Games have moved on from being simple platformers with direct goals. Over the evolution of games, developers have been trying to add more emotional elements to their games, and Otterways is offering a unique look into relationships with Sweet Love.

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Here’s the official description:

Sweet Love is a very-short platformer with an asymmetrical gameplay that equally runs on Windows Mac and Linux. It will be released as the first of a series of short games called Nuances, a series which focuses on ideas represented in feminist, or LGBTQ+ thematics and fights for inclusiveness. This first game, from the indie game Studio Otterways, stages rough situations such as toxic couple relationship, mental harassment and marital rape. It's coming out on Steam on July 30th and all the profits will directly go to the organisation "Woman in game".

Sweet Love looks to be a very ambitious game when it comes to the themes that it wants to tackle. It’s said that the game was actually developed over a week back in November of 2019 and was offered for free on Itch.io with the purpose to raise awareness about ‘particular types of violence in conjugal relationships’. I don’t know exactly how that translated in the game, but I would sure like to find out.

For now, Sweet Love is the first entry into this whole series of short games called Nuances. We don’t know what’s in store for this, but I’m fascinated to see what direction Otterways decides to go should this be a hit.

Sweet Love is now available on Steam.