http://en.rocketnews24.co...e-girls-in-north-koreaStay! Stay! Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! might sound like another example of Japanese weirdness, but it’s actually foreign-developed.
Dating simulators have taken a unique path to get where they are today. Originally conceived as (ostensibly) realistic recreations of romance in the flesh-and-blood world, somewhere along the line the genre fully embraced a spirit of self-aware weirdness, which is how we ended up with games in which you can romance an alpaca or traditional wood-carved Japanese doll.
Romance games that kept their narratives grounded in reality never really caught on outside Japan, but the new generation of weird digital couplings have earned the category an overseas following of not only fans, but developers too, which brings us to Stay! Stay! Democratic People’s Republic of Korea!
While the anime-influenced art style, Japanese-language theme song, promise of a scene that takes place at “probably a hot spring or something,” and irreverent take on international politics might all seem like telltale signs of a Japanese-developed game, Stay! Stay! Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! is actually produced by American software development group DEVGRU-P, which previously released Panzermadels, a game in which you romance anthropomorphized tanks. While DEVGU-P first showed off its Stay! Stay! Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! concept video almost a year ago, the complete game has just been released through Steam in Windows and Mac versions, priced at approximately US$10, depending on where in the world you’re shopping from.
Oh, and DEVGRU-P would like potential customers to know that the game “Supports one-handed gameplay *wink wink*. We know what you’re here for,” so you might want to use some of the money left over after paying the game’s low price to invest in a lock for your bedroom door.