You play a young man trying to find his place in the world while uncovering the stories of people around him and moving toward a life tied to crime. In this VEGA Studio Ren'Py title, formerly called Desired Love, you build relationships by learning what people do and like, and your choices may or may not bring you what you want. The game presents a sandbox style romance with animated 3DCG visuals.
The current build is v0.19.7, released on May 13, 2022, and development is ongoing. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac, is written in English, and is uncensored. The changelog notes for v0.16.1 include fixes to Andrew and Steve events, especially access to Event 5, new map icons, a changed trigger for Katherine's first event, graphical text changes, and altered log display.
Developer's description
Take control of a young man who struggles to find a place in the world and doesn't know what lies before him. Discover people stories around you and your inevitable consecration into a world of crime.
Build relationships with them, knowing what people do and like. Your choices may or may not get you what you desire.
Formerly known as 'Desired Love'
v0.19.7
N/A
v0.16.1
* Fixed Andrew/Steve event/s, especially Event 5 accessability
* Added new map icons
* Changed how Katherine's first event triggers, now through new icon
* Some graphical text changes
* Changed how events are shown in the Log
* Boring code related fixes/stuff
v0.06.4
Added values for Music, Sound, Voice volume, Text speed etc.
New design for Choice buttons
v0.06.3
Fixed some label definitions that prevented major scenes from occurring
New pc icons design, more colorful and with alternative hover movements
Implemented dynamic pc icons code, pc desktop can take up to 50 icons total
New "This PC" icon, currently have options to select color of icons text , probably will feature an option to move icons on ingame pc desktop
Hiding GUI in Player's room when choice to "sleep" or "stay awake" is present to avoid bugs
Presplash image should now be properly shown, to indicate that something is going on at the game startup
v0.06.2
fixed bug preventing from triggering Emily's interaction scene
added Desired Love SE presplash icon
v0.06.1
further label, variable, image maintenances
changed map transition, from fade to dissolve
removed map 'skip time' button when day time is night
attempt at better backwards compatibility (Loading from 0.05.X and older saves should now load without any errors)
minor bug fixes and code changes
Note: If background music isn't playing, pick a scene from "scene replay" and skip throught it with "skip" button to start playing it.
v0.06
added Julia's scene
added Emily's interaction scene
remastered Julia's first morning scene, twice as long, 2x30fps animations
new reworked GUI
added smoother transitions between rooms and locations
added music
added sound effects
changed main menu buttons style
added main menu credits screen
source code maintenance
images maintenance
variables maintenance, changed and deleted old (You may get an immediate error screen after load, pass it with pressing 'Ignore' button. This unfortunately is a byproduct of backwards compatibility.)
bug fix map, crash when accessing map during night
bug fix scene replay, crash when accessing Amanda's scene
fixed 'Return' button in main menu, disabled right click to prevent background bug
various minor bug fixes
fixed some Katherine's scene text inconsistencies
fixed text typos
Notice: Saves are still backwards compatible with previous versions (0.04, 0.05 and all their iterations), planned backwards compatibility until version 0.1. This may change with engine rework.
v0.05.3
Added 4 missing animations (240 renders, blowjob, pussy rub, 2 x fingering)
Remastered Julia's Monday interaction scene and added new interaction scene (more background story)
New better and bigger map
Fixed typos
Fixed morning Emily's interaction
New mouse cursors in options (Experimental, cursor you chose won't save after you close the game, you may experience lower performance)
0.05.2:
new scenes with Julia
added a new handjob animation
new scenes with Amanda
fixed inconsistent background when opening bathroom drawer
remastered first Katherine's scene to 2019 standards
redone Coffee Shop
remastered home/ made it more consistent
implemented a new background blur when inventory/log is opened
v0.05 Alpha SE
New Amanda's scene
New Julia's scenes
Remastered Katherine's first scene
Fixed typos
Fixed bugs
v0.04.2
New Emily's scene
New Julia's scene
New Katherine's scenes
New Andrew's/Steve's scene
Added new/updated Log (Can be accessed through Inventory)
2 New Amanda's emails (Animated)
Added ability to view email pictures/animations full screen (Indicated when hovered, by magnifying glass in upper right corner)
Added scenes to scene replay (Split "Intro" to 4 different sections for easier access)
New Emily's bathtub scene
New Location "Katherine's House" with a few interactive stuff
Better backgrounds for scene triggers (Characters have shadows etc., aren't floating in the air anymore)
New menu song
Almost double the amount of text
New "Stat screen" added to Log
Bug fixes(Fixed emails, Julia's scene scheduling and more)
v0.041
Added an interactable bathtub (Evening and night only)
Added memory minigame (Normal and Uber Mode)
Added scene replay
Added placeholder screens because of misconceptions of what is yet to be implemented
Added Log (Experimental, added additional info)
GUI improvements
Bugfixes (fixed log preventing to gain more info)
Check your in-game mail inbox for possible reveal of a new side character
v0.03.3
Fresh start needed
1. Complete visual rework (Remaster)
2. Implemented inventory system
3. Added "interactions" Julia's scenes
4. Added requirements for events to become available
5. More than 140 new renders
6. More than 280 renders remastered
7. Added first things to pick up
8. Fixed dialogues
9. Double the amount of text compared to 0.02
10.(Maybe not so important) New menu/design
11.Rollback switch in Options
12. 0.03.3 Bug fix, added one more scene
Saves that were made after 0.18 will work.
If they were done prior 0.18 you'll need to start again.
Player reviews
Player rating2.0 / 5 · 20 ratings
Written reviews20 · avg 2.1★
Positive (4–5★)5%
Latest review2023-05-19
What players say
A visually appealing game undermined by years of slow development and very little content.
5★0
4★1
3★7
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Players like
High quality renders and graphics
Good animations on the scenes that exist
Attractive character models
Common complaints
Extremely slow development with minimal content
Tedious sandbox navigation with no guidance
Character models look very similar to each other
Best for players who appreciate high-quality renders and can wait years for content
Summarised from 20 written player reviews.
The Wizard of Oz2023-05-19★★★★★
Another game for psychics. There is no understanding of what to do in the game, because there is no help from the game for player-0, the only way is to break into all locations and check them for content, but…
TarAlcarin2022-12-02★★★★★
This game (at version 0.19.4) is a real mixed bag. Let's start with the good points first: The renders are very well made. Rooms are nicely built and lit. Nice use of scenery, depth of field, decent variation in angles…
randomname422022-11-27★★★★★
Not only does the dev not ever add content at a pace that anywhere resembles reasonable, existing content actually gets removed. The renders are pretty good, but you'll never actually see a payoff in either story or sex scenes, so…