VN - Ren'Py - Cosy Cafe [v0.13 EA] [Cosy Creator]

The LIs are simply lovely, every single one of them, which in itself is something good. Now the fact that they have each their own personality and own dynamics with MC makes it all the better.

Renders are top notch quality, the models are gorgeous - well, the female ones, but who's looking at the dudes?

Story wise I must admit that I don't find myself that invested, but the girls think it's important, so I get round to it for them. Not a convoluted narrative, not over the top shenanigans, more depth than the average slice of life. But to be honest, it doesn't need to be more than what it is.

Lastly, the wholesome feeling I've got from playing this game is not something I was expecting when booting it up. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. You get the traditional boner, but also a boner in your heart...

I regret sleeping on this masterpiece for so long just because it had the "Kinetic Novel" tag. Cosy Creator is telling a very finely-woven narrative, and now having experienced it I wouldn't have it any other way. There's an overarching plot that our MC is a major part of, but at the same time fluffy moments abound. I absolutely love the balance of romantic/erotic and other content in this novel.

I especially like that the MC isn't just banging brainless dolls and then moving on. We build actual relationships with each girl, both separately and together. I think the novel's single greatest strength is its characters - every single one of the girls is so lifelike, unique, and attractive. My personal favorite is Victoria (the blonde in the preview images), who quickly becomes a playful, loving slave-girlfriend and has massive, perfectly-shaped tits. Our MC is also a character in his own right, determined and dominant, which I think is one of the strengths of this novel being kinetic.

This feels like a love letter to harem fans: all of the main LIs are virgins when you meet them, no other man ever touches them, and since it's a kinetic novel you're guaranteed to get all the girls you're supposed to without having to worry about a wrong choice locking you out of anyone's route. Each girl is also really well-balanced content-wise - once she's in, she's there to stay, and you'll "interact" with her frequently, from a drive-by spanking to full on sex. Nobody ever gets forgotten or left out.

It's also one of the best-looking visual novels I've ever played through; the models are incredibly beautiful and clearly carefully crafted, the lighting/shading is on point, and the animations are smooth and varied. Given the sheer quality of every aspect of this novel, there's also an incredible amount of content. I spent about eight hours reading over two days (split into several sessions as I waited for my stupid refractory period), and by the end of the weekend my dick was sore but extremely satisfied, which I think is what we're all really here for.

In short, for me personally, this is a perfect game. There's nothing at all that I would change, and I hope Cosy keeps the good times coming for years.

this guy cooking, cosy, relaxing, funny and cute.
the way dev handles close up camera is just *chefs kiss* super nice.
emotions delivered by the girls are also nice, probably the nicest one i've seen since Now and Then.

First time reviewing. I could've reviewed one of the juggernauts like Eternum but honestly this game is so true to its name. It's cosy. the characters are fine, the setting is fine and the plot verges on harem power fantasy but that's what we're here for, right?

The girls manag to be just cute and likeable enough not to just be a walking cardboard cutout trope, and the story is just interesting enough that I look forward to each update. It's no Leap of Faith or Artemis, but sometimes you just want something simple and.. wel, cosy, and this game delivers that on all fronts for me.

Wow what a game. Easy 5 star. I enjoy the setting and interactions with the girls so much that I would read this even without any of the H scenes. In fact the H scenes are probably the weak point of this VN. They feel a little out of place in the early game. The MC is so caring and loving to Lucy but then he switches into light BDSM mode out of nowhere. Choices are pretty arbitrary, this story is on rails but that's not an issue for me. Can't wait to see where the story goes.

Updated Review based on 0.12:

Things I mentioned below which made me give only 4 stars have been resolved since then. Characters are not falling that easily for the MC anymore and the character progression of Characters like Hannah or Catherine are great to read.
I also kind of started to like the Founding Family-plot. I still think it is stupid, but in an in-universe-way. If I would live in the game, I would find the founding families a bit laughable, but it makes for a good story point.

This is a 5 star game and it deservers all 5 stars.

Review based on 0.8:

A mixed bag for me. I think the game has things which are exceptionally good, but also some weaknesses which I cannot ignore. Those weaknesses draw me away from giving 5 stars, but I cannot really justify anything less than a (strong) 4 for this game, just due to the writing of the MC and the characters.

I think the characters are pretty well-written (for the most part) so far. There is quite a diversity of LIs, even tho they are not really unique. You have a shy person, a confident girl, a tsundere, some drama and so on. This is nothing new, but a VN does not need to create something new to be well-written.

Characters are attractive, especially the main-LIs.

The things that bother me is how quickly people fall for the MC. I get that this is a Harem game, but they are instantly falling for him. Which is kinda lame. Let alone that they are very quickly fond of the idea to form a Harem, something which usually ends up being Endgame-Content in other games.

I am also not a big fan of the plot around the founding families. I get that it is there to create the story, but it just sounds too far off for me. Because in the end, there is some nobody who does not even have money who is suddenly such an important person. Let alone in a small town and not something big. So, I dont know, looks more like a cult or something similar to me, but nothing which should be taken seriously.

But then again, I cannot say that I dislike the story so far, so the complaints are not that massive.
The one thing that bothers me when it comes to visuals is that facial expressions are pretty rare. A person is shocked and has the same facial expression as before. I think those can get some work.

So yeah, overall, solid game, but I cannot just give it 5 stars because of issues which are bothering me. But I understand the fanbase and why people are able to give 5 stars.

This is an excellent game. Domination stuff is rarely done well, but this is. Everything is fully consensual, and, ultimately, done for reasons of pleasure, not to establish power.
The writing is good, and the story is too.
I do not like the stuff with Ms. Takamura, so I delayed writing a review for a few updates. Ultimately, it's consensual, even if it's not a turn-on for me, so I don't feel any need to knock a star off, even if it's stuff that I would never do.

Edit: I'm starting to kind of like the newer stuff with Ms. Takamura.

It's samey. Stereotypical characters. All the girls fall for the MC for no reason... there's the shy one, the bitch one, the yadayadayada... we've been there a million times.

Some of the humor is actually quite good and the MC is better written than in other games like it - which isn't really hard to do, to be fair. But in the end, it's another male power fantasy with needy one-dimensional women.

Been there.

What a delightful game. The art is good, but the writing is incredible. It's so rare to see such believable, developed (yet individual) characters across any media. I'm eagerly awaiting every upcoming release.

This is a completely shit garbage video game. Well, like any Kinetic Novel. It has no mechanics and pretty much no choices (They are only there to avoid spanking. Like, who the futsch does that!?!).

So since we now have that out of they way we come to the reason why I put up with completely shit video games that don't even have real time rendering.
Because I play games for the story. Whether it be the ingame one or the role playing in my head.

And Cosy Café does deliver what the name implies as long as you like maledom and spanking. Which looking at my rating I apparently do.

You play as a rather refreshing confident but no asshole character that wears a way to large jacket.
And then you begin to build your harem of school girls. For the first few there isn't much convincing needed but I would guess that changes with more girls (its foreshadowed).

The game has light bdsm themes which imo barely make the tag worth it (at this point). Its mostly talking about bdsm stuff. It has a good amount of spanking. That is the main maledom theme.
Sidenote. When you read this Cosy Creator. Ffs if its the only thing aside from the music that has sound, please implement a spanking sound. It can be the same sound every time. Bonus point for a generic yelp afterwards.
Any spanking scene without sound is really weird imo. And if I am actually wrong about this and the game actually has a sound for this then ignore this section. (Since I played 0.8 yesterday I am relativly sure though that I am not wrong.)

In terms of content and progress:
Atm you can get 2 of the girls in the image on top of the main page as your girlfriend and a third in 0.8. The story is very much still in the setup phase. Progress with updates is ok. More on the slow side considering the amount of effort it takes to make a Cosy Café ingame Day vs some other games. But that's just my 2 cents. I may be wrong.

As of V0.7.1

To anyone who hasn't played it yet, just do, you won't be disappointed, that is one of the best game i've ever played.

Story : 5/5, far from over but the plot is really interesting so far and I can't wait for next. Writting is of really good quality (english isn't my language so there might be errors but, still, it's really well written).

Music/sounds : 5/5, really nice sounds overall and properly adapted to places and situations, even the spanking sounds changes.

Characters : 5/5, So many cuties it's impossible to have a fav. There are all clasics tropes you find in AVN (shy, cocky, insecure, etc), but it is really well done and they are all loveable and beautiful (well except this bitch Rachel, I'd hope she wouldn't be a part of it but well, tough life.) AND a nice MC that does not jump on every girls he sees (well, kind of ahah).

Renders : Imho, the game is really beautiful, I mean, just look at the screens and you'll see for yourself. I have no idea the time or skill it takes to make that, but that's really stunning.

H-Scenes : Not available for all LIs yet, but the ones here are of really high quality (just like the rest), and I am really eager to see more.

Finally, this is a dom/sub theme and, even tho I would not have thought i'd like it, it's not over the top (well a bit, but it's really, really, nicely done), and a Kinetic Novel ("nothing" to do as in there are no choice to do, no stat, no shitty sandbox to grind), while that may be a problem for someone, that was just what I was looking for : just a wonderful chilling game (for real, i've discovered it last week and already "played" (feels more like watching a movie if you go in auto mod) it twice.

An amazing job Cosy, and I hope to see more soon !

Edit V0.8 : What an awesome update, couldn't wait for it, and wasn't disappointed. Overall quality of the game is really improving (it was already top tier, but it's getting even better), be it in the renders, the sound effects, everything, and we finally get our little kitten back ! so, couldn't be happier and can't wait for more !

As of 0.7.1

What can I say, the game is excellent.

The Story is good. It struggles a bit at the start and has some major "by the magic of Plot" moments at the very beginning, but it quickly matures in to something more then just a harem VN. Don't get me wrong, top to bottom it's a very wholesome story. Cosy, one might even say.
That said, it has plenty of sex, with the major theme being dom (the MC) and sub (the LIs) relationships. But there is also a real story in there, even if it takes a few chapters for it to take off.
Plenty of content (I'd say about 6+ hours for me), nice soundtrack.
I can see only two negatives:
1. It's essentially a Kinetic Novel. I did not see any real weight to the choices.
2. I mean, it's Honey select. Really good Honey select, but not everyone's cup of tea.
Still, I don't care about either of those, so - for me it's a 5/5 game. Honestly, try it.

Great game! Lately it's been a lot of color cutter stuff and not enough to draw me in but I've found myself wanting to know what happens next AND enjoying the beautiful models and girls. It does lean a lot into all girls want spanking but also gives the option not to sometimes. I do wish there was a little bit more to animations but overall great game, keep it up!

This game is really great. It's light, it's fluffy, the girls are cute and the MC isn't too much of a moron. This is the sort of game you sit down with to feel warm and fuzzy. The art is good, the music fits and the story is the perfect window dressing.

My only complaint would be the token 'bad feminist' character made me think this game was gonna be pretty misogynistic but honestly it didn't turn out that way, she's just an annoying teenage girl, and while this game definitely leans a little into maledom and traditional gender roles, there's nothing wrong with that, and all the girls are consenting and happy, so, all in all, 5 stars.

I like this game. I like the characters, I like the relationship dynamics the story sets up. I like the MC. Not a lot of games do romantic soft maledom well but this one does and it's very fun, even though the maledom aspects are very tame thus far. I think the story is simple yet effective, and the game isn't yet dying of side-girl bloat.

I have one gripe with this game that makes my rating a 4 and not a 5 and that is that the dev doesn't do facial expressions. Like, at all. Across all the LIs, 95% of the renders have one of two different expressions. There's a slight, almost Mona Lisa smile, and there is a sort of blank expression that is barely different from the first. Also... the characters mouths don't open. The camera will shift to focus on a speaking character, but their mouth is closed. Then it'll shift to another character replying, and again the mouth is closed. The effect is that these interesting characters that have stuff happening to them just appear as glassy-eyed dolls. I've seen games with way worse visuals do much more interesting expression work. Also it's just kinda telling that the game text will specifically mention a characters shocked/angry/happy/sad/terrified expression but it's the same emotionless face that they have in every other render. That every other character has in every other render. Or the text will have them yelling or gasping but... They're on-screen with their mouth closed and basically no expression. This is consistent from the early content right up through the latest work.

Also the game is basically a kinetic novel. Not a problem for me but some people don't like that.

Also of all the harem games i've played, this is probably the only one with a sufficient amount of ass-slaps, casual groping, and lap-sitting. This is a really good thing and I love it.

Graphics are as you can see on the previews not the most realistic, but the facial expressions are done better than in most of the realistic looking games. The elbows look like elephant skin for some reason, but it is not too hard to ignore. The animations look great, and there was minimal clipping as far as I can tell, although I might have overlooked it as the game was phenomenal.

The story isn't that interesting, but the text is mostly focused on your interactions with the girls anyhow so it isn't a problem, as a porn game it is probably best even that the story doesn't take that much space.

There is variation both in appearance and personality among the girls, and the writing is damn good, I highly recommend playing the game, especially if you enjoy soft dom.

Love every character so much, the story and writing are really good especially for a first game. The animations and graphics are pretty good to. Honestly just an amazing game overall, would definitely recommend.

Overall good. I feel like the plot takes a while to get started and even then it gets kinda monotonous with little progression. Also I think that having one of the characters be a "crazy feminist" feels very 2015. But the characters are fun and sexy, the sex scenes are hot, and it's well written overall. Might change the rating as new updates release, but as of now, it's a definite recommendation.

Excellent writing, with a plausible plot. A definite rarity in harem games. The storyline is surprisingly well thought out and intriguing, and the characters are great. The MC is dominant without being overbearing, and the girls have their own distinct personalities that, while fitting into the model of oft-seen tropes (submissive, tsundere, etc.) are done well. I never got the feeling of "oh, seen this before, yawn" that I do with so many other VNs.

Models are a bit old, using the original Honey Select that have been around for years, but they're hot. No complaints there. The sex scenes are erotic and steamy, and the animation is quality.

It's a rarity that I give out five star ratings. Usually a "good" VN will get 3, perhaps 4 stars, with recommendations on how to improve some weaker aspects. With this, all the author has to do is stay the course and stick the landing once complete, and it will be deserving of 5 stars.

Will be watching this one closely!

An absolute work of art. Every character is unique, well fleshed out and, most rarely of all, actually very interesting.
Added to this are some excellent lewd scenes and whats not to adore?
If you havent tried it yet I'd strongly suggest you put everything else in your life on hold and get downloading.