First of all – hi, this is my first full-fledged game review on this website! I’ve always wanted to get into game reviewing, and I really hope I am able to do Warm Prism enough justice to make it appealing for others to try out, as well as gain some experience points in writing that I could put to a good use for some visual novels of my own.

A short preface – apparently, this game has been lying dormant in my Games folder for several months now, and I’ve only recently decided to give it a go, so please excuse me for being a bit late with my review. Better late than never, though, as this turned out to be a very sweet treat for my dating sim-loving self!

The story is easy to follow and lacks any complicated plot twists, and here’s the thing – it doesn’t need to be more than it already is! You play as Noah, a university student going to Prism, a summer camp for young adults, along with five other people – cool and nonchalant Max, energetic and easy-going Summer, nerdy and talkative Alice, soft and caring Garret, and smart and outspoken Michelle – with whom you’ll spend three days doing fun summer activities and possibly even find love with one of them. That’s it. Sure, some conflicts may arise between the characters, but as the story goes, these conflicts get apprehended and/or resolved in a healthy manner that doesn’t clash with chill recreational tone of the overall plot. Warm Prism’s here to send you positive gay vibes, not burden you with unnecessary drama, and that’s one of the things I really enjoyed about it. This may be a bit of a spoiler, but even not ending up with someone will still produce a nice outcome that won’t leave you totally disappointed!

The characters are great and quite well thought out for a game this short! I’m still not sure whom do I like most, since getting each character’s ending made me appreciate them even more. I’m also in love with their designs and the artwork in general! It’s colorful and quite simplistic, perfect for a visual novel like this. Same for the custom music – nothing over-the-top, cozy, enjoyable, and situation-appropriate tunes.

As for the gameplay – and here’s, surprisingly, the part I liked the most – the usual text-skipping and option-choosing action is followed by visual indication of whether the option you chose for a specific situation had increased or decreased any character’s affection for you... and it’s done with cutesy character portraits!



Not only is this a charming little detail a lot of of other VN dating sims definitely should take note of, it also proves incredibly useful for replaying the game multiple times while keeping the overall gameplay time short (unless you, like me, is secretly The Completionist and want to see the outcomes of each and every in-game choice you make). It’s also worth mentioning that experiencing every affection-increasing event isn’t necessary for some of the routes, I managed to get good endings without much one-on-one interacting with chosen characters (as long as I didn’t piss them off with wrong choices).

There are, however, some issues I’d like to address, with the main issue being the quality of the English text. The game’s original language is Spanish, and I’m assuming the translation was also done by a non-native English speaker, which might explain all the weird sentences and awkward wordings that can be found every so often in the text. However, I myself am a non-native English speaker, and I don’t speak any Spanish to be able to properly judge the original script and compare it to the translation, and for this reason only I’ve decided to refrain from subtracting an additional half-star like I originally intended. Hopefully the developers will consider updating English script in the future with proper proofreading.



Another (minor) issue is the lack of a Linux build that could have been easily done with Ren’Py, but I’m pretty sure Linux gamers are in the minority on RMN, plus multiple versions of the same game are probably not very appreciated here in terms of server bandwidth and capacity.

Don’t let the aforementioned issues ruin your experience, though, this is a really wholesome short visual novel that, like the title says, is very well worth spending fifteen minutes (on at least one character route) of your time. I have no idea how to close off this review properly, so I’ll just delve into a bit of a spoiler territory once more and say that so there’s that!