not very favorite) renpy games. Xyx was always my favorite character, and it was amazing to get to have calls with him finally.
One small thing I noticed while replaying Quest's route: I chose to play with they/them pronouns, and when societyboy is giving Quest a hard time, he keeps referring to the player with she/her pronouns.
Oh wow thank you for pointing that out! We will get a fix out ASAP
Okay, fixed!! Thanks again for letting us know. If anyone sees any other issues like that, please tell us 🙏
In order to apply this fix, you'll need to download the game again and start the route over from the beginning. You can use CTRL to skip through text and the red top speed button to make the process faster to get to where you used to be. Sorry again!!
I was planning on replaying this anyway after finals,,,
but to my surprise the game got reworked and a NEW XYX ROUTE?? I love it. I love the new content and the boys' new look <33 The relatable Xyx has quickly made it to the top of my list along with nightowl (but I still love quest and toasty as well).
unfortunately all of my saves have deleted themselves, seeing as I discovered this info before the new patch today :,) but that only serves me the pleasure of playing them again! is it wrong to have wanted to play xyx's route again already??
this game has made it to my all time favorites and i give a round of applause to everyone who has made everything in this game possible. one of the best presents for the holidays <33
now,,,
onionthief route when??? /j
yes he has his faults like in nightowl's route but he did genuinely apologize and I'd love to imagine what it'd be like to have a route for him. not necessary ofc I love the game how it is. just a penny for thoughts ig??? anyway, keep up the great work and have a happy holidays everyone!!
I think... Im in love with xyx??? i already loved his personality in the first version of this game (my type is the jokester flirty boi bc when they get soft on you it's asfsfa;sdfj) so now that there's an xyx romance route my life is complete.
ty for this gem
XYX was so cute. Thank you for the addition!!
rdaurr rowderrr radurr rowder chowderrr
i completely agree
it's exam season but you can bet i RAN here as soon as i heard the news!!
god. i would give my life for nightowl. the art is giving me life and the new content?? no words. i didn't think it possible for you to outdo the amazing work of the first release, but you definitely, definitely did. i can't wait to play through all the other routes again + xyx!! but alas. i have to study. i am a little biased towards nightowl (he has my heart) so i had to make an exception but i am telling you. i. cannot. wait. i'm gonna power through all the work i have left just to enjoy this in peace lol.
again, thank you for all your work. words cannot express how much this game means to me. thank you again. i hope all the team has a nice holiday season!! stay safe and take care <3
Relatable but unrelatable I want BIGLADY to be an option
(Still happy with the best bois though <3)