In a world where love is commodified and soulmates are algorithmically assigned, cynical poet Adrian clings to the fading art of handwritten romance—until a botched AI-generated date triggers a temporal rift, revealing glimpses of his possible futures. Now haunted by spectral visions of lovers he’ll never meet and heartbreaks he’s yet to endure, Adrian navigates a surrealist Venice-like city where every bridge crossed, every sonnet penned, fractures reality further. To rewrite his destiny, he must court chaos itself: sabotage algorithmic matches, revive forgotten courtship rituals, and confront whether true connection demands vulnerability… or annihilation.
Gameplay:
1. Verse Crafting: Compose poetry minigames that dynamically alter NPC dispositions—a perfect haiku might seduce a baroness, while a clumsy limerick could spark a street riot.
2. Temporal Temptations: Peek into alternate timelines during key decisions, but overuse risks merging realities into incoherent paradoxes.
3. Algorithm Sabotage: Hack dating app servers to manipulate Adrian’s “compatibility scores,” creating unlikely matches with hidden story advantages.
Features:
1. Flicker Aesthetics: The world glitches between Renaissance painterly textures and glitch-punk digital overlays as timelines destabilize.
2. Echoing Affections: NPCs remember Adrian’s actions across collapsed realities, altering dialogues with meta-commentary on his past failures.
3. Anti-Romance System: Pursue platonic or antagonistic bonds to unlock endings where Adrian becomes a muse-destroying iconoclast.
Tips:
1. Fail Forward: Let botched dates play out—some NPCs only reveal secrets after witnessing Adrian’s humiliation.
2. Decay Management: Keep timeline stability above 40%; below this, critical story flags become permanently inaccessible.
3. Analog Advantage: Use Adrian’s notebook (not menus) to track clues—AI surveillance can’t parse handwritten notes.
