Small Town Emo

About this game

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Small Town Emo is a romantic GAMEBOY walking simulator with a healthy dollop of mid-2000's awkwardness! Take control of main character Ken, and guide him through a series of small town New Zealand locations rendered in pixelated GameBoy-style graphics.

Talk to characters, solve simple puzzles, make (occasional) dialogue choices, and explore! Navigate through the complexities of a teenage crush, and let the story of this small town emo kid unfold around you.

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Small Town Emo follows the story of Ken, a seventeen year old emo with an awkward crush on his goofy best friend; Fergus. In the lead up to a costume party, Ken and Fergus spend the day loitering around their small New Zealand town. Can Ken find the courage to confess his feelings, or is he doomed to have depressing song lyrics as his Messenger status for the rest of eternity?

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• Authentic bootleg GameBoy experience!
  
• 1.275 hours of "gameplay".
  
• 8 mouthwateringly collectible memes.
  
• 97% pure walking & talking - no pesky action!
  
• Priceless minigames, including "bullet hell" and "pimple popper".
  
• Immersive MSN Messenger sequences!
  
• Complete linearity, only the vaguest illusion of choice!

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Light cursing/swearing, references to mild homophobia, references to drinking underage, vague disrespect of a cemetery.

Latest news

• Announcements·30 Apr 2024Official

  delays (sorry lol) + cool news!?

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44166977/60293c28028bf50fee9bc1666519a79b05982721.gif hi cool ppl who are following this project. wanted to keep folks in the loop with how things are going re: full version of Small Town Emo. bad news / delays etc: in order to get the game in a healthy spot we made the call to update from GB Studio version 3.03 to 3.21. this provided a bunch of bugfixes and new features ((mentioned here)) BUUUUUUT came at the cost of breaking a bunch of stuff!!! because this game is a part-time side project, lots of dev time has gone into fixing things, which has delayed the release goal. sadly there's still more *~elbow grease~* needed to get up and running again. PLUS there's a chunk of art that still needs art-ing, and some music that needs 2 b musicked... which brings us to our other (cooler) news: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44166977/5ab250bb0f072ab4ac73dd15225814c5b41a64e4.png collabing w/ robot meadows + others: we're really excited to be commissioning some ~originale~ tracks from Robot Meadows 2 add 2 the awesome asset pack tracks weve been using from Mr V. and Beatscribe. Robot Meadows makes fantastic music, plzzz check out their first album Star Cycles. we have ALSO reached out to a very cool pixel artist friend to create assets to help w/ the release. this will help get us back on track so thats something to lewk forward 2 (very excited) TL;;DR release is delayed by X months. collaborating with some cool ppl to make it real good tho. sorry and thank you
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• Announcements·10 Feb 2024Official

  NextFest: Devs Banter Stream

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44166977/f18d5512fdc5fe536f5d8233970690efdd44a976.png It's STEAM NEXT FEST DEVELOPER LIVESTREAM TIME! For Steam Next Fest, Thomas and Nate from Fnife Games have prepared a semi-live ""Livestream"" of Small Town Emo, going over some behind-the-scenes details as well as general banter and tomfoolery! Thomas is the main creative lead behind Small Town Emo, and Nate is an editor/consultant for the project. This Livestream features authentic (as in: this is what we actually looked like) emo/teenaged photo avatars presented in an MSN Messenger style!!! We'll leave the stream looping for around 24 hours because that's apparently the cool thing to do! Cheers, and happy Next Fest! ːsteamsaltyː ːsteamhappyː ːsteamthisː -Fnife
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• Announcements·29 Nov 2023Official

  Small Town Emo @ the Queer Indies Showcase Presented by IGDA, GaymerX & MidBoss

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44166977/5d946aaf3952fdc530560dd4315b198bd333353b.png Edutainment Alert! On November 25 Small Town Emo was invited to exhibited at the inaugural Queer Indies Showcase, presented by IGDA, MidBoss and GaymerX! This live stream event spotlighted queer games alongside their creators in a showcase hosted by LGBTQIA+ Streamers and Influencers. The program closed with a panel discussion about queer representation in games and the games industry. Check out the VOD here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1987372203, or you can also check out the IDGA YouTube Channel, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J31Ctb3Yu-8 Please follow / wishlist or ~*BUY*~ the other juicy beautiful games we were featured alongside: Arcade Spirits: The New ChallengersQueer Man Peering Into A Rock Pool.jpgRead Only Memories: Neurodiver ValiDate Sephonie And you can check out the fantastic lovely featured streamers from the event here: The Pixie Parker Deere Sliced Raven Jeff Brutlag Chelora Heck yea!
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• Announcements·16 Oct 2023Official

  Small Town Emo is at SXSW Sydney!

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44166977/7814437a39accb110e60d3397240689e56c16e29.png SMALL TOWN EMO is a featured exhibitor at South by Southwest Sydney! ((none of us will b there tho BC we're busy being divas 💅)) If you are in the area pls check out some of the other awesome titles that have been selected alongside us. U can browse a list of SXSW Sydney's featured games here: https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/line-up/games we're super uber lucky BC Small Town Emo is being exhibited on real live handheld gameboys!!! so keep ur eyes peeled 4 gamebois at the festival + the Queer Creator Showcase. do a cheeky speedrun if u want 👓👟 you can find our exhibitor schedule here
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• Announcements·4 Oct 2023Official

  Small Town Emo is a part of Gayming LIVE 2023

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44166977/ca34d247db5ae74840ec7369f3e4eb00c54aa465.png Small Town Emo is part of the upcoming Gayming Live Indie Festival 💪🐸 Gayming LIVE, the world’s biggest LGBTQ gaming and geek convention, is back for 2023 this October (6-8th) featuring three days of free-to-access streaming and other exciting stuff! this will include a sweet LGBTQ+ Indie 🔥Steam Sale🔥 from Sept 30 - Oct 14, plus panels, streams & GaymingLive eventz from 6th-8th October! you can find more information at: http://gaymingmag.com/live Check out the Gayming Live festival on Steaml!
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