Dating Simulators are a popular genre of video games originating in Japan. They are a slightly hornier version of a visual novel, where one must click the proper path in order to seduce the senpai of their dreams. In ours, it was Colonel Sanders and there were no other options. You’re welcome!

We put it on Steam *FOR FREE* available on all platforms (because accessibility is the actual sexiest thing about ideas like this). Even when the game had been sneakily posted to Steam two weeks prior to launch (a Steam requirement) people discovered it and immediately started to build their cosplays based on the characters that they had only seen in the trailer for a split second or two!!!

It was a dream. As a gamer-chick and anime-chick AND future cosplay-chick I loved every second of making this.

Blah blah blah. Here’s the case study with actual real numbers. Check out the #iloveyoucolonelsanders hashtag on Insta to scroll through a seemingly endless supply character cosplays and streamer announcements.