Product Description Meet Katie Hopkins, a high school senior just starting her last year before college. She’s optimistic about what the future holds for her and excited to find out. Little does she know, her life’s about to take a massive turn. Join her as a new friend she meets, and follow Katie’s journey through some of the most life changing months she’ll ever experience. Every hello, goodbyes and things in between each conversation you share with Katie will shape her experiences for better or for worse. Log on, say hi, and let’s have A Casual Chat. A Casual Chat features: - Avatar choices and a changing friends list with bios and statuses. - Interwoven story where the player’s decision will have a drastic outcome at the end of the game. - Four chapters spanning over roughly four months of narrative time. - Daily facts both about the game world and the real world.
A Casual Chat: Prize Winner of the Jennifer Ann's Group's 2016 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge
The game involves the player meeting a high school senior, Katie, and following her story as she begins a relationship with Marc, a friend she met over the summer. The player, chatting with Katie online about what’s going on with her life as the school year passes.
We definitely want to thank A Casual Chat’s sound producer, Brigid Choi, our artist, Natalie Diebold, our Programmer, Florian Liederbach, and our Video Producer, Mike McCrone. Not to mention the countless individuals who contributed by doing everything from sharing their stories with us to playtesting our game. We couldn’t have done it without you all. The eight week process wasn’t easy, but we certainly can say it was well worth it.
We sincerely hope that you’ll pick up A Casual Chat from our store, and to those who’ve played it, we hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did at launch and learned a bit about Teen Dating violence.