{"id":123387,"date":"2022-03-28T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-129468"},"modified":"2022-03-28T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T21:30:00","slug":"random-this-dating-game-is-about-trying-not-to-get-a-girlfriend-and-it-could-come-to-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/28\/random-this-dating-game-is-about-trying-not-to-get-a-girlfriend-and-it-could-come-to-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: This Dating Game Is About Trying NOT To Get A Girlfriend, And It Could Come To Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d93eca5745ac\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d93eca5745ac\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d93eca5745ac\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you guys, but I am <em>constantly<\/em> batting away suitors. I go to the pretzel shop, and everyone starts making bread-based chat-up lines at me. I take a trip to the aquarium, and people are always trying to get into the octopus tanks to spell out MARRY ME with the poor guy&#8217;s tentacles. It&#8217;s a real burden, folks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"9hF5yTSfJxE\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Thankfully, there&#8217;s a video game in the works that I can finally relate to: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/studiotsundere\/i-just-want-to-be-single\">I Just Want To Be Single<\/a><\/strong>, an anti-dating game that&#8217;s currently fundraising on Kickstarter. You&#8217;ll play as Aya, a socially awkward, non-binary &#8220;anxiety-ridden mess&#8221; (haha, same) who&#8217;s new in town, and desperate to make friends&#8230; but she quickly discovers that her new haircut is just <em>too good<\/em>, and makes everyone fall in love with her.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a unique typing interface which you&#8217;ll have to use to talk to all the characters, and what with it being an <em>anti-<\/em>dating game, you&#8217;ll have to think hard about what the best thing to say would be&#8230; and then go in entirely the opposite direction. You&#8217;ll also have to pay attention to other mechanics, like timing, tone, and even secret hidden dialogue options.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s currently fully-funded for PC release, but one of the Kickstarter stretch goals is a Switch port \u2014 if the funding reaches $80,000 in the next two weeks, this could be a reality!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, one last thing: You can pet the dog in this game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/studiotsundere\/i-just-want-to-be-single\">Here&#8217;s the Kickstarter link<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em>Who&#8217;s a good boy? You are!!! Yes you are! Oh <strong>yes<\/strong> you are! Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know about you guys, but I am constantly batting away suitors. I go to the pretzel shop, and everyone starts making bread-based chat-up lines at me. 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