"Hey, Can I Borrow Your Pen?"

When your pen suddenly runs out of ink and you forgot to bring a spare that day, the usual response is to simply ask someone nearby to borrow theirs. For some people, however, such an exchange comes much harder than to others. One such person is protagonist Leila, who not only finds herself with a dry pen and social anxiety, but also surrounded in all directions by attractive strangers (represented, at least initially, by only mildly attractive stick figures)! Left with no other choice than to do the unthinkable, talk to someone she doesn’t know, Leila must rise to the challenge of navigating through a fifteen second conversation without completely breaking down!

Features:

• Classic visual novel dialogue and choice systems
• Short playtime (~25-30 minutes for all endings)
• Four different characters to banter with
• A sexually frustrated teenager
• Real simulated social anxiety

Writing, programming, and art by Jamison McLaughlin

Additional character art by Mariah Rosario 

Heartbeat SFX provided by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/fLXLo3rEdrE