3 Seasons
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
STORY
The story follows our MC as she attends a mysterious job interview, only to find herself whisked away to the elemental realm. There she meets 3 handsome men: the spirits in charge of Winter, Summer and Fall. Due to the Spring spirit's disappearance, she winds up taking over his tasks until his scheduled return. Will she manage to get closer to one of these interesting strangers in the short time they have together? 👀 That's up to you!
FEATURES
- Choose your name + pronouns, or play as Ivy (she/her)
- 3 Routes:
- Winter (Yuto), Summer (Sol) and Fall (Rye)
- Each route has 2 endings: friendship and romance. flirt options direct you to the romance ending. there are also choices that change flavour-text and scenarios!
- ~14,000 words per route! This is the cumulative total of the romance + friendship scenes and endings. The total word count of the game is 40,000 words
- A completely original soundtrack (9 tracks) - [Youtube Playlist]
- Over 15 original colour backgrounds
- A couple basic mini-games!
FUTURE PLANS: THE "3 SEASONS+ 1" DLC:
We're working on a free DLC update for 3 Seasons! Read about our latest progress in our most recent devlog update (Jan 20, 2024).
- CGs for Yuto, Sol and Rye routes + an extras gallery
- Sidestories for Yuto, Sol and Rye (after you've romanced them)
- Briar romance route
ABOUT US
3 Seasons was developed by a sibling team of 3 women of colour during OtomeJam 2022. We wrote, programmed, produced the art/gui and composed the music for this game ourselves in 2 months. Aside from programming resources + sound effects, this was a self-produced work of love! It's also our first game under our studio, Hamilton Hour. Follow us on twitter for updates on 3 Seasons and our future games!
Credits:
- Writing / Art / Social Media Management : Vanade (@veetwentythree)
- Programming / GUI / Editing: Webmelon
- Composer / Sound Effect insertion / Editing: Piper
CHARACTER PROFILES
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Development log
- 3 Seasons Devlog Summer 2024Sep 04, 2024
- 2024 Plans - 3 Seasons + 1Jan 20, 2024
- What's next for 3 Seasons? 2022 Reflection + thank you for 6k downloads!Dec 31, 2022
- Minor patch for about page, nothing new yet!Dec 05, 2022
- Rye is now in the game!Jul 10, 2022
- Rye Route scheduled for release July 9 - 6PM ESTJul 08, 2022
- Mobile (Android) build available!Jul 02, 2022
- Patch live for bugs on Sol's routeJul 01, 2022
Comments
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I absolutely love this game! I find myself coming back to it over and over because of its incredible replayability. The characters are fantastic—Rye and Yuto, in particular, have really captured my heart. :3 I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Rye's route, especially considering my love for winter. :D The storytelling is just that good! I'm eagerly anticipating the DLC—any idea when it will be released? I seriously can’t wait to dive into more of this amazing world! <3
Thank you so much for your kind words!! It's really heartening to hear you enjoyed all the options :D it makes the extra work it took to write those scenes worth it!
as for the DLC, we are slowly chipping away at it (still on the writing stage) with updates here and there! hoping for a 2025 release (but when exactly, we don't know yet)
Honestly, I disliked this game.
The art is good and all, and the backgrounds were ok, but I never really felt a connection with the character that I went on the route with (Yuto). It felt undercooked and I wanted more romance from him than a kiss on the cheek. In my opinion none of the characters were attractive. But my friend Shane thought they were cute but its taste in hot people are bad. It likes SLUSNORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
the character and costume designs were Immaculate, I keep staring at them. Also,, really loved and appreciate the friendship endingss!! I love how the friendship paths felt so wholesome that I didn't feel like I'm getting less content <33
I ABSOLUTELY ADDOOOREEEE THIS GAME I CANT WAIT FOR THE BRIAR ROUTE ARGHHHH RYE IS DEF MY FAVORITE THO
I love the game, I loved the three characters too much! From the comments I found out that there will be a Briar route, that's beautiful😻🫶
I'm actually screaming!!! THIS GAME WAS SO GOOD. I LOVE THEM 3 AND AHHHH I CAN'T WAIT FOR BRIAR ROUTE. I played the friendship and romantic routes for all 3. They're all my favourites. Please take your time with Briar route (is what I want to say but my soul is screaming for it 😭). Thank you for this amazing game. The artstyle, the character writing, even the minigames were such a nice touch you don't see often. It's all just chef's kiss. Can't wait for the new content!!!!!
Simplesmente um dos melhores que já joguei, amei a história, as musiquinhas, os personagens, cenários TUDO TUDO. O meu favorito com toda a certeza é o Sol, o desing dele e a personalidade são muito perfeitos, meu protegido 💙💛🌞
Wonderful art and characters. An awesome story. Love the MC because she's not some doormat to walk all over. Very cute game! My sister is in love with the character design for Sol. Happy I found this adorable game! Definitely looking forward to Briar's route. Also, so cool that your team consists of 3 sisters. My 2 sisters and I are super close and if they could code or do other things they'd love to make a game with me like you 3 did. :)
Briar route WHEN???? like- as much as I love the others, Briar is pretty cool too! I'd love to see more of all four of them. (No pressure, but I REALLY want to see more of Briar lol). Can't wait to see if there's going to be any big updates!
we ask ourselves that every day LOL
Thank you for the Briar love!!! He's definitely getting his route (as well as content for the others) but it's taken us a bit longer than we hoped. Still, it's in the works and we'll be updating our devlogs here and on our tumblr with our progress :) Thank you for your support!
Hii! I was just wondering, is there a confirmed date of when the DLC will be released? I'm super excited, but just want to know at least an estimated time :)
Hello! We decided not to set a concrete release date for now until we have some more progress done (which we'll be working on regularly this year and posting on our socials), because last time we gave release windows we hoped to meet but couldn't and it was really disheartening. We posted a little devlog update explaining more about this if you're interested! But we're still deeply committed to finishing the extra content, the sooner the better so we can move on to other games :D Thank you for your support!
Just finished the whole game and... I... NEED.... MOREEE
It was amazing from the story to the art and the little mini games put in between. The characters are really different and unique in their own way and style. The story is so wholesome, chill and warm. I caught myself smiling from the little interactions like every two minutes.
I'M SO WAITING FOR THE DLC YOU CAN'T IMAGINE.... I've always wanted to play such an adorable otome. And you can't even IMAGINE how I'm looking forward to Briar's route and the new world details and art!!! AAAAAAAAMDJDKZNDKSKZKNFKSMDL
Your work is really amazing, can't wait to read, play and see more of it! <3
Thank you so much for your kind words!! I can't put into words how much we appreciate it ♥ Hearing anyone say they've always wanted to play a game like ours really reaffirms why we make them!
We're deeply motivated to give Briar his route and add more content to our little game!! ty for your support!
I just downloaded and finished the Yuto route AND I NEED MORE OF HIM, PLEASE, I'M IN LOVE (ᗒᗩᗕ)
Thank you!!! We're so glad you enjoyed it :D there will be extra Yuto content when we release our free +1 DLC!
YEEEEEEEEEES YES ABSOLUTELY YES. Sorry, I got a little too excited. I'll definitely will be playing.
This game looks awesome
Thank you!
Such a comfy game. Love the option to pursue a romantic or platonic route with each spirit- really makes them a little more "human" despite their nature lol. The designs of the characters and their offices are so beautiful! My favourite will have to be Rye's (I'm heavily biased towards warm tones) and immediately chose him for how relaxed and artsy he is. Ivy is soooo pretty I kept gawking whenever she was on screen. One mishap may be how some of the sparkling magic kind of "glitches" (more like delays a little) but it did not take away from my experience. Overall, super good!
Ahh thank you so much for your kind words! ♥ We appreciate them immensely.
Also thank you for flagging the magic delay glitch, not sure what's causing that but we'll take a look when we go back for the cleanup pass when we release our DLC.
absolutely incredible. as soon as i read the info about the game and each character i knew i'd end up loving it haha, yuto was my pick from the beginning.
thank you so much for the effort you put into developing such a cute and entertaining game! keep up the good work <333
Thank you so much!! Yuto would blush just to hear that hehe
We appreciate your kind words & support!
I want to play it now, it looks great, but I'll wait (3 Seasons +1)
Good luck with your work^0^
Thank you so much for your support! We appreciate it.
A very sweet game. Though it's on the shorter side, it was very enjoyable. Looking forward to the DLC :)
Thank you for your support!! It's been some time but we're still committed to making the DLC! We hope you enjoy it when it's done <3
just finished all 3 (romantic) routes and had a great time!! each route, though short, was very sweet and they were all a real joy to play through + the art is beautiful! the little minigames were a nice touch, too :o)
Excuse the very belated reply!
Thank you so much for your kind words, we really appreciate them! ♥️
Waiting for my bbg BRIAR\(￣︶￣*\))
Excuse the very belated reply, we've been procrastinating on responding;;
Just want to say thank you and we're sorry it's taking so long hahaha, he's on his way!! we're still working to give him his route.
I Love the game i replay it 20 times <3
I was wondering that its my computer or in the 'end' its writted in spanish.
20 times! We are so flattered, thank you!! Glad you have enjoyed it so much :D
"Fin" is a common way to end stories/plays/movies so we used it to be fancy rather than just saying "The End" in english hahah.
Hi, I was wondering how the development of the “3 Seasons +1” update is going? ☺️ Thanks for your hard work! ♥️
Hello and thank you for your comment!! It's always motivating to know people are looking forward to the update. We have admittedly been swamped in real-life commitments (work, and our youngest member just finished the last few months of high school which were stressful) so progress has been slow, but the update is always in the back of our minds and we're trying to aim for a summer release at this point!
Thank you for your reply! It's always important to prioritize your own well-being, so I hope you don't push yourselves too much! I'm looking forward to the update! 😊♥️
Thank you! We appreciate that :D
Does this game have a walkthrough or not need one to get good endings easily?
Hello!
There's no walkthrough needed :D There are 2 endings for each love interest; a romance ending and a friendship ending. Basically for the first half of the game, you can either flirt (these answers are marked with a heart) or give regular answers. In the second half of the game, based on whether you chose flirty options or not, you'll be put on the romance or friend path. Both endings provide the same opportunities to interact, they just play out differently.
If there's no heart indicator on either of the dialogue choices, that means it just influences the next dialogue or the next scenario without affecting your romance chances with the love interest, so feel free to pick whichever!
Hope this helps!
thanks so much!
You're very welcome! We hope you enjoy the game :D
Just played and finished winter route loved it just wish there was a ending cg !
glad you liked it!! sadly with the jam timeframe (~2 months) and me being the sole artist (as well as the writer lol) there just wasn't enough time! Hoping to add CGs to every route in our update though.
I loved this sm!!!!!!!!(The detailed game mechanics of working on the 'tasks' and signing the contract was a great touch!) I am secretly hoping for a Briar routeeee<3
Thank you!! Our programmer likes to add in details wherever she can, we're glad it paid off :D Briar's route is on the way!
Eu adorei cada minuto jogando!!!! Eu joguei as três rotas e preciso dizer que a rota do Rye e Yuto foram as minhas preferidas! Rye é um romântico incurável e direto (foi muito adorável a cena da chuva), por mais que ele provoque a MC, ele não poupa elogios para ela, além disso, Rye é tão estiloso e muito lindo 😫. A personalidade do Yuto me conquistou, não tinha grandes expectativas, porém fiquei derretida pelo Yuto, ele faria de tudo pela MC, QUE HOMEM! E falando sobre o Sol, eu esperava mais da rota dele, foi fofa, mas a rota dele parecia ser um pouco mais rápida?
Seria muito legal se houvesse um spin off sobre como está o atual relacionamento deles :) Enfim, eu amei o enredo do jogo, a trilha musical (que combinou muito com cada rota e momento) e o traço dos personagens!!!! Parabéns a equipe que desenvolveu!♥️🇧🇷
Atenção: POR FAVOR, eu PRECISO da rota do BRIAR!!!! 4 Seasons!!!
Muito obrigado pelo seu adorável comentário! Estou traduzindo isso com o google, então espero que faça sentido ♥ ficamos muito felizes em ler seus pensamentos sobre todas as rotas e os meninos! como Sol é um pouco alheio, houve menos momentos românticos com ele, mas esperamos adicionar mais no conteúdo DLC! ;)
todo o conteúdo DLC será para datas após o relacionamento deles ter sido estabelecido :D estamos felizes que você também gostou da música!! nosso compositor pensou muito nos temas da temporada.
Obrigado!!! ♥♥♥ Briar está chegando!
This was really cute! I loved Yuto, Rye and Sol so much that I can't pick a favorite, and both the platonic and romantic endings were equally sweet and satisfying.
Apologies for the delayed reply and thank you so much for your comment! We're so glad you enjoyed all the routes and the endings ♥
I just finished playing all the routes and OMG...THEY WERE ALL CUTE! I really thought after playing Rye's route, I wouldn't like them as much as I like Rye but I WAS WRONG! I also loved the MCs outfit when she went to their realm she looks so cute!!
Thank you so much!!! So glad to hear you enjoyed all of them; we know Rye is a lot to live up to hehehe but we love all our boys equally ♥ (and thank you!!! re: MC's outfit)
We have extra dates for them planned as well as a route for Briar in a spring update if you ever want to see how he stacks up to the others :D
Yeah, I'm curious about Briar as well can't wait for his route 🤭
Absolutely loved playing this game. It's short but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. All 3 of the LIs are super sweet and I thoroughly enjoyed playing through each of their routes!! I adored Yuto's cute reactions and Rye is just... everything.,...
Thank you so much!! "Rye is just... everything.,..." this is truly the best testimonial LOL I want to print and frame it
We live for poking Yuto into cute reactions ♥
Oh my gosh, Yuto is my soulmate, haha. xD Since I had so much fun, I went back to play the other routes and Sol was straight up like "You sure? I thought you would've preferred Yuto." !!! xD Called OUT! (I mean, maybe that's what he always says, but...>.> Still made me laugh!)
We're so glad you enjoyed it! Honestly we would've loved to have some meta-references between routes but it was our first team game and our first game with routes so that kind of complexity was out of our range for a gamejam project hahah!!
I loved this game!! Although..I'm not really fond of it showing Ivy whenever we checked ourselves out in the mirror..eheh..^^; I still enjoyed it nevertheless!
Thank you and we're glad you enjoyed it! ♥ While we appreciate that many players self-insert and we include name/pronoun customization to make things more inclusive/comfy for players in that regard, our MC isn't fully customizable in the sense that she still has a 'canonical' appearance as a femme black woman--as developers from this demographic we noted a disappointing lack of representation when it came to default characters that looked like us in otome games. So the MC we chose was deliberate in this case to add visible rep, especially for the players who don't self-insert and choose to play the 'set' protagonist. Hope this clarifies our reasoning a bit!
Ah, Sorry but I wasn't talking about the representation..I was just talking about the gender. So sorry again, sincerst apologies for the late reply..
Such a cute game! Really fun and sweet. I like the boys a lot, and the dates were all super cute! The MC is also fantastic, she is relatable and adorable.
I liked that there were both friendship and romance ends, and that the friendship ends were just as cute and satisfying as the romance ones. The writing in general was solid, and I liked the world building and characterization. The art is amazing - the character design especially is fantastic, as are the office designs (can I live in the spring office forever?)
Rye is absolutely best boy, but everyone is super cute, and I am really looking forward to Briar's route!
I played this on Android and it worked great!
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and sweet comment!! We put a lot of care into so many of these aspects so it's always lovely when people point them out ♥
as someone who shouldn't pick favourites... rye is definitely best boy hehehWe look forward to putting out Briar's route next year!
Also great to hear there were no issues with our mobile build!
I love it! Plus, the art style is really gorgeous too! 😭💕 My personal favorite is Sol btw ( ꈍᴗꈍ)♡
Thank you so much! ♥ you really can't go wrong with Sol ＼(≧▽≦)／
This was very cute and made me smile several times :) I'll definitely keep an eye out for updates in the future, good luck!
Thank you for your lovely comment! We're thrilled we could bring you some enjoyment through our game ♥
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I also saw a comment saying they disliked seeing Ivy whenever a mirror scene happened. I just wanted to say I liked seeing Ivy, especially for different outfits and hairstyles.
Such a wonderful comfort game for me. So nice and cozy. And the minigames - very nice touch! I believe that minigames make everything better. Oh, and on a personal note - I LOVE Rye's sweater!
Thank you so much!! We're glad you enjoyed it (and Rye's sweater ♥) and our programmer agrees hahaha, we love minigames!
soo cute MC is so pretty
Thank you!!! ♥
Love this game v cute and heartwarming ! Excited to see Brair's route when it comes out !!
Thank you so much for your comment and apologies for the late reply! We've been busy with school & work and eager to get started on Briar's development when we get a bit of a break :) Glad to hear you enjoyed the game! ♥
Such a cute and cozy game! I really liked the overall concept and would love to see y'all develop it into a longer game. The glimpses of the world of the spirits and how they interact with Ivy's world was really cool. Rye is my favorite for his flirty teasing and booknerding, though I loved all three boys. I am also looking forward to that imp, Briar. <3
Sorry for the belated reply! Thank you so much! ♥ We have thought about revisiting the existing routes to see how we can add more content but it's most likely that we would add a post-story episode for each rather than expanding the game itself out; we're pretty happy with the story flow that results from the short time window MC has in the existing story.
Thank you for the feedback though, it's heartening to hear that people want to spend more time with our boys, it's a sentiment we also share hahaha (esp Rye but don't tell anyone I said that... hahahha....)
Looking forward to releasing Briar's route as well :)
This is such a cute light-hearted game!! The little mini games are super fun, and the art is gorgeous. Every boy is so sweet in his own way. Overall really enjoyed it (and looking forward to that extra secret route)!
thank you for the hard work dear devs!!
Thank you so much for your kind words and sorry for the late reply! We're glad to hear you enjoyed the game ♥
Im seriously waiting for Briar xD I wonder if he's the 4th hihi
Yep, he's the 4th 😄 we're excited to add him!
I love this game, it's so cozy. I wanna date Briar too, will they be added?
Thank you so much, we're so happy to hear you liked it! And yes we have plans to add Briar in a small DLC with some other updates 😊
ivy route when? LOL shes so pretty! <3
If anyone deserves a route it's Ivy hahah!!! Thank you! <3