Peterborough Video Game Studio Announces Release Of One-of-a-Kind Senior Rom-Com Dating Game

Local, independent game studio Bloom Digital Media has announced its highly-anticipated rom-com game Later Daters will be released on April 16th.

The quirky, one-of-a-kind game, created by Bloom Digital Media founder Miriam Verburg, follows romance in a retirement community and will be released on Steam, Itch.io and the Nintendo Switch.

Founder Miriam Verburg

As a visual novel set to span several episodes, Later Daters allows users to play as a senior and interact with eight characters in the community.

Players can customize the character’s look, name, romance history, and gender from the pet companion who will accompany them on romantic adventures to the avatar and dating history. 

The company is putting the finishing touches on the first three episodes, showing how love can bloom late for the game’s seniors. The second series of episodes of Later Daters will be released later this year.   

The Innovation Cluster startup released the award-winning LongStory game in 2014, and since then has had more than one million downloads combined on mobile and Nintendo Switch.

Visit the Later Daters website here, and watch the trailer below…

In Later Daters, play as octogenarian so you don't die alone, or just get your kicks in while the getting is good. Remember, if the chairs are rockin' don't come knockin'. Coming to Switch, Itch.io and Steam April 16, 2020. Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040390/Later_Daters/ Later Daters theme by: Veda Hille.

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