About

"Hey, Girlie!" is a free visual novel dating sim released on May 17 for International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Play as chosen cleric Kristen Applebees and attempt to romance favorite sapphic characters from Fantasy High, including Tracker, Gertie, Kipperlilly, Fig, Lucy, and Naradriel.

This is a fan project unaffiliated with Dimension 20 or Dropout, developed with the hard work of 50 creatives!

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• Instagram: instagram.com/heygirliegame
• TikTok: tiktok.com/@heygirlie.game
• Carrd: heygirliegame.carrd.co
• IGDB: igdb.com/games/hey-girlie

Features

• 6 romanceable characters with expressive sprites and voice acting!
• Over 220k words of fantastic writing!
• Charming UI and beautiful backgrounds!
• Bonus special events with splash art!
• Cassandra's guidance as your (wing)deity!

**The following sections contain spoilers for Fantasy High: Junior Year.**

Story

Kristen Applebees thought her senior year at the Aguefort Adventuring Academy was going perfectly. As senior class president, she just pulled off the best Valentine's Day dance the school has ever seen! But her high spirits are quickly brought down by none other than Principal Arthur Aguefort, who reveals to her that his contract with the celestial plane requires that he kill any clerics who fail to represent their god  with a date at the Spring Fling. As it happens, Kristen is the only follower of Cassandra, so that responsibility rests solely on her.

Cassandra's happily ever with Ankarna is at risk thanks to Kristen not having a date, and she won't let Kristen forget that! If Kristen dies, Cassandra dies too.

You'd think Kristen would have no trouble finding a Spring Fling date in eight weeks. She's saved the world, what, three times already? Came back to life twice? And most impressive of all, was elected Aguefort senior class president. Alas, Kristen has wronged the eligible women in her life one way or another.

Romanceable Characters

Tracker O'Shaughnessey is Kristen's ex. Enough said. She's moving back into Mordred Manor and returning to her routine of being a regular at the Aguefort gym, so that will be... awkward to say the least.

Princess Naradriel of Fallinel is Tracker's ex. Enough said. And she just happens to be leaving Fallinel for Solace at the same time as Tracker. Something about learning Solesian customs from Elmville residents to improve Fallinelven-Solesian relations?

Gertie Bladeshield was Kristen's rebound. Kristen left her heartbroken, so Gertie declared Kristen her nemesis. Enough said. Maybe Kristen can make amends at the Apiarists' Society after school, but that might not be the safest option.

Fig Faeth — well, Fig's fine with Kristen actually. Not only are they close friends in the same adventuring party living in the same house, Fig is the paladin for Kristen's deity's wife. Cassandra's only cleric and Ankarna's only paladin sounds like a match made in heaven hell, except things are totally platonic between Fig and Kristen. Besides, Fig has Ayda!

Lucy Frostblade didn't have enough screentime for us to assume she and Kristen have bad blood, but surely she wouldn't be happy with someone whose adventuring party killed her adventuring party, even if her own adventuring party killed her first, right? Maybe they can make small talk about that in cleric class.

If Kristen calling Kipperlilly Copperkettle "four different dogs" the moment they met wasn't bad enough, Kristen's adventuring party also killed Kipperlilly and chose to leave her in hell. Rumor has it that Kipperlilly has been stuck doing community service since her return to the mortal plane.

Credits

Artists: Monomercy, Nexus, Hexa, Issy, sturmdunkel, lam soncerue, Carla, Mado Chadebec, em glittersploots, Esme Ames, Wyrmwright, Dee, Maia Trewartha, Sam, Emmett, august cloudmancy

Art Mods: Lucia, Jun, Diane, Kelp (also: UI/UX designer)

Writers: Tangerine Blast, Mose, Eren, Olive, Sri Prasad, Libri, Squid, Gunner, Ayan, Sarah, al moss, Joseph, Fei Dong

Writing Mods: Sree, Kirby, Rae Weiss (also: social media manager)

Unity Developers: Maureen, Viv, jemy, phopho

Composers: Zoe D. Lee, Sam, August Perez

Voice Actors: MJ Chestang, Jaye, Rin, TheSingingKoala, Julia Lee, silkywishes, Jackson Hoemann, Alex Mirabal (also: audio editor), Zoe D. Lee (also: SFX, audio editor, video editor)

Additional Contributors: Emma (trailer editor), Sharkey (QA/Usability)

Dev/Audio/Anything Else Mod: Radish (aka Ray Hsiao)

Credits by team (with social media links)

Mod Team 🐝

• Radish/Ray (they/any) / Dev and Audio Mod; Core Gameplay Designer/Developer, Game Production Coordinator
• Sree (any) / X: dearheartling, Tumblr: masterkeynobi / Writing Mod for Lucy, Kipperlilly, and Cassandra; Writing Logistics Coordinator; Bonus Bundle Coordinator
• Kelp (they/she) / X: Kelparoni / Art Mod for Lucy and Kipperlilly; UI Artist; Brand Designer
• Rae Weiss (they/them) / X: zonkvervonk / Writing Mod for Gertie, Fig, and Cassandra; Social Media Manager
• Lucia (she/they) / IG/X/Tumblr/Bsky: kinggelbe / Art Mod for Kristen, Cassandra, and Gertie; Sprite Art Coordinator; Aguefort Sprite Artist
• Kirby (he/they) / X: wizardsparamour / Writing Mod for Tracker, Naradriel, and Cassandra
• Jun (she/he) /  X: _pysics, Tumblr/Bsky: pysics / Art Mod for Fig; Splash Art Coordinator; Bonus Bundle Coordinator and Formatter
• Diane (she/her) / IG/X/Tumblr: dieantik, dieantik.carrd.co / Art Mod for Tracker and Naradriel; Background Art Coordinator; Bonus Bundle Formatter

Tracker Team 🐺

• Mado Chadebec (she/her) / IG: machadebec, Tumblr: cowgirls-blues / Sprite and Splash Artist
• Julia Lee (she/her) / X/IG: meimeigoesmoo, Bsky: moomei / VA
• Sarah (she/they) / X: wreckrunner, Tumblr: pricemarshfield, AO3: dryadfiona / Writer, Copyeditor, Playtester
• Ayan (she/her) / X: parisakmali, Tumblr: faeth / Writer
• Lucia, Monomercy / Additional Splash Artist

Naradriel Team 🌕

• Em (they/she) / X/Tumblr: glittersploots / Sprite Artist
• Rin (they/she) / X/Tumblr/Bsky: confusedshethey / VA
• al moss (they/he) / X: ohnoitsal, Bsky: disinfecthorse, AO3: chicagotime / Writer
• Esme Ames (she/they) / X: Esmeamesbleh, TikTok: Esmeames, Tumblr: Esmeamesart / Splash Artist
• Jun, Lucia, Kelp, Monomercy / Additional Splash Artists

Gertie Team 🍯

• Wyrmwright / IG/X/Tumblr/Bsky: wyrmwright, wyrmwright.carrd.co / Sprite Artist
• TheSingingKoala (she/her) / X: SailorIronKoala, Bsky: thesingingkoala
• Fei Dong (they/them) / IG: readerandeater, Bsky: feidong.bsky.social, feidong.ca / Writer
• Joseph Pines (he/they) / IG: joseph_pines_ / Writer
• Dee (they/she/he) / IG/X/Tumblr/Bsky: crayfishcoffee / Splash Artist
• Radish, Jun / Additional Splash Artists
  

Fig Team 🎸

• Lam (she/they) / X/IG: soncerue / Sprite Artist
• Zoe D. Lee (she/her) / X: ZotatoPotato, zoedlee.carrd.co / VA and Audio Editor
• Gunner (she/they) /Tumblr/AO3: gvnner, X: gvnnerr / Writer, Copyeditor, Playtester
• Libri (she/her) / Tumblr/AO3: Librivore42, IG: varqworks / Writer
• Squid (he/they/she) / X/Bsky: squidias, Tumblr/AO3: squidbatts / Writer
• Carla (she/they) / IG/X/Tumblr/Bsky: carlsdraws / Splash Artist
• Lucia / Additional Splash Artist

Lucy Team ❄️

• Issy (they/them) / X/Tumblr/Bsky: thelongestwalk / Sprite Artist
• Alex Mirabal (they/them) / Bsky: alexkmz, Twitch: alexkmz316 / VA and Audio Editor
• Sri Prasad (she/her) / X/Bsky: aritalks1, AO3: calmthestorms / Writer
• Ecler (she/her) / IG/X/Tumblr/Bsky: sturmdunkel / Splash Artist

Kipperlilly Team 🗡️

• Nexus (she/they) / X: nosnexus, Tumblr/Bsky: nexusnos / Sprite Artist
• Jaye (they/them) / IG/X: joyt_ea / VA
• Eren (they/them) / X/Tumblr: chromathesia / Writer
• Olive (any) / X: sapphriarocks, Tumblr: idonthaveanyurlideas, Bsky: olive5355, AO3: Awesome_Sauce432 / Writer
• Hexa (he/him) / IG/X/Tumblr: hexaes / Splash Artist

Kristen Team 🍎

• Monomercy (she/they) / Tumblr: m0nomercy, X/IG: _monomercy_ / Sprite Artist
• silkywishes (they/she) / Twitch/Tumblr/Bsky: silkywishes / VA
• Mose (they/them) / X: lachrymosestory / Writer for Tracker, Naradriel, and Fig routes
• Tangerine Blast (they/he) / Tumblr: 20dimensionsoftangerine / Writer for Gertie, Lucy, and Kipperlilly routes

Cassandra Team 🔮

• Maia Trewartha (any) / Tumblr: emptyjunior, X: empty_jr / Sprite Artist
• MJ Chestang (she/her) / X/Bsky: mjmagicish / VA
• Kirby, Sree, Rae, Gunner, Sarah, Eren, al moss / Writers
• Sam (any) / X: kindlestuck, Tumblr/Bsky: kindlespark, IG: kindlesparkk / Composer
  

Background Art Team 🖼️

• Diane (she/her) / IG/X/Tumblr: dieantik, dieantik.carrd.co / Lines + Sketch
• Sam (any) / X: kindlestuck, Tumblr/Bsky: kindlespark, IG: kindlesparkk / Render + Sketch
• Emmett (he/they) / IG/X/Tumblr/Bsky: luumenss / Render
• Lam (she/they) / X/IG: soncerue / Nature Backgrounds + Lines
• Eren (they/them) /  X/Tumblr: chromathesia / Render
• Olive, Julia, phopho, Radish / Sketch

Unity Developer Team 🖥️

• Maureen (she/her) / X/Tumblr/Bsky: withernbloom / Dev for Tracker and Naradriel routes; UI/UX and save system implementation
• Viv (they/she) / X: FL0W3RC4T / Dev for Fig Route; accessibility and production specialist
• jemy (they/she) / X: houndoour, Bsky: bidooful / Dev for Gertie route; love interest priority, dialogue box, and text history implementation
• phopho (he/him) / IG/X/Tumblr: phosilli / Dev for Lucy and Kipperlilly routes

Everything Bagel Team 🥯

• August Perez (he/him) / X: turnaboutgay / Composer
• Emma (any) / X: msmegalodon, Bsky: eames / Trailer Editor
• Sharkey (she/her) / X: amandatheshark / QA/Usability Testing
• Zoe D. Lee (she/her) / X: ZotatoPotato, zoedlee.carrd.co / SFX, Composer, Voice Actor Trailer Editor

UI Team 💌

• Monomercy (she/they) / Tumblr: m0nomercy, X/IG: _monomercy_ / Kristen PFP & Gertie PFP
• Kelp (they/she) / X: Kelparoni / Lead UI Artist; Kristen Polaroid
  
• Sree (any) / X: dearheartling, Tumblr: masterkeynobi / Kipperlilly Signature
  
• Nexus (she/they) / X: nosnexus, Tumblr/Bsky: nexusnos / Kipperlilly PFP
  
• Hexa (he/him) / IG/X/Tumblr: hexaes / Kipperlilly Polaroid
  
• Em (they/she) / X/Tumblr: glittersploots / Nara Signature
  
• Issy (they/them) / X/Tumblr/Bsky: thelongestwalk / Nara Polaroid, Lucy Signature and PFP
  
• Mado Chadebec (she/her) / IG: machadebec, Tumblr: cowgirls-blues / Nara PFP; Cassandra Polaroid; Tracker Polaroid, Signature, & PFP; Gertie Polaroid
  
• Ecler (she/her) / IG/X/Tumblr/Bsky: sturmdunkel / Lucy Polaroid
  
• Maia Trewartha (any) / Tumblr: emptyjunior, X: empty_jr / Cassandra PFP & Cat-ssandra Emotes
  
• Gunner (she/they) /Tumblr/AO3: gvnner, X: gvnnerr / Cassandra Signature, Fig Signature, Gertie Signature, Not a Scam PFP
  
• Lam (she/they) / X/IG: soncerue / Fig Polaroid
  
• Diane (she/her) / IG/X/Tumblr: dieantik, dieantik.carrd.co / Riz, Jawbone, and Mary Ann PFP

Bug Reports

Please report bugs and other errors here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmoCJyRMBBCB7c_SBVY8oIKtxM9kNcaVAOjW4OEz43r2sg0Q/viewform?usp=header

Known issues:

• Fullscreen unavailable in browser.
• Cursor gets stuck loading after pressing S to save and immediately pressing another hotkey. Can only exit by pressing ESC key.
• Spamming spacebar too quickly may lead to sprites showing up late / not appearing (particularly noticeable in post-date Cassandra check-ins).

NOT bugs but will make more clear in future:

• Autoforward in settings is separate from the Fast Forward setting.
• The progress apples indicate only the number of dates you've gone on, not how well you've done.
• You can only encounter a love interest once per week.
• The route that is prioritized is determined by your choice in the Cassandra intro. 
• The location hints are the same however well/poorly you did on a route.

There will be a post-launch update.

Bonus Content

Have you been looking at all of our promo and going, "Wow, this looks so good, I can't wait to play this game! I just wish there were MORE!"? Good news! Make a donation of ANY AMOUNT to ANY PALESTINIAN CAMPAIGN and receive a bundle of bonus content!

Our charity bundle will include cut dialogue, interviews/BTS content from our contributors, and more. We will be accepting donations through JUNE 20, which is also when the bundle will go out to donors. More info on the donation form!