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🗝️ Bad Summer Character Keychains Are Coming!🗝️
We’re dropping exclusive character keychains as part of our Kickstarter launch on July 21! THAT'S IN 6 DAYS!
These keychains will be available only through Kickstarter, so if you want to carry Oliver, Jenny, or even someone you probably shouldn't trust...you know what to do.

Bad Summer is a horror romance visual novel with choices that matter. We’re heading to Kickstarter on July 21!
💘 Please back, share, or wishlist. Anything helps. Follow us on kickstarter to be notified when we launch!
👉 [Kickstarter Prelaunch Link]
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Bad Summer is a horror-romance visual novel set at the edge of a nightmare.
Assume the roles of Jenny Lewis, a quiet guitarist turned reluctant camp counselor, and Oliver Smith, a rookie detective chasing a case no one wants solved. Switch between two perspectives as you unravel secrets that stretch far beyond missing persons and whispered campfire stories.
Flirt, investigate, panic, and regret as you make impossible choices that ripple across two lives...and maybe the end of the world.
Caught between supernatural horror and messy human connection: Who will you trust when the world falls apart?
Blending visual novel storytelling with interactive mini-games, Bad Summer is a psychological horror experience filled with romance routes, heart-pounding phone calls, deadly consequences, and just enough levity to keep you breathing.
EXTENDED DEMO NOW AVAILABLE
We’re launching on Kickstarter July 21!
💘 PLEASE REBLOG. Follow us on Kickstarter to be notified when we launch! 💘
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Bad Summer's next update launches July 21 - same day as our Kickstarter!
🎙️ More voice acting! 💘 Additional romance scenes! 🐣 New easter eggs discover!
Keep a lookout for more information regarding our next update soon.
Mark your calendars. It’s gonna be big.

Bad Summer is a horror romance visual novel with choices that matter. We’re heading to Kickstarter on July 21!
💘 Please back, share, or wishlist. Anything helps. Follow us on kickstarter to be notified when we launch!
👉 [Kickstarter Prelaunch Link]
#badsummer game#visual novel#interactive fiction#kickstarterlaunch#kickstarter#lgbt games#lgbtq#dating sim
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Bad Summer: Our Chaotic List of Character Sheets So Far!








Bad Summer is a horror romance visual novel with choices that matter. We’re heading to Kickstarter on July 21!
💘 Please back, share, or wishlist. Anything helps. Follow us on kickstarter to be notified when we launch!
👉 [Kickstarter Prelaunch Link]
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9 days. That’s all that’s left before Bad Summer goes live on kickstarter! 💖
We’re scared. We’re excited. We’re exhausted. But more than anything, we believe in this haunted love story we’re making.
Bad Summer is a horror romance visual novel with choices that matter. We’re heading to Kickstarter on July 21!
💘 Please back, share, or wishlist. Anything helps. Follow us on kickstarter to be notified when we launch!
👉 [Kickstarter Prelaunch Link]
#badsummer game#visual novel#dating sim#indiegame#interactive fiction#kickstarterlaunch#kickstarter#lgbt games#lgbtq
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Reminder: Bad Summer is coming soon to kickstarter!
With your support, we can make Bad Summer the best game it can be. More CGs, more voice-acting, and faster updates. 🔥
Check out our prelaunch page here!
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Ten days until Bad Summer's Kickstarter launch! ❤️
We’re just two devs making a horror romance visual novel about love, death, and everything in between. If you see this - now’s the time to follow the prelaunch! 👇
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They said it would be the summer of our lives.
They forgot to mention the part where the woods whisper and the people you love might not be what they seem.
Bad Summer's Kickstarter launches July 21st. That’s 11 days until everything changes.
Will you survive the summer? Or become just another campfire story?

Bad Summer is a horror romance visual novel with choices that matter. We’re heading to Kickstarter on July 21!
💘 Please back, share, or wishlist. Anything helps. Follow us on kickstarter to be notified when we launch!
👉 [Kickstarter Prelaunch Link]
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Oliver's office is about to get a lot more crowded in the next update...
Bad Summer is launching on kickstarter July 21! That's in only two weeks! Support us here!
Play the extended demo now:
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Cooking up some character concepts for the new abnormals coming in the next update. Which of these spooky monsters do you guys find the most terrifying? 🤔
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We are in the process of working on Oliver's...legs? Even though players will never actually see them. Because...why not? 🤷♀️
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Voice acting can make or break a moment and our cast makes Bad Summer. 🎙️
We just watched Jake’s voice actor deliver one of his big scenes behind the mic, and wow. The quiet intensity? The restrained excitement? The crazy buried underneath it all? He captured everything we imagined for Jake and more. It’s unreal hearing these lines come to life.
Our voice actors are bringing so much depth to these characters—turning every flirtation, every fight, every breakdown into something that hits hard. This game wouldn’t be the same without them.
So if you’ve ever fallen harder for a character because of the way they said something? Yeah. Us too. 💘🎧

Bad Summer is a horror romance visual novel with choices that matter. We’re heading to Kickstarter on July 21!
💘 Please back, share, or wishlist. Anything helps. Follow us on kickstarter to be notified when we launch!
👉 [Kickstarter Prelaunch Link]
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Need a laugh? 🤣
One of our favorite youtubers just played Bad Summer, and it’s unhinged in the best way. From roasting the cast to screaming at the horror moments, his reactions are gold!
Watch the chaos unfold!
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Let’s talk Bad Summer romance…💋
We’ve added even more intimate moments in the 2.0 Extended Demo and yeah, things are getting steamy. Whether it’s soft confessions, charged tension, or kisses you didn’t see coming…we wanna know:
Which romantic moment made your heart race the most?

Bad Summer is a horror romance visual novel with choices that matter. We’re heading to Kickstarter on July 21!
💘 Please back, share, or wishlist. Anything helps. Follow us on kickstarter to be notified when we launch!
👉 [Kickstarter Prelaunch Link]
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💕 Who’s your Bad Summer OTP? 💕
We’ve turned our favorite ships into adorable chibi couples and YES, they’re getting turned into stickers and keychains for our Kickstarter launch on July 21st! 🎉
Check out our prelaunch page here!
#badsummer game#visual novel#interactive fiction#dating sim#kickstarter#lgbt games#merchandise#chibi art#chibi
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ALMOST 1500 WISHLISTS!! AHHH SO CLOSE!!
If you haven't played our extended demo yet, DO IT!! IT'S RIGHT HERE 👇 Three hours of content, NSFW yoai and yuri, and some jumpscares sprinkled in. Go play!!
Link Here!

If you’ve played the demo, wishlisted the game, or just love the idea of something spooky and heartfelt: please check out our prelaunch page and hit "Notify Me":
👉 Bad Summer Prelaunch Page
Every reblog, share, and bit of support helps more than you know. Let’s make this a summer to remember.
#badsummer game#visual novel#interactive fiction#indie game dev#lgbt games#dating sim#vndev#gaming#horror games
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🚨 Heads up, campers! 🚨
With the release of Bad Summer's 2.0 Extended Demo Update, a lot has changed: new routes, new choices, added voice acting, and more. Because of these big updates, saves from PREVIOUS versions are BUGGED.
A new game is highly recommended.
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