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 Theme: Baths - "Dream Daddy" Welcome to Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator. Do you like dads? Do you like visual novels? Most importantly, do you like dad jokes? We control a single dad who has just picked up stakes with his daughter, Amanda, and moved out to a quiet little neighborhood in Maple Bay. Dad's new digs just happen to be on a street with seven other dads... Romanceable dads. The options superficially follow common romance tropes, but we'll learn a lot more about each dad as we boldly venture forth in pursuit of love. Dream Daddy was released on July 20th, 2017 on Mac OSX and Windows. It was published and developed by Game Grumps and written by Leighton Gray and Vernon Shaw. The story and design puts the LGBTQ community front and center and, despite being part of a niche market, hit Steam's top 10 sales chart soon after release, and is currently sitting at approximately 141,000 copies sold as of 8/2 according to SteamSpy. I've never written "dad" so many times in one document. This LP's daddy issues:
 We will enjoy only the highest fidelity dads. You deserve no less.  When I loaded up for my first playthrough I asked myself what I'd gotten into...                 16. 17. 
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  Look at all these dads we get to meet!  Dad - Who's that handsome mystery man?  Amanda - Our only kid! A senior in high school.  Mat - Owns a local coffee shop. Has a daughter. Into music and dad jokes.  Joseph - Our neighbor. Has 4 kids and is a youth minister.  Chris - Joseph's son, elder brother to Christian and Christie.  Christian and Christie - Joseph's twins.  Brian - dog-walking dad from the park.  Daisy - Brian's daughter. A bright kid.  Craig - Our dad's brother from another mother. A tech bro entrepreneur.  River - One of Craig's 3 kids.  Mary - A nice lady we met at Jim and Kim's.  Robert - A cool dude who likes the Other Team. John had a one night stand with Robert in Ep. #12.  Hugo Vega - One of Amanda's teachers. Concerned about her recent academic decline. Dadstravaganzaaaa!  The Goon Daddy! John Mandeville is less well-known than his namesake... for now. Goon Contributions Leraika posted:POOL IS CLOSED fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Jan 8, 2018 |
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In this first episode, I've taken the liberty of making a dad for your enjoyment, plus a few dialogue decisions. Fear not, dad fans -- at the end of this update, you can vote on a new dad and our route. Dad Tip #18: Always carry a pocket knife.  Title drop...   "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." "Dad." "zzzzzzzzzz..." "DAD! Wake up!"
 "Morning, Manda Panda." "Yikes, Dad breath. Go brush your teeth." Look at this handsome mug!   "Did you finish packing last night?" Searching around the room, it looks like I did a pretty good job. Every box is sealed except for one.  "Wait, straggler." "What's in it?"Looking into the box, I see a bunch of old photos in little photo albums.  "Whoa, I haven't seen these in years..." "That's the coolest baby I've ever seen."
"The only way your mother and I could get you to stop crying was to put the sunglasses on you. But whenever we tried to take them off, you'd start crying again. You spent the first two years of your life with sunglasses on." "Nice." There are so many little variations on Amanda's expressions that it's ridiculous.  "Oh my god that dragon costume." "You couldn't decide between being a princess or a dragon, so you went with both. Princess Dragon." "Why do I remember crying in that dragon costume?" "You saw yourself in the mirror and realized you were afraid of dragons. Seeing yourself inside the dragon's mouth was a realization of your greatest fear, I think." "Right. Yup. Definitely repressed that memory."  "Daaaaad..." "I believe you named that plush horse "Sir Horsington the Brave" "I don't think that was his--"Amanda lunges for the photo, but I quickly snatch it away and hold it above her head with my superior Dad arms. "Nice try, but this is important blackmail for later down the road." "Go ahead and try me, I've seen pictures of you in your Ska band." "Ouch, kid."The Skammunist Manifesto had a chance back in the day." I look off into the distance and reminisce about that rad horn section.  "No, Dad, that's Emma R.! I didn't meet Emma P. until high school." "Honey I promise you, wholeheartedly, that I will never stop mixing those two up." "Dad, Emma R.'s been my best friend since I was seven. Give it like, a little bit of effort." "Oh right! Emma P. was the one who..."
"Lighter fluid, tennis ball, tennis racket. Right?" "Dad, that was you." "Oh right, I was a wild child." "I was six when you did it." "Okay, Amanda. I Wasn't aiming for the police station. It just happened that there was a police station in the vicinity of where I wanted to hit a flaming tennis ball." "Yeah, I remember you explaining that to the police." "They didn't believe me either." "Anyway, I gotta show this to Emma R. later. She'll get a kick out of it." "Yeah, and it got us a $20 gift card to McFridayz. "And then you got food poisoning from the Cheezy Toztada Blastz!" "I think you mean food poizoning. You know, with a Z?" "Dad." "Still can't drive past McFridayz without gagging."Still proud of you, though." Amanda reaches deep down into the box and pulls out one last photo.  I finally decide to break the silence.
 "We got into a car accident right there in the hospital parking lot. It wasn't anything big, just a fender bender. But of course I was freaking out. And the little old lady who crashed into us was freaking out. And I didn't know what to do."But your mother. Oh man. "She holds my hand, looks me directly in the eyes -- the calmest I've ever seen her, she says... 'It's okay. It's all gonna be okay.' "..."  "...she was right, you know."I stare at the picture for longer. Maybe too long. I miss her. I can't even imagine what it must be like for Amanda. She pats me on the back.  Voting! You've got a day to pitch a rough, brief physical description of your ideal dad or to support someone else's! Of course, sticking with Prester John is an option, too. I'll use the DADBUILDER9000 to approximate the thread's dadbod. Now, there are simply way too many choices for us to vote on every single one. For less important decisions, we're going to vote on a policy. Is our first dad: A. Honest and frank, even a little stern? B. A people pleaser who just wants to have fun? C. A bit of a rebel? Now, about our first dad's family. D. Is Amanda our adopted daughter? E. Or is she our biological daughter? Lastly: F. Is her mother out of the picture? G. Or is her other father gone? POOL IS CLOSED fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Aug 5, 2017 |
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Aug 5, 2017 02:20
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I knew this was coming any day now. Let's go with rebellious, biological, aaaaaaaaaaand father gone
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Aug 5, 2017 02:30
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Oh man, I wanted to know about this one. Time to follow this LP. And about dad...Rabbi Raccoon posted:Let's go with rebellious, biological, aaaaaaaaaaand father gone I'll back this one.
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Aug 5, 2017 02:48
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B,E,F, looks like Lowtax E: vvvv I agree, thread name should be Dadliest catch. By popular demand fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Aug 5, 2017 |
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Aug 5, 2017 03:21
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A, D, G Thread not named the dadliest catch rated 1/5
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Aug 5, 2017 04:05
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:B,E,F, looks like Lowtax Voting for max Lowtax
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Aug 5, 2017 04:11
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That's just brutal, dads! I didn't want to steal another game's subtitle  it was gonna be an update title
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Aug 5, 2017 04:14
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Ooooh another Pool thread. Good luck. Bit of a rebel, biological, mother gone
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Aug 5, 2017 07:06
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:I knew this was coming any day now. I like this one too.
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Aug 5, 2017 07:11
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eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Is it okay if, instead of just describing a Dad, we got to submit out own? 'Cos I have the game, and I wanna post a picture of my Dream Daddy  Anyway, choices: A. Honest and frank, even a little stern D. Amanda's adopted F. Mother passed away
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Aug 5, 2017 08:46
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CommissarMega posted:eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Hell yeah, post a bodacious dad!
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Aug 5, 2017 08:51
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And thus the thread devolved into gay porn less than a page in *votes 5*
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Aug 5, 2017 09:08
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POOL IS CLOSED posted:Hell yeah, post a bodacious dad! All right, I decided to go back to the Daddy Creator, just in case you needed to know which options I chose:  The options were: Bod: As seen above Heads: Second row, rightmost Hair: Third row, rightmost Eyes: Third row, second rightmost Noses: Second row, leftmost Mouth: First row, leftmost Brow: First row, rightmost Facial hair: First row, second rightmost Glasses: Baby, you know only the snazziest for my dad Piercings: None Clothing: Last row, rightmost, 'cos that's a dad that's ready to work hard and play hard! EDIT: Forgot to change the mouth, I'm a bad dad!
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Aug 5, 2017 09:19
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What is the biggest dad you can make We need to be HUGE DAD, REBEL WIDOWER
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Aug 5, 2017 11:21
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rebellious, biological, father gone We are a rebel without a cause. Also we should be the Ur-goon. Please tell me there's a Tommy Bahama shirt.
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Aug 5, 2017 13:12
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:I knew this was coming any day now. I'm genuinely surprised it took this long for someone to start it. Also voting this
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Aug 5, 2017 13:32
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Also, don't forget to vote on our dad's appearance! Support someone else's dad or design your own! Right now, the Lowtax dadbod is winning by one vote, but Zore has suggested Daddy Ur-Goon, Crane Fist wants to be The Biggest Dad, and CommissarMega submitted this stylish dad:
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Aug 5, 2017 16:10
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Biggest Dad so we can tank at the cash register
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Aug 5, 2017 16:17
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CommissarMega posted:
Sounds good. The parade of romancable dad char designs seem "interesting" (are we dating gay Dracula and spanish Dr. Who?). Nonetheless quite charming. (<--That being said, the new "stupid newbie" avatar IS NOT that  .ARGH.)
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Aug 5, 2017 16:22
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All I really know about the game is that it has Goku hair as an option so our first dad needs to look like Goku.
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Let's go with: B. A people pleaser who just wants to have fun? D. Is Amanda our adopted daughter? F. Is her mother out of the picture? Design notes: Many daddy dating simulators out there present the protagonist as a lithe-verging-on-athletic bishounen archetype with perfect hair, dewy eyes, and an almost complete lack of body hair. Also, most of them aren't burdened by the presence of minor children. But since this daddy dating simulator wishes to present a more realistic view of the world of courtship among single fathers, our character design should reflect that focus on reality. Our Prester, whose destiny it is to establish a fabled Nestorian kingdom in the far east, should be cut from the same cloth as the meanest of his disciples. He should be overweight--even morbidly obese--and easily given to body odor. His hair should be a combination of balding and thinning, patchy where it should be full, and thick and wiry where it's undesirable. His features should be both rheumy and uncannily hollow, and his voice should always betray a hint of sickness (probably consumption). Finally, his fashion should be two decades out of date, to the point where hipsters might start to think he's..."cool." Also, I say our dating order should be: Alucard (daddy issues in a daddy dating simulator) Lando Calrissian (he'll betray you in Cloud City) Andy Lau (because he's like 60 or something and still looks 30 and has a mean singing voice) Mad Max (yelling "WITNESS ME!" in bed should be a requirement in real life) Tiger Woods (he hasn't won a game of golf in ten years but packs a mean set of clubs if you know what I mean) Freddie Jones (I would've gotten away with it if not for [your] kid) Simon Belmont (because we started with Castlevania references and must end with them) AgentCooper fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Aug 5, 2017 |
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Aug 5, 2017 18:36
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:B,E,F, looks like Lowtax The only way to go
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:B,E,F, looks like Lowtax
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SUNLIGHT PLAYS OVER HIS GLISTENING CHOCOLATE SKIN,HE LIFTS ONE ARM TO WIPE THE SWEAT FROM HIS BROW AND HIS SLIGHTLY DAMP, FIERY ORANGE HAIR OUT OF HIS EYES. As he does this, you notice a patch of moisture underneath his arms from the yard work he had completed only moments before. You find yourself wondering what it would be like to be cradled underneath that arm and what exotic scent would tickle your nostrils. So much hair...everywhere. Something clicks in your tiny lizard brain and you finally understand why "dad bod" is all the rage. The belly poking just over his pants...his entire body a pillow for you to kiss, caress, and explore. You want to know what it would feel like to have his weight on top of you. THAT would be a suffocation worth dying for. A, E, F
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GodFish posted:A, D, G I'm voting for this one. Dad gay (so what)
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Aug 5, 2017 19:55
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I loving love this poo poo already. Also, C, E, G.
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Aug 5, 2017 22:29
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Man, I thought my Dream Daddy looked cool 
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Aug 5, 2017 22:45
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This game owns, just so everyone knows. I trust the rest of the thread when it comes to the background and personality of our first dad, but I'd like to throw in a vote for a realistic character design. Tacky shirt, balding, questionable facial hair, beer belly. Our first approach to the Dad World should be a traditional one, IMO.
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Holy poo poo, what is this. C, D, G, and I like ComissarMega's dad, even if I'm the only one.
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CommissarMega posted:Man, I thought my Dream Daddy looked cool TOO cool is the problem. The only true way to play would be as a gigantic bumbling oaf
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Okay, just to update the thread on where we stand in the last couple of hours of our first vote.  You've got two-ish hours to vote before I start making the thread's dad!Lots of posters haven't chosen their favorite dadbod, so if you're out there... Consider it! Dadbod tallies include the proposer's vote. The ballot alchemy is as follows: The Dad Descriptions Lurkbeast's Daddy Lowtax has 4 votes. Commissar's Stylish Dad has 2 votes. Crane's Hugest Dad has 3 votes (I'm kinda folding in some of these BIG DADS including GangstaMagikz's romance prologue) Zore's Goon Dad has 3 votes (including AgentCooper's tired middle aged dad) a cartoon duck's GOKU DAD has 2 votes (why not, we can slap hair anywhere; also including GangstaMagikz's prologue here) Dadittude 5 have voted for the frank dad! 5 have voted for the people pleaser! 9 have voted for the rebel dad! The Kid 6 say Amanda was adopted. 12 say she's dad's biological kid. The Absent Parent 10 say mom is gone. 9 say dad is gone.
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A E F Goon-dad I'm gonna have dreeeeEEEEaammmm..... daddy..... stuck in my head for a week.
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Guys you should really vote for LowtaxBod, Richard is going through a difficult period with the delay in forum software and the summer vacation drop in revenue. He needs some cheering up. 
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The thread's first dad is GOON DAD! The thread has decided that our first dad is a bit of a rebel, Amanda is his bio-daughter, and mom's gone. You guys hang tight and enjoy this joke dad told me when I was a tiny puddle. Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? He didn't have any guts! POOL IS CLOSED fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Aug 6, 2017 |
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I'm liking Goon Dad! I'm pretty excited to follow along with this game, it looks nice! e: spelling
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You are a traitor to the forums!
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:You are a traitor to the forums! Is voting for the ur-goon dad really so traitorous?  Incidentally, will the music (if there's any, I'm not too sure about this bit from my 3 second search) be included with updates?
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Booky posted:Is voting for the ur-goon dad really so traitorous? There's a bit of music (like the theme linked), but I am having a hell of a time locating any of it in the game directories. Unity Asset Extractor and WinDirStat haven't yielded much yet. I reached out to one of the devs and the game's official account on Twitter, but I haven't heard back. If anyone knows where the hell the sound files are hidden, please be the hero Dream Daddy deserves.
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