Love and Deepspace Period Tracker Is Both Basic and Boring
So the 3.0 Love and Deepspace update is live, and one of the things calling attention to it is the fact that there’s a period tracker feature in it now. I mean, I think Caleb returning as a fifth romance option in the dating sim is a bigger deal, but I get it. Adding a practical application to a game, especially one as unexpected as a period tracker, is going to call attention to it from people who normally wouldn’t care. I tested it out, now that it’s live, and it’s honestly more basic and boring than I expected. It's also quite silly! But that's something I anticipated, given the nature of the experience and function. So up until recently, I used a few apps actually designed to function as a period tracker. The main thing you want and hope for is it to start to estimate the length of your cycle and alert you to when your time of the month is coming up. The one I used most also allowed me to track symptoms and offer additional alerts. After needing to delete some photos and temporarily uninstall some apps to actually get the 3.0 update for Love and Deepspace, I loaded it up to find Rafayel on my homescreen. Since he’s honestly one of the more humorous love interests in the dating sim, I felt it was a perfect opportunity. If anyone would make a potentially weird experience a bit better, maybe it’d be him? Screenshots by Siliconera Okay. It didn’t. The clingiest of the now five love interests started off the Love and Deepspace period tracker set up process by saying, “I remember everything about you. Of course that includes your period.” It absolutely made me cringe. Especially since he went on to compare it to the moon waxing and waning. I really regretted not waiting to do this until Zayne showed up in the hub area, as he’d hopefully be a little more professional considering he’s a doctor. That out of the way, the initial setup phase is fairly easy. Rather than asking for extensive history, the Love and Deepspace period tracker function starts by asking when the player had their last period. Since I might actually want to use this, I entered accurate information instead of trying to do the math to make Rafayel (or whoever would show up when I’d open the app) let me know tomorrow. It then asks about how many days go between each of the user’s periods. Things close out by asking about how long it lasts, on average. Once the information was in, Rafayel and I didn’t talk any more about it. Screenshots by Siliconera After that, you’re presented with a calendar with the most basic possible information. It will show when your most recent one happened with dark red hearts, and upcoming predicted ones on future months with light red ones. I’m not a fan of this, because UI means you can barely see the faint red hearts indicating predicted periods on the calendar. There is an option to delete periods, if you’d like. However, you can’t list any symptoms you’re experiencing. Screenshots by Siliconera One weird thing is that the guys don’t apparently “share” the period tracker information you offer them in Love and Deepspace. When Sylus showed up on my homescreen when I opened the dating sim to get more screenshots and double-check information, he acted as though this was entirely new information. (His response to tracking my periods was also less creepy than Rafayel’s, oddly enough!) The game won’t remember your information when telling that love interest to also keep track of your time of the month, so make sure you have it on-hand. I will admit, I did find Sylus’ commentary on the data a lot more entertaining than Rafayel’s, so in a way I appreciated the fact that I could go through the period tracker setup process with each guy in Love and Deepspace. For example, when asking how long it lasts, Sylus asks, “How long do you usually have your period for? It feels like an interrogation? But you seem okay with this!” Zayne handles it very professionally, as expected, with the doctor noting it can be a useful way to even notice any possible problems. If you’re doing this seriously, I’d even suggest using him as your designated period tracker character. Screenshots by Siliconera If you set things up in such a way that it shows your period is happening “now,” things do change slightly. A “Caring Message” button will appear. This allows you to engage in brief conversations with the guy about your period. During my tests, I set Sylus as the character who thought mine was happening now. Two conversation options come up, with one asking for comfort and the other involving him making a supply run. So really, the Love and Deepspace period tracker function is no big deal. The character responses can be a bit silly, either in the humorous or just weird sense. It also isn’t as in-depth as you might want or need, and the UI could be better. But if you really want your virtual boyfriend to know it all, it works and will offer a general prediction of when to expect y
So the 3.0 Love and Deepspace update is live, and one of the things calling attention to it is the fact that there’s a period tracker feature in it now. I mean, I think Caleb returning as a fifth romance option in the dating sim is a bigger deal, but I get it. Adding a practical application to a game, especially one as unexpected as a period tracker, is going to call attention to it from people who normally wouldn’t care. I tested it out, now that it’s live, and it’s honestly more basic and boring than I expected. It's also quite silly! But that's something I anticipated, given the nature of the experience and function.
So up until recently, I used a few apps actually designed to function as a period tracker. The main thing you want and hope for is it to start to estimate the length of your cycle and alert you to when your time of the month is coming up. The one I used most also allowed me to track symptoms and offer additional alerts.
After needing to delete some photos and temporarily uninstall some apps to actually get the 3.0 update for Love and Deepspace, I loaded it up to find Rafayel on my homescreen. Since he’s honestly one of the more humorous love interests in the dating sim, I felt it was a perfect opportunity. If anyone would make a potentially weird experience a bit better, maybe it’d be him?
Okay. It didn’t. The clingiest of the now five love interests started off the Love and Deepspace period tracker set up process by saying, “I remember everything about you. Of course that includes your period.” It absolutely made me cringe. Especially since he went on to compare it to the moon waxing and waning. I really regretted not waiting to do this until Zayne showed up in the hub area, as he’d hopefully be a little more professional considering he’s a doctor.
That out of the way, the initial setup phase is fairly easy. Rather than asking for extensive history, the Love and Deepspace period tracker function starts by asking when the player had their last period. Since I might actually want to use this, I entered accurate information instead of trying to do the math to make Rafayel (or whoever would show up when I’d open the app) let me know tomorrow. It then asks about how many days go between each of the user’s periods. Things close out by asking about how long it lasts, on average. Once the information was in, Rafayel and I didn’t talk any more about it.
After that, you’re presented with a calendar with the most basic possible information. It will show when your most recent one happened with dark red hearts, and upcoming predicted ones on future months with light red ones. I’m not a fan of this, because UI means you can barely see the faint red hearts indicating predicted periods on the calendar. There is an option to delete periods, if you’d like. However, you can’t list any symptoms you’re experiencing.
One weird thing is that the guys don’t apparently “share” the period tracker information you offer them in Love and Deepspace. When Sylus showed up on my homescreen when I opened the dating sim to get more screenshots and double-check information, he acted as though this was entirely new information. (His response to tracking my periods was also less creepy than Rafayel’s, oddly enough!) The game won’t remember your information when telling that love interest to also keep track of your time of the month, so make sure you have it on-hand.
I will admit, I did find Sylus’ commentary on the data a lot more entertaining than Rafayel’s, so in a way I appreciated the fact that I could go through the period tracker setup process with each guy in Love and Deepspace. For example, when asking how long it lasts, Sylus asks, “How long do you usually have your period for? It feels like an interrogation? But you seem okay with this!” Zayne handles it very professionally, as expected, with the doctor noting it can be a useful way to even notice any possible problems. If you’re doing this seriously, I’d even suggest using him as your designated period tracker character.
If you set things up in such a way that it shows your period is happening “now,” things do change slightly. A “Caring Message” button will appear. This allows you to engage in brief conversations with the guy about your period. During my tests, I set Sylus as the character who thought mine was happening now. Two conversation options come up, with one asking for comfort and the other involving him making a supply run.
So really, the Love and Deepspace period tracker function is no big deal. The character responses can be a bit silly, either in the humorous or just weird sense. It also isn’t as in-depth as you might want or need, and the UI could be better. But if you really want your virtual boyfriend to know it all, it works and will offer a general prediction of when to expect your next period. It's far from the most interesting feature in Love and Deepspace, and it won't offer as much data or help as apps dedicated to that function, but it's fine and seems like it would do its job.
Love and Deepspace is available on mobile devices.
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