Come for a Drink
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
A queer visual novel game where u try to become friends with older men (and more) for potentially unsavoury reasons. Includes:
Relationship building/romance
Friendship with animals and creatures(?)
Voice acting
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One day while walking home from work, you see that a wushu/chinese martial arts school has opened nearby. You begin to take lessons there, but soon realize that there's more to the school and its people than meets the eye.
Are you thirsty? Come for a drink...
GAME SPECS
- Relationship-building visual novel game (where men talk share their feelings about each other)
- PG-13
- 9 different endings (gallery available to track progress)
- ~15-30 minute playtime (for one route)
- Fully voice-acted (except for you, the player)
- Music/sound-on recommended
- Text translation by Chellestter to Brazilian Portuguese!
CHARACTERS
 | YOU Stunt actor/body double |
 | FUNG Wushu teacher, wing chun style Age 40+ V/O: Bradley Gareth |
 | SUNNY Wushu teacher, tai chi style Age 40+ V/O: Sridy Knach |
 | CEILIC Contract body/security guard Wushu student Age 35+ V/O: Galen MacLusty |
 | ALAIN Photographer, venture capitalist Age 50+ V/O: Andrew Townsend |
BACKGROUND
This is my first game, and I have no idea what I'm doing, but it was created between June 1st 2018 - July 31, 2018 for YaoiJam 2018. This game is not perfect but it exists to explore relationship-building!
FULL CREDITS
This game would not be a real thing without the support, efforts, skills, talents, etc. of the following people:
- Art, story, and programming: Dirchansky
- Music: PowersWithin
- Sound: PowersWithin, Dirchansky
- Voice over artists: Sridy Knach, Bradley Gareth, Galen MacLusty, Kim Hoang, Andrew Townsend, Dirchansky, PowersWithin, Namu, Beatrice Armstrong, Krystle Tabujara
- Additional thank you: Elissa Park, Februeruri, Renpy, Chellestter (translation to Brazilian Portuguese)
Download
Install instructions
Note: v3 includes Chellestter's translation to Brazilian Portuguese! You can find it in the settings.
Development log
- 3rd anniversary zine!Jul 31, 2021
- Translation to Brazilian PortugueseJul 21, 2021
- All 9 game endings (guide)Jun 20, 2021
Comments
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I had WAY TOO MUCH FUN WITH THIS.
I was enamored from start to finish!The way you write these characters is great, and I'm now raking my mind on how to get the other routes so I'm very very invested. Thanks for making this game, and choosing a different age range and look than what most others might choose.
OMG a let's play π so cool!! Thank you so much for playing and sharing! I'm glad you enjoyed it despite it not being QUITE a dating sim and its inclusion of the absolutely weird musical interlude / everything else bizarre hahaha.
Hope you managed to get the bubble tea afterwards π I also know nothing about martial arts and tea/drinks π
The guide for all the routes is available if you ever need π. If you want a vaguer hint, the key to the other endings is to be consistent! Enjoy!!
At first, I was thought: "Nah I don't have attraction toward middle age men so this wouldn't be my cup of tea. But hey, why not at least give myself a try?"
And all I could say is, I love this game! Not because my preference is changed ππ, but because of the sweet romance and good storyline! It's casual and I actually received all endings in one sitting ππ Ceilic though...... π³π₯
Thank you so much for leaving a comment and also for giving this strange game a try—I'm glad that you still enjoyed it for the story and got all the endings (so powerful!) despite your initial thoughts π hehe.
Your comment inspired me to draw this lil pic in appreciation of your Ceilic appreciation π€£
ok he's hot π³π«£ Fung and Sunny can have each other while I'm taking Ceilic with me πβ€οΈβπ₯
I loved it! The characters became quickly dear to my heart, I've loved put them together. It's soft, it's tender and it has fanservice. Bravo for this game, especially on your writing :)
Hello! Thank you for leaving a comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed the game :D! Did you have a favourite pair??
Fung and Sunny make the most sense to me, because they have history, but Ceilic is a cinnamon roll and... Well, I guess i'd take Ceilic for myself and leave the other too together
( βΎΚΜ«βΎ)
(I've laugh very hard with the pink panda in the red wagon)
Hehe, thank you for sharing (βΒ΄β‘`β)! I'm glad you enjoyed the full spectrum of what this silly game had to offer (pairings, dudes, and strange pink pandas...)
hahaha... that was great!
I had a lot of fun^^ thank you very much for this work;]]
Thanks :D glad you enjoyed the game!
yep!
and the Boss Bee gave me a shock with it's voice :PPPP
Yesssssss. Kept you waiting huh? I FINALLY FINISHED IT! Sorry it took me so long! I got lazy : / but never gave up! Holy- almost a *whole* month! Anyhoo, renpy has a translation function, so it was pretty easy to do it, and I already added a language button inside the preferences. This was so fun! Thanks for the oportunity. Also, reading every single dialogue just made me fall in love with all the characters! You made an amazing game! Download it here! -- Oh! Also, there's a bug I couldn't fix :( the credits aren't showing, no matter the language the game's in -- I also tried viewing the credits in the original version but it seems that the code is not working properly
Hello Chelles!! Thank you so much for your efforts with the translation! Glad that you had some fun with it :). I'll have a look for the bug you mentioned and see if I can do anything about it! If I were to credit you for the translation, what name/contact details might you prefer?
Ohh I see that your credit is baked into the ABOUT page, so all is good! Thanks again for all your wonderful help and translation! I got the credits to display properly in the About/Sobre, so we're good to go!
I also didn't have any problems with the credits loading after various endings; if you were auto-skipping-through screens, it does just blow through the credit screen scroll super quick and takes you back to the main menu after...maybe that's what happened in your case.
yeah maybe that's what happened, so everything is fine and everyone is happy :)
Hi so, I just wanted to say that I simply loved this game, the artwork and cheesy lines, the voice acting <3, it's all simply lovely. And I just wanted to ask like, can I translate the game ',:)? To Brazilian Portuguese. I was messing around the files and I found the dialogues and decided to try to translate it, I'm bilingual and fluent in both languages so it's kinda like a fun little project to me, and I just wanted to ask you if there's any problem with that, because if there is I would absolutely understand. (I also want no money or something like that, it's just a way for me to show some love)
Hi Chelles!
Thank you for your kind message, I'm glad that you enjoyed this silly game <3! I made this game for fun/not-profit/so everyone could have a chance to play it, so we're aligned on that value. Yes, you can definitely go ahead and translate the game dialogue. Thank you for your interest and labour in doing so (regardless of how far you get).
I would be happy to incorporate it into the game later if you do take the translation to the finish line, so other Brazilian Portuguese speakers can enjoy the game too, with full credit to you, of course. It seems that you already know your way around Renpy, but if there's anything else I can provide to facilitate your translation, please let me know!
I'm so happy to hear that, and don't worry, I can find my way around things, and I already finished translating the first day, so it's only a matter of time until I finish it
it will not let me install this using the itch.io windows app
when I click the install button it doesn't seem to find the file?
Hi there! I updated a few things on my end and tested it in the app, and was able to install. Please give it a try on your end to see if it works! If not, let me know.
Awesome! Installed just fine. Interesting start ;-)
Waiting andro release
Absolutely fantastic :)!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Any plans for mac version in the future?
There are both mac and PC versions available on the game page https://dirchansky.itch.io/come-for-a-drink !
Somehow I kept getting the Ending 9 and I can't figure out why.
Do you have something like a guide?
Hi there, there are some hints on this post https://itch.io/post/623422; I don't officially have a guide, but feel free to respond to this comment again if you want more specific direction afterwards! Essentially all ducks need to be in a row in order to get the appropriate endings...
Cheers!
Any plans for Android version in the future? :)
Gostaria que colocassem uma tradução para portuguΓͺs-Brasil (PT-BR)
Hi there,Thanks to user https://chellestter.itch.io, version 3 of the game now has a translation to PT-BR. You can change to that language in the Settings!
I WANT THAT PROTEIN WHEEEYYY
*claps*
This was absolutely amazing, I loved it so much!!! <3 Thank you! (it made my little gay heart so happy :'^) )
Hello! Thank you for playing the game, and I'm happy that you enjoyed it :D!
I really love all aspects of this visual novel. The art? . The music? So soft. The voice? . The various endings??? I LOVE, especially ending 7.
Thank you so much for bringing this game into the world!!
Hi Mei! I'm beaming and honoured that you enjoyed the game enough to leave such a lovely comment, thank you so much! I'm also glad that you enjoyed ending 7!!!!!! One of my favs as well!!!!!! Thank you for playing, and it is my pleasure to have brought a bit of fun to your day!
Let me start off by saying I adore this game, the art and voice acting are really cute ;w;
but oh man. I cannot for the LIFE of me get the other endings. I got 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9, but can't figure out the rest ;_;
Hi there! Thank you for playing and enjoying the game! Did you want any hints for the other ending? I'm cool to share if you do :)
YEAAAAH that would be so cool!!!! i really wanna see the other endings >:3c also alain best girl
Here are some ~vague~ hints/spoilers!
1. coffee, compliment, avoid job talk, Fung; repeat 3x
5. tea, compliment, avoid job talk, Fung; repeat 3x
6. tea, compliment, avoid job talk, Ceilic; repeat 3x
7. fruity juice, be in the favour of the first 3, but botch the 4th
If ya need less vagueness, please comment here again! Good luck :D
Alain...is a huge dork...as they all are, hahahaha
YEAAAAAH COMPLETIONIST RUN BABEY!!!!!!!! I got them all, thanks for your help!!!! And thank u for making this game, I enjoyed it a lot!!
side note fung sounds like mccree and i love it
Nice!! Congrats and thanks for playing through it all!!!!!!! Ahh I went and listened to McCree's voice and I can see what you mean! Fung is voiced by the very talented Bradley Gareth http://bradleygareth.wixsite.com/bradleygareth
yeah i think i need less vagueness. I got endings 12,5,6,7,8,9. Ur tips did help a lot,so thx.
https://dirchansky.itch.io/come-for-a-drink/devlog/265536/all-9-game-endings-gui... Just posted a guide here! Enjoy~
I absolutely loveeeddd this game and was really excited to play this with my friend. But it seems like the ending is glitched and no matter what I do i get the same ending.
I hope it gets fixed if it is an issue cause I'd love to see the other endings too :o
Hi Barrelcat!
Thank you for your kind comments, and I'm glad you enjoyed your playthrough! I've had a couple of other folks tell me that they've successfully obtained more than 1 ending; are you using the mac or PC build? I'll play test it on my end again to double check for this glitch/error! Which ending are you landing on over the over again? Is it ending 9? The other possibility is that you may have not chosen the "appropriate" combination of choices during your play through (it's pretty specific), and if you want, I'm happy to give you hints/pointers re: how to get the other endings :)
I put in a screenshot to show you what I mean.
Hi there! It is completely normal to not be able to select the drink on the last visit; the final drink is automatically chosen for you based on the previous selections you made in the game. The game logic was designed this way, so please don't blame yourself!!
I'm going to post some hints below (if you want to read them) and hopefully you get to the other endings soon!
That's all for now :) Happy to reveal more if you are still having difficulties! Thanks for bringing all of this to my attention!
I played through the whole game and had a blast! I laughed a lot, like so much, and the voice acting is great (and a plus for someone like me who has the bad habit of not taking the time to read) I love all of the characters and highly recommend everyone play this game!
I recorded my first run of the game and I hope my reactions shows how much I enjoyed Come for a Drink!
OMG thank you for your comment!! I feel blessed that you took the time to play the game *and* record it for a live play!!!!!! I'm glad that you enjoyed the game!!!!!! I also appreciate your own self narration for the main character during the video hahaha <3! To be honest I can't pronounce a bunch of the drink names either LOL...