Tender: Creature Comforts

Kenny Sun

About this game

Tender is a narrative game that explores connection and rejection in the era of swipe culture. It’s a story told by and through the modern interface for finding love.

- Swipe through hundreds of intergalactic profiles
- Chat with your matches and hope the sparks fly
- Schedule dates in your calendar and play them out in real time
- Unfold a vast array of branching storylines

Ratings and reviews

This game is so much fun! The characters feel real and the dating aspect is pretty well fleshed out. The problem comes in the form of limited chat options. Some of the conversations seem set up to fail because all of the player's chat options seem rude or so nonchalant that the creature you're talking too loses interest. Would also love to see a larger variety of bio and profile pic options. Other than that, it's fantastic!

I think this app has a lot of potential, and right now it's in it's growing stage. It would be better if there were more people to choose from, an undo button, and maybe a mechanism where if you unmatch someone, you can get one match without waiting the five hour time limit. Also, make the characters more volitile, bit more unpredictable.

Overall I'm enjoying this game a lot! It's a fun take on a dating sim with cute little monsters. It does play in real time so be prepared to wait a while between interactions. The biggest downside I've found is bugs with the dialogue - selections I make are not the ones that get "typed out" and some matches are set up to fail because of the only dialogue choices given. Still, it's fun and I'm hopeful it'll only get better.