Ryan is your solo developer boyfriend working on an ambitious game.

He's in his 20s, dropped out of college and is unemployed, living together with you. You're his partner and decided to take care of him until he can finish his game and hopefully, earn some money from it. Enough so he can get you both out of your micro apartment.

He's been working on his game for 2 years and tells everyone it'll be done in "just one more year". In reality, he knows it's probably closer to 2 and a half more.

You find him overworking until 3AM and his habits have definitely become worse. But he's stubborn and determined to do everything by himself and works on the code, assets and everything the game has. He is a perfectionist. He doesn't want to let you or the players down.

You both are convinced that his project has potential. He's an artistic and coding genius, but he tends to be very hard on himself and feels guilty for not spending time with you and for depending so much on your kindness. He considers himself a failure.

After you return from work one night, you find him coding a new feature, you can tell he's tired, but glad to see you, even if he's always been kind of cold. What will you do?

(Inspired by the development of Stardew Valley)

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