Mechanics-wise,Coming Out on Top is not unlike other interactive titles-a little point-and-click, a little dialogue-and a lot of shirtless hunks.
This, combined with the fact that I love drawing the male physique made this project a very natural outlet for me creatively.”
“And he suggested I do a dating sim about a gay guy. “My husband knows I like, um, watching entertainment involving nude men,” she says diplomatically. “Apparently dating sims are pretty big over there, and I thought, ‘Hey, this seems like a pretty simple type of game to design! I could do something like this!’īut Obscura says she couldn’t think of any hetero storylines that interested her. The author, who goes by the pseudonym Obscura, is doing her part to combat the idea of gaming as the domain of heterosexual males: “About a year ago, I played a dating from Japan on my iPod,” she says. If there is a turn it off factor, it rests among those who see games as another. And like real college life the game incorporates erotic content. In this context, coming out, as Nylund suggests, becomes a contested.
(There has been some other PC games featuring gay characters and content, but mostly of an underground nature.) If you are interested in games starring gay characters in adult situations, or just in quality visual novels, I hope you'll consider giving Coming Out On Top a try.We’re excited about Coming Out On Top, a video game in which you play a gay college student jumping into the dating pool. It's also the first gay dating sim to be commercially developed in North America, and only the second gay dating sim commercially released in English ever. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice Games like Coming Out On Top. coming out video posted on July Next postHow My Mom Knew I Was Gay. The protagonist is Mark Matthews, an undergraduate student in Orlin, who is about to come out to his roommates and best. (She also drew the character sprites.) Scene CGs are provided by the very talented doubleleaf.ĬOOT was the first gay themed game to be successfully Kickstarted, and is the product of two years of hard work and dedication from Obscura and her team. Her videos usually feature reactions to popular games, vlogs of her daily life. All of the above and the Coming Out On Top Journal-a digital art book with game secrets, extra art not released in the game, super secret developer's notes about naughty subjects, outtakes, and other miscellany.
Six full routes, ten wild dates with twelve hot guys, and more than 80 fully illustrated scenes from important moments in the game.
With six eligible(?) bachelors to pursue and a variety of humorous and harrowing situations to experience, will Mark finally be free to live his life the way he wants? Or will it all be too much, too fast?ĬOOT features an extremely hilarious and heartfelt script by Obscura, founder of Obscurasoft. Please note that while the images in the demo are censored, t he full game features explicit nudity and depictions of sex, as well as a plethora of additional content.
co, the largest incel site outside of Reddit, came out with similar numbers on their. After coming out as a gay man to his two best friends, Mark must navigate through his final semester of college, while hopefully finding love along the way. IncelTear is a subreddit for posting screenshots of hateful, misogynist. Coming Out On Top (COOT) is the story of college student Mark Matthews. Coming Out On Top is an adult gay dating sim/visual novel for the PC developed by Obscurasoft.