The tales show “Bad Dad” Robert and “Goth Dad” Damien met over a vampiric misunderstanding, a Dadsona and “Sports Dad” Craig go to their college reunion, and everyone helping “Cool Dad” Mat film a commercial for his coffee shop. #DREAM DADDY A DAD DATING SIMULATOR FANFICTION SERIES#Published by Oni Press, the five– issue comic book series tells slice-of-life, standalone stories where our dear old dads have adventures and interactions not seen in the game. A Game TransformedĪbout a year later, much like our Dadsona protagonist, Dream Daddy got a new home. And that was fine phenomenons come and go all the time, as is the Content Circle of Life. After that, all that was left were pockets of the small but dedicated fanbase (myself included) cosplay, writing fanfiction, and swapping headcanons for their favorite characters. At the time of its launch, there were only so many things you could do in the game, so I can see why people would stop after all was said and done and after all the dads have been dated. Like most media, the hype for the dating sim stopped as quickly as it started. These took me aback at first, and I couldn’t help but be a bit uncomfortable I just wanted to play my silly game, I didn’t want to have to confront my traumas!įrom left to right: Craig (and River) Cahn, Mat Sella, and Hugo Vega I wasn’t expecting some of the themes this game explores losing a loved one and the grief and anxiety that comes with it are front in center, and the death talk continues through thoughtful and sensitive dialogue options that Damien provides. The ways in which the dads became single were varied, too - half of them are widows, two are divorcees, one has a good relationship with their ex and one doesn’t, and two are up to interpretation. As a queer black woman, I was pleasantly surprised by the diversity of the cast of date-able dads, and how the game (for the most part) didn’t play into harmful stereotypes that are so prevalent and easy to fall into in LGBTQ content. One is a trans man and voiced by a trans actor. Out of the seven dads, four of them are men of color. The story of my relationship with the game is one of thousands, and if the reviews and YouTube videos that came out in droves after its release were anything to go by, it resonated with a lot of people.įor a game created and produced by white and predominantly straight folks, the game is fairly diverse in its characters. That game was my little digital escape, my north star, the thing that kept me going during that endlessly miserable summer, and even more so after I moved back home. But it was okay, because no matter what kind of day I had, I could log into my Steam account and get sucked into the neighborhood of Maple Bay, where I could play mini golf, go on a run, or crush it at trivia to my heart’s content. Dream Daddy came out when I didn’t even know I needed it I was fresh out of college in New York, working a job I hated, and coming home to a tiny and sweltering room in a sublet railroad apartment. Created by Vernon Shaw ( Hot Pepper Gaming) and Leighton Gray ( Gone By, Tacoma), produced by the Game Grumps and launched in July 2017, the humorous and exaggerated rom-com overtones drew in a lot of players, but I’m sure many, myself included, were surprised to find just how much heart and soul the game had. (May.The life cycle of Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is so fascinating to me. But it’s nevertheless enjoyable, light fare, offering eye candy for any reader eager for more upbeat queer-focused fiction. Aimed squarely at fans of the game, the authors don’t always introduce the characters and their backgrounds, instead hopping right into the mild beefcake action. The art varies in style, but is generally chipper and cartoony, featuring racially diverse characters. Despite the wink-nudge premise of a neighborhood inhabited almost entirely by hot, single gay men, the seduction never gets much steamier than kisses and lingering shots of dads taking their shirts off. The dads attend a class reunion, make a video together, and work on school science fair projects, with occasional help from their supportive kids and their sardonic female friend Mary. Each standalone story, put together by rotating artists and writers, teams up two or more of the dads from the game-jock dad Craig, preppy dad Joseph, brainy dad Hugo, goth dad Damien, and on and on-in gentle narratives of romance, parenting, and small-town life. A feast of all manner of meet-cute scenarios, based on the cult hit video game Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, which allows players to romance gay single dads, gets served up in this affable comics anthology.
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