2013
Save the Date
Session Respect Score
"Experimental narrative game about friendship and destiny."
Minimum session
60 min
Pausability
At save points
Resume friendliness
Easy to resume
FOMO pressure
Zero FOMO
Focus required
Intense
Session structure
Story chapters
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About
It’s a perfectly normal evening, and you have a quiet dinner planned with one of your friends. And so begins one of my weirder games. Save the Date is a game about a lot of things. Friendship. Stories. Hope. Destiny. And above all else, dinner. This is actually kind of hard. I know what I think the game is about, but the game is kind of weird and experimental, even by my standards, and I don’t really want to say too much in advance. Probably best for people to play it without knowing what they’re getting into. Featuring music from the fantastic Francisco Cerda, Save the Date is probably the single thing I have worked on that I am most proud of. But don’t just take my word for it – sit down, clear about an hour from your schedule, and play it for yourself.
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Save the Date — Session FAQ
- How long does a session of Save the Date take?
- The minimum meaningful session for Save the Date is approximately 60 minutes. This is the shortest play window where you can make real progress or have a satisfying experience, based on community data.
- Can you pause Save the Date?
- Save the Date uses save points or manual saves. You'll need to reach a checkpoint before exiting to avoid losing progress — factor this into your session planning.
- Does Save the Date pressure you to keep playing?
- Save the Date has no FOMO mechanics — no timed events, live content, or narrative cliffhangers. You can stop whenever you want without feeling like you're missing out.
- What is Save the Date's Session Respect Score?
- Save the Date has a Session Respect Score of 7.1/10. This score combines minimum session length, pausability, FOMO level, and pickup friendliness into a single metric for how well the game fits busy schedules.