Dream Daddy, a gay dating sim game

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Dream Daddy, a Queer Dating Sim, Might Be the Gaming Miracle of the Year

You don't just date dads in Dream Daddy, though; you are one. The game casts you in the role of a single father who has just moved to a new town with his teenage daughter. Although the two of you have been on your own for a while, the death of your spouse—you can specify if they were male or female—clearly still weighs on your mind. You meet six other dads who just happen to live in the same suburban cul-de-sac, and with a little help from a Facebook analogue called Dadbook, the dating begins....

At first glance, the game's romantic roster looks like a who’s who of sexy stereotypes: the bad boy, the jock, the sensitive artist, the clean-cut hunk. Spend a little more time with them, however, and these facades dissolve, revealing complicated men whose passions, secrets and struggles cannot be neatly contained in cookie-cutter character types. Yes, the Goth Dad enjoys cloaks and long walks in graveyards, and the Jock Dad loves getting in his reps at the gym—but they both struggle to cope with rebellious children, shattered marriages, and the parts of their lives that they are ashamed to share with the world.

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[rvwnsd]

Hmmm, sounds like it is an interesting game.

[escortrod]

The videos of straight male gamers playing this are superb.

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Nobody likes Dream Daddy? OK, fine. You can play Dream Kitten.

 

[TruHart1]

Nobody likes Dream Daddy? OK, fine. You can play Dream Kitten.

 

I think the idea of a game like Dream Daddy is fascinating. I'm not even a gamer, since I kind of lost interest after Pac Man back in the Stone Age! The attraction of Dream Daddy for me is the carefully crafted creation of each daddy's psychological make-up, not always a cover by which to judge the actual book, if the game hype online is not being exaggerated!

 

TruHart1

[gallahadesquire]

I think the idea of a game like Dream Daddy is fascinating. I'm not even a gamer, since I kind of lost interest after Pac Man back in the Stone Age! The attraction of Dream Daddy for me is the carefully crafted creation of each daddy's psychological make-up, not always a cover by which to judge the actual book, if the game hype online is not being exaggerated!

 

TruHart1

For me, the pinnacle was in text adventures, of which Infocom was the prime source.

 

Except for one arcade game, which you rode prone on a motorcycle. I got to where I could do twenty-five "laps" on a single quarter.

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I think the idea of a game like Dream Daddy is fascinating. I'm not even a gamer, since I kind of lost interest after Pac Man back in the Stone Age! The attraction of Dream Daddy for me is the carefully crafted creation of each daddy's psychological make-up, not always a cover by which to judge the actual book, if the game hype online is not being exaggerated!

 

TruHart1

 

I too like that the Dream Daddy characters are more than stereotypes.

 

Dream Kitten's characters are more predictable. For example, if you go with the Persian, you end up maxing out your credit cards. The frugal Australian Mist is a more practical choice.

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Apropos of a discussion we had on this board a few weeks ago...

 

Dream Daddy has a problem with bisexual representation--and its name is Joseph

 

One of the Daddies, Joseph, is a church youth minister who is married to a woman and has 4 blond kids. It's unclear if he is closeted; his wife, Mary, implies that they have an open relationship. But if you date him, another Dad will warn you: “I don’t like Joseph,” he says. “I don’t trust Joseph. Joseph is a bad guy and I don’t want him around you. Joseph’s not who you think he is. Ask him about it sometime. Bring it up. And watch your back when you do. Because a guy like that’ll put a knife right in it.”

 

The article says that Joseph "reinforces the trope that bisexual people are “depraved,” manipulative and morally deficient, like Lee Garner Jr. of Mad Men or the corrupt Frank Underwood of House of Cards. "

 

If you choose Joseph, the ending is always the same no matter what you do:

[TruHart1]

Apropos of a discussion we had on this board a few weeks ago...

 

Dream Daddy has a problem with bisexual representation--and its name is Joseph

 

One of the Daddies, Joseph, is a church youth minister who is married to a woman and has 4 blond kids. It's unclear if he is closeted; his wife, Mary, implies that they have an open relationship. But if you date him, another Dad will warn you: “I don’t like Joseph,” he says. “I don’t trust Joseph. Joseph is a bad guy and I don’t want him around you. Joseph’s not who you think he is. Ask him about it sometime. Bring it up. And watch your back when you do. Because a guy like that’ll put a knife right in it.”

 

The article says that Joseph "reinforces the trope that bisexual people are “depraved,” manipulative and morally deficient, like Lee Garner Jr. of Mad Men or the corrupt Frank Underwood of House of Cards. "

 

If you choose Joseph, the ending is always the same no matter what you do:

My thoughts on Joseph the bi-dad appears to show that perhaps, this being a game, we have really come quite a ways in "trying" to represent interaction with the full spectrum of men, sexually. Yes, Joseph is flawed, since no matter whether he sleeps with you or not, he will always return to his family. I don't know this for a fact but it seems from all descriptions I've read online that there are no straight dads who may slip, by drinking too much or other bro-job excuses. So perhaps the storyline of Dream Daddy has a couple of somewhat glaring flaws with these particular sexualities, yet a game such as this seems like such a rare find for the romantic gay man that it is great that it does break quite a few barriers in the gaming world.

 

I say don't look a gift horse in the mouth by quibbling over these relatively minor (although I do realize that if you identify with being bisexual, these are not minor) points. Look how far we've come to actually have a popular game with M2M dating/sexual interaction in the mainstream which is interesting enough not only being played and enjoyed by gay men, but many other types of gamers, too. Given more time, I'm sure either a future build of Dream Daddy will eventually address these points or another game in the future will be more realistic.

 

TruHart1

[LoveAustinCF]

I didn't play it myself but Dad Robert is pretty hot.

[+ quoththeraven]

My thoughts on Joseph the bi-dad appears to show that perhaps, this being a game, we have really come quite a ways in "trying" to represent interaction with the full spectrum of men, sexually. Yes, Joseph is flawed, since no matter whether he sleeps with you or not, he will always return to his family. I don't know this for a fact but it seems from all descriptions I've read online that there are no straight dads who may slip, by drinking too much or other bro-job excuses. So perhaps the storyline of Dream Daddy has a couple of somewhat glaring flaws with these particular sexualities, yet a game such as this seems like such a rare find for the romantic gay man that it is great that it does break quite a few barriers in the gaming world.

 

I say don't look a gift horse in the mouth by quibbling over these relatively minor (although I do realize that if you identify with being bisexual, these are not minor) points. Look how far we've come to actually have a popular game with M2M dating/sexual interaction in the mainstream which is interesting enough not only being played and enjoyed by gay men, but many other types of gamers, too. Given more time, I'm sure either a future build of Dream Daddy will eventually address these points or another game in the future will be more realistic.

 

TruHart1

Joseph represents a situation that actually exists. The big problem is the absence of other bisexual dads who do not see their relationships with you the gamer as temporary.

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Dream Daddy, a Queer Dating Sim, Might Be the Gaming Miracle of the Year

You don't just date dads in Dream Daddy, though; you are one. The game casts you in the role of a single father who has just moved to a new town with his teenage daughter. Although the two of you have been on your own for a while, the death of your spouse—you can specify if they were male or female—clearly still weighs on your mind. You meet six other dads who just happen to live in the same suburban cul-de-sac, and with a little help from a Facebook analogue called Dadbook, the dating begins....

 

 

At first glance, the game's romantic roster looks like a who’s who of sexy stereotypes: the bad boy, the jock, the sensitive artist, the clean-cut hunk. Spend a little more time with them, however, and these facades dissolve, revealing complicated men whose passions, secrets and struggles cannot be neatly contained in cookie-cutter character types. Yes, the Goth Dad enjoys cloaks and long walks in graveyards, and the Jock Dad loves getting in his reps at the gym—but they both struggle to cope with rebellious children, shattered marriages, and the parts of their lives that they are ashamed to share with the world.

 

See the rest at

https://www.wired.com/story/dream-daddy-game-review/amp?utm_content=buffer06906&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Stumbled across it on FB and I am seriously thinking of downloading it.

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Haha, Robert is so mean.

http://i.imgur.com/rTboErY.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/f50CyRP.png