Melody of a neverending summer is very slice of life, but it lives by its anime feel, not what you’re after I guess. It goes into the pile waiting for some other reader, maybe, sometime.
What Do You Call Wholesome Slice of Life Relationship Drama, and How Do You Make It a Game?
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Our Mundane Supernatural Life by Storybrewers really captured slice of life relationship drama to me, but it’s a two-player game. It makes use of timed scenes, which I think for me caught the idea of mundane things not necessarily always being resolved. I wonder if there is a way to do this same thing with more players.
Good Society (also by Storybrewers) generates a lot of relationship drama - I wonder if character desires could be hacked to focus more on slice of life (and possibly move it a little further from its genre-heavy/historical drama background).
I’m also thinking about @Bethany_H’s Unincorporated which has A plot and B plots and lets you determine the tones and stakes of the story you tell! And depending on how you set up your town and relationships, I feel like you could have something cozy and wholesome.
Ooh and maybe Heaven Has No Taste and Other True Statements, which has the line: “Queer slice of life and immortal romance” and prompts scenes based on courtship, feelings, community, and past hurts.
I think a good thing in a game like this would be to get everyone on the same page and have a conversation about the type of story you’d like to create and the type of stakes that you would like to see.
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Nice list! Good Society is the only one I’m somewhat familiar with of those (glances longingly at shelf of unplayed games) but they all sound interesting.
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