Cantering Hearts

Summary
Visual Novel based on meeting boys who ride horses.

Game Design
The game uses 2D graphics with static images. Actions are conveyed through a text box at the bottom of the screen.

There is no sound except some royalty free music. It can be muted, but the mute does not stick between scenes, meaning it must be re-applied frequently.

The player's horse is always the same, a light grey horse of seemingly unspecified sex, as its pronouns vary between mentions. You get to choose its name at the start of the game. You also get to choose your own name and pronouns - he, she, or they.

The quality of the game is sadly flawed by a number of things, such as character names being inconsistent, some choices leading to an obviously unfitting outcome, several factual errors concerning horses and equestrian sports, and some endings being downright inaccessible due to getting stuck in a dialogue loop.

Story
The player's family is deep in debt, and their farm is in danger of being bought up by a real estate development company. Their one chance to avoid this fate is to win the big show - the Texas Equestrian Championship.

There are three love interests, each with their own unique horse.

Jamie Crossfield - 20 years old. Likes cooking, hiking, and biking. Dislikes fast food, lying, and deforestation. His horse is Cleveland, a flaxen chestnut Quarter Horse.

Marcel O'Daire - 21 years old. Likes reading, astronomy, and chess. Dislikes laziness, traffic, and movies with plot holes. His horse is Twain, a dapple grey Appaloosa.

Ramiro Dubon - 22 years old. Likes music, dancing, and sarcasm. Dislikes small talk, the use of AI, and coloring inside the lines. His horse is NightShadow, a black English Thoroughbred.

Gameplay
The gameplay is standard visual novel fare - text scrolling across the screen, with occasional dialogue choices popping up. These choices affect story outcomes in different ways.

Accessibility
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System Requirements & Compatibility
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Additional Media
Spoiler-free screenshots of gameplay, box art, game manual... If you have a lot of images, consider creating a gallery!