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Welcome to the January Cross-Promotion!

This one's for the m/m fans in the audience – an entirely gay-content game which had a major effect on SpaceCorps [as did its creator, Aaryn, who was generous enough to share his experience with an n00b young dev by the name of RanliLabz when I was starting out].

Although Straight!? and SpaceCorps both deal with the awkwardness of a young man coming out, the style is very different. Straight!? is a long-form, slow burn, emotionally-intelligent VN about love and friendship between two compelling characters that I've enjoyed for years. Despite concentrating on story, there's plenty of sexual content – with a cast of extremely hot college lads who you can check out in the pics below. It richly deserves the:

And now, over to Aaryn:

Yo, this is Aaryn, lead developer for the visual novel Straight!?. This project began back in October 2017, and was the product of a debate with a friend about poor writing that I saw in network television. After a dare and posting on a website to see if people would be interested in a more story-focused adult game, I took up the challenge of writing my first story and Straight!? was born. This is also my first attempt at game creation so I’ve been learning as I go. The game is still a work in progress and is considered to still be in very early alpha stage. The intent is to go back and redo the game once I’ve finished based on everything I’ve learned over the last few years about coding, art, and writing. So expect the overall quality of this game to slowly increase as you play through it.

In contrast to the way a lot of adult games work, Straight!? Turns the genre upside-down by prioritizing the story and dialogue over traditional sex content. I believe that the adult genre holds endless opportunities for narratives and I really wanted to focus on that. This is not your run-of-the-mill adult game. It’s common for people to say they downloaded the game for the dirty stuff and then get lost in the narrative for days. While it does contain adult content, this is used to supplement the narrative and take an unfiltered look at sexuality. You won’t see nudity just for the sake of nudity, it has to make sense and move the story forward-- but this also makes those scenes more rewarding.

Straight!? Is told from the point of view of Zack, a 19 year old college freshmen after he meets his new roommate Braden. The two hit it off fairly good and a bromance emerges. While Zack initially appears to be fairly comfortable with himself and his sexuality, we slowly learn that this is a facade and the story of a teen who is completely tormented by his own attractions emerges.

At its heart, Straight!? Is an existential coming of age tale and a romance. The focus of the story capitalizes on the dynamics between the characters as they build their relationship together. I write very differently than other adult themed narratives and focus heavily on emotions and dialogue because that’s how friendships are born. Zack’s inner monologues echo a lot of the resistance that people have to their own self-acceptance and many readers have found this to be rewarding and validating. But through interactions with a dynamic supporting cast of complicated characters, Zack is slowly pushed to confront himself and everything he takes for granted in his life. This game takes pride in being a rollercoaster of emotions that journeys from outrageous banter between friends to deep meaningful conversations that will challenge the character’s positions and the readers alike. This game will hopefully make you laugh, cry, and make you question things all while still falling well within the scope of the adult genre and providing a few twists along the way.

Download for free here: https://www.patreon.com/aaryn

And check out the reviews here: f95 Reviews and itch.io Reviews 

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