#princess-protocol

[chattercap]

👑Princess Protocol is out!👑

You're 36. You're divorced after ten years of marriage. And now you're on a dating show. Romance a single dad or your influencer nemesis in this Bachelor-inspired sci-fi/comedy otome/romance visual novel, with an intricate dress up system and character customization! Will you sell your soul for fame and success - or maybe take a chance at finding something real?

Available for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, and Web.

Play it for free here!

Synopsis

You've just split with your husband after almost ten years of marriage. A relationship influencer who couldn't keep her own relationship afloat - what a joke! Your personal and professional lives are both a mess... and this is not where you wanted to end up at 36. 

While you're spiraling, your college friend begs you to join her reality TV dating show, and in a drunken stupor, you agree. Unfortunately, you get branded as the old, sad divorcée. And, even worse, the bachelor turns out to be someone you're not on great terms with. Your producer doesn't seem to like you much, either.

At this point, all you want to do is survive this nightmare.

Features

👠 Complex dress-up system, with 9 outfits, 9 hairstyles, and a variety of facial features to choose from - all with flexible color picking!

🎭 Customize your character's name, skin tone, and eye color! 

📖 24k+ words in the demo (~2 hours of playtime)

💊 Unique gameplay mechanic, "EvoMod Plus"! Some of your choices will have both positive and negative effects - by taking a dose of "EvoMod Plus," you can get a positive result no matter what. But be careful about indulging too much... if you rely too much on shortcuts to win fame and affection, your ending might be affected...

🌙 Play as a spiraling 36-year-old divorcée as you pursue a romance with either a single divorced dad or your influencer nemesis

🗡️ Try to survive this dating show with your reputation intact! (And maybe find true love..? Who are you kidding, that's not going to happen) 

The final game is planned to be 50k+ words long, with 5+ endings. 

Thank you to everyone who worked on the game!

Many thanks to the team: azureXtwilight, Chattercap, CyborgNekoSica, OtokeNeko, and Koni Draw Illustration!

[chattercap]

Hii I just wanted to tell you I just played through the Princess Protocol demo and I loved it!!! The writing, the character design, the setting, the mechanics (especially the incorporation of dress-up elements :D) all hooked me! Is Itch the best place to follow development on the game?

Hello!!! Oh I'm so glad you enjoyed the game, thank you so much for playing 😭 You're too kind 🤧 I was so honored to be able to work with such talented people on it! And yes, itch is a good place to follow the development! I'll also be making sure to post any major updates to all of my active socials, and I'll send out an email to my mailing list in case you'd just like to be notified directly!

[chattercap]

Princess Protocol looks really cool btw! I like the sci-fi mixed with dating show concept, and the new mechanics sounds interesting too. With choices that can lead to good and bad stuff, & and mechanic that can always lead to good outcomes and stuff. But if you use this mechanic too much, it can affect your endings, maybe even both negatively and positively. Excited for the full game at some point. Cool to see it released on itch. io as always, and I hope to see it released on Steam too.

OHH I'm so glad that it sounded interesting! I ended up batting pretty far outside my wheelhouse for this one (first time writing a comedic/lighthearted script, first time writing sci-fi, and so on), but hopefully people enjoy it nonetheless! And I wanted to experiment with some new mechanics too, so I'm glad that you find them intriguing 🤭 (they should have some interesting results, too!)

(Since this was a collab project I'll have to talk with my collaborators about the logistics of a Steam release, but I would love to put the game up there too!)