True Love Story (1996)

Developer: Bits Laboratory
Publisher: ASCII Corporation
Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Visual Novel

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The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A calm, schedule-driven courtship sim where you quietly plan your days and conversations, hoping small moments add up to romance before the month runs out.

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About

True Love Story is a visual novel styled love simulation game where the protagonist meets many girls and has one month's time to make one of them fall in love with him. The player moved to a new town and is living with his younger sister. The story progresses in a typical visual novel style where one reads onscreen text, talks to present characters and moves from location to location in a determined order. Free movement is not done directly on a map but is rather scheduled. During school and lunch breaks the player can schedule places on school campus he wishes to visit, and after school additional scheduling of the place around the town can be selected. Depending on place one visits, the location will have different girls to talk to, or if noone and the player will soon leave the place without engaging in any dialogue with anyone.

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