GiseIIe

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator dad x dad visual novel short (2 - 10 hours) en

I'm two years late to the party but at least I finally got here. Everyone and their mother know by now of the existence of this dad dating simulator game which became a hit since the day of its release.

Dream Daddy is a visual novel where you play as the main character, a single and widower dad who just moved into a cul-de-sac in Maple Bay with her daughter Amanda.
Conveniently and strangely enough, there are lots of single and romanceable dads that live in your very same cul-de-sac. If I have to read the word cul-de-sac again, please drown me into mineral oil instead.

Beware! It starts with a character creator, so I obviously had to spend a whole half an hour on it before the story even started. I couldn't even decide on a name so I ended up being Dad McDad.

There are seven (!!) romanceable dads and all come with their own (sort of) story arc. The relationships are sweet and fluffy. The dads are not perfect and can have their flaws (I mean, Robert likes pineapple on pizza, so don't talk to me ever again, Robert).
All dads being gay (or bi, I guess) in game is not a source of drama, in fact I don't think that being gay is even really mentioned, it is just wholly accepted. It reminds me a lot of the Yuri on Ice anime universe and there's no bigotry based on sexual orientation or gender identity or races. For once, you don't have to worry at all about other people's reactions during your dates and this makes for a great escapist game.

The art style is really colorful and pretty with a top-notch character design (unfortunately, your protagonist made with the character creator is more stylized), the backgrounds look good too.
It is partially voiced and by that I mean there are some voice clips like gasps, laughs or small sentences used to provide audible feedback during conversations and they're used so often I felt like I was in Japan and after twenty minutes of it I wanted to give up on my earphones.
The engine used is Unity which is not bad since there are many minigames. Some are better than others but we could have done without them. There's not a skip read function, so you gotta fast-forward text on your own hoping not to miss new sentences.

And here comes the juicy part: no, there is no 18+ content, I didn't mean that!
When this game was released, people found out inside the game files traces of a mysterious secret cult ending which could not be accessed in game. Someone even ended up creating a make-do renpy port of what could be found; but a few months ago the devs finally implemented this ending in game through the Dadrector's Cut update.
It is very short but it is my favourite part of the game. It ties together some details you learn during Joseph and Robert's routes. The developers said that this story is not-canon, but I find the game's whole plot to be 100% more interesting by thinking of it as canon. I mean, there is a reason why almost all their spouses are dead and it is not a coincidence??? Sign me up on this. Joseph suddenly becomes the most interesting character. I'd pay for any official sequel or prequel to this cult ending.

Overall, the quality of this title is too good for the price I paid when this ended up in a bundle!

Description

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. You and your daughter have just moved into the sleepy seaside town of Maple Bay only to discover that everyone in your neighborhood is a single, dateable Dad!
Will you go out with Teacher Dad? Goth Dad? Bad Dad? Or any of the other cool Dads in this game?

Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.

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ninglor03

YES! Finally! \o/

God, I love this game! I might just love it even more then Coming Out on Top - which I love right now pretty awefully much :D
Also I have to get back to it, bc of the added not-cannon thing. Which I only… well saw/read stuff on the internet about and never went to deep into it. Also: I loved Joseph! I really, really did! Until he ditched our Dad and I was heartbroken. Otherwise he would have been my fav Dad ever ;(

I still hope they might make a Dream Mummy game as well. But… I guess that’s just fans hoping.

Did you manage the asdjkgsdfnjsbdf! golfing minigame? It’s the only reason I gave up on 100%ing the game ;(

Any idea what’s up next?

GiseIIe
YES! Finally! \o/

I know!!! It’s been a whole month since I actually played this!
Yesterday I sat down trying to write this post but nothing came out and I gave up ┐(‘~`;)┌ Luckily, today I was inspired. I should stick to write my reviews sooner.

Also I have to get back to it, bc of the added not-cannon thing.

It’s very short, probably not even 15 minutes? Worth it.

golfing minigame?

No!!! This and another one, I gave up on them.
The worst minigame was the Craig-running one (I think it’s new), I spent more than 5 minutes on that stupid game, it was never ending, I wanted to exit and reset everything ヽ( `д´*)ノ

Any idea what’s up next?

You mean what I’m going to play next? I’m currently replaying/playing the Flowers series, but I cannot make promises on reviews |・ω・)

ninglor03

Haha, yes, that as well. But more like “she finally played it! And loved it! And all that!” \o/ ;)
I normally try to type them right away - the reviews obv - but sooooometimes I have to force myself to do it before I post my update and… eh… well, they are never really organized nor pretty, just my thoughts on the whole thing :D

Only 15 mins? Ah maaaaaan, I expected a bit… well more I guess?

Craig running? Nope, doesn’t ring a bell, so it must be new. Which makes sense, bc it seemed like there was something new cheevo wise thinking
I won’t even try it. I mean, I can’t 100% it anyways, so I DON’T CARE! \o/

Ah THOSE Flowers. I though for a mom you were talking about the Flower Shop games from WW ;)
But those Flower series… is still on my WL, so we’ll see how soon that’ll happen for me :D

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GiseIIe
Ah THOSE Flowers. I though for a mom you were talking about the Flower Shop games from WW ;)

Have you read that yesterday the Winter Wolves games got banned from the google play store???
at least it’s a nice reminder not to buy games from google play in the future

ninglor03

No, I didn’t. Do we know why? Do I wanna ask google for infos? :D

GiseIIe

the usual stuff, apparently they were too “sexually explicit”. they were the censored/all ages versions so basically they were complaining about women in bikini and men without a shirt….. (¬_¬;)
this puritan stupidity is reaching absurd levels, we are regressing into censorship when there is nothing to censor… people want their witch hunts and will create them by themselves out of nowhere to be entertained.
I am also complaining about steam (& their lack of quality or consistency of policies) who is doing the same thing as google play, they are at fault too by banning all ages yuri more than once… I’m under the impression they are homophobic at steam, there is no other proper explanation to explain what the f they have been doing these past months

sorry for the rant!!

ninglor03

Yeah, I looked into it a bit before going to sleep last night and seen it on twitter. This is soooo weird!
Also if we do this on a such a platform… what’s next? We start throwing towels on girls in bikinis and dudes with… exposed chest. Oh AND there won’t be man nipples any more on TV! O.O
We will go back to being dressed up right to the neck and showing like no skin at all and… ugh, middle ages, here we come! \o/

Right, ironic end.
No need to say sorry :)

BigBlueWolf

I had a great time with Dream Daddy! Definitely one of the better games I’ve played in the last year. Glad you enjoyed it. :D

Kaleith

It ties together some details you learn during Joseph and Robert’s routes

Does it explain Rob’s love for pineapple on pizza? No way you can find any logical explanation <_<

GiseIIe

No!! Robert better stay in that cul-de-sac thinking about his culinary sins