I Wani Hug that Gator!

Name: I Wani Hug that Gator!
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (20 reviews)
Author: Cavemanon

by Cavemanon

Uncensored Windows Linux Mac Android

Versionv1.7.1

EngineRen'Py

Released2025-01-12

Updated2026-04-09

LanguageEnglish, Spanish (Spain & Latin America), Polish, Russian, Swedish, Thai

2DCG Animated Big Ass Big Tits Dating Sim Furry Humor Male Protagonist Mobile Game Monster Monster Girl Multiple Endings No Sexual Content Romance School Setting

I Wani Hug that Gator! is a choice-driven narrative about teenagers struggling to find their way. Here's the picture: You're Inco, a new human transfer student to St. Hammond High, where the curriculum is focused on the Arts. There you'll meet a number of colorful new friends such as the captivating baryonyx Olivia, along with other dinosaurs that are more vibrant than the canvases they paint on. As the only human in this Jurassic school, you'll have to consider your choices in order to thrive. Spoiler: More Wait, what do you mean we’re moving?! Just great; just when Inco was getting ready to move on into his Senior year, his parents decide to uproot his life and move half-way across the country! Guess it’s time to start all over. Sure, Inco didn’t have many friends (or any) back at his old school, and sure, he was so low on the social ladder that he had to get a deep-sea diving lesson…. Wait, why was he complaining about moving again? I Wani Hug that Gator is a multi-ended, choices-matter visual novel about second chances and the power of accepting who you are. Shape how Inco makes the most of his final year, and how the relationships he makes along the way will develop. One relationship in particular has him feeling all fuzzy inside… The Prehistoric Romance a Million-and-One Years in the making! If there’s one good thing to come out of Inco’s sudden relocation, it’s Olivia. Bold and brash, Olivia seems particularly gifted in getting under Inco’s skin. No matter how Inco slices it, he and Olivia seem destined to go together like a particularly scaly sandwich. But the outcome of such a pairing is yet to be determined… Wait, am I being graded on this?! Make friends, reconcile enemies, and figure out how Inco could possibly repair his miserable excuse for a social life. But be warned: The choices you make expands the relationships with Inco’s classmates and determines which of the four unique endings you receive. Maybe Inco should’ve spent a little less time studying and a bit more time learning how to relate to people… Spoiler: Trailer

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v1.7.1 Improved Swedish translation. Fixed achievements not syncing with steam achievements. v1.7.0 Updated to Ren'Py 8.3.4. Added Thai translation. Added normal Snoot dialogue box for modders, via the 'dialogue_ui_style' variable. Mods with no loadable scripts now have non-interactable toggle buttons and are no longer greyed out. Adjusted legacy mod entries to have the same spacing as regular mods. Pressing backspace will now hide the mod details pane in the mod menu, and show mod errors if there are any. On Android, a separate button will appear for this. Decreased spacing between mod buttons on PC. Hot-reloading the game will no longer play the splashscreen. Tweaked the size of a few menu strings to look better in non-english languages. Adjusted text in the Help menu to look better. In Ch. 3, fixed sprite of Olivia's tail slamming on the ground being offset. Fixed potential crashes with non-english language scripts. Fixed first-time setup not working correctly while "Skip splashscreen" is on in the Ren'Py SDK. Fixed volume sliders not loading defaults properly. Fixed 'NOMODS' mod loader file flag clearing the load order. Fixed new mod toggles sometimes being non-interactable. Fixed About menu being able to scroll horizontally. Fixed mod names falling back to their folder name instead of metadata name if there's no metadata translations when displaying an error in the mod menu. Fixed dialogue click-to-continue marker sometimes appearing on a new line by itself. Fixed Inco's phone darkening the background instantly when he brings it up. Fixed chapter select not hiding Inco's phone and unblurring the screen. Fixed various strings not being marked as translatable. Fixed Ending 4 playing the scrolling credits if playing from the chapter select. Fixed a few typos. On Android, visual overhaul of Inco's phone - He now holds it sideways, with tweaked text sizes for all elements. On Android, the mod menu now has a separate button for starting a mod, and tapping a mod entry only shows the mod details. On Android, fixed the options language selector being able to scroll horizontally. On Android, fixed the lean scene's UI's buttons not having an alternate action (This prevented the skip button's hold functionality from working). On Android, fixed names in the namebox not being the same relative height as on PC. On Android, fixed Ending 2 text being offset incorrectly. In the Demo, removed useless 'Fullbody' tab in the gallery. In the Demo, removed useless Achievements menu and associated popups. In the Demo, removed useless option to skip to new content. In the Demo, changed end-of-demo store buttons to be layed out horizontally and removed the bouncing animation. In the Demo, removed loading workshop mods and associated uploaders to prevent crashes from mods made for the full game. Minor codebase cleanup and improvement (With a few exceptions because of engine update jank). v1.6.2 Improved polish translation. Implemented workaround for two characters inhabiting the namebox at the same time not displaying correctly in Russian. v1.6.0 Added full Russian translation. Added Swedish translation. Added internal English language so non-English mods can be easily translated. Metro station background and Painting Destruction Pre-CG now have segmented text for translation purposes. Optimized all language assets. Adjust extended credits viewport to not extend past the screen. Fix "Signatures (Complete Menu)" music not looping correctly. Fix "Phone Library" in the extended credits not being translated in Spanish. Fixed even more instances of sprites suddenly shifting up. v1.3.7 Updated Ren'Py to 8.2.1 Updated libraries to their latest versions Improved mod support. Various metadata such as mod descriptions and images are now shown, alongside a revamped ui that implements a load order and enabling/disabling of mods. Added steam workshop uploaders in the mods folder. Made game startup faster by not loading all languages at once. Revised the choreography of the epilogue The epilogue is now available in the chapter select if the player has seen the epilogue Revised the UI of the phone Brought back the voice volume setting, Ren'Py sync, and the ability to skip to the next choice in the game via right-clicking the skip button from older Ren'Py versions. Fixed saving on the first line in the game causing a crash Fixed russian translation having empty strings in several places Improved spanish translation Fixed minor hiccups in chapter 18A's choreography Fixed Liz not turning around at the correct time in chapter 2 Fixed the track "Rollin' Along (Happy theme)" using the wrong loop point Fixed the track "A Small Town On Pluto (Happy 2 theme)" not having a loop point Updated tracks "Green Specter (Olivia theme)", "Rollin' Along (Happy Theme)", "This Class Sucks!!!!! (Boring Theme)", "Furious March of Red (Intense Theme)", "I Know You'll Be Fine", "Her Dress (Dress Reveal)", "Friends and Family (Ending D)", and "Reflecting On The Outer World (Introspective 1)" to have loop points. Added back the unused school winter night background for modding purposes When using auto-reload, the splashscreen is automatically skipped Fixed ending 4 spanish credits having overlapping text Fixed a timeloop bug when using the chapter select while already in-story Fixed Android UI widgets not having the same color as the desktop UI Adjusted volume buttons on Android to not be obnoxiously long Fixed an oversight where the language options items were shorter than the bounding box it was in, making text prematurely cut to a new line. Fixed the mod menu "No mods" message being misaligned with long text, and now highlights the path to place mods. Made the quick menu on Android during the lean scene use the same style as the rest of the normal quick menu Fixed the "Enable Debug Scores" option not immediately enabling/disabling on click on Android v1.2.1 Added achievements. Added full-game Spanish translation. Fix numerous typos, grammatical errors, misspellings, punctuation, and capitalization throughout the script. Fix a line that lacked an Inco sayer in Ch. 14.5 Remove a duplicate line in Ch. 15D. Correct a samey line in Ch. 1. Fix the last tail gift CG not showing in Ch. 19D. Most images that contain words are now segmented for easy translation. Added a new person to the 'Special Thanks' credits. Removed the old version of the track "Pale Morning (Anxious Ambience)" and replaced it's occurrence with the updated version.Renamed the internal track mus_foundout to mus_epilogue for better clarification. Removed a few unused assets. Improved mod compatibility with the save conversion on startup. Almost all image assets are now under a CC BY-SA license, with the rest being CC BY. Updated the tracks "Later, Gator (Credits A)", "Je suis un Homme (Credits B), "Friends and Family (Credits D)", "Muddy Wheelchair", and "Signatures (Complete Menu)" to their latest versions. Fix popping in the tracks "Closest (Credits C)" and "Je suis un Homme (Credits B)". Change the photo Inco sends to Olivia in Ch. 9 so it's actually according to the writing. The "Clear all" button in the drawing game is now undo-able. Clarified the Russian translation as only applying to the demo. Optimized all image assets with Oxipng. v1.0.10 Chapter Select debug tool now permits player to see ending-exclusive content Fix OpenGL Related shader crashes v1.0 Initial full release

DragonBoi_GX 2026-03-18 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Alright, so, whenever I search under the monster girl tag, I sometimes see this game pop up somewhere. Honestly, when I had first downloaded it, I thought I would just end up getting a poorly written story (like most VNs), give it one star review, and move on with my life all in the matter of 15 minutes. Man, was I fucking wrong. This is a extremely well written story that has no business being as good as it is. The emotional scenes made me actually feel something . I get a feel for what each character wants and why they do what they do. The animations (the few that there are) are really well done. Hell, the soundtrack for this game is actual music, not some copy pasted song ripped from a DRM free website. And, a lot of the scenes in the game really spoke to me as a person. Now, there are a few minor issues that I had with the game. Mostly revolving around the minor characters as they felt a bit flat for me, but that's really nitpicky. So yes, I would say that this is deserving of 5 stars. I Wani Hug That Gator Too

MalkavianVamp 2026-01-31 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

this was a great wholesome story and i loved every character in this game especially mc and the main li i also loved the ending i got so i didnt replay it again because i was satisfied with it ,anyways loved the story and cant wait from more from the dev ,adios and have fun

RainbowDrag 2026-01-30 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

One of the best furry VNs I have played. It is rare to see a wholesome, more straight furry VN, not that I mind the other stuff but this is rare and I really loved this. I wani hug that gator, but I think it is quite... disturbing that there is handholding in this.

LurkerTrash 2025-12-14 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

You don't fuck the gator, the gator fucks you, emotionally . As my username suggests, I don't really post but this game moved me enough to share my thoughts. Things I liked: Well-written characters with fleshed out emotions and goals. Story that doesn't treat you like a lobotomite meaning you actually have to have a shred of emotional intelligence to make choices (very low bar, but I've seen many VN's fail in this department). While going back to get other endings/dialogue, bad choices made me feel bad and not in some cheap "they all continued to live horrible lives and died horrible deaths womp womp ". Pacing was great, the hours blew by and the slower parts never felt dragged out. Character and background art was clean and thought out, nothing fancy or mindbreaking but had visual clarity with distinct silhouettes so even someone barely paying attention could remember different characters. Things that could have been improved: The cut scenes were refreshing and really good for a VN, but I felt like they were missing the final oomph needed to make them great. Art and animation was a bit rougher, especially compared to the regular sprites. Sound was present for only some people/objects making the missing sounds more blatant, like a conversation where you can only hear one side (just a metaphor, not an in-game example). In a handful of scenes, they did nerf character's frontal lobes to make them denser, not black hole forming dense but still too dense for no reason other than a quick joke or furthering the plot. The jokes were fine but at times I thought "really, we're going to trust Bitchface McGee to not be a bitch". While the memey aspects (MC's being named phonetic "incognito" and being an almost entirely faceless anonymous dude) and pop/nerd-culture references are handled well and aren't intrusive, it did detract from the serious tones a when you got engorssed into the story. TL;DR: Great game if you're not here to be horny, but instead to get emotionally invested in believable characters and intriguing story. If you like/tolerate VN's definately go hug the gator . If you hate VN's but you like story driven games or if you get emotionally invested in characters, go hug the gator . If they added gator sex, this would be 6/5 stars .

Steinnuss 2025-11-26 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Snootgame walked so Wani could run. It’s rare to find indie VNs that can handle topics like disability and depression so well. This is basically Snootgame 2.0 with less focus on the 4chan culture and with way more polish. Not much in the way of lewd scenes, but a lot of cuddling and wholesomeness overall. The furry/scalie stuff is basically just a stand-in or abstraction of humans. It’s there to make the MC more of an outsider. I recommend it for anyone that just finished another VN and seeks to fill that gap left behind. It’s hard to convince people to try things they usually don’t like, but if just one person can get sucked into this story and connect with these characters the way I did, it will validate me making this review. I’ll probably keep this little game close to my heart in the future. I found it just when some difficult things were going on in my life.

Suicidemaniac 2025-06-05 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Automatic 5 stars. There's no smut but things hit so close to home and the way they've laid the game out is incredible and they've managed to pack a TON of things into what's ultimately a fairly compact game. Highly recommend playing it through blind first time, absolute curveball, and I love and appreciate they did what the did. Immediately went on Steam and bought the game afterwards to show support.

FOREVER_SMILE 2025-05-19 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Peak game, extremely good written,No NSFW, but it was completely worth it, even actually bought the game on steam 4 endings, great art, AMAZING CHARACTERS, and as i said, i didnt expect it to be so so well written

Cat31 2024-11-12 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Good story, shows how absurd and stupid emotions and outrages look and how all of the little things bottle up until they fill the cup. You need to read the atmosphere on some of the choices for the internal game´s point system that determines in the end what will be your ending, which is a tad complicated but I find it good, after all, you are reading the story right?

Venatussy 2024-10-18 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Played thinking I would bust a nut, burst into tears instead. 10/10 game, wouldn't change a thing about it. The story, visuals and characters, especially the titular gator, are amazingly well crafted and engaging. Definitely recommend trying it out for yourself, and consider supporting the creators. I wish us all a gator wife. EDIT: THE GAME IS ON SALE ON STEAM TILL 27.10, please consider supporting the creators by buying it.

WookieCheeks 2024-10-12 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said in the other reviews here. Fucking phenomenal piece of work, even if the art/animations can be a bit rough at times. Possibly the best VN I've ever played, although Changeling Tale is a strong contender.

LS47 2024-10-11 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

This is an incredible VN, easily one of the best on this website. The story of the budding of the romance with a crippled, depressed girl, and its development through a long series of trials testing the protagonists' relationship and their strength of character, with the MC Inco slowly trying to gain her trust and her friendship, and Olivia learning to abandon the hard shell she's been developing throughout years of neglect and bullying. The character interactions are impeccable. When you read their dialogues, the characters feel like actual people, and you can really relate to their struggles and feel how important the events affecting them are. You'll grunt in annoyance when you see Olivia's more cynical side bubble up to the surface from time to time; you'll be really sad when she breaks down and cries from all the trauma and self-loathing she suffered for years; and you'll be similing and very happy for her when something good finally comes to her. Her relationship with Inco is neither forced nor rushed; the writers took their time to establish them as characters first, then as friends, then as lovers, and it feels really satisfying to see Olivia breaking her shell open and showing the side of her and will make the reader fall for her too. The only part about the characters that I don't like is in relation to Inco and Mia, the main antagonist. Mia is a fine character, she doesn't really need a motivation as to why she's the main bully to Olivia, but she does kinda only serve as the service bully throughout the entire session, and that does feel kind of a little bit caricatural and odd given her importance to the good ending, and how much more detailed the rest of the cast is. As for Inco, the feeling I got was the writers wanted to do a blend between your typical faceless nobody protagonist and an actual character with layers and depth. This is difficult to pull off well, and I don't think they pulled it off perfectly well here. Although he really starts off as an empty canvas, it's nice to be able to influence his personality and make him become a totally different person in each ending, but his naive nature and his blandness at the start of the game was a bit grating to me. It doesn't help that he's got no face or hair, wears sunglasses at all times and is named Inco G. Nito... Like, the only way to make this more blatant would have been to give him just a colored outline like the nobody background characters, and it wouldn't have changed much. Also, he seems to have some sort of backstory with his neglectful and overworked parents, but this never goes anywhere. It is mentioned at times in the first half of the story, but is never relevant to the plot nor impactful on what ending you get. It's a missed opportunity in my opinion. Speaking of endings, I think it's kind of a shame to have us get all 4 endings to get the epilogue. First, it's never clear at any moment what choices in which branch will give you the points you need to reach either ending; I had to go through a guide on Steam to figure that one out, which is a big negative in my eyes. Secondly, I feel personally that the bad endings kinda "tarnish" the wholesomeness and the value of the good ending, if that makes sense. The first 2 endings are really emotionally rough, really showing the nasty side of what Olivia and Inco can truly become; and while they're important to get a full picture of the characters, I don't think they're essential for a satisfying conclusion, and they kinda deflate the value of the fourth ending when they keep nagging at your mind how wrong the events could have went instead. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but if you want to reach the epilogue, start with the 3rd (neither good nor bad, a bit sad but still statisfying in its own way), get the 1st, then the 2nd, and get the 4th (good) ending last. It will make the thing more palatable. There's not much to talk about besides that. I really appreciate the presentation, how colorful and alive the scenes look, and I really like how they went the extra mile to add proper cutscenes, although the animations are more on the rough side honestly, and are more distracting than effective at their job. The artists could have spared a few more panels for important moments, like the protags' first kiss and what not, but most of them are piled at the beginning of the story, which is wierd because it's the least interesting part of the VN. But overall, it's a fantastic experience. I wonder if this was partially inspired by stuff like Katawa Shoujo, because if you like that one, you'll probably like this one even more. The story kinda drags on at times, but it never feels like a waste of time. It's an incredible story from start to finish. It has a theme, it knows its subject matter very well, there's no wheel-spinning, the character conflicts are tastefully handled, the payoff to the main couple's months of struggles is very rewarding to read... It's just an excellent story.

len00 2024-10-11 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Higher than average production value game, a game where the romance actually develops very sweetly, I like my romances cuddly and clingy, and I guess the game has pulled it off to a pretty decent extent, the banter an meme game is top tier, would have liked to see more cute moments from the MC and gator girl, I think the plot focuses too heavily on the challenges they have to face, depression etc, the wheelchair hand dance was so cute in ED 4. I actually like ending 3 more than 4 in a way, I hate being in an ideal world where romance develops perfectly, they also made her skinnier and hotter (IMO) in the Ending 4 epilogue, would have liked another balance on tail scene in the epilogue, now that she's skinnier.

followergaster 2024-10-09 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Bro, I cried finishing this game, it's an incredible game and I refuse to take the routes that go wrong, so only the one that goes right exists. a lot of nito but I think it's just a huge difference between our personalities

Chillman 2024-10-09 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I bought this game after playing Snoot Game earlier this year and wow, am I blown away with this dev team's ability to write really good character narratives. Wonderful storytelling and writing. Lots of choices and consequences, with 4 endings that hit you in the gut emotionally. Choices matter here, and you will know just how badly you screwed up with some. Olivia is a wonderfully written character. You really should hug that gator. In fact, I think pretty much this entire cast is fairly well defined. The art, visuals, and music are all top notch too. Highlights are definitely whenever animated scenes show up. High recommendation to play and buy to support the dev team.

GaRbS 2024-10-08 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Absolute masterpiece of a game, an emotional rollercoaster that will make you laugh, cry of sadness, wail in despair and tear up from happiness across 4 possible endings. The character sprites are so well drawn and have lots of different expressions. The music is fantastic and the few completely animated cutscenes across the game are beautiful. The two main characters, Inco and Olivia, are multi-layered individuals that change accordingly to your choices and become drastically different versions of themselves, either for the best or worse. The only thing this game is missing are bonus chapters, give them to us Cavemanon, and my life is yours!

FeLisk 2024-10-07 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I didn't even play the game I just know this is a masterpiece : D It comes from a long journey on 4chan and through a lot of drama Also f*ck that other game that enraged people so much they made this Also after also, good that they enraged these people What a phenomenon, truly fascinating )

BeachB4ll 2024-10-07 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

emotional sad and also very heartwarming at the same time the music is good the story is pretty good the animations are sometimes goofy but theyre fine the backgrounds are sometimes real life images but blurred but they dont bother me too much also some characters dont really add much to the story or have a purpose which kinda bothers me a little because snoot game did it better but yeah aside from that i would definitely pay 15$ for this game.

superaids420 2024-10-07 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

its emotional porn. its about personal growth and overcoming hard times. 10/10. Doesn't include any sex but it doesn't need it. A lot of VN feel padded unlike this. After beating the game you can select chapters for easy replays to see the other endings.

lucien lachance34AF 2024-10-06 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

IWANI is one of the best visual novels I have ever played along with Snoot Game and I am someone who gets bored of visual novels very easily if it dose not have any sort of gameplay element to it. Even though it is devoid of any sexual content I would still highly recommend it if your looking for a good story.

ZePyro 2024-10-06 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Don´t play this, unless you wanna get hooked with this sorts game! Played that too long on Steam and whoever liked it, should support the creators! (Even though they are 4Chan users to begin with) Emotional Damage! 11/10 Would cry again! Now let me suffer some more with the mods!