Dev rejects call to add waifu dating system due to lack of real-life romantic experience

The developer of turn-based SRPG Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children has recently garnered attention for their “funny but sad” response to a Steam user’s request for a dating system to be added to the game.  

Troubleshooter was created by Korean developer Dandylion. The lore-rich game takes place in an unstable free trading nation called Valhalla where civilians called Troubleshooters are tasked with investigating the rising number of crimes. Combat plays out like an old-school turn-based strategy game- but it is supported by a deep Mastery System that allows a high degree of customization and many potential strategies to take on each new challenge you face. Since the game’s 2017 Early Access debut and subsequent official release in 2020, it has garnered an impressive Very Positive rating (with 94% of 8109 reviews being positive). 

Developer Dandylion has responded to almost all the reviews on Steam. This also goes for a short positive review submitted on May 5 by a player who has since clocked up over 350 hours in Troubleshooter. They praised the strategic gameplay- saying that it is “more complex than Xcom,” with their only complaint being that the game has no dating system. Dandylion’s frank response, which reveals that the team did not add any romance options due to a lack of real-life experience, has since gained lots of attention on X. 

Many commenters on X found the response both amusing and sad- with some empathizing with the dev team’s lack of dating experience. Dandylion’s honesty for recognizing their limitations when it comes to creating a realistic and believable dating system also garnered much praise. 

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children is available now on PC (Steam).The developer is currently working on a sequel, Troubleshooter: Banished Children. 

Written by. Verity Townsend based on the original Japanese article (original article’s publication date: 2024-06-10 14:12 JST)