True Love Story

About

True Love Story is a turn-based dating sim set in a high school where choices shape romantic outcomes. As a student stuck in a temporary town, you navigate structured days by scheduling visits to classrooms, clubs, and town spots. Each location offers chances to chat with one of nine potential love interests. Dialogue options and gift-giving influence relationships while a one-month deadline looms. Progress depends on balancing time between academics, socializing, and building bonds through recurring interactions. The game’s rigid scheduling mechanic stands out as an early example of time-management in visual novels. With no direct map navigation, players plan moves like a timetable, affecting who they can interact with each day. Though dated by modern standards, its focus on incremental relationship building earned it a cult following among retro VN collectors. Over 25 years later it remains a curious artifact of early 90s Japanese dating game design.

Storyline

You are a male second year student at high school. Your parents got a sudden transfer, so you've just moved to a new city. You'll be transfered again in one month, so you only have that time to make one of the nine heroines fall in love with you.