{"id":1349,"date":"2025-03-12T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:22:11","slug":"dating-sim-has-a-period-tracker-designed-with-help-from-gynaecologists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/dating-sim-has-a-period-tracker-designed-with-help-from-gynaecologists\/","title":{"rendered":"Dating sim has a period tracker designed with help from gynaecologists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A surprising amount of research has gone into a new dating simulator, where the heartthrob male leads offer support and advice to would-be suitors.<\/p>\n

Dating simulators<\/a> are often overlooked by the games industry but the sub-genre is arguably one of the most inclusive and considerate, between the likes of Boyfriend Dungeon<\/a> and Hatoful Boyfriend<\/a> – where you romance sentient birds.<\/p>\n

One popular dating sim, titled Love And Deepspace, caught people’s attention earlier this year when it implemented a period tracker as part of a new update. This Remind Me feature is basically an in-game calendar which includes an option where players can put in the dates of their actual menstrual cycle, which will trigger a reminder from the dreamboat male cast.<\/p>\n

Beyond just a reminder though, the game’s publisher, Infold Games, have revealed how they went one further with the feature, in order to offer support for women.<\/p>\n

In the game itself, the male leads will remind players and provide comforting advice when a player is experiencing menstruation. As described in an interview with 4Gamer<\/a> (translated by Automaton<\/a>), these messages of support were a key part of the feature’s design.<\/p>\n

According to the developers, the idea of a period tracker stemmed from the thought of, ‘How nice would it be if your partner, who you spend each day with, cared about you and helped you affectionately during those days’.<\/p>\n

This feature was also apparently requested by players through official surveys, with the devs describing its implementation as ‘natural’.<\/p>\n

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