VALIDATE: Struggling Singles in Your Area

WHAT IS VALIDATE?

Set in the Jercy City area, ValiDate is a visual novel about 13 struggling singles navigating the harsh realities of love and life. Running the gamut from independent living, financial difficulties, and raising children on their own, our cast of 20-something millennials learn that growth does not end when a person comes of age and is only a precursor to quarter-life crises. Shenanigans ensue.Play as Malik, Inaya, Isabelle, and Emhari in Volume 1 of ValiDate as they enter the Jercy City's unpredictable dating scene, their stories told through over 30 routes and hours of gameplay based on your good (or bad!) choices. Enable their awful behavior and leave a trail of broken hearts behind them, or help them along the path of self-betterment with mixtapes, poetry, and cosplay thrown into the mix.

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MEET THE CAST!

Meet Emhari Abdi! 28 / virgo / she/her, he/him.
Malik Paterson | Manager at Bopeyes | 26 | Sag | He/Him | Ghanian |
Meet Inaya Saifi! 25 / aries / she/her, they/them.
Isabelle Morrigan | Theatre teacher | 27 | Libra | She/her | Cuban and Chilean | Liked Spamilton before it was cool. No longer likes Spamilton. | Bitches be singing all the time and wonder why people call them birds.
Rocky Harrison | PR Specialist | 24 | Virgo | He/him | Chinese and Black American | Won the spelling bee in 6th grade and is still riding that high. | Fellas, is it gay to plan your wedding with a man you just met? | Party in the front, business in the fro
Arihi Cooper | 25 | Gemini | He/Him | Marriage Counselor | Marriage is a scam created by the government to make people rely on o
Yolanda Cerise | Hair stylist | 28 | She/her | Pisces | Korean and French | Hairstylist doll | Listens to too much La Dispute |
Bigs Smallson | Delivery Driver | 25 | Aquarius | He/him | Black American | Openly bi and ready to fly | 6'4 since 2007 | Best PUS driver on da block. | Lead architect on the friends to dating to friends again pipeline.
Alonzo Davids | Personal Trainer | 22 | Pisces | He/him | Your angle AND your devil. Namastay the fuck out these DMs. | Who needs Facetune when you have Bujifilm and 38 ring lights? | Actual Dad of the Year
Anoki Wanderbull | Urban Planner | 22 |She/he/them | Leo | Lakota Native American Can full combo any rhythm game while blindfol
Ashlie Kolum | Professional Gamer | 24 | Scorpio | She/Her | Lao and Ecuadorian | Calling people slurs in PVP isn't very gamer of you. | Saying poggers to numb the pain. | You will Like, Comment, and Subscribe, or Face the Consequences.
Catherin Pinla | Magazine Editor | she/her | 24 | Capricorn | Dominican | The country girlboss of the corporate world. | FAull t
Keaton Nervetti | Film Major | 24 | Scorpio | He/him | McDonald's | Future nepotism hire | Showers twice a month | Wealth is a choice. Horror is a lifestyle.

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BLURB

ValiDate is a romantic visual novel about 13 adults in Jercy City navigating new relationships and the harsh realities that come alongside them.

VALIDATE: Struggling Singles in Your Area

DETAILS

Developer: Veritable Joy Studios
Platforms: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Itch.io
Projected Release Date: Out now!
Website: validategame.com
Social Media: twitter.com/validategame
Contact: contact@veritablejoystudios.com


SYNOPSIS

Anywhere can be the city of love if you’re willing to try hard enough, and some of these folks from Jercy City are desperate. ValiDate presents a smorgasbord of relationships to bear witness to— but the dating scene is difficult even when you aren’t marginalized in six different ways, so happiness continues to fly just out of reach for these unlucky lovers.


FEATURES

- 13 playable characters with 30+ routes.
- The ability to choose horrible decisions and see the entertaining fallout.
- #OwnVoices narrative writing by an all people of color team.
- Original score by the Boy.
- Flawed characters undergoing narrative arcs handled with empathy and self-indulgence.
- Achievements for every single ending.

AWARDS

Recipient of the Games Devs of Color 2021 GrantRecipient of the 2022 GLAAD Award


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SPRITES

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MONETIZATION PERMISSION

ValiDate Game allows for the contents of ValiDate: Struggling Singles in Your Area to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from ValiDate: Struggling Singles in Your Area is legally & explicitly allowed by ValiDate Game.

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