Love me Less
A downloadable game
Love me Less is a visual novel/dating simulator that explores the concept of toxic relationships and the effects that it can have on a person’s emotional well being and mental state.
The player is introduced to the antagonist of the game, Elliot, when you bump into him at a party. He is quite charming and the player is mesmerized by him easily.
Follow the storyline as the relationship develops further and unfolds into something much less sweet. Make difficult decisions that test your friendships and reveal the darker side of your relationship.
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Trigger Warning:
The game explores the idea of toxic relationships.
It involves sensitive subject matter such as
emotional manipulation, body image and loneliness.
Events in the game may invoke negative emotions.
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Love me Less is the submission for the final project of third year Game Design at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Updates since Beta:
- Storyline was revamped and expanded.
- Grammar overhaul.
- Integration of new variants of expressions.
- UI overhaul.
- Minor bug fixes.
Love me Less Team:
- Chervalle - Illustrator
- Jesse - Project Manager
- Ivy (previously Keagan) - Programmer
- Nadia - Writer
- Zhuofeng - Designer
Download
Install instructions
- Download the zip file and extract it.
- Read the ReadMe.txt file.
- Double click on the “LoveMeLess.exe” file to start the game.
Comments
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Holy crap this game is brilliant. And scary.
I feel like the writing skill you need to have in order to pull this off is terrifying. As I played this, I felt sick, I wanted to cry a bit, I kept feeling like I was overreacting to things and before I could even have time to process my thoughts or fight back, he'd turn the blame on me or shut down the conversation so I'd convince myself it was my fault. I didn't think a story could feel so visceral.
Most of the time, I'll admit I wanted to slap him or slit his throat. But sometimes - even if it was just for a little - I'd have to consciously pull myself back from thinking "hey, maybe this is my fault".
You also made BRILLIANT use of unavailable choices - to me, the best I think I've (personally) seen in a VN actually! It felt like the unavailable choice is what I should say, that nagging feeling that something is wrong that you can't quite pinpoint - and the available one is the one you end up picking because you've been emotionally backed into a corner, even though you barely realise it.
If I think about it, I would've definitely cut him off after he compared me to Skylar, if not earlier. But still - I feel like I have a far greater awareness of how easy it is to get sucked in sometimes, despite being thoroughly convinced (prior to playing) that this isn't the kind of crap I'd fall for. Congrats, I think it's safe to say your game had a positive impact!
The art is stunning - I especially adored the designs of Imaan (she's adorable!) and Skylar (radiates beauty and confidence).
The whole thing is pulled together brilliantly and the implementation is super clean!
The only thing I'd maybe recommend doing is putting in a note that the game takes a while to start? When you press the start button, there's no indication that it's been clicked and if you press it multiple times, the game crashes. It'd be sad if fewer people got to experience your game because they weren't sure how to get past the start screen :(
Overall though, incredible job! I hope this game does well.
Hi! <3
Firstly, the group as a whole would really like to thank you for this comment. It made all our days and it’s so nice to know that somebody is enjoying our game and that it’s having the effect we intended.
Secondly, your comments about the writing are super helpful and made the writer tear up. With this being a very delicate topic we wanted to make sure that we conveyed the problems and complications of these type of relationships as well as we could and your comment definitely has motivated us to continue working and improving on it!!
We greatly appreciate your recommendations and feedback - we have added the start button warning, and are working on a loading screen now! :)
Thank you so so much for taking time out of your day to play our game and to leave such a detailed comment. We will be holding this comment very close to us as we continue to work on it. We hope you have the chance to play it again when everything is polished, improved and fixed (:
- Love me Less team
Ah, I'm so happy to hear that! You really did an absolutely brilliant job - and would definitely love to play the finished version. Hmu anytime if you need a playtester!
Will do! Thanks so much <3
Seems interesting, will dl huehue
Edit: Oh no, it wont launch :(((
Hi there!
Thank you so much for taking the time to check out our game :D
We are so sorry for the bug!! :(
Were you able to run the LovemeLess.exe?
If so, then we have a bug where the game takes SUPER long to load after pressing the start-confirm button (and crashes if the button is clicked multiple times). Maybe that was the problem?
If not, then could you please explain the error further?
It would be much appreciated <3
The bug was when I tried to run the game, there was some kind of Unity pop-up (It was quick but it said something about final). Then it will presumably load (like the cursor turning into the round thing which means loading), but it wouldn't launch :(( no matter how long I wait
I'll try to re-Dl tho huehue I'm really intrigued
Oof, this is not good :(
Thank you for trying again!
We definitely want to fix this ASAP!
Would you mind please telling us what OS you're running, and any other information you can think of (while we try find the problem on our side).
Thanks for your patience ! <3