Go on your FIRST DATE with your BEST FRIEND and try not to panic?!

Go on your FIRST DATE with your BEST FRIEND and try not to panic?! (GOYFDWYBFATNTP)  is my first ever visual novel, a charming first entry into my (hopefully) series of wholesome romance visual novels.

Play as Harper Hills (she/her), an anxious, awkward, autistic woman who is going on a date at an old diner with one of her childhood best friends, Nathan Bates (he/him), who also just so happens to be anxious, awkward and autistic. Manage her anxiety levels through dialogue choices and, as the title suggests, TRY NOT TO PANIC?!!

Features Include:

• 2.5k words
• 3 endings (2 good, 1 bad)
• First person POV with a side sprite
• A small yet endearing soundtrack
• A lot of silly tangents mid-conversation

Potentially Triggering Content:

This visual novel contains no NSFW/NSFL content, but a huge theme of it is anxiety. Social anxiety in particular is portrayed through both a victim and a witness perspective. Besides that, there are sudden, brief screen shakes to simulate being startled, scattered throughout the game.

Credits:

Art, writing, story: Aliilaa (Me!)
GUI:  Pastel Stripes Ren'Py GUI by Skolaztika
Music: Tracks obtained from various talented composers, each song and its composer is credited in the 'About' section of the main menu.
Fonts: Credited in the 'About' section of the main menu.