GHCFGVGU omg this game is so good!!!! and it's really cute I love the music and the characters I've been playing for what feels like 2 hours or so and it's amazing 100/10!!!
I am devastated. Those were easily the best five of so hours of my life. I thought my face will split in half with how much I was smiling. One of the greatest games I tried, literally perfect. Nice, relaxing atmosphere, incredibly lovable cast from the one and only Artemis (who now owns my heart and may keep it forever) to any minor character. They are so diverse and so-so-so charming, every single one. The romance is paced nicely, the game and the characters are always asking your consent and giving you control. Artemis is, once again, a massive sweetheart, and game gives you lots of opportunities to give them some love. In general there are a lot of options and game keeps track of them nicely, be it MC's tastes or how certain scenes played out or even what form of physical affection MC frequents (judging by the variations in Artemis' dialogue when you kiss them on the cheek for the first time. implemented kiss count? goty). All in all, Cryptid Coffeehouse was a very relaxing, warm and satisfying experience, which I know for sure I'll come back to when I crave comfort and I know it'll deliver. The only flaw I see is that it ends, but eh it had to happen and while it lasted it was incredible.
i have so much to say about this game, gods. first of all, its got some visibly queer representation, and its done so casually it makes me, a trans man all fuzzy inside.
secondly, this game is so good at personalizing your experience. you get to make little choices that dont affect much, but meant so much to me as a player! like, the fact i got to CHOSE my outfit??? AND they had options both fem, androgynous, and masc?? over the MOON.
thirdly, this game actively asks your consent every time. EVERY. TIME. so often dating sims dont ever consider consent and it literally made my night that this game did.
finally, this game makes me feel warm. i'm a queer person in a deeply conservative town, and in a place where my trauma makes it hard to trust people. fiction is where i'm able to experience connection without fear. this game made me think of what i WANT my life to look like. its warm, safe. my main concerns in life are simple and easy. i have just enough money to buy a good coffee, or a nice wheel of cheese for myself. my friends and i live in comfy, well decorated homes and the getting along is easy. even the hard stuff, is easy, domestic. like, your close friendships are so well written that they genuinely made me emotional because i kept thinking of my best friend since 1st grade whom i now live several hours away from. i kept thinking about how similar it is to how we spend our time together when we're able to see eachother, and how when i move to the big city and she's my roomie, how we'll get to have all these kinds of adventures.
this game is more than just a silly little dating sim. this game is about experiencing an ideal life, full of good coffee, good friends, and a partner that genuinely adores you.
this game made me cry. not because its made me sad, but because it gave me an experience i cannot wait to have for real. it allowed me to live my ideal life for just a few hours. it made me feel loved, both platonically, and romantically.
this game made me feel safe.
thank you SO fucking much for that.
also i need a trapping naruto shirt so badly i think i may die without possessing it.
I am obsessed with replaying this game over and over and replaying the same comments for the sweet ending. I keep replaying the ending I swear it is so frigging cute! I would mark this infinity and beyond out of ten the characters are so cute. I love Mordag, she's baby. Kurou's cute he temper baby. Odina is so frigging classy and I love her, Kolia is so cool and sleek I wish I was her and Artemis is definitely my type and their character just puts me in awe. I wanna say thankies to the creator, the artwork and storyline is snazztastic I am pretty much craving for more!!! Thank you for such an amazing game!!! <3
I loved this! I aboslutley adored Artemis and their character design and personality and if I'm honest my favourite side character is Kurou, such a chill guy. 10/10, hoping there would be a part two! :)
I adore this game!!! Was in an emotional funk today but half-asleep me managed to find this game and leave the page up on my laptop, and it's the best I've felt all day! This game is absolutely amazing, I can't recommend it enough!!
No joke, this is one of the best romance VNs I've ever played. I love Artemis so much, they kill me every time they blush skjgbksdbgakgb 😭 so adorable!!! It's really endearing how we get to know them little by little and how, slowly but surely, Artemis and the player start falling for each other, gosh I'm such a sucker for slow burn fluffy romance kjdsbgkabgkab AAAAHHHH!!!!
I really loved everything, the art, the writing, the music, the characters!!!
I hope there's a sequel sometime, I already miss this beautiful moth kdsbgksdjbgk
This game was absolutely amazing, the art, writing and everything was so cute and during the museum part i realized it looked familiar till i realized i live right next to that museum. Anyways this was such a good game!!
I AM IN LOVE WITH ARTEMIS AAAAAAAA I LOVE THEM SO MUCH IM LITERALLY KICKING MY LEGS AND PUNCHING THE AIR OUT OF HAPPINESS I LOVE THEM I LOVE THIS THIS GAME GIVES ME SO MUCH COMFORT HELP
Ive known Artemis for a day and a half but if anything happened to them I would kill everyone in this room and then myself
Everything about this game was absolutely wonderful. I literally made an itch.io account to comment about this. I have very few games where I feel truly cherished by the characters and especially in a way that feels real. Artemis is such an absolutely fantastic character to fall in love with and grow with. I played all in one day but the way everything was spaced out and written, you feel closer with them and by the end it was hard to think of them as someone who had just spilled their coffee on you by accident. You grow and love so much together. Also I have never seen the kind of platonic love in games like this like the MC and Odina have for each other. I feel the same kind of overwhelming love for my friends and it was euphoric to see that in a game. The healthy balance between love for your friends and a romantic interest. Managing relationships in such a beautiful way!! I know for a fact I'll be replaying this game over and over and over and I'm surprised I'm just finding it now. I'm in love thank you for all the hard work and love you must've put into this game <333 Also every one of these characters are wowowow amazing beautiful stunning fantastic <3
i know i chatted with you a little on twitter about your thoughts abt the game but WAHHH even so THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! your sweet words when it comes to this game are so so nice and i really appreciate the time you've taken to write such a kind and thoughtful comment <3
I've replayed this a few times now and it touches my heart every time, your writing/character portrayal is so descriptive and lovely! I can't wait to see what else you do with this game going forward !! (and possibly the ability to become friends with the cool kids Kolia and Kurou lol)
(possible spoilers below:) I was wondering if there was any way to lose the date competition with Artemis, I replayed the date a number of times but I only ever won or tied. I'm curious what Artemis requests if they win ;v;
thank you so much!!! <3 i'm so happy you enjoy the game so much to want to replay it, that means so much to me [wiping tears from my eyes LOL] trust me... i am actually planning to write some friendship stuff with kurou and kolia but don't tell anyone though... heheheh :P
and actually no there isn't! i coded the game so that artemis would always lose, but a lot of people have asked me if it was possible for them to win... so i think when i finish up the new update i'm creating i'm going to make them have the ability to win :O i wasn't expecting so many people to be curious!!
no there isnt! you'd think there would be since on itch it's free/pay what you want and on steam it's paid, but nothing between them is different. it's just part of my game dev practice to provide accessible options for players, and i know that some people don't have the resources to pay like $11 for a game or something. i've noticed that paywalls often times discourage people from playing certain games and i think it's really important to be able to provide players the ability to have the experiences games provide regardless of if they can afford to pay for it or not! so this game has a free option and a paid option :^) you can choose whatever works for you the best!
i've also noticed that a lot of the people that play my game in particular are a lot of young queer people and i know that it's not exactly easy to ask your parents for money to buy a queer game... it's easier to just remove that roadblock so they can still have the game's experience without having to have uncomfortable conversations that they're not ready for yet ^_^
apologies for the long winded response hehehe but i've actually been waiting for someone to ask :P hope you have a good time playing the game!!! <3
hahaha it kind of sucks you in doesn't it? sometimes i replay it and i end up playing for like 5 hours straight, and i'm the one who made the game LOL :P thank you so much for playing and leaving such a sweet comment!!! <3
THIS GAME HAS GENUINLEY MADE ME SO HAPPY, THE STORYLINE IS SO SWEET AND WHOLESOME. IVE REPLAYED THE STORY AND IT STILL HASN'T LOST ITS SPARK. I CREATED AN ACCOUNT JUST TO COMMENT ON THIS GAME. <3 LOVE THE GAME
THIS MADE ME FR CRY!! I'm not even joking by the end I was just giggling and kicking my feet while crying it's so adorable!! 10/10 will play again some time!!!!
I LOVE THIS GAME, EVERYTHING ABOUT IT! Its made extremely well and its by far the best dating game I've played <3 I love how you can put in your preferred pronouns too! not many dating games give you the choice :) I found myself getting invested in it almost instantly and overall, 10/10 would recommend!
LOVED the game artemis is adorable and such a romantic (in my case) i love the game, the story, the style, and everything else! and i think it would be a great idea if you made a sequal to the game?
This is just amazing game! i love all the characters and their style and Artemis is the cutes. Keep up the good work and hopefully you can make more games like this. Everything was cute and romantic. Hopefully their will be more games like this!
i made an account just to say how much i love this game. I played the who,e thing in roughly 3 and a half hours just now and i dont think i will ever be the same. I really didn't think id like this game as much as i did but Artemis is exactly my type and i dont know how im going to go on without them lol. great writing and great artwork, i hope to see more from the dev!
i adored this visual novel. i literally almost cried when it ended. i loved it so much. i wanna try a different route though but its the one where you like not date him or something. that will probably break my heart but. I ADORED THIS SO MUCH IF I DONT HAVE A PARTNER LIKE ARTEMIS I DONT WANT IT
i haven’t finished playing until the end yet, but i love artemis and all the other characters so much. (i would literally die for artemis and mordag <3)
AAAH this game was so cute I felt like I belonged in this story, the more I got into it the more I was obsessed I felt loved by Artemis to the point where I actually started acting like they were real. The friendship with Artemis and their friends was adorable it made me want to have friends just like them, the fact That I was halfway in and I started crying their words make me flutter for some reason and THEIR SMILE IS SO CUTE AHHH <3 but I probably need to face the fact that they aren't real
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GHCFGVGU omg this game is so good!!!! and it's really cute I love the music and the characters I've been playing for what feels like 2 hours or so and it's amazing 100/10!!!
Its like 6 am I think I have been playing for 2 or 3 hours. Love the game.
I am devastated. Those were easily the best five of so hours of my life. I thought my face will split in half with how much I was smiling. One of the greatest games I tried, literally perfect. Nice, relaxing atmosphere, incredibly lovable cast from the one and only Artemis (who now owns my heart and may keep it forever) to any minor character. They are so diverse and so-so-so charming, every single one. The romance is paced nicely, the game and the characters are always asking your consent and giving you control. Artemis is, once again, a massive sweetheart, and game gives you lots of opportunities to give them some love. In general there are a lot of options and game keeps track of them nicely, be it MC's tastes or how certain scenes played out or even what form of physical affection MC frequents (judging by the variations in Artemis' dialogue when you kiss them on the cheek for the first time. implemented kiss count? goty). All in all, Cryptid Coffeehouse was a very relaxing, warm and satisfying experience, which I know for sure I'll come back to when I crave comfort and I know it'll deliver. The only flaw I see is that it ends, but eh it had to happen and while it lasted it was incredible.
(Artemis brainrot here i comeee)artemis my beloved
good cute game 99999999999999/10 will absolutely recommend to any living being i interact with
i have so much to say about this game, gods. first of all, its got some visibly queer representation, and its done so casually it makes me, a trans man all fuzzy inside.
secondly, this game is so good at personalizing your experience. you get to make little choices that dont affect much, but meant so much to me as a player! like, the fact i got to CHOSE my outfit??? AND they had options both fem, androgynous, and masc?? over the MOON.
thirdly, this game actively asks your consent every time. EVERY. TIME. so often dating sims dont ever consider consent and it literally made my night that this game did.
finally, this game makes me feel warm. i'm a queer person in a deeply conservative town, and in a place where my trauma makes it hard to trust people. fiction is where i'm able to experience connection without fear. this game made me think of what i WANT my life to look like. its warm, safe. my main concerns in life are simple and easy. i have just enough money to buy a good coffee, or a nice wheel of cheese for myself. my friends and i live in comfy, well decorated homes and the getting along is easy. even the hard stuff, is easy, domestic. like, your close friendships are so well written that they genuinely made me emotional because i kept thinking of my best friend since 1st grade whom i now live several hours away from. i kept thinking about how similar it is to how we spend our time together when we're able to see eachother, and how when i move to the big city and she's my roomie, how we'll get to have all these kinds of adventures.
this game is more than just a silly little dating sim. this game is about experiencing an ideal life, full of good coffee, good friends, and a partner that genuinely adores you.
this game made me cry. not because its made me sad, but because it gave me an experience i cannot wait to have for real. it allowed me to live my ideal life for just a few hours. it made me feel loved, both platonically, and romantically.
this game made me feel safe.
thank you SO fucking much for that.
also i need a trapping naruto shirt so badly i think i may die without possessing it.
LOVE. So, so so fun!!!
This game was so sweet and cute i think i'm about to have diabetes, but i'm not complaining
I am obsessed with replaying this game over and over and replaying the same comments for the sweet ending. I keep replaying the ending I swear it is so frigging cute! I would mark this infinity and beyond out of ten the characters are so cute. I love Mordag, she's baby. Kurou's cute he temper baby. Odina is so frigging classy and I love her, Kolia is so cool and sleek I wish I was her and Artemis is definitely my type and their character just puts me in awe. I wanna say thankies to the creator, the artwork and storyline is snazztastic I am pretty much craving for more!!! Thank you for such an amazing game!!! <3
I loved this! I aboslutley adored Artemis and their character design and personality and if I'm honest my favourite side character is Kurou, such a chill guy. 10/10, hoping there would be a part two! :)
I adore this game!!! Was in an emotional funk today but half-asleep me managed to find this game and leave the page up on my laptop, and it's the best I've felt all day! This game is absolutely amazing, I can't recommend it enough!!
What an absolute delight it was to play this game! The art, the characters, the writing is just *chef's kiss* phenomenal.
No joke, this is one of the best romance VNs I've ever played. I love Artemis so much, they kill me every time they blush skjgbksdbgakgb 😭 so adorable!!! It's really endearing how we get to know them little by little and how, slowly but surely, Artemis and the player start falling for each other, gosh I'm such a sucker for slow burn fluffy romance kjdsbgkabgkab AAAAHHHH!!!!
I really loved everything, the art, the writing, the music, the characters!!!
I hope there's a sequel sometime, I already miss this beautiful moth kdsbgksdjbgk
Amazing job!!!
This game was absolutely amazing, the art, writing and everything was so cute and during the museum part i realized it looked familiar till i realized i live right next to that museum. Anyways this was such a good game!!
I cried when I finished this I was so sad that it was over
I AM IN LOVE WITH ARTEMIS AAAAAAAA I LOVE THEM SO MUCH IM LITERALLY KICKING MY LEGS AND PUNCHING THE AIR OUT OF HAPPINESS I LOVE THEM I LOVE THIS THIS GAME GIVES ME SO MUCH COMFORT HELP
Ive known Artemis for a day and a half but if anything happened to them I would kill everyone in this room and then myself
OMFG RETWEET????
HAHAHA THANK YOU SM!! im so happy u liked them :^) i know that they like you a lot too... they told me themself ;]
comfort game!!!!! played it so many times i lost count. thank u sm for making this masterpiece, i am kissing u on the forehead rn <3 <3 <3
[watery eyes emoji] thank you so much :') i am gratefully accepting ur forehead kiss!!!
Everything about this game was absolutely wonderful. I literally made an itch.io account to comment about this. I have very few games where I feel truly cherished by the characters and especially in a way that feels real. Artemis is such an absolutely fantastic character to fall in love with and grow with. I played all in one day but the way everything was spaced out and written, you feel closer with them and by the end it was hard to think of them as someone who had just spilled their coffee on you by accident. You grow and love so much together. Also I have never seen the kind of platonic love in games like this like the MC and Odina have for each other. I feel the same kind of overwhelming love for my friends and it was euphoric to see that in a game. The healthy balance between love for your friends and a romantic interest. Managing relationships in such a beautiful way!! I know for a fact I'll be replaying this game over and over and over and I'm surprised I'm just finding it now. I'm in love thank you for all the hard work and love you must've put into this game <333 Also every one of these characters are wowowow amazing beautiful stunning fantastic <3
i know i chatted with you a little on twitter about your thoughts abt the game but WAHHH even so THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! your sweet words when it comes to this game are so so nice and i really appreciate the time you've taken to write such a kind and thoughtful comment <3
I've replayed this a few times now and it touches my heart every time, your writing/character portrayal is so descriptive and lovely! I can't wait to see what else you do with this game going forward !! (and possibly the ability to become friends with the cool kids Kolia and Kurou lol)
(possible spoilers below:)
I was wondering if there was any way to lose the date competition with Artemis, I replayed the date a number of times but I only ever won or tied. I'm curious what Artemis requests if they win ;v;
thank you so much!!! <3 i'm so happy you enjoy the game so much to want to replay it, that means so much to me [wiping tears from my eyes LOL] trust me... i am actually planning to write some friendship stuff with kurou and kolia but don't tell anyone though... heheheh :P
and actually no there isn't! i coded the game so that artemis would always lose, but a lot of people have asked me if it was possible for them to win... so i think when i finish up the new update i'm creating i'm going to make them have the ability to win :O i wasn't expecting so many people to be curious!!
Artemis is my little buzz buzz and I would do anything to make them smile, even if that means losing to boost their ego ｡*:☆(・ω・人・ω・)｡:゜☆｡ <33
I usually pick up VNs on Itch over Steam, but I wanted to ask--is there any difference between the Steam release and this?
no there isnt! you'd think there would be since on itch it's free/pay what you want and on steam it's paid, but nothing between them is different. it's just part of my game dev practice to provide accessible options for players, and i know that some people don't have the resources to pay like $11 for a game or something. i've noticed that paywalls often times discourage people from playing certain games and i think it's really important to be able to provide players the ability to have the experiences games provide regardless of if they can afford to pay for it or not! so this game has a free option and a paid option :^) you can choose whatever works for you the best!
i've also noticed that a lot of the people that play my game in particular are a lot of young queer people and i know that it's not exactly easy to ask your parents for money to buy a queer game... it's easier to just remove that roadblock so they can still have the game's experience without having to have uncomfortable conversations that they're not ready for yet ^_^
apologies for the long winded response hehehe but i've actually been waiting for someone to ask :P hope you have a good time playing the game!!! <3
Dude this game is so sweet. It had me giggling like a fourteen year old, well done! :D
awww thank you so much! i'm so happy you enjoyed the game <333 ^_^
1. I did NOT expect to be playing this game for hours
2. It's AMAZING. Much more fun and sweet than I thought it would be. If anyone is even considering downloading this, do it. RIGHT NOW!!
hahaha it kind of sucks you in doesn't it? sometimes i replay it and i end up playing for like 5 hours straight, and i'm the one who made the game LOL :P thank you so much for playing and leaving such a sweet comment!!! <3
THIS GAME HAS GENUINLEY MADE ME SO HAPPY, THE STORYLINE IS SO SWEET AND WHOLESOME. IVE REPLAYED THE STORY AND IT STILL HASN'T LOST ITS SPARK. I CREATED AN ACCOUNT JUST TO COMMENT ON THIS GAME. <3 LOVE THE GAME
i LOVE this game 10/10 will play again
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND
THIS MADE ME FR CRY!! I'm not even joking by the end I was just giggling and kicking my feet while crying it's so adorable!! 10/10 will play again some time!!!!
I LOVE THIS GAME, EVERYTHING ABOUT IT! Its made extremely well and its by far the best dating game I've played <3 I love how you can put in your preferred pronouns too! not many dating games give you the choice :) I found myself getting invested in it almost instantly and overall, 10/10 would recommend!
LOVED the game artemis is adorable and such a romantic (in my case) i love the game, the story, the style, and everything else! and i think it would be a great idea if you made a sequal to the game?
This is just amazing game! i love all the characters and their style and Artemis is the cutes. Keep up the good work and hopefully you can make more games like this. Everything was cute and romantic. Hopefully their will be more games like this!
i made an account just to say how much i love this game. I played the who,e thing in roughly 3 and a half hours just now and i dont think i will ever be the same. I really didn't think id like this game as much as i did but Artemis is exactly my type and i dont know how im going to go on without them lol. great writing and great artwork, i hope to see more from the dev!
I now understand why ppl like games like this Ive never been happier :D
gods this was great. i loved this so much.
If all the cryptids are here, where's Jerma?
touche
What does the thirty dollar bracelet do? i bought it and didnt notice any difference in dialogue or gameplay (ive played this game like 4 times)
I just love them so much. I go back to this to feel happy ^^
i adored this visual novel. i literally almost cried when it ended. i loved it so much. i wanna try a different route though but its the one where you like not date him or something. that will probably break my heart but. I ADORED THIS SO MUCH IF I DONT HAVE A PARTNER LIKE ARTEMIS I DONT WANT IT
it crashed for me after our second encounter with artem, what can I do help-
no words only pure heartache over knowing Artemis cannot be mine irl 😭😭🥹
i haven’t finished playing until the end yet, but i love artemis and all the other characters so much. (i would literally die for artemis and mordag <3)
AAAH this game was so cute I felt like I belonged in this story, the more I got into it the more I was obsessed I felt loved by Artemis to the point where I actually started acting like they were real. The friendship with Artemis and their friends was adorable it made me want to have friends just like them, the fact That I was halfway in and I started crying their words make me flutter for some reason and THEIR SMILE IS SO CUTE AHHH <3 but I probably need to face the fact that they aren't real
Ps.Love your game