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Released: March Developer: Jellyfish Parade Genre: Sci-Fi, Otome, Amare, Romance Platform: Mac/PC/Linux TW: The full version of this game contains brief flashing and blinking background effects. If you have a sensitivity to these types of effects, you can turn off animations in the options menu. Steam and Itch.io This year has been on fire with more indie otome games. Especially...
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