Freshman Year

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Freshman Year

Short description

Freshman Year is a vignette game about an ordinary night in the life a college freshman named Nina. Nina's best friend Jenna invites her to meet up at a local bar with some classmates. Jenna is sort of flaky though, so Nina has to navigate the party by herself.

Developer
Laura Knetzger, Nina Freeman, Stephen Lawrence Clark
Publisher
N/A
Release
Mon, Apr 20, 2015
Price
Free
Reviews
0
Positive
n/a
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
3
Genres
Indie
Tags
Indie Short Visual Novel Female Protagonist Singleplayer Free to Play

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History

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