The Game: The Game
The Game: The Game is a feminist video game exploring consent and the practices of the male seduction community. In this unconventional dating simulator, infamous pick-up artists attempt to seduce the player…
The Game: The Game is an adventure developed by Angela Washko, released 31 December 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Game: The Game is
The Game: The Game is an adventure game developed by Angela Washko and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Game: The Game is a feminist video game exploring consent and the practices of the male seduction community. In this unconventional dating simulator, infamous pick-up artists attempt to seduce the player using techniques taken from their instructional materials. Pitting players up against six prominent seduction coaches who are vying for your attention at a bar, the game provides the opportunity for players to explore the complexity of seduction social dynamics as well as the experience of being a femme-presenting individual navigating this complicated and often dangerous terrain. The Game: The Game’s musical score was composed by Xiu Xiu.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Game: The Game launched on 31 December 2018, within three weeks of Gris, Dusk, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown and Judgment.
Released around the same time: Gris, Dusk, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Judgment.
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