Don't Take It Personally, I Just Don't Like You

It's not them. It's you.

Don't Take It Personally, I Just Don't Like You is a lo-fi, anime-inspired dating simulator about illegally trespassing on government property in the chill of early autumn, having public anxiety attacks in crowded shopping malls, the people we choose to be with, and what we do when they don't choose us back.

You've just made that huge jump: leaving your tiny hometown behind and moving to the city for college. There, you settle into your average college life with your average college problems: awful professors, a roommate who keeps flaking out on you to hit on girls, and the question of who you're going to take to the fall formal dance. While there are plenty of cute girls in your circle of friends, do any of them, y'know, actually like you that way? And even if they do, the dance is just one date. Who knows what will come next...

In Don't Take It Personally, I Just Don't Like You romance isn't simple. It's messy and complicated. The people you care about will hurt you. You will hurt the people you care about, even if you try your best not to. The people you have feelings for might not always feel the same way about you, and if they do, it won't always last forever. It is a game about the little pains and little joys that come with young love.

Features:

• Three routes, each around two to three hours in length: Will you ask the hard-working student government member Rose, the hot-headed punk musician Maria, or your childhood friend Sarah?
  • Two more routes coming post launch, targeting Q2 and Q3 2024
• Tons of in-depth conversations: some will have long-reaching rammifications for your relationships. Some won't. You'll never know which!
• Customization: Choose your name and pronouns (He/Him, She/Her, They/Them).
• Beautiful mixed-media visuals inspired by 90s anime, VHS artifacting, and outdated computer OS.
• Original Soundtrack from Lofi Dreams.

What more? Give the standalone prolouge/side story The Camping Trip a try!

CONTENT WARNING (CONTAINS LIGHT SPOILERS)

This title contains depictions of physical, verbal and emotional abuse in the context of an intimate romantic relationship, discussions of depression and anxiety, and depictions of transphobia.