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Hardcoded (video game)

Hardcoded is an erotic dating simulator visual novel game developed and published by Ghosthug Games for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The game follows a droid named HC who runs away from her owners and joins the local trans community.

Gameplay
adventure controls, where the player clicks on objects and characters in the game to interact with them. HC is able to build relationships with characters in the game, and it follows dating simulator progression paths. The game includes numerous explicit sexual encounters with other characters throughout its progression. The player may earn coupons, a form of currency, through various tasks. Coupons may be used to buy clothing and furniture. Characters Hardcoded currently has seven main characters with whom the player may have an intimate relationship: Beryl, Magdalena, Cadence, Decima, Heather, Joi, and Olivia. HC first meets Beryl when she helps HC escape from the police. Beryl is a shy volunteer librarian, and she has a strong maternal instinct. Magdalina is Beryl's girlfriend, and is initially suspicious of HC. Cadence is a goth witch who is close to Decima, and Decima is a droid mechanic with a robotic prosthetic right arm. Heather is HC's next door neighbor, and is an avid cosplayer and anime fan. Joi is a sex droid like HC, but is capable of more limited emotion and thought due to programming limitations. Olivia is a hacker. The player unlocks further characters throughout the game. The player may have intimate relationships with several characters in a single playthrough, with no consequence for doing so. In addition to one-on-one encounters, the player may also have threesomes with certain characters. ==Development==
Development
people with a futanari or trans fetish, and hoped that it would make transitioning seem like a "real possibility" to them. The game intentionally avoids fetishizing the trans community with slurs, transphobia and other derogatory language and treatment, and Wintermelon wrote Hardcoded to reflect the trans community positively. Hardcoded was created using the Godot game engine. ==Reception==
Reception
Hardcoded has been generally well received, with reviewers from the trans community especially praising the game's inclusive writing. PC Gamers Jody Macgregor put Hardcoded on a list of best sex games, noting that it has terrific writing. Daily Dots Ana Valens praised Hardcoded for embracing “sapphic desire between trans women without shame." Kotakus Kate Gray echoed this sentiment, feeling that Hardcoded was a sex-positive experience for the trans community. ==References==
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