Saturday, April 24, 2021

Preview: Sugar Style

 


Sugar Style is currently under development and is expected to hit the market at the end of the month or the start of May 2021. It is being produced by NekoNyan and will most likely be launching on Steam the same day that it is due to hit the digital marketplace. 

Sugar Style places you as a protag that has had a sordid life up until the moment he enrolls into a Vocational School. From the snippet the game gives, the protag's parents got scammed into debt by a con artist and ended up having to leave their hometown behind and live on the run. That was until a family member stepped up and helped him get into a vocational school where he could learn a trade to make his life better. The only thing that made life better though was the fact his dorm was full of hot girls and he was the only man there.


Currently, it shows that there are 4 possible girls that you could end up with, each girl has their own personality and quirks that make them fun and interesting. That said they are united in one thing, they don't trust the protag and they seem to view him with quiet distrustful gazes. But he is determined to change that and to eventually find love with one of them.

According to the post by NekoNyan Sugar Style sports, a couple of interesting concepts with character development and how the game adapts to your choices within it. The game starts with you having to earn the trust of each of the girls which will lead you to more choices and eventually a path of friendship and love. This is different from most where you have some connection to maybe one of the girls at the start of the Novel.


There is also a job system that will alter how you interact with the girls and alter the story as well. From the posts by NekoNyan, there are currently four jobs: Housework, Carpenter, Entertainer, and Security. Each one has its own unique mini-scenarios and life in the dorm will change based on what you choose.

Another system they are adding is a 'room rummaging system that will allow you to rummage through the room of the girl that you have chosen to spend the most time with and to woo. It allows you to enter their room after they 'trust' you enough and you can view a variety of items that they may not care you finding...or maybe they don't want you to find?


With the limited information that NykoNyan is currently putting out due to how close it is at launch, it isn't stated if the game will have an 18+ patch at launch or if this will come later in the form of a DLC. Though as it has currently been doing with most of its games when dealing with Steam's weird rules of adult content it usually launches the full game complete with adult content on its shop. Later it will drop the 18+ Patch DLC on its site for free downloads if you get the game off Steam.

If NykoNyan plays its cards right on this the new systems I think will propel the game further than several of its earlier titles though I know many including myself are still waiting and seeing when NekoPara Vol. 5 will be released. That said I am looking forward to this game and seeing what these new systems have that could propel Visual Novels into the next stage.



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