There are games that have nothing to do with relationships that have barely clothed female characters telling you to 'Come play, M'lord' and all that. "As any gamer will tell you, there are lots of games where tangential sexual content is used as a selling feature-that is, think of all the fighting games with girls in skimpy costumes. There's a double standard at play in the way they're treated by the storefronts that profit from them, as Long describes. We try to create a rounded character dynamic in the 'story' of our worlds, and then invite players along for conversations that vary and speak to feelings of attraction of all different personality types."ĭating sims face unique challenges, particularly ones that incorporate sexual content. That they have hang-ups, or moments of soulfulness, or are silly or shy.
Our players love that our characters have quirks and personalities. "They set up threadbare scenarios with their characters that immediately lead to explicit sexual encounters, which give the experiences a 'blow up doll' type of feeling.
"There is a tendency in games with sexual content to play directly to a specific kind of power fantasy," Long says. They include a wolfman with personal space issues, and a Pegasus who seems pretty happy staying cursed. Meanwhile, the cast of Blush Blush have all been placed under a curse that can, of course, only be broken by love. That's why Crush Crush's characters include a narcoleptic obsessed with philosophy, a stalker who is introduced murdering your high school sweetheart 'Generica', and Bearverly, who is a bear in a dress.
To use humor as a basis to establish familiarity, and to edify the player, before transitioning into a character tone that feels sincere and engaging." Even when the context of a character is fantastical, (like a robot girl from space, or a demon boy, or something) we want the dialogue to flow naturally. "We always start with a desire to create charming, interesting, believable characters. She describes Crush Crush, and its spin-off featuring anime boys Blush Blush, as being different to other NSFW games in part due to the studio's approach to writing, which she speaks about passionately. "We took a gamble on a riskier idea with far less resources behind us, because we felt we had something interesting and worthwhile to pursue," Long says. (Before that, Long spent seven years working at Disney on art for the MMO Club Penguin.) It was during her time at AdVenture Capitalist studio Hyper Hippo that Long began dreaming up the personal project that became Crush Crush, and which necessitated the founding of a new studio. Optional in-game purchases to help boost your progress even faster!Ĭrush Crush is casual, idle fun with hundreds of hours of gameplay.if a game contains content where people have consensual, enthusiastic, loving relationships involving any hints of sexuality… Well, those games get shunned.īefore creating Crush Crush, Long and several other developers at Sad Panda worked on one of the most popular idle games on Steam: AdVenture Capitalist."Time Blocks" which can advance your progress even while you're not playing!.TONS of special outfits to dress your waifus in.Over 140,000 lines of dialogue fully voiced by an incredibly charming cast of actresses.
Over 300 high-resolution pinups to collect, including "saucy" pics for reaching Lover status.40 (and counting) beautiful girls to unlock!.Woo them with romantic dates, thoughtful gifts, and a tickle fight or two! Work your way up from Frenemy to Lover, and unlock tons of amazing content along the way. Welcome to Crush Crush – the Idle Dating Sim! Begin your quest to win the hearts of your town's lovely ladies… after a few disastrous intros! Impress the girls by building your stats, unlocking jobs, and earning promotions. Hey hot stuff! Are you looking for a fun and flirty game to kill some time and make you laugh out loud? That’s a crazy coincidence, because it’s been looking for you too!