Canadian indie developer H9O6 recently released a Kickstarter for their upcoming stats-raising visual novel, MY DEAR☆LOVE. The game is inspired by classic shojo manga series like Baby & Me (Aka-chan to Boku) and Aishiteruze Baby and the Princess Maker game series.
In My Dear Love, you play as high school girl Megumi Takahashi (first name renameable) who takes on the task of taking care of kindergartener Katsuya, the nephew of her crush, Atsuya Suzuki! The game is meant to be free to play, however the team created the Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to create a more robust, extended version of My Dear Love!
The campaign has a goal of $4,750 USD and is set to run until August 9, 2024, so be sure to show your support before the deadline! The team plans to release the game between late 2024 and early 2025 on PC (via Steam, itch.io, and DLsite) in both English and Japanese.
About MY DEAR LOVE
Cherish this moment, and it will become forever—
During her summer job at an amusement park, Megumi meets a lost little boy. The boy is reunited with his parents very shortly, leaving Megumi relieved but sad about their short time together.
A year later, Megumi is in the same class as her crush, the ever-popular Atsuya. In spite of this opportunity to get closer to him, she is satisfied with just watching him from afar…
One day in the neighborhood park, Megumi sees Atsuya with a little boy and mistakes the boy for Atsuya’s child. Turns out, the little boy is the lost child she met at her summer job!
Atsuya explains that the little boy is his sister’s son —— Katsuya, who had come to stay with Atsuya for a month while his mother is away. However, as he is of a single mother household, Atsuya is not confident in taking care of little kids. Megumi, wanting to help her crush, takes on the task of baby-sitting along with Atsuya.
Megumi’s life takes a turn as she becomes closer to the two boys…
Synopsis
Characters of MY DEAR LOVE
Features in MY DEAR LOVE
- Re-nameable Heroine with Option: You can change the first name of the heroine, Megumi Takahashi, and toggle her side image on/off during the game.
- Expressive Character Sprites: Character sprites with different poses and eye-blinking and mouth-moving animation!
- Full colour CGs: Experience slice-of-life moments with Katsuya and Atsuya accompanied by beautiful illustrations in Japenese Watercolouring Style.
- Stat-raising Simulation: Choose from a list of commands to interact with Katsuya or raise his stats, which includes sociability, intelligence, and fitness. Talking to Katsuya or playing with him will raise his affection for and trust in you, and will also affect your relationship with Atsuya, the romanceable love interest.
- 3 Personalities System: Raising different stats will impact Katsuya’s personality, leading to different reactions and endings! *Only available in the full game.
- Mini Games: Enjoy interactive mini games! Details to come after our Kickstarter campaign!
- Multiple Endings: Your relationship with Katsuya and his stats will impact his future and determine the ending of the story. There are possible ending(s) with the male love interest, Atsuya.
- Multiple Languages: Choose to play the game in full English or Japanese text!
About the Team: H9O6
H9O6 is a small multilingual studio consisting of two creative minds (and a cat!) who are deeply influenced by Japanese subculture, specifically games, manga and anime, music and literature. During the hardships in our lives, these creative works gave us strength and they continue to inspire us today.
