<s>
Dream	B-Application
Daddy	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Dad	I-Application
Dating	I-Application
Simulator	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2017	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2017	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expanded	O
Dadrector	O
's	O
Cut	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
along	O
with	O
an	O
update	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
on	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	B-Application
Daddy	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
visual	O
novel	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
between	O
seven	O
different	O
single	O
fathers	O
they	O
can	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vernon	O
Shaw	O
,	O
the	O
co-creator	O
and	O
co-writer	O
for	O
Dream	B-Application
Daddy	I-Application
,	O
met	O
the	O
Game	O
Grumps	O
while	O
he	O
was	O
working	O
as	O
a	O
talent	O
manager	O
for	O
Maker	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
came	O
from	O
a	O
joke	O
that	O
Vernon	O
and	O
co-creator	O
Leighton	O
Gray	O
made	O
about	O
dads	O
visiting	O
Disneyland	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
inspiration	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
dad	O
dating	O
simulator	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
pigeon-dating	O
visual	O
novel	O
,	O
Hatoful	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Dream	B-Application
Daddy	I-Application
started	O
after	O
the	O
proposal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
Shaw	O
to	O
Arin	O
Hanson	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
Hanson	O
immediately	O
approved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	B-Application
Daddy	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
45-second-long	O
teaser	O
trailer	O
uploaded	O
on	O
the	O
Game	O
Grumps'''	O
alternate	O
channel	O
,	O
GrumpOut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Dadrector	O
's	O
Cut	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
featuring	O
additional	O
sidequests	O
and	O
minigames	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
launched	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
on	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Hutchinson	O
and	O
Griffis	O
thought	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
too	O
linear	O
and	O
told	O
Vernon	O
and	O
Leighton	O
to	O
look	O
to	O
the	O
1994	O
game	O
Tokimeki	B-Application
Memorial	I-Application
for	O
inspiration	O
on	O
system-driven	O
dating	O
sims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
a	O
good	O
job	O
at	O
transitioning	O
from	O
comedic	O
to	O
serious	O
segments	O
,	O
with	O
Simone	O
de	O
Rochefort	O
of	O
Polygon	O
saying	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
's	O
remarkable	O
and	O
perhaps	O
surprising	O
that	O
Dream	B-Application
Daddy	I-Application
capably	O
handles	O
serious	O
plots	O
—	O
especially	O
if	O
all	O
you	O
've	O
seen	O
is	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
marketing	O
—	O
no	O
one	O
should	O
be	O
shocked	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
also	O
damn	O
funny.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Elise	O
Favis	O
of	O
Game	O
Informer	O
said	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
not	O
referencing	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
identities	O
,	O
"	O
Datable	O
characters	O
do	O
n't	O
ever	O
speak	O
of	O
sexual	O
identities	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
feel	O
strange	O
at	O
times	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
appropriate	O
;	O
since	O
Dream	B-Application
Daddy	I-Application
is	O
about	O
fulfilling	O
fantasies	O
rather	O
than	O
mirroring	O
reality	O
,	O
I	O
got	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
this	O
world	O
is	O
removed	O
from	O
those	O
social	O
issues.	O
"	O
</s>
