Bumps & Brews

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Bumps & Brews is a bartending simulation about surrogacy, friendship, and the peculiar, sometimes hectic lives of Bay Point's citizens.

Immerse yourself in a world where a genetic mutation known as the 'Gift' shapes the lives of its 'Gifted' inhabitants, leading to sudden changes in their body proportions.

This game is about Dina, a Gifted woman working as a bartender at the Brewed Awakening. Dina's Gift manifests as most others, allowing her to adjust her body proportions, but it also has a rare, unique quirk that most people don't have: she can go through a full-term pregnancy in just a week.

Follow Dina during her surrogacy journey as you prepare drinks for ecclectic customers, build friendships, and are introduced to a colourful cast of unique and distinct characters.

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Originally created in three weeks (01/05/2024 — 21/05/2024) as part of the Preggo Game Jam 2.

This was my first-ever attempt at making a game. I started learning how to code in Python a few weeks before Preggo Game Jam 2 was announced, and when I saw the announcement, I decided to throw my hat into the ring by bringing to life a creation I've wanted to make for a long time, featuring characters I created years ago and have kept close to my heart ever since.

While I originally wanted to turn the world and its characters into a story-driven, slice-of-life eroge webcomic, I never practised my artistic talent, and I was worried that the dream would never come true. However, thanks to the incredible kindness and skill of the artist Marrazan, I could turn my original idea into a visual novel with elements inspired by the game VA-11 HALL-A. It seemed fitting, considering Dina's profession.

For some people, this may not qualify as a "game." If you don't believe that this qualifies as a game, that's okay. I won't ask you to. I wanted to bring my ideas to life and share them with people I believed would appreciate them, and I have accomplished that.

I hope you enjoy my labour of love.

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Special Thanks:

• Kolective — for helping me keep a level head whenever I got frustrated or upset or something went wrong. You saved me from crashing and burning out several times.
  
• N-Saint — for troubleshooting my coding problems, helping me set up some of the systems, and being a constant source of knowledge and reassurance.
  
• PreggoPixels — for hosting the jam, which inadvertently gave me the courage to consider making a game.
• Terra — my best friend whose unquestioning encouragement and support fueled my desire to learn code when I first told them.
• Marrazan — for being so kind as to bring my characters to life. You made this all possible. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for believing in the person who had never created a game before and being willing to give me a chance.
• Minicaflip — for offering me unbiased opinions and criticism by being one of the first to play-test the game for me.

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Credits

Made with Ren'Py

Coding, Dialogue, and Characters by Me

Character Art by Marrazan — Patreon | Twitter

Backgrounds by Selavi — Website | itch.io

Music by Abstraction Music — Website | itch.io

Growth Sounds from Expandinator — Website | Twitter 

Other SFX from Freesound — Website

Drink Icons from Klipartz — Website