Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel portraying a more realistic first date in western culture, from a male’s perspective.

## About This Game
Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel portraying a more
realistic first date in western culture, from a male’s perspective. After
connecting with Abbey on a dating app, you meet in person for the first time
at a local bar. Through many choices of what to say and do, you determine how
the date goes – and how well it ends.
## A short, but immersive experience

This glimpse of a date takes place in one large room of a bar and will last
around 15-30 minutes, with better choices leading to more content. This comes
with obvious limitations, but my main goal was to create a more immersive,
realistic atmosphere than is traditional of visual novels – through the art
style, music choice and treatment, and nuanced banter. And as it is my first
game, I needed a manageable project while also demonstrating my capabilities.

Although the game is short, there is replay value, and for those who wish to
figure out the ‘perfect’ set of choices, that is in fact the only way to get
one particular ending.
## Meaningful Choices

Drinks with Abbey has lots of choices that impact the game in different and
realistic ways. Not every choice you make sends you on a completely unique
path (nor do most choices in real life), but they do impact conversation,
Abbey’s interest in you, future choice options, and ultimately, how the date
ends.

To ensure that choices matter, I’ve also intentionally removed the ability to
save or roll back. It’s a short game, so saving isn’t necessary like it would
be for a longer one. But, I especially don’t believe in the ability to take
back choices, because in my opinion, that makes them meaningless.

## Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
This game contains profanity and suggestive themes, but nothing sexually
explicit.

Drinks With Abbey