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* FakePregnancy: When the protagonist's crush announces their pregnancy, he'll be understandably surprised, but she only did it for an April Fool's prank.

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* FakePregnancy: When the protagonist's crush announces their her pregnancy, he'll be understandably surprised, but she only did it for an April Fool's prank.
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* FakePregnancy: When the protagonist's crush announces their pregnancy, they'll be understandably surprised, but she only did it for an April Fool's prank.

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* FakePregnancy: When the protagonist's crush announces their pregnancy, they'll he'll be understandably surprised, but she only did it for an April Fool's prank.
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* FakePregnancy: When the protagonist's crush announces their pregnancy, they'll be understandably surprised, but she only did it for an April Fool's prank.
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Many times during a conversation the player will type out what he really wants to say to his crush, but will quickly backspace it and type a much safer response.

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* LastSecondWordSwap: Many times during a conversation the player will type out what he really wants to say to his crush, but will quickly backspace it and type a much safer response. This even happens when the option to ask her out is present among the choices, and choosing it will [[ButThouMust have the protagonist backpedaling on it, anyway.]]

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* ButThouMust: Many times during a conversation the player will type out what he really wants to say to his crush, but will quickly backspace it and type a much safer response.


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* LastSecondWordSwap: Many times during a conversation the player will type out what he really wants to say to his crush, but will quickly backspace it and type a much safer response.


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* PerverseSexualLust: InUniverse. If the protagonist says that sci-fi movies are his favorite, he'll say that [[WesternAnimation/WallE EVE]] is "hot", only to backtrack and say that ''WALL-E'' is his favorite childhood movie instead.

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''Left on Read'' is a 2020 InteractiveFiction IndieGame developed by Weston Bell-Geddes. The game takes place during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, where you're talking to your college crush via text message during the quarantine. The game allows you to make choices as to what text messages you will send, thus impacting the direction of the story.

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''Left on Read'' is a 2020 InteractiveFiction IndieGame developed by Weston Bell-Geddes. The game takes place during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, where you're talking to your college crush via text message during the quarantine. The game allows you to make choices as to what text messages you will send, thus impacting the direction of the story.



* LongDistanceRelationship: The protagonist tries asking his crush out through text, hoping to establish an LDR with her during quarantine.



* LongDistanceRelationship: The protagonist tries asking his crush out through text, hoping to establish an LDR with her during quarantine.

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* ButThouMust: Many times during a conversation the player will type out [[spoiler: what he really wants to say to his crush, but will quickly backspace it and type a much safer response.]]

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* ButThouMust: Many times during a conversation the player will type out [[spoiler: what he really wants to say to his crush, but will quickly backspace it and type a much safer response.]]


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* LongDistanceRelationship: The protagonist tries asking his crush out through text, hoping to establish an LDR with her during quarantine.

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-->''It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.''

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-->''It’s ->''It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.''



There are some platforming elements in the game as you have to jump on the message you want to send to your crush, but ultimately the game is more about the conversations and the choices you make. The game takes place entirely in the user interface of a phone's messaging app, similar to the likes of VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory and VideoGame/EmilyIsAway.

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There are some platforming elements in the game as you have to jump on the message you want to send to your crush, but ultimately the game is more about the conversations and the choices you make. The game takes place entirely in the user interface of a phone's messaging app, similar to the likes of VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory ''VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory'' and VideoGame/EmilyIsAway.
''VideoGame/EmilyIsAway''.









* UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay: [[spoiler: Once you beat the game, you unlock Realism Mode, where you have to wait in ''real time'' for your crush to reply to your messages. This takes '''hours'''.]]

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* UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay: [[spoiler: Once you beat the game, you unlock Realism Mode, where you have to wait in ''real time'' for your crush to reply to your messages. This takes '''hours'''.]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]][[caption-width-right:350:Don't wait.]]
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You can download the game for free on Steam [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1306580/Left_on_Read/ here]].


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You can download the game for free on Steam [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1306580/Left_on_Read/ here]].

Steam]] or on [[https://westonbdev.itch.io/leftonread itch.io]].

You can also visit the official website [[https://leftonreadga.me/ here]].



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* AmbiguousGender: From promotional artwork and conversations, it's implied that the main character is male and the crush is female, but there is nothing explicit mentioned in-game.
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-->''It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.''
-->--''Weston Bell-Geddes''



* AmbiguousGender: From promotional artwork and conversations, it's implied that the main character is male and the crush is female, but there is nothing explicit mentioned in-game.



* NextSundayAD: The game was released in May 2020, but takes place all the way up to August 2020.

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* NextSundayAD: The game was released in May 2020, but takes place all the way up to August 2020.2020.
* UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay: [[spoiler: Once you beat the game, you unlock Realism Mode, where you have to wait in ''real time'' for your crush to reply to your messages. This takes '''hours'''.]]
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There are some platforming elements in the game as you have to jump on the message you want to send to your crush, but ultimately the game is more about the conversations and the choices you make. The game takes place entirely in the user interface of a phone's messaging app, similar to the likes of VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory and VideoGame/EmilyIsAway.

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There are some platforming elements in the game as you have to jump on the message you want to send to your crush, but ultimately the game is more about the conversations and the choices you make. The game takes place entirely in the user interface of a phone's messaging app, similar to the likes of VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory and VideoGame/EmilyIsAway.VideoGame/EmilyIsAway.

You can download the game for free on Steam [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1306580/Left_on_Read/ here]].


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!!''Left On Read'' provides examples of:
* ButThouMust: Many times during a conversation the player will type out [[spoiler: what he really wants to say to his crush, but will quickly backspace it and type a much safer response.]]
* DialogueTree: You are given a handful of options of text messages to send in many situations.
* NextSundayAD: The game was released in May 2020, but takes place all the way up to August 2020.
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''Left on Read'' is a 2020 InteractiveFiction IndieGame developed by Weston Bell-Geddes. The game takes place during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, where you're talking to your college crush via text message during the quarantine. The game allows you to make choices as to what text messages you will send, thus impacting the direction of the story.

There are some platforming elements in the game as you have to jump on the message you want to send to your crush, but ultimately the game is more about the conversations and the choices you make. The game takes place entirely in the user interface of a phone's messaging app, similar to the likes of VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory and VideoGame/EmilyIsAway.

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