Tulipe
A downloadable game
Features:
- 8 endings ( 2 good, 2 bad and 4 neutral )
- 13k of text
- genderless mc
- my tears
- a queer vampire guy
- a dog
Synopsis:
Cursed by your friend, you seek to find a vampire to break the curse tonight. Encountering a mysterious man at a club, you face choices about how far you'll go and how you wish to spend the night with him. This queer tale explores themes of asexuality and the longing for platonic connections, with subtext about vampirism.
Content Warning:
Swearing,mention of alcohol,mention of sex
Some avoidable choices can lead to scene of spiking or emotional manipulation
credits :
Art / coding / lead writer : Dreamty
Editor / Proofreader : Sam Lövstad
Editor / Proofreader : Pseudo64
Music composer : Bouzenad
sound effect : Pixabay
most of the gui : pastel pack
special thanks to Lerry who always loved Achik and is the main reason this game exist today.
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Loved the game and the character Achik :D !!!
As others have said, I believe Tulipe is a wonderful representation for asexual people. I got the platonic ending in my first playthrough and enjoyed every single second of it. The atmosphere, the colours, the sprites, AND THE DOGGO (adorable baby) were very lovely. The whole playing experience gave me this feeling of nostalgia and cozyness that's very hard to explain. (I get the same feeling when listening to the ending song of Samurai Champloo (very sudden insertion ik))
The overall game is a great improvement compared to your past games, and I look forward to playing your future ones. :)
If Achik was real, I would 100% take him to a Kirby cafe with me. (I believe he'll agree to come considering the ending of the platonic route and how sweet he is)
What can I say that I haven't said yet.
Tulipe is an outstanding exploration of arospec and acespec people navigating through romance and interpersonal relationships.
Getting to know Achik in this way has been fantastic, and his experiences have resonated so much with me. The atmosphere of the game is downright fantastic too, lonely, fleeting, just like a one night encounter with someone you may never see again.
I encourage everybody to play this charming little game, as well as the others by this same creator :')
(minor spoilers)
I really liked the global aesthetic of the game (the colour palette looks very nice methinks), and the art style also is pretty !! What has struck me the most when I played was, without a lot of surprise, Achik himself. I want to be friend with him istg. I only managed to get one of the good endings for now, but the one I played felt very... cosy (for lack of a better term) ? The fact that staying strictly Platonic does lead to a good ending makes me so happy as an aro/ace person (': I'm not used to writing comments/reviews, but I wanted to say that playing this short yet charming VN is worth your time, I swear. Achik is such a nice and lovely character 😭
Thank you so much for the comment you're a sweetheart ! I'm happy that you liked Achik as an ace person because that was the main target *gasp* djshbfsjf Glad you enjoyed it !