Venus Meets Venus by kaleidofish

Two women meet in a bar. This is not a love story.

(Mature content warning.)

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Review Amora Zion

05 Jun 2023

Dude, I freaking love this, very emotional. It made me imagine myself in it!

Comment Mimigaygirl

08 Oct 2021

make lesbin storys girlll!!

Review sillylittlepuppy

18 Aug 2021

From what I've done of it, it's awesome. But when I go to click on You're A B**** it goes to an error 404 page. :( Please fix!

Review Mad Rex

25 Aug 2020

You need to publish this in more places. It should be seen by anyone and everyone.

(I made a new account just to say this.)

Review sunfestal

29 Jul 2020

That was incredible.

Comment DavyB

04 Nov 2018

The Venus Meets Venus author (kaleidofish) says:
"Two women meet in a bar. This is not a love story. (Mature content warning.)"

Does this mean the game should have an 'adult' tag?

Review MelissaGamer

04 Nov 2018

I may not be in the LGBT+ community, at least I don't think so, but this story was amazing. More people need to see this, especially younger kids like me.

Review jmnevil54

04 Nov 2018

I'm still confused as to what happened. I skipped through a lot of this game. It just isn't my type of story, too boring, too sexual. Then the plot hit me like a ton of bricks. A girl has a girlfriend. Girl 2 leaves, girl 1 cheats on her with a girl she met at a bar, a trans girl with a penis. Then girl 1 forgets girl 3 and forgets ever being with her. Girl 2 finds out, and is super mad, but cannot find a good reason to break up. Also, the author implied girl 1 might be pregnant with girl 3's child, but it was never addressed again, so apparently she wasn't.

Excellent story, if you're into that sort of thing.

Comment jmnevil54

04 Nov 2018

If it's a kiss on the cheek, that's okay. If it's on the lips, and is more than a couple seconds, it is not okay, and keep it away from children. This is true for straight and gay couples.

Review FantasyLand

03 Nov 2018

Amazing. Just amazing.

Review Jellylake

18 Feb 2018

Absolutely incredible. This reads like a poem. This is art at one of its finest

Review SELI-chan

08 Dec 2017

I actually started tearing up when I was reading this. It's more of a poem than a game, but...god. At first I went in thinking it was going to be a story or game about gay girls picking up gay girls written by a straight person but I really couldn't be more wrong. It's so much more than just a love story, and it WILL have you in tears, especially if you've been in any sort of similar situation to either Lynn or Macy, which I have (both). I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't at least partially autobiographical

Review ForeverInGame

30 May 2017

This short story had me on an emotional roller coaster throughout. I found myself relating to Lynn very strongly.. The writing style felt like I was really in the mind of Lynn, feeling all of the uncertainty, confusion, and desires she was having. It's difficult to put into words just how great of a story this is. I think the best way to dictate how powerful this story was is to say that I finished the story feeling a great deal of stress, followed by crying that resulted in me rethinking some life decisions of mine. This isn't a feel-good story, but it is still one I would strongly recommend, and one that I will likely come back to in some time.

Review BladeAddict

17 May 2017

Absolutely fantastic

Review JayyIsGayy

17 Apr 2017

Bless my soul, I was expecting something a lot more physical. Kinda like Lynn. I... I need more moments like these in my life.

Review MW Creatives

12 Apr 2017

I'm speechless. Terrific. Seems like it's written by somebody who actually been there....

Review ellieisshooketh

08 Mar 2017

Fudge man. I'm so emotional right now. That was a piece of art. I loved that too much. I have no words.

Comment E.Chase

07 Feb 2017

Despite all my own experience in gay subculture, I had not idea a girl like Lynn (in this story) could exist! I know lots of gay guys who act her, but never a gay woman. I spent my (obligatory) bar time dealing with uhaulers (what a GREAT term) and barflies enjoying their misery. There are undoubtedly Lynns out there - I just didn't notice them. We're all blind in different ways.

The Lynn of the story has helped cure me of outrageous fantasies about what it would be like to turn back the clock - to be young and sexy enough to be "taken" by whatever woman was most interested in you that night.

Finally, it would have been SO easy to overwrite this. To fill up the purple screen with paragraphs of purple prose. I'm impressed that it was not, and that it holds up just as well on re-reads. Definitely a work of art, doubly so for someone who has inhabited the subculture.

Review E.Chase

07 Feb 2017

This is a work of art hiding within a game engine.

It is not a choose-your-path style adventure. Instead, it's a hypertext style story of how a relationship evolved between two people. Gender stereotypes and social norms of all types are broken. Characters are revealed, and evolve. The writing style has elements of free verse, and can be a bit opaque at times. I do not believe the grammatical "errors" were any more accidental than those of e.e.cummings.

If you have ANY familiarity with gay subcultures, this is a MUST read. I went in expecting a fun romp with some pron. Instead, I was totally engrossed and ultimately deeply touched. The author might not consider it a love story, but I definitely consider it a story about love.

Review ashstansell

31 Dec 2016

There are no words.
Five stars all around.

Review EchoGumdrops

26 Dec 2016

Really fantastic. Reminded me of the mindset behind "Diary of an Oxygen Thief". A story based around emotion and reactions between the characters that felt moving and strangely relatable. I genuinely enjoyed the experience, though I can see why it might not have been for everyone. While many criticized the work for its "fall in grammar", I felt as though that was a part of the production itself-it's poetry in its simplest form, and that's what is truly remarkable. Definitely not recommended for anyone who can't handle strong imagery or thought-provoking projects, but heavily recommended for anyone who enjoys a good story.

Review IzabelRexy

14 Dec 2016

This was absolutely amazing. It so completely encompassed all the emotions and conflicts, and it was beautifully written, bad grammar or otherwise. I loved it, and enjoyed it so much. It wasn't a choose your own adventure, and it said that at the very beginning. It all lead to the exact same ending. It is not a love story.

Review TextBasedBitch

16 May 2016

It isn't a choose your adventure story, it's a telling of a story. You can get more details if you want them, or just forge on, but you don't have many choices. It's darker than I was expecting, but I can't complain on that point. I can, however, complain about grammar. I mean, I won't really, because we all make mistakes, but I could.

Review Finn Ewan Cameron

16 Mar 2016

Started out well, showing a strong grasp of the English language. However, you very quickly fell into the common pitfalls of most niche writers. Patronising and pretentious. Also, your grammar very quickly began to decline from the offset.

Review thatonestrangeoc

19 Feb 2016

Fucking brilliant.

Comment DawnFlare

12 Feb 2016

My name is Lynn so I felt as though I had lived it.

Review DawnFlare

12 Feb 2016

Fantastic, absolutely brilliant.

Review Shadowpelt

31 Jan 2016

This is a great game! Awesome job on it!

Comment Shadowpelt

31 Jan 2016

This is one of the best story games I've played...It was heart-felt and sad...IT WAS AWESOME!

Review ChartsetGamemaker

28 Jan 2016

The writing was beautiful. At first, I did not understand the number part, but it all solved itself later on. The ending made me sad and happy.

Comment lyalicia

14 Jan 2016

Liked it so much in so many levels.

Review NinaZuzanneKessler

01 Jan 2016

This is fantastic.
When I finished, I realised that it wasn't what I was searching for. A 'Choose your own adventure'-story. But it was more. 'I needed it without knowing that I need it'-kind of story.
I have to add that this is very inspiring. I'm leaving, going to write my novel, thank you very much.

Review Jindary

13 Sep 2015

i was hoping for a story where i could choose what happened. What i got was an oddly written story that pulled me in and made it feel like i was a part of it. the writting style was perfect for the story. i felt the desperation the pain, the longing to feel something. The numers were clever. Worst part is i want to know more about lynn and macy. i also like the great way you portrayed the two characters in a wonderful human way.

Review pandapowerslide

12 Aug 2015

I'm lost for words. Absolutely fantastic.

Review Tanyea

27 Jul 2015

Being a M to F Transgender myself I found this to be very enlightening as far as the perspective of a female partner. Once I started reading this, I got sucked in and had to finish. The depth of thought and heart that went into this it is a work of art. The numerical metaphors were a little strange at first but as the story unfolded they made sense in a very unpredictable way. I believe that everyone should read this and allow this the chance to open their minds and hearts.

Review hippie

23 Jul 2015

Liked it very much.
Was so good I couldn't stop .
Had to reach the end as fast as I could , and then play it all over again to be sure I didn't missed any of the excellent narrative.

Review thatlesbean

23 Jun 2015

I absolutely lived it. The writing was amazing. I love how it makes you think and you feel as if your going through this with the main character. This is that type of interactive novel where your crying with the characters,your yelling at them to the right thing or to make a move or to tell them how they feel. This was truly amazing I've recommended a lot oft friends to this and hiding how they read my Kik and did not respond I think its safe to say they're reading it now. BTW to me this entire review I've just written sounds so smart and sophisticated when I am only a 14 year old potato XD lol I'm just saying this was great I really loved it

Review Sneeze_Meister

23 Jun 2015

I love it. It was so detailed and so... I just can't describe it. The whole time I was awestruck by this. It eye opened me, and that's what a lot of stories need to do. It showed the true meaning of relationships, of people, and habits that are hard to break. I honestly wish that I could see what happened after the ending, but I like endings that kind of cut off like that, that don't give a happy ending, or don't give a definite ending. Definitely worth everyone's time.

Review JustAHumanBean

20 Jun 2015

Loved it. I absolutely love this. It's so thought out, and has so much depth. The metaphors bring meaning to things that don't usually have meaning, it shone light on relationships and how people end up failing to conform themselves to fit perfectly into the relationship. This wasn't so much an interactive story than a work of art. Amazing, a thought I had was that an 8 is not only all the things mentioned, but also a promise of infinity, the way it winds around itself indefinitely. This was so much better than a love story.

Comment taliamae

06 Feb 2015

okay...this game is, first of all, so beautiful--in every aspect. the writing is incredible and the story is so painfully real. do you have a writing blog or anything? i'd love to read more of your stuff. and yes--i do realize that this is a text adventure game but this particular one is too beautiful for you not to have done other writing or whatever. thank you:)

xo--talia