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Dinner Date

2010 50 / 100 Indie Puzzle Simulator
Dinner Date is a short, experimental first-person computer game made by Dutch game designer Jeroen D. Stout. It was first released digitally through Stout Games own website. Four months later (March 1, 2011) it was released on Steam. Just like some other indie games (e.g. Dear Esther or The Graveyard) its status as a video game has been disputed, as it requires minimal interaction and the few small choices you make a Show full summary

Dinner Date is a short, experimental first-person computer game made by Dutch game designer Jeroen D. Stout. It was first released digitally through Stout Games own website. Four months later (March 1, 2011) it was released on Steam. Just like some other indie games (e.g. Dear Esther or The Graveyard) its status as a video game has been disputed, as it requires minimal interaction and the few small choices you make are of no consequence to the story. It does, however, give the player the opportunity to eat, drink and smoke whenever the player wants to, as long as the time isn't up.

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You play as the subconsciousness of Julian Luxemburg, waiting for his date to arrive. You listen in on his thoughts while tapping the table, looking at the clock and eventually reluctantly starting to eat...

GameplayPuzzles GenreIndie GenrePuzzle GenreSimulator ThemeAction ThemeDrama
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GenreVisual Novel Traitabstract Traitbread Traitcasual Traitcontext sensitive Traitcow Traitdating Traitexperimental Traitigf awards Traitin-game advertising Traitinternet culture reference Traitlevel selection Traitmale protagonist Traitplatform exclusive Traitshort Traitsteam

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Dinner Date: release, platforms, and facts

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Stout Games
Publisher
Stout Games
Franchise
Standalone
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Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action, Drama
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Nov 17, 2010

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