End Date
Eli, your genderfluid partner, is staying over for 10 days. But trouble is afoot; You're broke and the world is expensive! Luckily your aunty offers (threatens) you a job at her cafe. But are you sure you want to leave Eli alone for the day? If Eli gets upset, things may take a sour turn...
End Date is an ending collection sim & dating sim that gives the player free control of everyday activities. Go to work, pick between 3 locations for dates, play a video game or just cuddle the day away - the choice is yours!
End Date features at least 12 completely unique endings that will be displayed as little tokens on a pinboard to track your progress and give little hints towards the other endings. The pinboard screen is unlocked after obtaining at least one ending and reaching a new day (Day 3/10 excluded)
This game was made for the Trans Representation Jam 2024. Follow @TransRepJam / @Hatoge_ on twitter or join the TRJ Discord if you're interested in participating in future Trans Rep Jams and want to be notified when the next one is hosted!
About the browser build:
Unfortunately one of my plugins is causing issues with the browser build so I won't be able to upload it right now. I'll try to find a workaround and have a browser build up within this week though!
End Date
by Hatoge
Playtime:
30 minutes - 3 hours (depending on how many endings you're going for and how fast you read)
Endings:
12 (+)
Software:
RPG Maker MV, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, Audacity
Plugins used:
Galv: Image cache, Message Background, Visual Novel Choices, Character Frames | Yanfly: Message Core, Region Restrictions | SumRndmDde: Super Tools Engine, HUDMaker | Tor Damian Design: Mouse System Ex | Moghunter: Picture Effects MZ | Yami: Skip Title | Krimer: Destination Sprite | Nebula Games: Keyboard Window | RPG Maker Irina: Animated Loading | Tsukimi: Filter Controller | Fallen Angel Olivia: Meta Controls | Yoji Ojima, Sasuke Kannazuki: Novel Message
Any streams or let's plays of End Date are highly appreciated! Feel free to post your videos of the game in the comment section. :) There should be no content claims as all the music I have used is royality free, but please let me know should there be any issues in that regard. Also please abide to the following rules should you decide to make content of this game:
x Be respectful of Eli's gender identity. Use they/them if you're not sure which pronouns to use but othervise try to stick to the pronoun they use each day
x Make sure to include the content warning
x Please include the credits at normal flow speed at least once. Afterwards for further ending collection they can be cut out or sped through.
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I keep getting the one where we go to the park, and a man explodes into magical ~confetti~!
I found this game totally at random and fell completely in love ! I adore VNs where you get to collect all the endings and this one of the kind I love, where collecting them all gives you a reward at the end. I think I took about 5-6 hours because I was struggling finding what to do for ending 10 and 11, but I pulled through in the end !I love seeing more queer rep in games too, Eli's design is so lovely !! Thank you so much for this game !
Spoiler image ahead !
BRO I SAW THE DESCRIPTION THEN GOT SCARED BC MY NAME IS ELI LOLLOLOLLLL
this is so pretty ahanxmksjwksam
You never dissapoint with your talent hatoge! This game is so detailed and cool! Havent done all the endings yet, but i am ready to be surprised :)
I will try to get one of my favourite youtuber to play this game whatever it takes! >:]
The game is amazing btw!
ELI KINDA MAKES ME MAD ALSO I TRIED MY BEST LIKE YOU GET MAD WHEN I CANT TAKE YOU ANYWHERE CUZ IM BROKE AND NOW YOURE MAD BECAUSE I WANNA WORK????? all jokes aside, very well made game! just got my first ending! (ending 8) great job!!!
RIGHT
HOW DO I GET OUT
HOW TO STOP THE "GAME" WHEN I FINISHED MY HOUSE HELP
press the x at the top right of the screen lol 😭😭 I got confused too lmao
dam she twisted me
Since it's a horror game can I recommend an option where the player can access later on? (If Eli too gets upset or the player gets too stressed out.)
I'm thinking if the player will commit ''sewerside" later on. Not at the beginning though! Yet.
(Yeah. I'm that dark.)
que jogo fofo, mesmo nao entendendo quase nada, é fofo e tem aquela pega de terror, num sei se tem aqueles guias de finais, seria perfeito, mais que jogo bem feito tao lindo e a reprensividade trans é incrivel
Is there an ending guide?
This would be much appreciated loll
hi! this is a very lovely game, and I'm having fun playing it, but around day 10 the screen seems to go completely black, and none of the images seem to pop up, I can hear the music and sound effects though, so I'm not sure whats wrong.
Thank you for reporting, I'll look into it! If you have a windows device, could you download the game and let me know if this issue prevails?
Eli is a bitch lol
they cubed my boy pp!
im so sad!!
I'm addicted. I have five endings so far...so yeah. Anyway, Imma get sleep before I pass out.
why is eli always a woman
Hey, shame people just disliked without explanation. They actually change their gender and sex every day.
Why is that when I choose he/him, it's a girl love interest but when it's she/her, it's a boy? Am I not allowed to be gay..
Eli is genderfluid and changes their gender expression every day. What gender they are on the first day is not tied to your pronoun choice but random on the first playthrough and interchanging afterwards.
OH THAT'S AMAZING
But it is happening exactly the opposite with me. I choose my gender fem and fem Eli appears. Like I'm not allowed to be straight?
If fem Eli is there day 1, you will get masc Eli day 2, fem day 3 and so on. And to answer your question: The main character is some variation of pan/bisexual per default, but you're free to headcanon which variation on your playthrough <3
LMAO
Why did a man explode?? Can someone give me hints? Please O.o
If you reach the last ending you'll understand everything. But if you really want to know I can tell you
Please make a Brazilian Portuguese version! I need it, the game seems to be perfect, but I don't understand much English :(
uma versao em pt br seria taooo incrivel
is there an endings guide
Loading Error?
after the first scene, this screen pops up and wont change no matter how many times i reload it.
[Description: image is a screenshot. the background is dark greyish blue(ignore the black outline, its how my computer cropped the game). In yellow text it says "Loading Error", and in smaller white letters under it it says "Failed to load: img/characters/%24map-(4).png".]
[under that is a small black box(button) with the white words "Retry" on it. when i click on it, it will replay the games loading screen before taking me back to this.]
at first i thought it might be a part of the game, but it still hasn't fixed itself so i decided to comment. i also tried restarting the game, but the same thing happened again even when i chose different options.
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side note, i absolutely love the plushies in the bedroom referencing your other games! (Mistrick is my favorite, it makes me stim)
hope this can be resolved somehow because i really love your games and was excited to play this one <3
the same thing is happening to me!! I went into the files, not exactly sure why that specific file wont load. it looks normal enough. I am on a Lenovo laptop if that helps, using windows 10. My browser is opera GX but I changed the Html files to open in google if that was somehow the problem??
I love interactive games like this and I was also excited when I saw it but its completely unplayable after the intro :(
I'll fix it this weekend, thank you two for letting me know!
I replaced the file, hopefully this solved the issue you were experiencing 🙏
Love this game so much!!!! Eli is so cute and I love (and also hate) them lol. 10/10 would date them again (except not in real life because Please Eli I need to earn money idk how to explain capitalism to you babe)
Also I like the easter eggs towards your other games (the plushies/figurines in the display case in the player's room are characters from your other games I'm guessing - I at least recognize the characters from Mistrick haha).
I have no idea if this is just my computer or not but when I tried to insult Eli, it turned upside down, was a good scare tho
it could just be my computer, its really old lmao
yeah that didn't happen to me, so I think it's a bug or something lol
that's so funny, that's never happened to any of my games 😂 I'm not sure it's a bug from the game itself though, since I'd need a plugin to flip the ui on its head and nothing in the game should be currently able to do that 🤔 But if anyone else encounters this, let me know 🙏
yea, then it's probably just my computer! this happened before on other rpg-maker games with me on browser lol
No, it happened to me too! But then again my computer is really old, too...
It's probably just that our computers are old
any tips for the "when the darkness threaten to consume all, you went outside and felt loved" and "when the darkness threaten to consume all, you looked at a screen and felt loved" endings? Can't figure it out lol.
Spoilers below
I keep getting either the ending where our apartment is set on fire, or I get the one where Eli makes a man explode into "confetti".
nevermind, I figured both of them out lol it just took me a long time to realize what I had to do for each of the endings. Now I just need the 13th ending :)
I can't figure those two out, what do you need to do?
Nevermind I figured it out LMAO
I DON'T WANNA BE MEAN TO THEM
I THINK THEY DRUGGED ME 🙂
any suggestions on getting the "light" endings (about the player's love falling short + weren't loved)? it feels like every time i try to do it (e.g. insulting or picking more negative options) it transitions to the "gray" world...
***Spoilers***
I was mostly neutral towards them, but occasionally insulted them and even complimented them if the next day it made the world gray. Basically don't go to work too many times (don't go on day 2 or its automatic gray world), hang out with them (skipping makes it easier to be neutral), for the map maker actually do what they want (i found that if i just exited it, i would get gray world), and don't ask them what they want to do for dinner. You should try to save every possible day so you can go back if you made them too unhappy with you
ELI WHY DO YOU HATE THAT I HAVE TO WORK FOR A LIVING AGH.
YOOOOO ITS MY MANNNN
1ST ENDING DOWN-- THE GOOD ONE
OH DEAR-- TO GET THE OTHER.... idk how many
WAIT YOU MADE SOFIA???
I streamed that game!! I lovedddd it smmmmm
keep making games!!!!!!!
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
Very well executed. The art style is great.
I LOVE THEM SM OMG great game!!!!!!!!
Eli plush on Makeship ! (hint hint)
Oh I wish, but I'm not nearly popular enough to pull that off 😞But I appreciate the enthusiasm 🙏
That's great. I love a game with choices.
Also, if I had a nickel for every time the world around me was controlled by a bouncy transgender person, I'll have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
This game is so amazing!! It's so interactive and it's really cool how you put a map creator in there. I've only managed to get 5 endings, not sure how to get the rest, but I'll keep trying. And also! I think I found a bug (I'll put it down there cuz spoilers)
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After the main characters dies inside the burning building, there's an overlay that only allows you to see the lower part of the screen. Even when I started a new game, that overlay stayed there and only went away when I reloaded an old save
Thank you for letting me know! I'll take a look at it :)
Just letting other content creators know that I did get a copyright claim for the "Good Night" song from FASSounds.
You can seemingly dispute it with the license available on Pixabay, but it does require making an account and following their instructions. Not a big deal, but something to keep in mind.
Thanks for posting about it! I'll replace the song as soon as I can get to it. 😣
Song has been replaced :)
I never quite realised who Hatoge was, only from their YouTube. So my surprise was palpable when I realised that some of my favorite VN were made by them! I was waiting to play this game all day and after having played it, the quality is on par as always. It's interactive, more so than most VN. (No insult to them.) Core ideas are interesting and... It doesnt help that I have a bias becouse of the Jam this was a part of.
Good game
i'm realizing what i encountered wasn't a bug but totally on purpose LOL. **spoiler below**
the game kind of locks you on the map once it starts to distort from working and making eli unhappy, which i think is mostly intentional since it's the game telling you that you effed up and eli doesn't want to go outside anymore? the issue however is that it completely locks you on the map screen and you're even unable to go back to the home so it calls for closing and reopening the game, which is really inconvenient if you haven't saved LOL. i've had no issues otherwise!
It sounds like you did encounter a bug, that's not intentional 😖 I'll look into it!
fyi happened to me too - both on the "grey" world when Eli was unhappy, and once when Eli was happy. No clue why. Hope you get the bug fixed, but since each run is fairly short it's kind of annoying but not a devastating bug as long as you save often lol