Date Warp
Date Warp is a science fiction visual novel video game developed by Spiky Caterpillar and Hanako Games, and published by Hanako Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux in 2010. The game uses anime-style graphics and is written in English and tells a story of a young Indian-American college female student who goes on a date and disappears.
Gameplay
As Date Warp is a visual novel, the player reads through the story and makes choices at crucial points to change the outcome, leading to eleven different endings. The game also contains small puzzles which must be solved in order to make those choices.Plot
The story begins with Janet and Bradley, the young couple on their first date, arriving by chance at a mysterious mansion in the woods after their car breaks down in the rain. They seek shelter inside and find a mismatched group of handsome young men staying at the mansion. After staying the night, they try to leave, and the story takes the first of many surprise turns. Each path through the game reveals only a fraction of the story until finally all the elements are in place and the true ending is unlocked.Characters
- Janet Bhaskar: A freshman at Brook College, previously a socially-isolated student at the top of her high school class.
- Bradley Dalton: A cheerful jock who's been asking every freshman girl on exactly one date each.
- Nathaniel: A polite and wealthy gentleman offering assistance to those in need.
- Alben: A mysteriously hostile young man.
- Linds: A lecherous scientist.
- Rafael: A soft-spoken young man who takes care of others but dodges questions about his past.