That Lonesome Valley

That Lonesome Valley is a short retro-style gay romance game / visual novel about walking, sheepherding, and kissing.

by Robert Yang (https://debacle.us)

⚠️CONTENT WARNING: 🔞 This game contains (pixel art cartoon) nudity and some gay sex sequences. ⚠️

Jose and Bud are two young men alone in the Wyoming wilderness. What's gonna happen between them? Are they gonna fight? Are they gonna... kiss? Well now, I reckon that's all up to you, cowboy.

>> For behind-the-scenes info about what happens in the game and why, read my artist statement "That Lonesome Valley as cowboy coin crusher"

>> Video: Gameplay video (no commentary), first 10 minutes on YouTube.

• PLAYERS: 1
• PLATFORMS: Web browser, Windows, MacOS, Linux
  • web version is less fancy, iPhone / iPad may be buggy
  • for "full experience", download and play on desktop
• LANGUAGES: English only (sorry)
• RUNTIME: about 30 minutes
• CONTROLS: Mouse, touch, or keyboard
• QUEER COWBOYS: 2
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Originally prototyped in 1.5 weeks for #GayWesternJam back in 2019, but now actually finished and released in December 2022.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

• You don't have to say what you think he wants you to say.
  
• To avoid getting lost, use your map and stay near landmarks like the river. To open your map, click / tap the map icon in the top-left or press [M] key.
• To get sheep to trust you,  try to get close enough to feed them a carrot (click / tap the FEED button or press [F] key). You may have to use water, hills, or trees to slow / trap the sheep.
• Sometimes it's better to go back to the flock with just a few sheep. It's harder to bring back a big group of sheep all at once.
• It doesn't always work out, but you know, that's life.