Hey, you.

Yeah, you.

I don't know what kind of bullshittery you had to pull but you're going on a date with Pico, the poster boy of Newgrounds. Aren't you a lucky bastard?

Anyways, don't screw it up. Good luck.

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Dear LORD did this take me a hot minute to do. So far this is not only the biggest project that I have ever worked on, but it's also my first game! Please feel free to tell me of any bugs or any issues that you may find with this, as well as any criticisms to improve. It would help a lot. Keep in mind, that this was a challenge to myself where I made a game in 1 year. (On and off work so I don't burn out of course.) I did all of the coding and art, plus just a teeny tiny bit of music. I know it's not a super long game, but there are about 12(?) endings so there's some content to chew on.

I just wanted to make a Pico dating sim that was to my liking, and in general a little more of an unconventional take on the dating sim genre. If you ask me, this is a Pico game first and a dating sim second. It's meant to be stupid and edgy. And a huge shout out to UNCLEREGZ! Without his help, I'd have to struggle to learn music on top of all the other things I had to do while making this beast.

Anyways, I won't stay to bore you with my ramblings. Happy Pico Day!!

Oh and one more thing- I couldn't get the custom load screen to work for the life of me. I give up. Here's what it was supposed to look like while it loads the game files :']

(This game has given me a lot of issues towards the end. I'm stopping before I go crazy)

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SOME HELP CAME FROM PIXABAY

SOUNDS

Load Gun sound effect 5 by beetpro

Realistic shot by Pixabay

button 8 by Pixabay

Fire Sound Efftect by MaxHammarbäck

Short-Fireball-Whoosh by Pixabay

police by Pixabay

CarEngine by Pixabay

IMAGES

Rasin

Gun

If there's any issue with using Pixabay as a resource, please contact me so I can change things accordingly. The NG Wiki for finding royalty free music and sounds sadly hasn't helped too much in the past since I want to make free content for free. Thank you!

EDIT (5/1/2024): I woke up to seeing this in daily 3rd place! I wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone who have given their support to this cruddy game! It really has me floored thinking that my content would even come this close to being front paged! Mushy feelings aside, I've fixed a few sprites that didn't properly save as transparent PNGs. If you catch any other bugs, please let me know so I can patch the game or fix it in a future installment. I'd be glad to receive the feedback. Also, if any sprites pixelate then it's probably due to asset lag. Pico has a lot of moving parts for a visual novel so it might be that the game engine isn't used to it. All in all, thanks again! Here's to a good Pico day this May 18th as well!!!