{"id":74321,"date":"2026-10-27T18:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=74321"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:36:12","slug":"my-dad-is-a-femboy-short-visual-novel-out-on-itch-io-a-dark-humor-sci-fi-where-men-over-forty-must-choose-between-death-and-becoming-a-femboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/my-dad-is-a-femboy-short-visual-novel-out-on-itch-io-a-dark-humor-sci-fi-where-men-over-forty-must-choose-between-death-and-becoming-a-femboy\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dad is a Femboy short visual novel out on itch.io. A dark humor sci-fi where men over forty must choose between death and becoming a femboy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Indie developer PopElephant Studio has released the short visual novel My Dad is a Femboy<\/strong>, available via itch.io<\/a> in English and Simplified Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story is set in a near-future society where the environment has “gone to hell” and men suffer from what’s known as the Y-Erosion Syndrome. Once they turn forty, men must choose between succumbing to the ailment or becoming a femboy. The visual novel follows Bull and Jim, a father and son who only have each other. Bull used to say he’d rather die a man than become a femboy, but Jim is torn about leaving his father to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The game comes with two endings, with each route offering about 30-45 minutes of gameplay. While there is no explicit content, the developers warn about depictions of illness, coma, death of a family member, medial ethical dilemmas, and implied incestuous attraction among other sensitive themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Dad is a Femboy comes from the developers of Dissolution of My Self, a psychological horror boys’ love visual novel that released on Steam<\/a> in September 2026. The game is currently rated “Very Positive” on the platform with over 400 reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Sci-fi military visual novel Torch and Trigger follows two child soldiers forced to pose as a family and raise a five-year-old genius<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychological horror\u00a0visual novel\u00a0Monologin\u00a0follows a cashier who finds comfort\u00a0in a\u00a0dying\u00a0MMORPG\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Available in English and Simplified Chinese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":74324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":false,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-74321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"\nMy Dad is a Femboy short visual novel out on itch.io. 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