A bit of self-promo can’t hurt. 
Still in devlopment. This is just the Kickstarter. No idea about the price yet.
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Oh, is it almost finished? Can we get a heads up on the price?
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Hi everyone!
Issue #15 of the news bulletin is out now,
Sorry it’s a little later than usual but with Amare Fest wrapping up, it’s been a little chaotic.
This was a bit of a light week in terms of Amare news but there are some cool new DLCs and game updates to look at so have a look through the issue to see what’s going on in the Amare game sphere for the last two weeks.
See you next issue!
~Amare News Team
https://itch.io/games/tag-amare
Itch Link for Download - https://amaregames.itch.io/amare-new-bulletin-2024/devlog/723831/issue-15-released-apr-15-apr-30
Tumblr Link for Web View - Amare Fortnightly Bulletin 15/04/24 - 30/04/24 – @amaregames on Tumblr
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Ok, drop everything and give Favor a try! Episode 2 has just been released, and it felt illegal to play it for free, even if it is in an appetizer stage.
https://concreteparasite.itch.io/favor
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Choices ? There is no shortage of them, personality-wise and relationship-wise, I was quite satisfied.
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Customization ? Both your room ( which comes with little easter eggs ) and character are customizable, the amount of details put into them is mind-blowing, for a second I thought I was playing a decorating or a dress-up game.
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The art ? I never saw so many visuals in one episode, practically most of the characters’ feelings/ emotions are drawn/ shown ( a character is feeling sick and has the need to puke ? There is face for that. They are ignoring you in favour of their phone ? You can see it ). I don’t know why but this is something that stood out to me, because It’s rare to see such a comprehensive portrayal done in other VNs ( I know they are time consuming and costly ) except for three or four emotions, and for the rest you get to imagine through words. The art itself is also incredibly well-executed; I found myself saving at every new emotion Z expressed.
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The UI and the way you can interact with it ? Chef’s kiss.
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And most notably, the main romance involves a yandere/demon, which is quite the intriguing combination. Nothing can possibly go wrong…But also, love me some confident yandere. You should go and pay them a visit. Don’t worry he doesn’t bite… too hard.
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I’m so glad that we have control who the other LIs to pair up with. Having known that Damon and Alisa will pair up if I play other routes made me lose interest in the VN and stopped reading already together. Time to get back to it soon!
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I’ve played through Damon and Vexx’s routes (and started Cal’s), and it’s pretty good.
The romance feels a bit shallow, though, because it’s basically cut and paste for most of the scenes, with the LI name changed. There is a tiny bit that changes based on the LI, but it’s not much. If you play just one route, it’s great. When you start playing the others, it’s like… meh. Still good content, though, and my MCs want to smack the hell out of the sister at times.
On the other hand, I tried the newest update of College Craze and it’s awesome. The newest stuff is behind a paywall on Patreon, but you can play up through chapter 3 for free, I think. At first, I thought it was just going to be a smutfest (and it can be, if you want to play an unapologetic sex fiend), but there is actually an overarching story that is good, an unidentified yandere stalking you (and he’s, umm, interesting…), a bff (or ex bff) who is having some issues, and a whole host of LIs, including your roomie’s boyfriend, your bff from before, your boss at a cafe, a bunch of rich dudes, some dads (one of which is all kinds of hot), and your professor.
You can only play as a female, and most of the LIs are male, but there is at least one female (there may be more, but I never play those, so who knows). The game is a blast, though, and well written. The art is awesome, too. But, warning, it is for mature (well, older than 18, lol) audiences only. And don’t play it at work unless you want to get sued or canned!
After work, I need to get back to playing Bewitching Sinners. And, btw, there will be a DLC with an Ivar route, for those of you who are like me and wanting a piece of Ivar…
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The game is in early access on Steam, for those that use Steam.
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The Wedding Kickstarter is live!
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Hi everyone!
Issue #16 is out!
This month we have several game jams that ended right around the release of this issue. We are slightly changing up how we announce and handle game jam games so you’ll find a new page at the end of the bulletin highlighting a few randomly pulled game jam entries!
There are also some other exciting new game announcements and releases as well as a couple of new KSs. So make sure to check them all out as well.
See you next issue!
~Amare News Team
What is the Amare Bulletin?
The Amare Games Bulletin is a fortnightly news bulletin, where we track Amare game launches, releases, announcements, and other related news.
What is Amare?
An inclusive term that describes relationship-focused Visual Novels and Interactive Fiction games that feature a wide range of diversity such as racial, cultural, LGBTQA+ and more.
https://itch.io/games/tag-amare
Itch Link for Download - https://amaregames.itch.io/amare-new-bulletin-2024/devlog/732396/issue-16-released-may-1-may-15
Tumblr Link for Web View - Amare Fortnightly Bulletin 1/05/24 - 15/05/24 – @amaregames on Tumblr
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For those of you who haven’t seen it yet:
https://robobarbie.itch.io/seekl
This is from the author of Blooming Panic (which I had never played until last night when I had a horrible bout of insomnia), and I freaking love this game. And I love Odxny (the one and only LI)! At first, I thought I did something wrong, but then got the love end with him. It was so sweet. 
Amusing aside, I felt like I was at work playing the game. I literally deal with SQL databases all freaking day long. The first “assignment” came up and I was like, “what is this? amateur hour? why are you giving me instructions!”. It was funny. Then my husband saw it and walked up and was wanting to play to do the queries. We’re such fucking geeks.
But if you don’t know SQL, don’t worry… the other characters will walk you through it. It’s like a little SQL for dummies class, along with the romance. 
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That is the best recommendation I’ve had in ages, I don’t get to do SQL nearly enough. I need to check that game out.
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If anyone likes romance games with coding I highly recommend Code Rom@ntic!
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Hello Everyone!
Issue 17 of the Amare news bulletin is released!
It’s a slightly smaller issue this week as things have been a little quiet on the Amare news front. Never fear. With multiple game jams under way or starting soon, there should be a deluge of new games to frolic amongst soon enough.
That said, there are still a few new updates and releases to check out so please check out the issue to see what’s going on in the Amare sphere these days!
See you next issue!
~Amare News Team
What is the Amare Bulletin?
The Amare Games Bulletin is a fortnightly news bulletin, where we track Amare game launches, releases, announcements, and other related news.
What is Amare?
An inclusive term that describes relationship-focused Visual Novels and Interactive Fiction games that feature a wide range of diversity such as racial, cultural, LGBTQA+ and more.
Itch Link for Download - Issue 17 Released - Amare New Bulletin 2024 by Amare Games
Tumblr Link for Web View - Amare Fortnightly Bulletin 16/05/24 - 31/05/24 – @amaregames on Tumblr
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In case anyone missed it (like I did) Royal Order from Nifty Visuals has had its full release. It’s a stat raiser which isn’t my favourite style of visual novel but I really enjoyed the premise, ROs and MC backstory from the demo of this one.
EDIT: Okay, I have been playing non stop for hours. Finished two routes and cried several times. If you have any doubts, don’t. Get it immediately. It has an easy mode that removes most of the complication of stat checks and the story is amazing!
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Hello Everyone!
Issue #18 is out!
This fortnight we have had a lot of news come out which is very exciting! A bunch of new games and updates as well as some Kickstarter’s.
So make sure to check out all the great news in this fortnight’s bulletin and we will see you next issue.
~Amare News Team
Itch Link for Download - Issue 18 released (Jun 1 - Jun 15) - Amare New Bulletin 2024 by Amare Games
Tumblr Link for Web View - Issue 18 of Amare Fortnightly Bulletin 1/06/24 - 15/06/24 – @amaregames on Tumblr
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Looks like 7 Kingdoms: the Princess Problem has an itch.io page. It won’t be available fora few more days, and they will be doing some bug testing, etc. before a Steam release.
Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem by Azalyne Studios (Aly)
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Wow, this one has been in development since what feels like forever. Can’t believe its actually releasing!
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OMG! I can’t believe it after all these years 
I’m so happy it wasn’t abandoned!
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Finally got around to trying out the demo for Seven Kingdoms which I got recommend to try out and so far I’m really enjoying my time with it. I already have plans for 3 mc’s. First is a kind stoic Jiyel scholar who plans on following in Katyia’s footsteps. I plan on splitting her run for Ana, Emmett, Hamin and Lyon. Second is an amoral zpower-hungry Revarie widow who with I will be aiming for the Gisette romance/Jarrod marriage path of which I hear there is a special ending for. Might also do a split for romancing Zarad and also Gisette romance/Lisle path. Third and probably last for a long time will be the secret Historian who is pretty much just for me to romance the non noble characters that I’m interested in ( Jasper,Ria,Greer) without running the mc life too much
Edit: Whops I meant to post this in the Seven Kingdoms topic oh well I will post it in both
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Personally finished my first playthrough yesterday. It was… a ride.
Went for the Gisette romance, which went well enough, and mostly succeeded at everything during the summit, ending up with a great reputation, three kingdom rivalries entirely solved, quite a few friends abroad… But I utterly failed at preventing the Revaire civil war (or even realize it was about to happen). Which was a problem, since my character was from Revaire. Cue MC musing “huh, that didn’t turn out as expected. I’m sure I can ride it out. Eventually. What’s another ten years, amirite?”
So yeah, managed somehow to snatch a bad end from what seemed like a promised perfect ending. So now I’m preparing to start over and do it right this time.
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