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Happy Screenshot Saturday! Atsuya and Megumi have new looks 💖
Here is a preview of the upcoming final demo, which will feature enhanced art and revised writing!
The current demo includes the full prologue, a cooking mini game with 2 different recipes, and a preview of the simulation mode ✨
Play the demo now! 👇 https://h9o6.itch.io/mydear-love
Wishlist MY DEAR☆LOVE on Steam! 💖 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3099410/
[Progress] Atsuya Completed Character Sprite!
Here it is… The completed character sprite of the love interest, Atsuya! ✨
Looks like he has gone to the salon and gotten a makeover! 👀 For comparison, we have included his current in-game sprite. What do you think?
High-res download available on our Ko-fi for supporters! ☕ Click here to check out our Ko-fi page!
Wishlist MY DEAR☆LOVE now! 👇️
Heartful and wholesome stat-raiser otome game with a cooking mini game! Help take care of Katsuya, the adorable little nephew of your crush!
[NEWS] End of Campaign and Future Plans. Please help us improve by filling out our post-campaign survey!
Hello! It has been a day since our campaign has officially ended.
While we unfortunately did not reach our funding goal, we would like to thank everyone for joining and supporting us in our first ever Kickstarter campaign. Again, words alone cannot express our appreciation—your support means the world to us and motivates us to continue our creative endeavours.
Future Campaign Mailing List & Post-Campaign Survey
Before we dive in, please help us improve by filling out our post-campaign survey! We are more than happy to receive any feedback and comments. Thank you to the people who have already filled it out; we greatly appreciate your feedback and your encouraging words!
Click here to fill out the MY DEAR☆LOVE: Kickstarter Campaign Survey
This survey is intended for everyone, even if you are not a backer. It will serve as a mailing list for our future crowdfunding campaigns, in which emails will be limited to prelaunch and launch notifications. Please rest assured we will not use your email for any other purposes. You can email us anytime to opt out.
In our previous update, we mentioned we have a surprise for backers, which we will be fulfilling via backers-only update on this Kickstarter project. (As it turns out, unsuccessful projects can still post backers-only updates. We apologize for any confusion.) We are working hard and we hope to deliver the good news early next week. Please stay tuned!
What does this mean for the game?
We have touched upon this in a previous update. Kickstarter will cancel all pledges. No rewards will be produced, however we plan to release the following for sale in the future:
Epilogue DLC “Wedding Day”: a new 3-part story with new sprites for the major characters. KS-exclusive CGs and content that are part of the backer rewards will not be produced.
Digital Artbook: will only contain contents of the free release. Any KS-exclusive content or content that were planned for the extended version, MY DEAR☆LOVE PLUS+, will not be produced.
As stated in our campaign, MY DEAR☆LOVE is set to release for free and will be developed regardless of funding. We will continue to post updates on X (Twitter) and itch.io as development progresses. As of now, the free game is anticipated to release in December 2024.
MY DEAR☆LOVE on Steam
MY DEAR☆LOVE on itch.io
We are currently working on polishing the demo for the upcoming Steam Next Fest with enhanced functions of the actual game mechanics, more complete graphics including character sprites, cut-ins and GUI; camera work and staging effects and etc. Any bugs found will be fixed as well. We may not be able to post regularly as we will be busy with game development, but we will remain active in the community because we are 100% dedicated to delivering this project!
Takeaways and Future Plans
Since H9O6 is a small studio that is completely self-funded, development can take much longer than expected due to time constraints and the lack of funding. To help speed up game development, we plan to offer exclusive in-depth progress reports and behind-the-scenes content of our projects through Ko-fi membership. We are still working on setting things up - follow us on our socials for more details!
This campaign has been an incredible journey for us, and we have learned a lot from it. We know we are a new presence in the indie games scene, and we launched prematurely with very little marketing prior. In spite of this, we were able to raise 26% of our funding goal. While it may not seem much, with all things considered, we have grown immensely both as an indie studio and as individuals, and we believe this alone is the biggest gain we could have ever asked for.
We would like to thank our backers for choosing to place your trust in us. Every pledge was an encouragement and a celebration, and we are truly grateful for the support we had received. When we say your support means the world to us, we mean it from the bottom of our hearts. It is with your support that we are able to stay strong and continue our creative endeavours, and we hope you will join us in our new adventures.
Moving forward, we will focus on finishing MY DEAR☆LOVE and our next game. We still have plans to develop the extended version, MY DEAR☆LOVE PLUS+, but for the time being, MY DEAR☆LOVE will remain a free release. If you like our project and would like to support us, please consider making a donation through our Ko-Fi or PayPal. Any donations will go towards the development of our future games and creative projects.
Creator Comments
Hinata Yoyo
Hello, I'm Hinata, the project lead and lead artist of MY DEAR☆LOVE.
My passion of creating multimedia contents has stemmed from my childhood—growing up with heavy indulgence of Japanese subcultures, especially works from the 80's and 90's. To pursue further, I had studied arts and Game Design at school. However, my creative pursuit had never been supported or regarded as worthwhile by the people around me. Thus, I had to give up due to family reasons.
Some time earlier this year, as I was tidying up the house, I rediscovered my school work that had yellowed over time. Interestingly, there were many pieces I remembered clearly, to the extent of every detail on how I brainstormed, how I felt, and how I painted. The flashback was as vivid as it could be, and I realized that it's time to take a step forward.
I would like to thank you all who have been standing alongside in the course of this campaign. It is my honour to have support, to receive feedback, and to witness the interest shown from you lovely people, because it's you who made me realize that there is no better world than this.
Sakuraba Oki
Hello! I am Oki and I am in charge of translation and other graphics of MY DEAR☆LOVE.
I have always been labelled as a daydreamer since childhood. I was the typical quiet kid in class, who was always either drawing or reading. My love for storytelling started early, and it grew much stronger when I was introduced to mainstream video games, through which I recognized the wonder of interactive fiction and the potential of video games as a form of artful entertainment. I went on to study game art, but I unfortunately lost the opportunity to pursue it as a career due to family issues and associated mental health problems.
For the past few years, I had struggled to give up pursuing creative endeavours as a career. I felt I had been lost for a long time, but I am ready to take chances now, because I know this is where my passion lies. I am proud of our immense growth over this short period of time, and I am confident that this campaign will serve as both a valuable learning experience and an important first step forward in our journey. Thank you for your belief in our work, and I hope to see you again very soon.
Our mascot Kuro says, "Meow! A huuuge thank you to everyone, meow! See you again soon, meow!"
Stay in touch:
Follow H9O6 on X (Twitter)
H9O6 on itch.io
Support us on Ko-fi
Thank you for joining us on this wild ride. We hope to see you again soon!
[NEWS] Future Plans + 9 days left for our Kickstarter Campaign... Help us get funded!
Hello, this is H9O6! Today’s post is an announcement about the future of the game MY DEAR☆LOVE and its extended version, MY DEAR☆LOVE PLUS+.
We now have less than 9 days to reach our funding goal of $6,500 CAD, but we are only 20% funded. While we remain hopeful, we thought it is important to share our thoughts and plans for the future.
After careful consideration, we have decided we will not relaunch a campaign for MY DEAR☆LOVE.
What happens if the campaign is not funded?
Kickstarter will cancel all pledges. No rewards will be produced, however we plan to release the following for sale in the future:
Epilogue DLC “Wedding Day”: a new 3-part story with new sprites for the major characters. KS-exclusive CGs and content that are part of the backer rewards will not be produced.
Digital Artbook: will only contain contents of the free release. Any KS-exclusive content or content that were planned for the full extended version, MY DEAR☆LOVE PLUS+, will not be produced.
What does this mean for the game?
If we are not funded successfully, MY DEAR☆LOVE will be developed at our own cost and will be released as a free game for everyone! Consequently, the extended version MY DEAR☆LOVE PLUS+ will not be produced at this moment due to time constraints and the lack of funds.
Future Plans & Thoughts
We have a few announcements planned for the end of this campaign, including one that will be backers-only, so if you are a backer please look forward to it! There will be a small surprise :)
We are not discouraged at all by the lack of funding. In fact, we are very glad for the amount of support from the community despite us being fresh to the indie industry. We started our social media pages, game page, Steam page and etc. in such a short period (approximately 1 month and a half); everything was new to us and overwhelming at times, but we are proud of our tremendous progress and growth as an indie studio and as individuals. This journey has helped us to grow greatly and your incredible support drives us to continue! We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your belief in our work. Thank you!
We have many projects planned alongside with the free release of MY DEAR☆LOVE. Please stay tuned by checking out our Twitter and MY DEAR☆LOVE on Steam.
If you like our work and would like to support us, please consider making a donation through our Ko-fi or PayPal Me. Any support means the world to us!
In closing, we would like to share a rough draft of a side character, Tamami, a new classmate at Katsuya’s kindergarten. She has an important role in the story so please look forward to it!
Heartful and wholesome stat-raiser otome game with a cooking mini game! Help take care of Katsuya, the adorable little nephew of your crush!
MY DEAR☆LOVE is now on Steam! ✨️ You can now add it to your Wishlist!
This is a bit over due but we have an official English logo now.
See our Tweet about it!
Here are some sample pages of the MY DEAR☆LOVE digital artbook!
As you can see, it is very pink and bubbly! The digital artbook is estimated to have 30-40 pages and will include character concept art, CG illustrations, GUI designs, initial game planning materials and more. (The final product will not have a watermark.)
We now have less than two weeks until our campaign ends, yet we still have a long way to go. Our demo was developed in one month to showcase the main gameplay; there are many features we intended to include but were not able to due to time constraints, since we have day jobs and can only work on game development in our free time. It is our dream and our goal to create and deliver multimedia content professionally, and as much as we would love to continue developing our game, we will need a bit of help in doing so. If we are funded, we would be able to speed up development and add more features and art to provide a better player experience. We are ever grateful for the support we have received so far, and we humbly ask you to please continue helping us in reaching our goal.
Thank you for reading & Stay tuned for more updates!
Heartful and wholesome stat-raiser otome game with a cooking mini game! Help take care of Katsuya, the adorable little nephew of your crush!
MY DEAR☆LOVE is now on Steam! ✨️ You can now add it to your Wishlist!
[NEWS] MY DEAR☆LOVE extended demo will release tomorrow!
Hello! Tomorrow we will release the extended demo for our heartful stat-raiser otome game MY DEAR☆LOVE! It includes the full prologue (estimated play time 1 hour) and will include the stat-raising simulation mode, cooking mini game, and 1 full colour CG featuring the male love interest!
Our Kickstarter is live now!
Our game is set to release for free, but we are running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of an extended version which will feature new gameplay, more mini games, more CGs and story endings! We are very grateful for the support we have received so far, especially in the indie/otome community - thank you so much!
We are very excited to share what we have been working on. Please look forward to it! :)
[NEWS + Progress] Feature by Blerdy Otome! + Sneak peeks of a CG and Side Character!
Hello! Today's update is very exciting because we have so much to share!
First off, a big thank you to Blerdy Otome for featuring us! We were so glad and happy to see the feature ❤ We are very grateful for the support—we are now 17% funded thanks to everyone!
Click here to see our Kickstarter campaign!
We are still far from our funding goal of $6,500 CAD (around $4,760 USD), but we believe we can achieve it with your help and with the help from the community. If you like our project, please help us spread the word—your support means the world to us!
Moving on... Meet Hayato Arihara, Atsuya's best friend! He is laid-back but can be a class clown sometimes. In an older update we shared a design sketch of him, but this time he returns in colour!
And here is a sneak peek of a CG that will be in the upcoming extended demo!
The step-by-step process of making CG(s) will be included in the digital artbook, which will include WIPs similar to the image above.
We have been updating our Kickstarter project page as development progresses, and as mentioned in our last update, we will post a bigger update upon the release of our extended demo. Read more below!
Teaser Video: A short video to introduce MY DEAR☆LOVE and showcase gameplay.
Sample pages and details about the Digital Artbook: The artbook will include character concept art, concept sketches of CGs, step-by-step process of making CG(s), and other material related to general development.
Epilogue DLC Story Reveal: We will be revealing the story of the epilogue DLC! *If you are a backer and would like to change your pledge, you can do so via our project page.
Possible teaser of our next game: Our next game is a dating sim where you can choose between playing as a girl or boy, with optional yuri and BL content! One of our current stretch goals is the funding of the development of our next project.
General update of our KS campaign page: Updates include text and and graphics, sample images of physical merchandise, and an in-depth explanation of our work process in regards to royalty-free and paid assets.
Please look forward to it! Thank you for reading and stay tuned!
Kickstarter Launched for Shojo Inspired Stats-Raising VN, MY DEAR LOVE
Thank you so much for the feature! 😊
MY DEAR☆LOVE is made with lots of love ❤ We are working on our extended demo and will release it soon!
Here is a WIP of our Settings menu! We poured in lots of love to make it extra cute ❤
Extended demo coming soon! ✨️
[Progress] More preview of the upcoming extended demo! + Thank you for 50+ downloads!
Hello! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!
We are working hard on the extended demo and plan to release it this week. In the meantime, see the video above for a preview of the cooking mini game!
There are several variations to Katsuya's dialogue. It is a detail we had to include! ❤
*Game in development. Does not represent final product. The graphics of the last part will be enhanced.
Our Kickstarter is live now! Please consider supporting us!
Here are more screenshots of the game, all of which will be playable in the upcoming extended demo.
In other news… Our mini demo has reached over 50 downloads & 30 collections! Thank you to everyone who gave it a try!
Upon the release of the extended demo, we will be updating our Kickstarter campaign to include the following:
Teaser Video! A short video to introduce MY DEAR☆LOVE and showcase gameplay.
More merchandise samples including samples pages of the digital artbook!
Epilogue DLC story reveal! What could it be about...?!
Possible teaser of our next game...?!
In-game graphics such as the stat-raising simulation gameplay, and other graphics will be updated.
In-depth explanation of our work process involving royalty-free and paid assets.
We can't wait to show what we have been working on. Check our X (Twitter) for the newest updates!
In closing, we would like to say thank you again to our backers. We are super grateful for the support we have received—words alone cannot express our gratitude. Your support means the world to us and greatly motivates us!
We are dedicated to make our game into a reality, but we need help and funding to fully realize our creative visions. If you like our game, we humbly ask you to help us by sharing our project. If you are not a backer, please consider supporting us by backing our project today.
Thank you and stay tuned for our upcoming extended demo!
Preview of the cooking mini game in our upcoming extended demo 🥕 Katsuya is also here to help!
Our Kickstarter is live now!
If you like our game, we humbly ask you to please support us by sharing our posts or consider backing our project on Kickstarter. Any support we receive means the world to us and greatly motivates us! Thank you!
Our Kickstarter is live! Please consider supporting us!
Preview of our cooking mini game 🍳 It will be playable in the upcoming extended demo!
Stay tuned for more!
New tiers have been added to our Kickstarter campaign! Work with us to design side characters! ✨️
Our Kickstarter is live! Please support us!
Happy Tanabata Festival!
Here is Megumi & Katsuya as Orihime and Hikoboshi! The writing says "Always together."
What would you write on your tanzaku? May everyone's wishes come true 🎋✨️
We have 20 backers on Kickstarter now—thank you so much for the support!
We still have 31 days left to fund our game, so we humbly ask you to please help us spread the word. If you are not a backer, please consider supporting us by backing our project today!
Check out our Kickstarter (live now)!
There are only 8 spots left for the early bird special tier, which includes a digital copy of the full game!
Stay tuned for the extended demo & follow us on X (Twitter) for more!
