Happy (almost) first anniversary to Date Everything!, the offbeat indie dating sim sandbox that dominated livestreams last summer. To kick off festivities ahead of the game’s official one-year anniversary on June 17, developer Sassy Chap Games and publisher Team17 announced in a sentimental Steam update on Thursday that they would release a celebratory content update for both PC and consoles.
“It’s been a whole year since you first set out with your pair of Dateviators to find love in all the right (and wrong) places. We can’t thank you enough for your support, passion, and feedback. You’ve stolen our hearts.
“To celebrate our anniversary, we’ve collected some of your most requested fixes and features to deliver the ultimate Date Everything! experience, made possible by you!”
The new “Self Care Update” contains a ton of quality-of-life improvements, including additional, more nuanced player responses, “Screenshot Mode,” enhanced accessibility settings, and more.
In Date Everything!, gamers play a disillusioned employee at an online retail giant whose world changes completely when a pair of mysterious rose-colored “Dateviator” shades appear on their front doorstep. Put the ‘specs on, and every object in your house (yes, every) springs to life in human form.
Your new roommates — over 100 of ’em, all fully voiced — each have their own unique personality on full display, with tongue-in-cheek character designs evocative of their regular role in the house. From your water heater to your windows, build relationships of all kinds using countless dialogue options. Flesh out each character’s storyline to achieve one of multiple endings! Tread lightly, though, as some freshly human faces might not be too happy to see you. It’s up to you to turn those relationships around (or totally burn those bridges; that’s cool, too).
At the time of writing, Date Everything! boasts a “Very Positive” player average on Steam, with more than 5,600 positive English-language reviews.
‘Date Everything!’ anniversary update details
Here’s what players can expect when they don their “Dateviators” once more, according to Date Everything!‘s dedicated devs:
‘Self Care Update’ brings new content, accessibility features
- Key Rebinding: Change any buttons for ones that suit you better
- Screenshot Mode: Temporarily remove Textbox-Chan! to take pictures of your beaus
- Player Pronoun Change Option: Players can now change their preferred pronoun at any time through Skylar Specs
- SPECS UX Update: Better visibility on SPECS updates, plus a new description for every level
- Content Aware Support for Hector, Friar Errol, and Farya
- Updated Content Aware Descriptions: Based on player feedback, each existing Content Aware has additional detail and updated language
- Subtitles for Songs and Musical Pieces for Hearing-Impaired: Miranda, Bodhi, and Keyes will display lyrics and descriptions during their most musical moments
- Curt and Rod Player Pronouns: We brought Davied and Jacquis into the studio for new lines that address the player with correct pronouns
- Daisuke/Gaia Interaction: We brought Daisuke (Tsuji) into the studio for special Traveller dialogue with Gaia!
- Community Sourced Sensitivity Feedback: Thank you so much for enabling us to provide a better and more inclusive experience across a whole manner of interactions with more player-focused options:
- Eddie has an additional line that remembers if the player doesn’t drink alcohol
- Players no longer have to be mean to Barry to win Bathsheba’s affection
- Players can confidently say that they already know about ‘shade’ with Curt and Rod, skipping the concept’s tutorial
- Player is able to more confidently say where Travellers are from with Gaia (info found in Date-a-Dex)
- More sensitive player choices in general for Farya, Arma, I, Ronaldini, Freddy, Mitchell, Maggie, Scandalabra, Stefan, Stepford, Teddy, and Zoey
- Removal of negative references to multiple personalities in Lyric
Quality-of-life improvements in ‘Date Everything!’ update
- Timed Themed Content (2D art for Christmas and Valentine’s Day)
- Better Date-a-Dex Scrolling When Using a Controller
- Reverse Date-a-Dex Order Option
- Save/Load UX Update
- Options Menu During Dialogue
- Chat History
- Auto Advance
- Fast Forward
- Icon for Mouse Cursor and Crouching
- Improved SPECS Animations
- Location Based Dialogue for Sinclaire, Hanks, Daisuke, Amir
- Timed textboxes for Bodhi and Miranda
- Updated Credits
- New Team17 Ident
- Xbox Handheld Compatibility
New to the game? No time like the present to hop on in! Pick up Date Everything! on all platforms at a 60 percent discount. For more, follow publisher Team17 and Date Everything! on social media.
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