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A Pawfect Date: Pomo's Cozy Romance by Pomo

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made by Pomo for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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IF YOU NEED HELP RETURN TO THIS PAGE LATER

THERE ARE SPOILERS BELLOW!!! PLEASE DO NOT SCROLL DOWN BEFORE PLAYING THE GAME!!!

https://arthurds.itch.io/a-pawfect-date-pomos-cozy-romance

https://arthurds.itch.io/a-pawfect-date-pomos-cozy-romance

JUST CLICK ONE OF THE LINKS TO GO TO THE ITCH IO PAGE

https://arthurds.itch.io/a-pawfect-date-pomos-cozy-romance

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SPOILERS:

The game has a boss mode and a endless mode that has a online leaderboard

Boss mode has one checkpoint

You unlock endless mode by beating the boss

SKIP LIGHT NOVEL

AND

QUICK RESET:

Left Control + R (does not apply to shortcut)

UNLOCK ENDLESS CHEAT

Left Control + L

This will unlock the boss checkpoint and endless mode the next time you open Main Menu. It also enables a ain menu button at the initial screen where you place your name

TIPS AND CONTROLS

This game is made with people that are familiar with undertale or bullet hell type games in mind, and its intended to be very hard!

When Red you can just move freely vertically and horizontally

When blue you have gravity that affects you, pressing up or space will jump, holding the jump button will make you go higher

Full Playthrough

I die at the end of the video cause that was endless mode, not the ending of boss mode

https://youtu.be/jxATyIb76Do?si=41X8P7IZNeKh4e6h

PostJam Version

Fixed a bunch of problems with endless mode Refreshed Leaderboard Added a new attack type thats really cool Polished endless mode a bunch

Credits

Programming/Design - Pomo, AKA Arthur Sousa

Attack Arts - @cjgladback

Avatar Art - Thallison

Music - Megaloglamour : y outu.be/BgtLHVSEbwo?si=uPrEdw-H10RBTjQ2

For your graphics rating consideration:

We made all the art for the Undertale part of the game. The lightnovel stuff was made with Midjourney and random things from google.

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/a-pawfect-date-pomos-cozy-romance

Ratings

Overall 375th 3.771⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Fun 191th 3.896⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 682th 3.219⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Theme 606th 3.583⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 656th 3.457⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Humor 64th 4.135⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Mood 313th 3.813⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 2🗨️

Feedback

jukepoks1
03. Oct 2023 · 13:30 UTC
I tried your game's web version. Can't get past the gun shooting :smile:

There indeed was a reason hidden there lol.

Nice game. For the starting part I tought this was going to go weird direction. :laughing:

Good implementation of game mechanics.

Story at start went away automatically so fast I couldn't read all the words in it.

I think you can update the web version if you got some bugs in it. Add a changelog about what has been fixed.
Arthurds
03. Oct 2023 · 15:30 UTC
@jukepoks1 yeah web version really wanst working out too much, I deleted it. I will be making some quality of life stuff later
Artyom Volkov
03. Oct 2023 · 15:51 UTC
The cutest opening scene ever! Well it's well designed and hard as hell. However, I think, that the very second bone sequence is a little bit too punishing for the very beginning and feels unfair in comparison with next ones, which are easier to learn and execute after a bit of training.
Arthurds
03. Oct 2023 · 15:53 UTC
@tricky-fat-cat Im nerfing that one today!!!! Along with some other quality of life changes
Artyom Volkov
03. Oct 2023 · 15:57 UTC
@pomo will play a nerfed version
LDJam user 336560
03. Oct 2023 · 16:06 UTC
Very hard and then very easy once you learn it. Very fun apart from the QoL stuff :)
jukepoks1
03. Oct 2023 · 16:23 UTC
I'll cladly play nerfed version as well! Just notify us here when it's available. :)
Kylazaur
03. Oct 2023 · 18:23 UTC
Pomoo, I thought you were trolling me with the first part, I was about to quit! but then the game started and I'm bad at it but great entry :P
Andreadbx
03. Oct 2023 · 19:09 UTC
Legally distinct :D sadly i'm so bad at it, but this game made me in tears for laughing lol
Krassenstein
03. Oct 2023 · 19:25 UTC
Thanks for letting me play this on stream, it was awesome!

Here's the VOD with Timestamps so you can click to your gameplay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVsG7UOyfw
Whirlguy
03. Oct 2023 · 19:26 UTC
Hey Pomo! Great to see another game of yours! Breaks my heart to see AI art in there but it made for an amusing intro haha. The boss battle is harrrd! I gave up at the gun part but I definitely had fun ;D
Arthurds
03. Oct 2023 · 21:19 UTC
@whirlguy The AI art was truly just to make that silly joke, the proper Undertale part of the game we made all the art with a lot of love <3
Arthurds
03. Oct 2023 · 21:21 UTC
@jukepoks1 @tricky-fat-cat @markais @kylazaur @andreadbx @krassenstein @whirlguy

Hey! I just made a new build with easy mode and some other good stuff like quick reset and skip light novel shortcuts!

Easy mode is enabled at the game over screen, shortcuts should be above on this page

I am also uploaded a Full Playthrough video to youtube, its in the page!

Thank you for playing!
LDJam user 258850
03. Oct 2023 · 22:31 UTC
Enjoyable, ez date (:

![image_2023-10-03_233137676.png](///raw/223/f3/z/5f709.png)
fabula_rasa
03. Oct 2023 · 23:24 UTC
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: I enjoyed the surprise. And thank you for providing an easy mode for those of us more "platforming challenged". The writing is quite funny, and it made this game for me.

I have only one question... is all this going on in that closet :wink:?
Rincs
04. Oct 2023 · 03:28 UTC
![Pomo.png](///raw/ccf/64/z/5f7d0.png)

I need to get to that one point. I'll let you know when I do. XD
José Bonilla
04. Oct 2023 · 03:51 UTC
Great game, super fun, Undertale minigame clone. Great work, I enjoyed it. I didn't find a pause button. Thanks for sharing!
Little Doctor Games
04. Oct 2023 · 18:54 UTC
Nice work once again! Didn't have enough time to get through the game on normal mode, but I did complete it on easy in order to see the ending. (worth it)
JavaSaurus
04. Oct 2023 · 21:26 UTC
Great job :) Every little bit is entertaining, but the cherry on top for me is the music. Loved it.
Jvdwijk
05. Oct 2023 · 15:45 UTC
Great entry! Only points I'd give feedback on: ctrl + r = restart checkpoint also (or different key)
Skip your own dialogue at start instead of game skip for you
LDJam user 245646
05. Oct 2023 · 21:43 UTC
What are you on lmao

(Replayed it and I just noticed that sneaky first line....)
LDJam user 273626
06. Oct 2023 · 16:09 UTC
Wonderful! Totally did not expect the boss fight. I doubt I'll be able to win this game however, I'm still struggling with.... HIM. I was all, "Oh hey, a fun cute furry dating sim!" lol, super fun!
Wendel Scardua
08. Oct 2023 · 16:24 UTC
Finally, I've beaten the game (on easy mode, of course) :) Of all the final attacks, the final final one was really unexpected and I'm glad I avoided spoilers of it. I don't know if you already added this to the post-jam version, but can you save the unlocking of the endless mode? Because at least for me when I reopen the game it doesn't seem to remember it was unlocked.
Arthurds
08. Oct 2023 · 17:06 UTC
@wendel-scardua there is a cheat on jam version to unlocky it, Left Control + L, also unlocks the main menu button on the naming screen. On post jam this button shows when you type your name automatically and everything is unlocked. Glad you liked it
Wendel Scardua
08. Oct 2023 · 20:28 UTC
Oops, somehow I forgot the description already says that 😅 (I didn't even need to scroll back to check, once I read your comment I instantly remembered it)
ColeSlaughter
09. Oct 2023 · 17:28 UTC
[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1944529420?t=00h41m32s) (I skipped to the point where we actually started playing it after numerous delays, lol)

I swear I will come back to this and beat it someday...Looking forward to the post-jam stuff it looked like you were working on!
Arthurds
09. Oct 2023 · 17:59 UTC
@coleslaughter Would love a random mid of the week solo Jared stream of you finishing it. Glad you liked it and sorry about not having lightnovel press to skip :P
Ausstein
09. Oct 2023 · 21:09 UTC
My second Favorite Pomo game after Package Punk!!!!
Arthurds
11. Oct 2023 · 02:02 UTC
![POMO.png](///raw/3de/c2/z/6025a.png)

@rincs fan art saved for posterity
LDJam user 273626
11. Oct 2023 · 02:42 UTC
I always love her art! Looks wonderful! ❤️
Ausstein
11. Oct 2023 · 12:08 UTC
Found the vod :)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1946756082?t=00h06m46s
Honest Dan
14. Oct 2023 · 07:37 UTC
a CLASSIC Pomo, in the sense that its a very difficult game to master :D It is a little bit of a shame as people may miss out on the content that you've made, but I did check out the video to see the stuff I didn't get to. The setting was funny, the visual novel turn undertale - guessing it was AI art for the visual novel stuff, but the in game art was actually done really well. It def felt like "oh this is undertale", which I think was the intent - but can be both a good and a bad thing. I think yours felt like a tribute rather than a copied idea, if that makes sense.
Arthurds
14. Oct 2023 · 12:02 UTC
@honest-dan Thanks Dan! Appreciate it that you had the time to play it <3
BorderDestroyer
15. Oct 2023 · 04:33 UTC
Absolute banger of a game dude! Took me forever to get good at, as you know, but wow it was so well done! The gameplay was great, the jokes landed hard, it was addictive to play through, and it only cost me half of my remaining sanity to beat! In my opinion you managed to turn what would be an Undertale fangame into your own thing and evolved upon it really well, which is something I feel most people when they try to do miss the mark on. I so look forward to playing what else you make in the future!
moonlightbomber
17. Oct 2023 · 00:18 UTC
I thought it would be a visual novel, but then the Undertale-like mechanics appeared. Nice job.
alexrose
18. Oct 2023 · 13:32 UTC
Maybe my favourite Pomo game
Trexxak
19. Oct 2023 · 16:37 UTC
yo pomo, I told you I'd play your game:

https://youtu.be/9SCh5PDI0uo

I hope the VN continues next LD? I'd be down for a second date ;)
(jk... unless?)
LDJam user 250426
20. Oct 2023 · 05:12 UTC
good game pomo, u had me hooked xD
i always appreciate a good bait and switch too lmao