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Freshman Year is a vignette game about an ordinary night in the life a college freshman named Nina. Nina's best friend Jenna invites her to meet up at a local bar with some classmates. Jenna is sort of flaky though, so Nina has to navigate the party by herself. You play as Nina, texting with her friend Jenna as you mingle, dance, drink and wait.

Please be aware that this game depicts scenarios that may be distressing to people who have experienced abuse.

Freshman Year was developed by designer Nina Freeman, with art by Laura Knetzger and music by Stephen Lawrence Clark.

This game is autobiographical, based on the experience of designer Nina Freeman.

Please also check out the Steam page for "how do you Do It?", another autobiographical vignette game from a team including the designer of Freshman Year.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/353360

System Requirements

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Mac OS X

Minimum:

OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP (32 bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 bit), Windows Vista® (32 bit), Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit), Windows 8.x (32 bit and 64 bit), or Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)
Processor: 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel® Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks
Memory: 100 MB RAM
Graphics: 512MB of RAM (1GB of RAM recommended for netbooks); 128MB of graphics memory
Storage: 10 MB available space
Sound Card: Built-in

Minimum:

OS: Mac OS X v10.6, or later
Processor: Intel Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
Memory: 100 MB RAM
Graphics: 512MB of RAM; 128MB of graphics memory
Storage: 10 MB available space
Sound Card: Built-in
Additional Notes: N/A

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NinjaRic

199 products in account

4 reviews

Not Recommended

0.1 hrs on record

Posted: 2 March

That's 5 minutes of my life I can't get back...

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AccidentlyOnPurpose

949 products in account

305 reviews

Recommended

0.2 hrs on record

Posted: 1 January

6.3/10 - Decent 5-6 minute Interactive Fiction.

This type of game isn't for everyone. There are some serious mixed reviews. I however, knew what I was getting into. I quite enjoy graphic novels. It's free and it was more interesting than I thought. Unique graphics, and a story that threw me for a loop.

Pretty much what I imagined the life of a college girl would be like… Drink, Smoke, Text, Mash Tongues, Repeat.

If you enjoy SHORT, interactive fiction, check this out. It's FREE!

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Joshua

2,738 products in account

123 reviews

Not Recommended

0.1 hrs on record

Posted: 23 April, 2015

While I hope that creating this has helped Nina Freeman cope with her experience, I can't think of any benefit to playing it. Would have worked better as an animated short. "Please be aware that this game depicts scenarios that may be distressing to people who have experienced abuse." should maybe be clarified to let people know they mean sexual assault.

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Rawrlex. ♥ @ Away.

3,333 products in account

164 reviews

Not Recommended

0.2 hrs on record

Posted: 2 June, 2015

Its a free text click "Game". You click with your Mouse and read a short Story about a Freshman Girl that is weirdly old enough to go into a Bar to get drunk.

The Visuals are pretty, but i guess the creator of the Pictures should rather draw for a Magazine or draw Comics, its just wasted talent here since the Story doesnt deliver anything worthwile in the ~2 minutes "Playtime".

Sorry to say it, but the only thing thats shorter than this "game" is the time that you will need to completly forget about it.

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Phallic Baldwin

800 products in account

17 reviews

Not Recommended

0.1 hrs on record

Posted: 3 June, 2015

you go to meet your friend at a party but she's not there. a bouncer gives you a hickey but you don't want him to. your friend breaks it up. the entire thing took 4 minutes to play with a bathroom break so i had to play it a second time to give it a review. the writer is mad that her 3 minute pseudo game will get bad reviews and anyone who pays money for her future games will demand refunds. this game is bad, as is her writing.

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