Dearest Darling Dragon

Dearest Darling Dragon is a stat-raising otome visual novel where you take the role of a newly licensed Divine Beast Educator searching for work. After answering a suspicious job listing, you arrive at Princess Petra's Academy for Young Divine Beasts and are given responsibility for a mysterious egg. The game combines story-driven visual novel choices with stat management and point-and-click interactions. Your decisions influence the traits and personality of the creature you are raising as well as how characters around you respond. Alongside your responsibilities as an educator, you can build relationships with coworkers and get to know several dragon bachelors through branching dialogue and romance-focused scenes. The currently available itch.io version is a demo featuring the opening portion of the story, two weeks of stat-raising, introductions to the main bachelors, and interactive segments. The full game is still in development and is planned to significantly expand the raising system, romance routes, battles, character artwork, and story.

Follow the visual novel story by reading dialogue and selecting choices when they appear. Your decisions can affect conversations, relationships, and how parts of the story develop. During stat-raising sections, choose activities and classes that influence the traits and personality of the creature in your care. The current demo includes two weeks of Baby Fox and Egg stat-raising, allowing you to see how different choices affect progression. Some scenes include point-and-click interactive segments. Examine the available objects and interface elements and select the options that help you progress through the scene. The demo also introduces the main romanceable bachelors. Pay attention to dialogue choices and character interactions as you get to know them. The full version is planned to expand these systems with longer stat-raising progression, additional dragon forms, romance routes, and other challenges.

Mouse / Trackpad Click – Advance dialogue, select choices, use menus, and interact with point-and-click elements Keyboard Keyboard input may also be supported by the visual novel interface, but exact shortcuts can vary by platform and version. Mobile Use touch controls to select dialogue options, menus, and interactive elements where supported.

Read dialogue choices carefully because your decisions can affect character reactions and story progression. Think about which traits you want to develop before selecting stat-raising activities. Try different choices on later playthroughs to see alternate dialogue and outcomes. Explore point-and-click scenes carefully so you do not miss interactive elements. Pay attention to how the characters respond to your decisions when pursuing relationship routes. Remember that the current itch.io release is a demo, so some systems and storylines are intentionally incomplete.

Stat-raising otome visual novel gameplay Branching dialogue and player choices Baby Fox and Egg stat-raising in the current demo Point-and-click interactive segments Introduction to three romanceable dragon bachelors Approximately 10,000 words in the current demo 14+ chibi CGs and mini images in the demo English and Brazilian Portuguese support on itch.io Full game planned with 12 different dragon types Full game planned with 20 weeks of Baby Dragon stat-raising Three romanceable bachelors planned for the full game 20+ full CGs planned for the full game Partial voice acting planned for the full release Single-player story-driven gameplay