Your Boyfriend

*Your Boyfriend is obsessive, possessive, unstable, violent and desperate to show how much he loves you in his own twisted way. So be careful when interacting with him.*

Your Boyfriend is a dating simulator, a tale about you and a strange man who is is deeply in love with you, willing to go through great lengths to prove how much you mean to him. Even if you don’t want anything to do with this man…

 *— The game's description on Black Shepherd Games website.*

## Your Boyfriend

* Logo
* Poster

## Video game overview

### Genre(s)

AdventureVisual Novel
Horror

### Platform(s)

Windows 64/32
MAC OSX

### Media

Digital download

***Your Boyfriend*** *(address **YB** for short)* is an 18+ Visual Novel, where it follows at dealing with a man's unhealthy desire to have you over of five days, no matter who gets murdered.

While the game is currently still in production, the full versions are exclusive to Inverted Mind INC.’s Patreon followers.

The game is heavily intended for mature audiences of ages 18 and above. The game contains subjects like stalking, kidnapping, self-harm, and possibly suicide. The purchase and play of it by minors under the age of 18 is expressly forbidden. The creators of the game themselves have told everyone that minors cannot play the game, interact with the fandom, or make content for it until there is an SFW edition.

## Gameplay

Your Boyfriend is a visual novel. As such, its gameplay has a level of interactivity and consists of scenes with static images of characters in a first-person perspective, accompanied by occasional choices the player is forced to make in order to advance the plot. The game's narration is provided by the game's protagonist (whom the player controls and plays as), a worker from Dad's Damn Diner. Any decisions the player is advocated to make over the course of the plot affect the development of the protagonist's relationships with the characters. Your Boyfriend, Lucy, TK, Don, and other characters to be yet to be seen.

Days are levels that the player must go through in succession. Each day has a different storyline that all depends on the player's choices from the previous days.

The game's controls are simple, the player must simply click on the screen or press Esc to skip if they wish to progress within the game.

Players can change the screen size however they see fit. The screen size can range from the following

* 640 x 480 pixels
* 800 x 500 pixels
* 800 x 600 pixels
* 1024 x 640 pixels
* 1024 x 768 pixels
* 1152 x 720 pixels
* 1280 x 800 pixels
* Fullscreen

## Easter Eggs

On Day 1, all of the Easter Eggs consist of allowing the player to have the option of naming Your Boyfriend. However, if the player names them a certain name the result can be different.

* "Cockbite"
* "Peter"
* "The Fuboo"
* "Your Name"
* "LaughingMan"
* "Incel"

#### Naming Your Boyfriend "Cockbite"

Y/N: *How about we DO call you 'Cockbite'. That's what you wanted, isn't it, Little Cockbite?*

The Stranger: *...*

The Stranger: *Yeah, even that is better than my real name.*

Y/N: *Then you get your wish, little "cockbite".*

He gives a little smiles and nods. He writes it down on the fragile bit of disposable paper before handing it back to me.

Cockbite: *Yeah, even that is better than my real name.*: So, if I'm "Cockbite", do I get to have a nickname for you, too? Like "Pussycat" or "Slick-Kitty"?

Y/N: *Just pay for my shake.*

#### Naming Your Boyfriend "Peter"

The Stranger: *...*

The Stranger: *Wait, what was that?*

The Stranger: *H-How did you know my real name?*

The Stranger: *Urrrgh... I hate my name.*

The Stranger: *Were you talking to Girlfriend? Did she tell you my real name?*

The Stranger: *No, seriously, pick another name.*

#### Naming Your Boyfriend "The Fuboo"

The Stranger: Mom?!

The Stranger: Oh, wait... no. You're not her.

The Stranger: Besides, that sounds like the name of a sick creator who enjoys toying with other's lives.

The Stranger: On second thought, maybe you ARE my mother.

The Stranger: How about naming yourself something more pleasant and less... demented?

The Stranger: I mean... with all of the lewds she's drawn of me, no wonder I have issues.

#### Naming Your Boyfriend After Yourself

The Stranger: ...

The Stranger: \*PLAYER'S NAME\*? Really?

The Stranger: You're going to name me after yourself? How long did it take for you to decide on that brilliant idea?

The Stranger: I mean, seriously… Your complete lack of creativity is making you less attractive to me by the millisecond.

The Stranger: Wait… Did you feel that?

The Stranger: You just got more repulsive. Oh look... It happened again!

The Stranger: How about you actually TRY to give me a name this time, hmm?

#### Naming Your Boyfriend "LaughingMan"

The Stranger: LaughingMan? Seriously?

The Stranger: Sounds like the name of a guy who gets tricked into D&D sessions and laughs like a Hyena.

The Stranger: You sure about that?

#### Naming Your Boyfriend "Incel"

The Stranger: Well... You're technically not wrong. When Fuboo pitched this concept, the word "incel" was written on the massive red flag that was flying over my head.

The Stranger: But apparently there's a subsect of young Tumblr followers who think that incels and serial killers are sexy. Who knew?

The Stranger: Who knew?
## Reception

After the game's initial release, the game's popularity has slowly began to rise. A majority of the fan art are made by fans who are either Korean, Japanese, or of any other Asian descent. It is most likely inferred that they make fan art likely due to the cute, stick figure art style, even though the art style was never meant to be like that. The game has a *huge* Asian fanbase, especially of the Korean variant.

There have been some issues in the community, such as some non-adult users have been caught interacting with the fandom while this game is intended for adult users.

## Trivia

* Peter has expressed some 4th-wall awareness after being named "The Fuboo."
* The game concept was not inspired by *Doki Doki Literature Club*, but instead a 2007 Flash animation titled "*The Virus*."
* Fuboo has made it clear not to post footage of the other days from the Patreon beyond Day 1&2 until the full game releases, some people didn't listen and uploaded the gameplay to YouTube anyway, which has resulted in said videos getting taken down by copyright claims.
* Players used to have a decent chance of experiencing a jump scare at the start of playing the game. However, the chances of experiencing the jump scare suddenly decreased but there is a chance.[1][2]

## External Links

* Official Website (unavailable)
* Official Store