I CREATED AN ITCH.IO ACCOUNT JUST TO TELL YOU GUYS: THIS IS THE BEST NOVEL I'VE EVER PLAYED IN A WHIIIIILE. The characters are so relatable and I love their history so bad. They are just... So real like it feels natural to talk with them. Tbh I fell in love SO HARD for Quest, he is litteraly the loml, sweet, caring, hot and everything. Jesus Christ. I played his route twice and im about to play it again. Anyways you NEED to give a try to this novel. Def worth it. Voice acting, illustrations and writing are ON POINT, trust me.
This is possibly the greatest dating sim I've ever played. And I have played quite a lot of them.
The characters are VERY inclined to play with your heartstrings, the dialogue isn't "hello fellow kids"ish, the love interests are very very appealing, and even in places where your options don't matter, you just feel inclined to be nice.
Which, I have got to say, is... ridiculously hard for someone to do to me. There just isn't any guilt-tripping, you're free to do whatever you want, and being kind is usually the one people pick.
All of the romantic interests have their own little quirks, and their routes are very different, that eases the re-playing process, I personally could play Toasty's route for days on end, so lovely.
I'm trying to get the bad endings now, besides the fact my heart will inevitably shatter inside my chest as I do, I'm very excited to see what the team has in store for me!
this is a such a such a nice game and i just hope for more in the future. i do not know if there is going to be more but it would be lovely if there was going to be more in the future!! i hope that there might be more to look forward too if we can do that because i finished all the routes ahha.
This game is so good!! The pacing is immersive without dragging on, the characters FEEL real, and it truly feels like you've been dropped as a stranger into the middle of a private friend group, just like a real discord server. My only complaint is how quickly and easily you end up on characters' routes; you can't just casually go in and see which characters you have chemistry with, because you'll end up locked in to someone's route unknowingly. My first playthrough was xyx's bad end, and I didn't even realize I was on his route until day 5.
I came for NakedToaster, Fell in love with ALL of them! I met my husband online and this had me recalling those feelings of falling for someone through a screen all over again. Super sweet and cute game with just such lovable characters
p.s.. I had read the "LOUD SUDDEN SOUNDS" warning but that soundboard gave me a heart attack. Thank you so much again
The soundtrack is available on YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, and another service or two I forgot. Alternately, you can pull it out of the game files. :V
Ahhh the game was so cute and addicting!!! I loved all of the characters! Though I'm a bit sad when I figured that there was no onionthief's route, and I was extremely sad when the call didn't happen. And I've been wondering, too, will there be another route for my boy onion soon? I just wanna know:D
I played Nightowls route first and it was everything! It's not too often I find visual novels that are so immersive and well written,so this is really a gem! I'm totally gonna play all the routes over and over again
this game is sooo nice T_T I really like the Quest's route -- it's my favourite, such a gentleman and so gorgeous too. The characters development are also pretty realistic and nice. Overall, the stories are so good, sometimes makes me want to cry because of the sweetness.
The songs are nice too, not annoying at all. Really like the theme song.
This is, quite honestly, one of the best otome games I've ever played. The writing is superb and really makes me feel like I'm speaking with these people. I love the discord-like interface; it adds a lot to immersion. What else can I say? Fantastic, fantastic game.
i am IN LOVE with this game!!! I'm already chronically on discord so the layout is very familiar to me, plus the characters all are so nice to talk to and i feel very comfortable, plus they all talk like real people <3 quest gave me butterflies and had me cheesin all night
Love how immersive the game is and how deep the characters are! It really feels like I'm in an actual discord group chatting up real people :') The voice acting was also a pleasant surprise (love the title song), it made the calls really fun!! All the LI's are really relatable tbh and I could feel for them. Sometimes it does feel like the MC is supposed to be a girl, but it's still nice to have a pronoun option regardless!
This game is genuinely so important to me. I fell in love, head first, with all of the characters and never wanted their routes or the game as a whole to end
The discord chat and the way the characters talked never felt gimmicky or weird at all, even though some games/movies/etc that use the whole Online Chat thing as a basis definitely would lol. They all felt so wonderful and real and it made this an absolutely lovely game to play
No one route felt any better constructed or like more love was put into it, they all were very heartwarming and heart wrenching in their own ways which made them all interesting and fun!
The voice acting is absolutely superb!! Made the video calls a true delight, especially :o)
Overall, Blooming Panic is truly one of my favorite dating sims I've ever played and I doubt it'll lose that title <3 Thank you @ everyone involved in bringing this game to life!!!!!
Is it possible to have a Toaster in real life? :')) Kiddings aside (not really :'D), I really appreciate how authentic the characters in this game is, even the side characters. They chat and act like real people and with the discord format, it's hard not to be immediately immersed. I love love love the romance here too! I love all the boys, but Toaster has won my heart and he's honestly so precious <3 Honestly a great game with well - written characters, good music, SEXY voice acting, and would 10000% recommend to others, thank you.
I JUST FINISHED NIGHTOWL AND I'M CRYING THAT WAS SO CUTE LITERALLY GETTING CUTENESS AGGRESSION RIGHT NOW SHIT GAVE ME BUTTERFLIES AWWW <333 His character feels so realistic!!! An amazingly written character and his whole relationship with the mc is just so damn adorable I love it!!! 10/10 can't wait to try the other routes! But honestly think he's my favorite without even trying the other ones lol I love that man and need more content of him!!! This game is adorable! THANK YOU DEVSS
After seeing this game pop up around my socials for weeks on end, I finally dove in two nights ago and unexpectedly fell in love. As an avid user of Discord, the aesthetic already appealed to me, but you nailed it on every level. It truly felt like I was navigating the app and every character spoke in styles I've seen real people use! So many times, I stopped and went "omg they type just like x person!" The art only added to the captivating appeal. Plus, I've been leaving the main menu open just to jam to the theme song for longer than I'd care to admit.
Normally in dating sims, certain characters feel more fleshed out or just more "right" to date than others. Not so here. Not whatsoever. Everyone had their time in the spotlight, and I found myself thinking "surely I won't like this next candidate as much" before falling all over again. They each had such interesting and unique quirks to their character types, and the way their stories developed were intriguing, endearing, and made the player care about what happened to them. That is no easy feat.
MAJOR shoutout to all of the central voice actors! Xyx, in particular, blew me away. The way he delivered each line was so organic that it helped the relationship feel much more authentic, especially with a character that could've easily felt the opposite otherwise. I truly hope that, in future games you make, these VAs make a return!
Thank you for developing such a special game. I truly hope to see more of it in the future, be it in this same universe or simply replicating its style, because it felt so...distinctive. Like it left a fingerprint on the gaming world I'd been waiting for. But even if not, consider me a long-haul supporter of any robobarbie games :)
Wow I loved this game so much! Really inspires me to work on my own stories and art more. xyx reminded me the most of myself and reminded me of my own struggles in online friend groups. He was also a pain like myself. NakedToaster was cute af. My fantasy route would be both of them at once lol
The side characters were so charming, too! I really felt that acceptance and belonging. Honestly, this game really set a new standard for visual novel immersion for me. Had to force a few friends to play, similar to the FFXIV speech. :)
So I actually downloaded this on a whim one night and then started to play and then just...didn't stop. I remember opening up the game and the interface literally blew my mind. It was so fleshed out and well done. It had become one of my top.
All the routes were so sweet. I especially loved nightowl and xyx's routes/VA's. I'm actually going to replay soon. There's just something about staring at my screen of a character who is just so animated and well written, as if really in a call and its just so immersive. I really love this and I am THIS close to writing fanfic for this game.
Please do I can't find many fanfics on this and I need something to read on it I am dying from suffering! Anyways, if you do write a fanfic feel free to let me know the name of it I would love to read it :)
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I CREATED AN ITCH.IO ACCOUNT JUST TO TELL YOU GUYS: THIS IS THE BEST NOVEL I'VE EVER PLAYED IN A WHIIIIILE. The characters are so relatable and I love their history so bad. They are just... So real like it feels natural to talk with them. Tbh I fell in love SO HARD for Quest, he is litteraly the loml, sweet, caring, hot and everything. Jesus Christ. I played his route twice and im about to play it again. Anyways you NEED to give a try to this novel. Def worth it. Voice acting, illustrations and writing are ON POINT, trust me.
i just finished my first route with nightowl and i can't belive how good it was, this game is extremely addictive!!!
how do you change your pronouns?
You can't unless you start a new story.
and then what? is there an option at the beginning to choose your pronouns?
Yes, it'll ask for a username (since it's based off discord) and then it asks for your pronouns. (He/Him, She/Her, and They/Them)
oh really? it doesn't do that for me :( weird, but thank you anyways!
Ofc! Maybe just a glitch??
Make sure you've downloaded the correct version.
This is possibly the greatest dating sim I've ever played. And I have played quite a lot of them.
The characters are VERY inclined to play with your heartstrings, the dialogue isn't "hello fellow kids"ish, the love interests are very very appealing, and even in places where your options don't matter, you just feel inclined to be nice.
Which, I have got to say, is... ridiculously hard for someone to do to me. There just isn't any guilt-tripping, you're free to do whatever you want, and being kind is usually the one people pick.
All of the romantic interests have their own little quirks, and their routes are very different, that eases the re-playing process, I personally could play Toasty's route for days on end, so lovely.
I'm trying to get the bad endings now, besides the fact my heart will inevitably shatter inside my chest as I do, I'm very excited to see what the team has in store for me!
Could not recommend a game more.
I Love this game! I was just wondering if anyone had a server to join to meet people who love the game too!
i also want to know!tt
this is a such a such a nice game and i just hope for more in the future. i do not know if there is going to be more but it would be lovely if there was going to be more in the future!! i hope that there might be more to look forward too if we can do that because i finished all the routes ahha.
Love the story so much! Completed all routes in two days cause of how good it was. I'm so sad there's no more :(
This game is so good!! The pacing is immersive without dragging on, the characters FEEL real, and it truly feels like you've been dropped as a stranger into the middle of a private friend group, just like a real discord server. My only complaint is how quickly and easily you end up on characters' routes; you can't just casually go in and see which characters you have chemistry with, because you'll end up locked in to someone's route unknowingly. My first playthrough was xyx's bad end, and I didn't even realize I was on his route until day 5.
I came for NakedToaster, Fell in love with ALL of them! I met my husband online and this had me recalling those feelings of falling for someone through a screen all over again. Super sweet and cute game with just such lovable characters
p.s.. I had read the "LOUD SUDDEN SOUNDS" warning but that soundboard gave me a heart attack. Thank you so much again
i was literally hooked on this game and pulled all nighters to finish it LMAO how r all of these men so irresistable props to yall
guess who got the xyx bad end on their first playthru? tHIS GUY! im actually crying this is such a good game
🤝🤝🤝
I think I'm in love with xyx, no like fr fr someone send help ;-;
no cause me too i swear this man has me on my knees
they (sadly) arent planning to add any new content to the game any time soon! but there are some people working on fan mods nd such for the game :)
could someone tell me how to play this when ur using a chromebook??
You don't. Chromebooks run on Android. Unless the developer drops a APK file you're outta luck.
I don't know anything about chromebooks, but I suppose it's possible you could find a Windows PC emulator to download Itch on?
can someone tell me how to get quest good ending?
I ADORE this game so much!!!! the dialogue is super immersive and actually makes it feel like you're chatting with real people.
Please let me kiss BIGLADY.
BIGLADY/ June route when
Okay, I haven't even played the game but the opening song!!!!! Where can I get a copy of it? It sounds so gooooooood.
The soundtrack is available on YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, and another service or two I forgot. Alternately, you can pull it out of the game files. :V
Ahhh the game was so cute and addicting!!! I loved all of the characters! Though I'm a bit sad when I figured that there was no onionthief's route, and I was extremely sad when the call didn't happen. And I've been wondering, too, will there be another route for my boy onion soon? I just wanna know:D
This was such a delight! The concept is great, loved the writing, art, characters, just all of it!!
I played Nightowls route first and it was everything! It's not too often I find visual novels that are so immersive and well written,so this is really a gem! I'm totally gonna play all the routes over and over again
this game is sooo nice T_T I really like the Quest's route -- it's my favourite, such a gentleman and so gorgeous too. The characters development are also pretty realistic and nice. Overall, the stories are so good, sometimes makes me want to cry because of the sweetness.
The songs are nice too, not annoying at all. Really like the theme song.
SUCH A UNIQUE CONCEPT!!
LOVE IT
(i got nightowl bad ending at my first try and, im hurt D:)
This is, quite honestly, one of the best otome games I've ever played. The writing is superb and really makes me feel like I'm speaking with these people. I love the discord-like interface; it adds a lot to immersion. What else can I say? Fantastic, fantastic game.
i am IN LOVE with this game!!! I'm already chronically on discord so the layout is very familiar to me, plus the characters all are so nice to talk to and i feel very comfortable, plus they all talk like real people <3 quest gave me butterflies and had me cheesin all night
Love how immersive the game is and how deep the characters are! It really feels like I'm in an actual discord group chatting up real people :')
The voice acting was also a pleasant surprise (love the title song), it made the calls really fun!! All the LI's are really relatable tbh and I could feel for them.
Sometimes it does feel like the MC is supposed to be a girl, but it's still nice to have a pronoun option regardless!
Biglady/June/Two/onion routes when
Also i love this tf the discord idea was so good
seconding for the onion route, seems like an interesting person!
He honestly seems like a pretty well written and realistic character, it’s a shame he’s so under used
This game is genuinely so important to me. I fell in love, head first, with all of the characters and never wanted their routes or the game as a whole to end
The discord chat and the way the characters talked never felt gimmicky or weird at all, even though some games/movies/etc that use the whole Online Chat thing as a basis definitely would lol. They all felt so wonderful and real and it made this an absolutely lovely game to play
No one route felt any better constructed or like more love was put into it, they all were very heartwarming and heart wrenching in their own ways which made them all interesting and fun!
The voice acting is absolutely superb!! Made the video calls a true delight, especially :o)
Overall, Blooming Panic is truly one of my favorite dating sims I've ever played and I doubt it'll lose that title <3 Thank you @ everyone involved in bringing this game to life!!!!!
Is it possible to have a Toaster in real life? :')) Kiddings aside (not really :'D), I really appreciate how authentic the characters in this game is, even the side characters. They chat and act like real people and with the discord format, it's hard not to be immediately immersed. I love love love the romance here too! I love all the boys, but Toaster has won my heart and he's honestly so precious <3 Honestly a great game with well - written characters, good music, SEXY voice acting, and would 10000% recommend to others, thank you.
I JUST FINISHED NIGHTOWL AND I'M CRYING THAT WAS SO CUTE LITERALLY GETTING CUTENESS AGGRESSION RIGHT NOW SHIT GAVE ME BUTTERFLIES AWWW <333 His character feels so realistic!!! An amazingly written character and his whole relationship with the mc is just so damn adorable I love it!!! 10/10 can't wait to try the other routes! But honestly think he's my favorite without even trying the other ones lol I love that man and need more content of him!!! This game is adorable! THANK YOU DEVSS
After seeing this game pop up around my socials for weeks on end, I finally dove in two nights ago and unexpectedly fell in love. As an avid user of Discord, the aesthetic already appealed to me, but you nailed it on every level. It truly felt like I was navigating the app and every character spoke in styles I've seen real people use! So many times, I stopped and went "omg they type just like x person!" The art only added to the captivating appeal. Plus, I've been leaving the main menu open just to jam to the theme song for longer than I'd care to admit.
Normally in dating sims, certain characters feel more fleshed out or just more "right" to date than others. Not so here. Not whatsoever. Everyone had their time in the spotlight, and I found myself thinking "surely I won't like this next candidate as much" before falling all over again. They each had such interesting and unique quirks to their character types, and the way their stories developed were intriguing, endearing, and made the player care about what happened to them. That is no easy feat.
MAJOR shoutout to all of the central voice actors! Xyx, in particular, blew me away. The way he delivered each line was so organic that it helped the relationship feel much more authentic, especially with a character that could've easily felt the opposite otherwise. I truly hope that, in future games you make, these VAs make a return!
Thank you for developing such a special game. I truly hope to see more of it in the future, be it in this same universe or simply replicating its style, because it felt so...distinctive. Like it left a fingerprint on the gaming world I'd been waiting for. But even if not, consider me a long-haul supporter of any robobarbie games :)
Wow I loved this game so much! Really inspires me to work on my own stories and art more. xyx reminded me the most of myself and reminded me of my own struggles in online friend groups. He was also a pain like myself. NakedToaster was cute af. My fantasy route would be both of them at once lol
The side characters were so charming, too! I really felt that acceptance and belonging. Honestly, this game really set a new standard for visual novel immersion for me. Had to force a few friends to play, similar to the FFXIV speech. :)
So I actually downloaded this on a whim one night and then started to play and then just...didn't stop. I remember opening up the game and the interface literally blew my mind. It was so fleshed out and well done. It had become one of my top.
All the routes were so sweet. I especially loved nightowl and xyx's routes/VA's. I'm actually going to replay soon. There's just something about staring at my screen of a character who is just so animated and well written, as if really in a call and its just so immersive. I really love this and I am THIS close to writing fanfic for this game.
(Ao3 better watch out LMAO)
Please do I can't find many fanfics on this and I need something to read on it I am dying from suffering! Anyways, if you do write a fanfic feel free to let me know the name of it I would love to read it :)
I loved all of them so much!! But really when you said bad ending, you really meant BAD endings oof. Thankful for how sweet the good endings were tho.
This game is so addictive, I'm in love, thank you for such great experience!!
ive finished the good routes of all 4 boys and i wanna cry this game was so cute and the music was so good
instructions unclear got groomed by ur game
xyx totally won my heart heart, love this so frickin much!
Im literally playing while typing this and all i have to say is
AAHHHHHHHHHH
im at the first video call i have with quest. I just gotta say im simping over this man. I have never simped so AAGGGHHHHH
Thank u <3