High Times

On day 9. Had to turn off the voice acting on day 6. It was too much for my energy level (low), plus my reading was way faster than their talking speed. Pretty funny dialogues, not too complicated minigame. Very heavy on the visual novel side, a bit low on the "gaming" side. Lovely soundtrack, and I'll continue with the game as well.

truly a labor of love, i havent scratched the surface of the casts or even the overarching plots even after 6 hours of playing. but from the overall thingy if you really like reading charming characters with their silly stories and personality, look no further. i will update the review when i do finish this.

I CANNOT STATE ENOUGH HOW THIS GAME IS AMBITION AT ITS FINEST!! From demo to final product. It was chefs kiss. Characters: Amazing, animated, fun, loving, and funny and witty. Exes and a bestfriend? Very tricky concept but its so well thought out. Story: Script and dialogue are fun, and witty Please and please get this game man, i love this. Thank you miss Alice!! Much love to the devs!!

Mabel Pines just walked in, saw the creampie donuts and then proceeded to tell me it is like, I quote, "when the alpha ejaculates inside the omega's orifice, thus making it look like it's all been filled with cream!" High Timesreminds me a of Sprung on the DS and Leisure Suit Larry in tone, which I can't believe I am playing a game like that again. It's like, those games but make them gayer and inclusive, which I am all for as someone who enjoys a fun sexy humor piece. In more known titles wayI think it's pretty adjacent to Pizza Game, Dream Daddy and Date Everything in terms of absurd "cringe is dead" writing, but it is raunchier on matters like sex, hookups, exes, etc. The writing is REALLY on the nose about its references like Date Everything, like... this was terminally made by millennials in the development industry for the better and worst. There's like, literally a guy named Redditor and a girl named Tumblrina, with the subtlety of a monster truck. I tend to have this The Room moment where I am like wow that dialogue. wow. and I cannot stop reading still, I feel like it is on purpose and meant to be enjoyed as a fun time rather than an unexpected flaw. I don't know how to exactly describe it, it's essentially let's be a really campy 2000s cartoon but with a raunchy tone. It's great. The baking could be better but I give it a pass for having every single client voiced and have a whole backstory. On things to improve, I think there is a flaw about having cooking time and no prep to do while the cooking is being done, the sound effects and VFX of making the donuts are non-existant which does not make making them satisfying. It's on the very easy Papa serie ends and definitely more like the Date Everything day and night cycle where it is not really for the gameplay, but to give the impression of investing *some* time and labor between character interactions. The game is animated like a cartoon porn, and I don't mean it necessarily negatively. It trips me up a lot of the time. Character designs and appeal was definitely made for those who found characters from Cartoon Network and Disney Channel cartoons attractive. Making a game entirely 2D is quite a feat and I get where they were going with, but the puppet animation can be really hit or miss. You can tell they both wanted it to bounce a lot for maximum dopamine during playing while not making new assets. The characters, while standing on their own, are nice, they severely lack any facial expression which the game tries to pad up by having the puppet limbs bounce around a lot, making it jarring, especially when paired with more over the top cartoon type dialogue and voice acting. A lot of the game can feel rough, and the social media tablet is both tedious to go through and has way too much padding, although it is optional (it really needs a dark mode holy...), but it can make up for it if you are entertained by the character arcs, which is what we are here for. The voice acting is... also rough. I am someone who largely prefers dubs, so I feel like it says something when the voice acting is rough, even Johnny Yong Bosch sounds like his experience carries a lot of his performance charm, but is ultimately in a "Do the thing" mode. I am no expert, it might also be due to the awkward dialogue writing: the way the writing goes on about adult tone feels like they want to capture Huniepop's writing, essentially, and it felt hit or miss. The character creator is very good! I wish you could go home and maybe change instead of being locked in it after starting the game? The MC is probably my favorite character so far, I enjoy their stoicity and common sense a lot. Maybe it is shared experience talking but it feels very nice to have a dating sim dealing with breakups, exes, ghosting and changing from late teens years into adulthood, whereas usually dating sim are about meeting this magical somebody for the first time and being a teen. Overall this is a very entertaining game, I do recommend it and would hope to see more! edit: not being able to romance Zone and Zoey is criminal /lht

I love this game, gives papa's donuteria. I just wish that I could romance some of the other hot characters. Let me romance Zoey and Riri!!

Well the game is quite frankly far too long. Honestly I got very sick of it and just stopped playing in the end. Don't think I'd have gotten the ending I wanted anyway. There are only 2 male choices, which as someone who prefers males, I find very disappointing. Only one is really my type, but the ending I got for that was just friends. Bah. Not even gonna restart with how damn long this is. Makes it very non-replayable. I wish there were some more choices for MC appearance wise, but they just have either male or female body types, no real androgynous which I prefer. Not to mention the hairs also seem very gender specific, they look terrible on certain body types. Also MC supposedly has a partner? I do not remember commiting to anyone at all during my game play, so that is weird. MC and MJ already broke up and no other partner was mentioned, so this is just confusing. I certainly didn't want to take her back anyway, let alone wanted my character to have dated her in the first place. But that's a thing. So all in all, if you want to spend hours just making dumb donuts and juggling everyone elses drama while dealing with a bunch of ex's MC badly broke up with, you may enjoy this. I'm tired of it.

[h2]THE WEIRDEST DOUGHNUT SHOP YOU'LL EVER WORK IN[/h2] High Times is a dating sim, cooking game, and visual novel where you run a doughnut shop that changes people's emotions. You play as a Mood Confectioner working in the Hotbox, serving up happiness, passion, focus, and sincerity one glazed doughnut at a time while reconnecting with six exes from different points in your life. And yes, this is a game where someone casually brings up Omegaverse at your place of work. I genuinely was not prepared. What makes High Times stand out is how naturally it handles identity. Your character has no assigned gender, you're never referred to by pronouns, and every romance option is available regardless of how you present. It is one of the most effortlessly queer games I've played, and it never feels like it's trying to make a point about it. The gameplay loop is simple but satisfying. Customers tell you what mood they need, and you have to figure out which doughnut, glaze, and toppings will make them happy. As you unlock new recipes and equipment, your shop grows alongside your relationships. The presentation is also much stronger than I expected. Every character is fully voiced, the soundtrack is upbeat without getting distracting, and the bright comic-book art style perfectly matches the neon, psychedelic world. There's a ridiculous amount of content here, and while the writing is very casual and perhaps has too many innuendos and sexual subtext, it's an enjoyable game. Definitely adults-only, though. [h3]Pros[/h3] +Brilliantly handled character creation. +Fully voiced cast. +Fun doughnut-making mechanics. +Multiple romance endings. +Bright and memorable visual style. +Choices affect later conversations. [h3]Cons[/h3] –Slow start before the story grabs you. –Some dialogue choices lack clarity. –No manual save system. [b]8/10[/b] [url=https://www.screenhype.co.uk/high-times-review/]Full review here.[/url]

For a game of this price, I'd say the devs blew this out of the park with how many features there are in the game, ranging from the donut mood affecting the characters storyline to the fun donut-cooking mechanics. I really do enjoy the characters and I like that the MC has a established personality and backstory as well + customizing their character; I personally love it when an MC has a solid story point itself other then being a blank slate because then I feel like they would serve no purpose in the game, so I was pleasantly surprised Also a great thing about this game is the fact that all characters interconnect with each other; even characters that never had screentime together have some influence on other characters, this amount of effort makes the characters much more immersive Now, onto some nitpicks. This game is still good despite my personal nitpicks and I wanna acknowledge that the devs have great vision from what I seen from their other games like The Letter (Their multiple pov gameplay is impressive) - I wish there were more scene of the MCs outside the donut shop but it understandable to their wide assortment of cast that it might not be within budget, It's just the donut shop gets repetitive after a while, so I wished there a change of view every now and then. I'm almost on day 100 and lowkey I'm getting bored of the donut shop - I loved the fact the MC as their own personality but I also wish that the dialogue choices become overall the same dialogue as the game goes on, so your not really affecting the characters that much. I kinda wished we could be a little meaner sometimes (teehee) - The donut aspect was what caught my eye the most but unfortunately theres not alot of leeway which is a shame because its the main gameplay mechanic of this game. I kinda wished it was more engaging rather then repetitive. It is sometimes fun to guess what the customers want though - Money, after buying out all of the ingredients and furniture, theres not much you can do with it (might update as I play more)

i genuinely love everything this game about this game so far! this game will keep me busy for a while i can't wait to work through all the achievements :3