Hello!

This is Sarah, the artist of Stay: A Cute but Anxois Girlfriend Simulator. Will tell you a bit about Dany and I and a bit about this project as well! ^ ^

We originally wanted to join the Stay Safe Jam, but we couldn't finish it in time, but we were already working on it and we thought we probably should just continue the game and finish it at some point. So Dany made a page and uploaded the build.

In case you want to know who we are...

We both have been working in a game industry for  more than 5 years, but this is the first time we ever made something ourselves and especially together. This project is really precious for us.

Dany is a game programmer, so he has programmed a lot of games in his life. As for me, I have 5 years experience as Community Manager, but it has always been my dream to be actually be part of game making. I've been promoting lots of games, having them covered by media or played by streamers, bringing them to cons... But I want to know how different would it feel when it's your own game you're showcasing or promoting. And I believe Dany has the same dream, to be able to make a game he design himself, something he can tell the world "I made this".

Now, about the game...

When you read the title, obviously I'm not the one who came up with the idea :p So I live alone in a dorm (we have this term indekos or kos) and I have nowhere else to go. It's just me and my cat, Kunyit, living together in a small room. Dany had the idea of turning my quarantine life into a game. He even sketched the idea first!

The initial idea was actually a narrative game where the girlfriend's mood and anxiety will be affected by the message we received and by how we respond to the message. But we thought it wouldn't be possible to do in just 2 days, especially none of us speaks English well. We're both from Indonesia so we don't speak English on daily basis.

The idea developed to a simulation game where the mood, health, hunger will be affected by our activity. The girlfriend also need to work to earn money and order food. She also needs to maintain her health by washing her hands, sleep... and exercise. But both Dany and I hate exercise so we completely forgot to include this acitivity! LOL.

Next on the list!

The current build that you can donwload is an early prototype. It's still so messy and rough and Dany's choice of bright colors which doesn't go well with my color scheme haha. We're open for any feedbacks! Please feel free to write it in the comment section of hit us up on Twitter!

Our next to-do list is:

• Update the assets and activities
• Stats balancing
• Work on the story
• Improve the UI and UX
• And other more stuff we haven't done and we have a long list of those!

We're so excited to see how this goes! Our goal now is simply to finish the project and hopefully this could be a stepping stone for our journey making games together in the future! ^ ^

Stay safe, everyone!

Sarah