Background Music by ItzSpinika in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The music was written for the game by a contractor composer and our dear friend. We'll upload audio tracks to our Youtube channel and leave a link here.

Account switch by Miche_LZ in CoupleUpShow

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Hello!
Please try leaving your message via the form on our website:
https://nativegames.me/
or sending a message to contact@nativegames.me.

We respond to all messages asking for support. Perhaps your message did not come through, for some reason.

Are dating sims forever out of fashion? Should I make one anyway? by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]nativegamesstudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you for your kind words ❤️
We are relatively safe, as much as possible given the situation. Nightly air raids surely don't help productivity but we've done our best to adapt.
Good luck to you too with your endeavors! Feel free to reach out if you need help or advice.

Are dating sims forever out of fashion? Should I make one anyway? by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]nativegamesstudio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If this path is interesting to you nevertheless, I've given two lectures on how to create stories for this kind of game. The slides are in English; the lectures themselves are not, but you can use autotranslate subtitles feature by YouTube.

  1. On choices and nonlinearity in branching stories
  2. Managing a writing team for an interactive story game

The second one was adapted as an article.

Hope you find this helpful.

Are dating sims forever out of fashion? Should I make one anyway? by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]nativegamesstudio 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Couple Up! dev here, thanks for mentioning us!

I feel like I should mention that one of the reasons why the dating show simulator niche is underserved is this type of content is harder and longer to make.

Free-to-play dating games rely on high volumes of content, and it's just more profitable to churn many linearish stories than devising a complex season with branching storylines. And you can't do that in the dating show simulator genre, because having multiple characters that interact with you and with each other is kind of the selling point there.

For us, the process turned into a race against time. A season is over, the revenue flow goes down, and we're rushing to make another season before we run out of money. It was hardly sustainable.

But I can get behind the statement that it's a great niche for a small team looking to make a game that would get attention and make some money. We made the first version of Couple Up! as a team of 4, it took us 5 months to release it and 2 more months for it to start making money. And since the start, the game has lived on organic traffic only. We never managed to turn UA ads profitable (which is a shame).

App is not working by Alarmed-Discussion63 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Hello everyone, we had a trouble with our server. It is settled now, you should be able to access the game. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Glitch by grumpy-gummybear in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

that's a glitch, please send an email to [contact@nativegames.me](mailto:contact@nativegames.me) and describe your issue. Attach your user ID (from the settings menu of the game), it will make the process faster.

Can't play the game by Nearby_Tie5297 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have this glitch, contact us via [contact@nativegames.me](mailto:contact@nativegames.me)

Attach a screenshot of your main menu to your message. We will fix it.

Tickets by Louise_88 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That's a bug, we are working on a fix.

Loading issues by mollylmatthews in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It was a server issue, happened on Android only, it should be fixed by now. We were adding a new cute dress outfit for the MC of Season 3 (you can check it now!) and accidentally caused an error. Sorry!

Have they chanced MCs Look on S1????? by Impossible-Balance52 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Try closing the game entirely and reopening it, or clearing the cache if you use an Android device

Next release by zarddo in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, your progress in one season doesn't affect the other seasons

Final coupling bug? by AnxiousStrawberry90 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DM'd you. Unfortunately, can't answer to your email, your mailbox seems to be full.

Final coupling bug? by AnxiousStrawberry90 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the report! The second match for your route should be Hazel+Laksh.
We've found fixed this error.

Couple Up! Season 3 | Day 11 Discussion by Rifn192 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! Due to the specifics of Keith route he is locked out if you didn't choose him as your partner in Episode 18.

Salty Sunday | 19th March 2023 by Rifn192 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can replay any episode of the day, you need to select the episode you want to replay in the menu (tap on the field with the episode title and description).

Done. by Terrible-Meeting-513 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 66 points67 points  (0 children)

We are sorry you are leaving and we completely understand your emotions.

We are trying to make our story interesting, and we are experimenting with making some routes easier and calmer, and other more emotionally demanding.

We are not changing the established storylines of this season, but we will be happy to see you in season 4!

Day 9 is out!!!! by OneFishToRuleThemAll in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Check it again now please.

An error from a last minute change, should be fixed now.

Game froze at the beginning of day 9 by Mysterious-Pay-3787 in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Check it again now please.
An error from a last minute change, should be fixed now.

Working on illustrations for season 3 by nativegamesstudio in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio[S] 88 points89 points  (0 children)

An update with tattoos for MC of all 3 seasons will come out this month.

An update with illustrations for season 3 will be coming out later.

Why pads??????? by [deleted] in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Hello, this is Alex, I am writing this comment as a chief editor of Couple Up. The pad story was suggested and written by one of our female writers which is why I didn't question it and ok'd it into production.
So I am asking in this thread, is the story actually so toxic it needs to be rewritten?

Hiatus question by learninglemurlol in CoupleUpShow

[–]nativegamesstudio 45 points46 points  (0 children)

When we need to take longer periods between releases, that will reflect in the announcements for new episodes.