Opening to Love
by JAI-Investigator
Game Details
- Version
- v0.7
- Developer
- JAI-Investigator
- Engine
- Ren'Py
- Status
- Ongoing
- Language
- English
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 7 July 2026
About
Michael Davis is 34, works IT for an accounting firm, and has never dated anyone in his life, not from disinterest but because work and study always came first. His childhood friend Penelope won't let that stand and talks him into downloading a dating app, right as an unlikely number of women start finding their way into his orbit anyway.
The story follows Michael as he decides, for the first time, whether to actually pursue any of this, with Penelope's nagging in the background and a quiet sense that something more than dating is going on underneath it all.
Play consists of guiding Michael through his interactions with the women who enter his life, and the game no longer forces you down one locked path with one partner. You can pursue several of these relationships at the same time rather than committing early, with a scene gallery on hand for anything you've already seen.
Changelog
- Changed the whole structure of the novel so it is no longer a locked
- branching path style novel and multiple love interest can be pursued
- simultaneously
- Word count approximately 100000 words
- Added scene gallery function in the options menu
- Removed "NEXT" button as per feedback
- Made text box more transparent during animations
- New H-Scene for Fiona
- New H-Scene for Lucy
- New bonus side character sex scene
- 19 new images (CGs and character sprites)
- 14 new animation
- Fixed an error where values to calculate Fiona's dislike had not be properly applied
- Script spelling/grammar cleanup
- Window, Android and Mac updates
- Updated walkthrough
- Word count up by 11000 words (Total current words approx. 83000)
- New H-Scene for Sarah
- Bonus sex scene
- 24 new images (CGs and character sprites)
- 10 new animations
- Script spelling/grammar cleanup and minor narrative tweaks (this includes fixing a plot hole where is was possible to not meet Justin at the ren faire now he will be met through all choices)
- Significant changes to all scenes and interactions with Olivia
- Window, Android and Mac updates
- Updated walkthrough
- Significant progress to the main storyline including:
- Word count up by 20000 words (Total current words approx. 72000)
- Getting into mystery proper/investigation
- Character development for Rose and Penelope
- A new character.
- New H-Scenes for Rose, Penelope and ???
- Bonus secret animation
- 62 new images (CGs and character sprites)
- 24 new animations
- Script spelling/grammar cleanup
- Some slight narrative tweaks
- Window, Android and Mac updates
- Updated walkthrough
- Significant progress to the main storyline including:
- Word count up by 9000 words (Total current words approx. 43000)
- Slowly building up clues to the mystery, and some twists and turns….
- Significant character development for Olivia.
- A new character.
- New H-Scene for Olivia
- Another bad ending… (There is now a total of 3)
- 42 new images (CGs and character sprites)
- 5 new animations
- Script spelling/grammar cleanup
- Some slight narrative tweaks
- Window, Android and Mac updates.
- Significant progress to the main storyline including:
- Word count up by 11,000 words (Total current words approx 43000)
- Significant story development for Penelope
- More mystery and update ends on cliffhanger...
- H-Scene for Penelope
- Another ending (it's also a bad one...) (There are now a total of 2)
- 69 new images (CGs and character sprites)
- 52 animations!!!
- Animations are short loops
- Every H-Scene has animations and will have more than one animation
- Script spelling/grammar cleanup
- Some slight narrative tweaks
- Android version of the game
- Significant progress to Sarah's story line
- H-Scene for Sarah
- 1 ending (it's a bad one...)
- Removed all mini games (This was due to significant feedback that they were not enjoyable and detracted from the game. It was simpler to remove them than make them skippable so I choose to scrap them (If there is demand they can come back but I think it's better to remove them for now)
- Over 20 new CGs
- Fixed some CG errors
- Script spelling/grammar cleanup
- Slight narrative tweaks
- Add custom name feature for MC (The player will be able to pick first and last name)
- initial zone release
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