<s>
Raptor	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
is	O
a	O
dating	O
sim	O
,	O
visual	O
novel	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Canadian	O
studio	O
,	O
Rocket	O
Adrift	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
premise	O
revolves	O
around	O
a	O
teen	O
girl	O
who	O
moves	O
to	O
a	O
small	O
secret	O
community	O
of	O
cryptids	O
,	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fictional	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
town	O
called	O
"	O
Ladle	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Hatoful	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
and	O
Dream	B-Application
Daddy	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
sub-genre	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
absurd	O
dating	O
sim	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Raptor	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
was	O
featured	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
"	O
21	O
indie	O
video	O
games	O
to	O
look	O
forward	O
to	O
in	O
2021	O
"	O
on	O
Polygon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raptor	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
is	O
a	O
dating	O
simulator	O
and	O
visual	O
novel	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
are	O
tasked	O
with	O
befriending	O
cryptid	O
teens	O
,	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fictional	O
Canadian	O
town	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
chooses	O
between	O
dating	O
both	O
male	O
and	O
female	O
cryptid	O
love	O
interests	O
:	O
a	O
velociraptor	B-Device
,	O
a	O
Bigfoot	B-Device
,	O
or	O
a	O
fae	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raptor	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
utilizes	O
choice-based	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raptor	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
has	O
one	O
playable	O
character	O
,	O
Stella	O
Starosta	O
,	O
an	O
introverted	O
17-year-old	O
girl	O
who	O
moves	O
back	O
to	O
her	O
hometown	O
for	O
her	O
senior	O
year	O
of	O
high	O
school	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
Robert	O
,	O
the	O
titular	O
velociraptor	B-Device
,	O
a	O
fae	O
girl	O
named	O
Day	O
,	O
and	O
Taylor	O
,	O
a	O
Bigfoot	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
’s	O
core	O
concept	O
takes	O
from	O
the	O
Twilight	O
series	O
,	O
Titus	O
McNally	O
of	O
Rocket	O
Adrift	O
cited	O
Doki	B-Application
Doki	I-Application
Literature	I-Application
Club	I-Application
and	O
VA-11	B-Application
Hall-A	I-Application
as	O
inspirations	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
visual	O
novel	O
game	O
making	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
story	O
inspirations	O
include	O
My	O
So-Called	O
Life	O
,	O
the	O
Life	B-Application
is	I-Application
Strange	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Night	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Woods	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Daria	O
.	O
</s>
