For the Love of Christmas
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
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You're a writer from a small town in the midwest, who moved to Los Angeles to try and jumpstart your writing career. However, you were forced to work long hours with poor pay and no lunch breaks as an uncredited writing assistant.
After a couple years working tirelessly through Christmas break, you finally quit your job when you realize your superior has stolen your work and claimed it as his own. For the first time in years, you return home for the holidays.
Your parents are planning on throwing a massive Christmas party and inviting the entire neighborhood and family—But your heart just isn't in it.
That is, until you reconnect with an old classmate, Jordan, who you remember as a shy, nerdy kid with braces, who now has a chiseled set of abs and an infectious smile that causes butterflies in your stomach... Who may just make this whole thing worth it.
- Occupation: Engineer
- Role: Love Interest
- Favorite Food: Pumpkin Pie
Your shy and nerdy classmate from middle school who's now gifted with a brilliant smile and a fit body—But is just as shy and nerdy. He works in Silicon Valley as an engineer for upscale, bougie pet toys, but always returns home for Christmas to meet his family.
- Occupation: Screenwriter (former)
- Role: Protagonist
- Favorite Food: Mashed Potatoes
A jaded fiction writing assistant who's great at what they do, but just can't seem to catch their big break.
- 16,000 words (around 1 hour of playtime)
- 4 unique CGs
- 2 endings
- 1 cozy winter romance that's sure to make you feel all fuzzy inside 🎄
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- Hiroshi: Character Art (Sprites & CGs)
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Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (29 total ratings) |
Author | Foleso |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Made with | Unity |
Tags | Anime, Boys' Love, Christmas, Dating Sim, Gay, LGBT, Male protagonist, Romance, Yaoi |
Average session | About an hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
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Development log
- Announcement: Wisteria Realms will be merging with Foleso.Apr 10, 2023
- For the Love of Christmas is OUT!Dec 30, 2022
- FTLC Devlog #1: The HistoryDec 12, 2022
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The story was a lot of fun, and Celyn was quite a relatable character. His personality, his anxiety, and his adorable crush felt very realistic. I even appreciated that, in some ways, his anxiety over having quit his job and feeling like a failure affected how he responded to certain things. It made him have substance.
I very much enjoyed that we could choose to go a more platonic route or seek out romance with Jordan. It was nice that both endings were so sweet and ended so well for Celyn. (I was also happy to see that he didn't have to choose romance over pursuing his dreams. It was a nice touch.)
Jordan was also a fantastic character, both as a love interest and a friend. He was perfect mix of nerdy and hot. I liked that he actively worked towards not only chasing his own dreams, but also towards raising his own self-esteem and whatnot. He came off as a sincerely great guy, and it was nice to see how well he and Celyn connected.
Also, I adored Celyn's parents! They were so supportive. Even the little argument with his mom was dealt with well. I love seeing parents who support and communicate well with their kids.
This was a fantastic (and beautiful) visual novel to play for the holidays.
Everyone who worked on it did an excellent job.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you... Just... Thank you.
One of the first things the main character thinks when seeing Jordan is "are my clothes alright?" EXCUSE ME, SIR. You are wearing a suit vest with decorative golden chains, I think your clothes are fuckin fine.
So, this VN hits so close to home. I related to the issues portrayed in this story, except that I lost my dad when I was teen and my mom wasn't so understanding. It's a really sore memory, but this VN was so warm and it provided a comfort I didn't know I needed. Thanks for making this game!
That being said, others pointed out this mistake, but at the ending romance scene, Jordan says "Merry Christmas, Celyn" even when we changed the default name. I actually completely forgot that Celyn is the default name and I thought Jordan purposely called MC a different name as a joke or something... lol.
really cool game, I love it!!
So wholesome !!!
But I'm struggling to find the ending with the first 2 CGs in the gallery, anyone has any tips?
I really liked it! Very sweet and dealing with some real issues, nothing becomes perfect just because of a good romance.
I did notice three errors I thought I should mention! The first time your mom calls your name and at least in the romance ending when Jordan says Merry Christmas they both use the default name even if you've changed it.
When you show Jordan your room and he's helping with the song playlist there's this "You look away. It isn't necessarily a hidden hobby, but yofu don't make..."
The sprite is amazing. The bgm is well chosen too, its soothening. My only problem is despite I changed the name, they still call him Celyn :3 Jordan is so cute wahhh I loveeee theem! The plot is amazing too. Both ending is good. Im happy for them. Happy new year ✨
Glad to hear you enjoyed it, and Happy New Year to you too!