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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 07/07/2026

Aw, thank you so much! It's, uh... definitely heavily inspired by my own college experiences. Hope you enjoy ZAGS!

Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 10/05/2026

Sometimes I like causing drama for my poor characters 😅 Anyway, #DaddyDatingGame is currently at 181,535 words (13,918 dialogue blocks) and 438 menus PatchrickPlayer1 recently streamed an alpha build (and will be continuing) so check him out! www.youtube.com/@PatchrickPl... #IndieGameDev

A code screenshot from Daddy Dating Sim. The line reads:

if ry_did_fight or joe_sawfight or jason_knowfight or dating_abhinav or breakup_abhinav or dating_scott or hend_fight:
"Your sleep is troubled, that night."

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 07/05/2026

Pat will be streaming the current build of #DaddyDatingGame in about 2.5 hours from now (8:30 PM Eastern)! Come and join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0fE... www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla... #IndieGameDev

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Gay Daddy Dating Sim Pre-Alpha Gameplay | Early Access First Look

YouTube video by PatchrickPlayer1

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 03/05/2026

Looks like the stream will be rescheduled... will update with a new time once that time is known

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 01/05/2026

The #DaddyDatingGame UI is basically complete, and we're also now at 167,236 words (12,717 dialogue blocks) and 410 menus And... PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming the current game build tomorrow (6/2) at 8:30 PM Eastern! Come join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0fE... #IndieGameDev

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Gay Daddy Dating Sim Pre-Alpha Gameplay | Early Access First Look

YouTube video by PatchrickPlayer1

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 24/04/2026

Annnd the planner feature for #DaddyDatingGame has also been UI-ed (before and after view) Also updated the choice menus while in SMS mode to look like you're actually sending a response message (or not) Progress! #IndieGameDev

A UI of a "planner feature" where you selection an action for various time slots (such as Monday during the day, or Thursday evening). The UI is very bare bones and has nothing but text on the screen.

A UI of a "planner feature" where you selection an action for various time slots (such as Monday during the day, or Thursday evening). The UI now has more obvious buttons and has informational text laid out on the side of the screen. The UI now also looks like it's being shown on a computer screen, with the frame of the computer visible.

A menu for the player to select one of four possible options to a conversation over text messaging. The response options look like text bubbles, while the option to not respond does not.

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 23/04/2026

Text messaging is done for #DaddyDatingGame It uses NVL mode but has a "memory" of previous conversations (by person/group) and shows a hint of who you're talking to in the background so it's less confusing when the game switches between convos Progress! #IndieGameDev

A screenshot showing a text messaging conversation on a phone. The screen shows a portrait of the person behind the text.

A screenshot showing a text messaging conversation on a phone. The screen shows a portrait of the person behind the text. An "NEW MESSAGES" indicator shows which messages are new.

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 06/04/2026

Lookit the gorgeous cast of #DaddyDatingGame ❤️ (Caleb is a placeholder at the moment) 159,306 words in 12,111 dialogue blocks, and 388 menus (player choices) Also did some UI cleanup and will put in the GUI for text messaging soon Progress! #IndieGameDev

A screenshot from Daddy Dating Sim. Five smiling men, dressed in casual clothing, stand on a background of woods at night, lit by a fire. From left to right, the men are hispanic, African American, a redheaded caucasian, a bald caucasian, and Chinese.

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 06/04/2026

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 18/03/2026

More #DaddyDatingGame progress! Been a productive few writing weeks: now at 156,321 words (11,870 dialogue blocks), written through game day 17 (including hooking up already-written scenes) Also: My sprite artist has started on both Caleb and Mitch sprites Progress! #IndieGameDev

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 16/02/2026

Had a coworking gamedev session with a friend today, and it was productive! Got some more #DaddyDatingGame UI work done, and also got some writing done... day 14 is just over half done, now Game's now at 122,405 words and 9395 dialogue blocks Progress! #IndieGameDev

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 15/02/2026

It also obeys unlocks for achieving a happy ending for a guy, so I avoided having to copy-paste anything. And the same character definitions will be reused for the character profiles you can view in-game. With tons of thanks to my artist @soulsoftea.bsky.social for separating out art layers for me!

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 15/02/2026

All the music for #DaddyDatingGame is staged and... the character settings screen is nicer! Obviously needs more UI polish and cleanup, but you can now toggle the guys' settings with a visual indication of what's changing (Also the screen is generated automatically per guy!) #IndieGameDev

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 13/02/2026

Oh yeah, also got (all of?) the music for the game... not commissioning music (yet) this time around and seeing if I can make do with the stuff I have from Humble Bundle and Fanatical over the years... working out so far! Progress!

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 13/02/2026

Implemented smart crossfade today for #DaddyDatingGame... it'll now crossfade music and do nothing if the given track is already playing This'll make music staging so much quicker; won't have to manually fadeout music, nor conditional everywhere to see if the music needs to change #IndieGameDev

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 30/01/2026

Also wouldn't "Werehouse 69" be the perfect name for an adult furry Visual Novel game? Someone get on that please 😬

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 30/01/2026

Bob is slightly regretting having 12 separate routes in #DaddyDatingGame because it's creating slightly ridiculous branching every time I even start a new game day But, uh... finally finished day 13, and we're now at 118,778 words (9107 dialogue blocks) so... progress? #IndieGameDev #VisualNovel

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 12/01/2026

Finally some more #DaddyDatingGame progress to show off! Now at 109,228 words (8387 dialogue blocks), and we have a logo and a (tentative) menu UI! #IndieGameDev #VisualNovel

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 20/11/2025

I'm hoping to have another game build out sometime in December, after the next sprite (Caleb) is done... Pat may be playtesting again, but I'm also happy to send out super unpolished WIP builds to others if they'd like to test and provide feedback Progress!

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 20/11/2025

A small #IndieGameDev update: #DaddyDatingGame progress continues. I've been adding three (!) additional routes to the game and generally fleshing out those scenes and tying them into the current game flow... this'll make 10 total game routes The game is now at 98,290 words (7534 dialogue blocks)

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 23/10/2025

I make super gay video games (mostly narrative games)!

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 18/09/2025

@sylphrin.bsky.social has opened up commissions for janky Bob-drawn VTuber models! You too can look weirdly flat and low-res in 1080p vgen.co/sylphrin/ser...

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MS Paint VTuber Art + Rig by sylphrin (@sylphrin)

Send a request while they're still accepting!

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 28/07/2025

Would that entail updating some config so there's two auto-import image directories (with some prioritization of which one to take if equivalent-named images exist in both)?

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 27/07/2025

I love that idea The good news is you'd have a pretty easy time with it... your patch would only need to contain a single rpy file that overrides an HAS_PATCH define, which is built into an archive you can patch in

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 26/07/2025

Hi everyone I've put together a guide for generating patches for NSFW/Adult content in Ren'Py games Given current events, I'm hoping this is useful to someone Feedback/comments/thoughts greatly appreciated! docs.google.com/document/d/1... #IndieGameDev #VNDev #GameDev #RenPy

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Ren'Py NSFW Patching Guide

Ren'Py NSFW Patching: A Step-By-Step Guide By Bob Conway (bobcgames.com) Created: July 26, 2025 Last Updated: July 26, 2025 With recent crackdowns on NSFW content in games on both Steam and itch.io, ...

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 03/07/2025

It's a day of Bob Streams! @sylphrin.bsky.social will be streaming #ZRWP today at 5:30 PM Eastern (2:30 Pacific) www.twitch.tv/sylphrin And PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming #DaddyDatingGame today around 9:30 PM Eastern (6:30 Pacific) www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla... Come join us!

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 20/06/2025

Friendly reminder that PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming the current progress of #DaddyDatingGame tonight at 9:30 US Eastern (6:30 US Pacific)! I'll be hanging out on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla... But YouTube is also available: youtube.com/live/yZj0l2q... Hope to see you! #IndieGameDev

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 18/06/2025

The #DaddyDatingGame stream will be this Friday 6/20 at 7:30 US Mountain Time (9:30 US Eastern, 6:30 US Pacific) www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla... www.youtube.com/@PatchrickPl... (More progress has been made... now 63,538 words and 4,964 dialogue blocks 😶) #IndieGameDev

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 15/06/2025

You can follow him on Twitch or Youtube in the meantime: www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla... www.youtube.com/@PatchrickPl...

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 15/06/2025

#DaddyDatingGame progress continues! Gabe's sprite is done, and game's at 53,975 words (4238 dialogue blocks) But some news: PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming the game (at least its progress) this upcoming Friday (June 20), for Pride Month! I'll post exact time once it's known #IndieGameDev

A screenshot from the WIP game. Three characters are in a bar setting. The two on the left are finished sprites and look significantly different than the third (placeholder) sprite on the right.

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 09/06/2025

Today's #DaddyDatingGame progress was staging the completed sprites (Ryan, Jason, Santiago, Ethan) and backgrounds into the game... Gabe will hopefully follow soon (Also got some writing done!) It's a little sad we'll no longer have scenes that look like this though 😅 #IndieGameDev #VisualNovel

A screenshot from Daddy Dating Sim. The background is from YAGS and has "Placeholder" all over it. The left sprite is Carlos' head from YAGS on Dan's body, with an overshirt badly drawn on top. The right sprite is Chris' head from YAGS on Carlos' body, with a goatee badly drawn on top.

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 07/06/2025

The amazing PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming #YAGS in a little over an hour Come check him out! (Not like that... okay, maybe also like that) www.youtube.com/watch?v=706B... www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla...

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Seducing the Cute Computer Guy | YAGS (Yearning: A Gay Story) 💻🌈

YouTube video by PatchrickPlayer1

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 03/06/2025

Oh my god After over a year, day 7 of #DaddyDatingGame is finally done being written And it is 2012 lines long (four times the length of the previous game Saturday) Jesus what I have I done to myself? Game is now 50,595 words and 3,991 dialogue blocks 😶 #IndieGameDev #VisualNovel

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 25/05/2025

It's been interesting not writing things with the usual order that I tend to tackle my stories We'll see how much this makes future-Bob miserable in the editing stage 😓

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 25/05/2025

I've been making some slow progress on #DaddyDatingGame, mostly just filling in random new scenes as they come to mind without really trying to put them in the right place(s) yet Now at 42,214 words (and on in-game day 7 😬 )

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 11/05/2025

Also it's already May and I have made zero progress on my gamedev goals so far this year so... that's great 😅

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 11/05/2025

It occurs to me I haven't posted a #DaddyDatingGame update in a long time The day job has been too busy to make serious progress, but I've been knocking out scenes (and scene-bits), and sprite progress has continued The game is currently 38,348 words, and here's a WIP headshot of Gabe #GameDev

The head and neck of an African American man. He has light stubble (with hints of grey in it) and an earring. The drawing is unshaded, as a work in progress.

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 28/02/2025

There's nothing like the feelings you get when someone emails you about your games, talking about how much they loved your writing and character choices, and how upset the "bad" endings made them feel People like that are what make #IndieGameDev (or I suppose #VisualNovelDev) worth it

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 28/02/2025

Haha... I agree, and it's why I love indie gamedev! My goal at the moment is to make more gays featuring middle-aged gay men just living their lives If you check it out, there's another game in the series (bobcgames.itch.io/the-revelation) and hopefully more still to come (including a dating sim)

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 27/02/2025

I've been quietly working on this game because I didn't know if I'd finish in time, but... Mother: The Distance is now available to play (as part of the Love+Attraction Jam)! Help a couple navigate difficult times and the growing distance between them bobcgames.itch.io/the-distance #IndieGameDev

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Mother: The Distance by bobcgames

A long-married couple navigates the growing distance between them

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 31/12/2024

Best of luck to you with those goals, and especially the last one

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 31/12/2024

In terms of non-gamedev stuff, I want to make sure to keep my marriage as strong as it feels today, and continue connecting with friends old and new I want to start (and finish) more repairs around the house I want to find more time and energy in general, and allow myself to focus less on work

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 31/12/2024

I guess I should list some of mine 😅 I want to finish ZAGS: Study Pop, a match 3 game with unlockable YAGS-verse art (all art already completed) I want to finish Mother: The Rebirth (all art already completed) and get the demo for the related Daddy Dating Sim out And other TBD Mother-verse games

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year, everyone! I'm hoping 2025 brings a lot more free time (and energy) for me to work on more games in, because I have so many ideas What are your hopes and wishes, or projects, for 2025?

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 30/12/2024

Good luck! Look forward to seeing what you create

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Bob Conway @bobcgames.com · 18/12/2024

Been quiet on here recently, but just wanted to thank everyone who's checked out, played, and contacted me about Mother: The Revelation! It gives me motivation (but unfortunately not the time) to keep working on other games in the series Gogo gadget middle-aged gay representation! #MTRGame

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