My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant

This game is so great! More like this please!

Love the old school point and click. Reminds me of all the old Sierra games that I use to play. Great artwork and a fun little game. Definitely recommend.

I loved it, has a heavy 70s 80s sifi vibe, very gay lol, i might play it again. i will say i did have to look up a couple of the puzzels cause im not the brightest crayon but it was fun all the same

I really wanted to play My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant for a long time.
Sadly it did not meet my expectation at all.

First of all, the game is very buggy. I experienced a self-moving mouse pointer and disappearing menus. Some action boxes were out of objects. The main protagonist walking through solid walls or walking in weird loops did not make a good impression too. I was also able to talk with characters that left the scene. Spooky.

Secondly, visuals. the art was not bad, backgrounds were okay. I liked very much avatars of poeple the protagonist was talking with. I loved his expressions shown on his avatar. But the whole world was very still. Characters were very minimastically animated, and then it comes to cutscenes animations, they were horrible.

As written in Key Features 'A superb blend of comedy, drama, romance and mystery'
Well, I was expecting a game with lots of humor, adult jokes etc. There were few funny moments, indeed, but they did not make a comedy producion.
Drama, romance and mystery (spoiler alert)... An important person dies and you are... He died. Whatever" I liked the main protagonist, but I could not immerse into the world. As far as the story could be a good base, all the game flow lacked true emotions, it was very bland.

As for a point & click game this one was easy. It is not a bad thing in my case since I do not have patience for looking for irrational solutions. Almost all actions were logical and I truly appreciate it.
It is a short game too, but it is not a con either.

Summarizing... I cannot recommend My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant. I bought it with a huge discount on a sale and the price was acceptable for the product I received. When it comes to its normal price is way too high.

There was some fun stuff, but all in all, I was bored until near the end. This is sad because the premise and title suggest that the story would be a lot of fun, but nope. The music and the background are good, and the characters have assets that are enjoyable to look at. The gameplay isn't the best, but it was fine, just fine. The biggest flaw though, and the reason for the thumbs down, is that it's a very short game. 2 hr to complete it.
Buy it on a super sale, but otherwise pass.

My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant is a short, entertaining point-and-click styled after the classics and it's full of witty banter and innuendo. The interface and presentation could use some refining but there's no serious flaws, it's just has a few quirks to get used to. The puzzles aren't too complex, although one completely stumped me and I had to search for a walkthrough. Later on I realized that the in-game "hint" button should be used liberally to save you from those inevitable "What should I do next?" moments.

Lightly recommended, if only to support a gay game dev. I'll give Escape from Pleasure Planet a try next!

It's buggy as hell, so make sure you save your game often because there's no autosave and there are occasionally game-breaking bugs. I had to redo entire portions of the game twice because I forgot to save.

The other thing is, the puzzles are obnoxious. Like, the game tells you what to do and then sticks its tongue out at you when you try it, like "how could you be so stupid as to think that would actually work?", and then you have to combine objects in unintuitive ways to complete the game. Like, I played Myst before playing this, and Myst was easier.

That said, I adored it. Cute and fun. (Still, the sequel is better)

Lots of cute guys. Funny innuendo. Humour. And a glimpse of a world in which gays are the norm, even if it's just an over-the-top fantasy. I like it.

I encountered no bugs and was able to play it without a guide. If you expect voice acting, fluid animations and mind-boggling puzzles, this one isn't for you though. Btw. I played the complete game, but mostly offline :-)

If I had to summarize this game using just one word, I'd say fun! Now, as with practically all point-and-click games, there were a few moments where I had to look up a guide to help me when I got stuck, but it only happened a few times. And, as I already said, it happens for me in pretty much every point-and-click game I play, so it wasn't that big of a deal to me. I'm just mentioning it to be thorough. Anyway, the story was interesting if a tad cliché, but not in a bad way. Overall I thought the game was cute. The humor was pretty on the nose and there were innuendoes aplenty, but it was clearly all in good fun. I found it all quite humorous and kind of charming in a way.

Now for the cons. I really only have two and one of them isn't a con as much as it's something I wish was included in the game that wasn't. Firstly, the game is just a tad buggy. It's not game-breaking or anything but it is there. Secondly, there were quite a few things in the story that I felt were left unexplained. Or perhaps it's more that certain events and characters weren't given the attention they deserve. Such as the crew on the ship! I wanted to know more about them but nothing was really mentioned beyond the basics as to their station. Or perhaps the most important question, why did Tycho and Andy break up?! All unnecessary things in the grand scheme of things, but things that I want to know none the less!

Sadly, I can see how someone could take the game too seriously and maybe even take offense given the blatancy and over-the-top manner in which the game presents itself. I personally think that's part of the charm. I think this is just a light-hearted and silly game meant to be fun and to broaden the selection of LGBT+ games out there for people to enjoy, and it does a good job of that. I can't say "don't take offense" because there's always going to be somebody who will... but I say just give it a chance. It's not an exceedingly long game or anything and you might just enjoy yourself! Surely you'd find at least one part to be fun.

The game is kinda nice, but it opens a console with an error message everytime I start it. If I close it, the game closes. I can go on if I leave the console open, but after a little while the commands don`t respond anymore. I searched for people with the same problem on the forums, and though there are many with the same problem, there seem to be no solution.
A shame :/

UPDATE: The game had an update last week. I went to play full of hope, but old saves don't work anymore. And the commands still stop responding as before... I give up -_-'

This game is technically on a very low level, crashed several times, but it has so lovely gay characters that I would still recommend it to every gay who has a sense for comedy and who can smile over our own stereotypes.

Growing up in the early PC gaming era, I came to love point and click adventures such as Space Quest and The Secret of Monkey Island, etcetera. If you have fond memories of games like those, then you'll love "My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant". It has the same silly comedic style that I'd come to love from those sort of games, only with a gay theme that's suggestive, but didn't go too far... though I'd have been okay if it had! I really enjoyed this game; it was light-hearted and fun and took me back to when I was a kid. In fairness, if this had been a non-gay themed point & click adventure, I may not have enjoyed it as much, but since it appeals to me as a gaymer, I was much more willing to overlook some of the minor flaws of the game, the pros and cons of which I've listed below.

There are only a few down-sides to this game, one of which being that it was quite short. I finished it playing casually in under 5 hours of total play time. I wasn't disappointed from a monetary value perspective, but from a gameplay perspective, because I wanted to keep playing. I only now learned that there's a sequel planned and I really can't wait for the release!

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HIGHS
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- LGBT themed game that makes the story interesting for gaymers
- Silly humour that I LOVE, similar to that of the Space Quest / Monkey Island franchises
- Suggestive themes that didn't go too far
- Amusing story that captured my interest

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LOWS
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- Encountered a game crashing bug one occasion
- Short game - finished in under 5 hours of total gameplay
- Would liked to have seen a wider variety of items & interactions
- Would liked to have seen a wider variety of dialogue choices
- Voicing over the game would've added an extra level of fun

Overall, if you're a gaymer, you'll more than likely enjoy this fun game and get a few good laughs out of it!

Overall a very enjoyable game with interesting characters, locations and plot. LOVE the references, it is definately for both the LBGTIQ community and Sci-fi Lovers. only issues where a few minor glitches, nothing particulary bothersome.

As other reviewers have noted, there's a lot of boring and pointless walking backwards and forwards and back again in this game. Similarly, some dialogue could use work: some opening conversations were relevant earlier in the game, but are bizarre when they're repeated. Surely it wouldn't have been too difficult to throw in a generic greeting?

Those are fairly minor squibbles - or should be. The walking, though: slow, frequently illogical, and at times frustrating enough to make me question whether it was even worth continuing. As the lead character thinks later in the game: "This is going to be a long game." He forgot to add "needlessly".

There was some jarring change in artwork at one point late in the game, for what amounted to an extremely lame joke (or at least, that's the only reason I can think of); and I'm still not sure what happened in the grand final scene, other than by imputation: it's almost as if there's a part of the scene missing.

On the plus side, the eyecandy is great - Joe Phillips is always reliable! - the humour generally good, and the storyline interesting enough to keep me playing - with enough "I didn't see that coming"s to keep me on my toes. Some of the puzzle solving, while usually logical, can take a bit of nutting out (although some others are telegraphed a bit too much).

On balance, thumbs-up wins - but it was a close-run thing. And the sad part is, the things that brought this game down were easy fixes. If the game testers had done their job properly, or the developer followed up on their advice, this could have been a MUCH better game.

All that said, though, I look forward to the already-overdue next project from this developer: it's nice to have a gay-themed game that is not embarrasingly over-the-top (Joe Phillip's artwork aside, but I happily forgive him that). Sure, some of the dialogue is corny - I'm looking at you, lift - but overall the game is not nearly as corny or stereotyping as some reviewers would have you believe.

Having unlocked the alternative play version, will I play the game through again?

Yes - but not for a while.

A hour and a half into the game, and i'm yet still waiting for things i bought this thing for.
Sure, there was some mildly funny dialogue, but comedic writing here definitely takes itself much more seriously than it should. It's kinda-sorta passable for a funny reddit comment thread, where people joke about point and click adventure tropes. Does it make up for game's other deficiences, can it carry a game by itself? Hell no.

So far game made me think exactly zero times, most of the time i just watch protagonist awkardly walk at badly drawn backdrops. Interface is clunky, hotspots are badly set up and the whole experience is rather... tedious.

I guess we're still living in the world where "gay game" is such a novelty, people eat up products like this and even have something good to say about it just because it happens to be gay. I guess some people still want it to be "a niche". Oh well.

This game was really funny. I bought this game as a laugh to play with my girlfriend, but instead, it turned out to be an engaging story for the short time it lasted. I've noticed that every review for most of the games on this site often contains a lot of personal bias, so I figure I should be fair to this game and to everyone else and show my viewpoint from two different perspectives.

As a straight guy examining the game's gender tropes, this game was fun. Characters break the third wall and talk directly to the gamer, a tool that showcases a lot of the games true humor. The most often trope in video games is "hero saves damsel in distress", but here, the main goal is a reunion between the main character and a past love interest, who is by no means a damsel. Several other homosexual characters and comments made by them shine a light on how few other video games defy stereotypes and show that relationships can come in any shape or form. I REALLY enjoy a game defiant enough to turn common tropes around. Creativity is really the only thing that keeps game development a fluid marketplace.

As a gamer, this game was a short, funny adventure. The nature of the point and click game genre often requires a lot of going back and forth between different areas of exploration, and there are some moments where a detail that you didn't catch may end up making you explore an area you have already been to several more times. The game has a high contrast mode for vision impaired players, a nice touch if you're having too much trouble searching for the right things to grab. However, despite this, the game itself is fairly short; you should be able to finish the whole thing in under a few hours. The art style is not exceptionally thrilling, but the dialogue is hilarious and finding all of the hidden jokes and sexual innuendo was exactly what I expected.

All in all, I would recommend this to others, but only if the price for the game falls below $8 or if you have some money burning a hole in your pocket. The ending scene makes the whole game absolutely worth it.

You'll have some laughs and it's not a bad little game even though I've said I wouldn't recommend it. However, the pricepoint is way too high for such a short game. You can play through the game in an hour maybe drag it out to 2 or 3. There's just not enough here to carry the pricetage it's asking. With so many games to choose from these days, just because it's gay-themed (and hey that's something, I'll give it that) doesn't excuse the lack of content that any other game would be criticized for. Voice-acting would have been a nice addition as would several more planets to explore along the way. Maybe if you can find it super discounted at the Summer or Christmas sale it would be worth purchasing. Maybe.

I recommend it because I enjoyed it. It's a cute game with a likeable protagonist, and the story is pretty interesting(also you might not enjoy it if you lack a sense of humour). I didn't like the ending though but not spoling it :P The art is MSPaint but it's drawn quite well for MSpaint, some people don't like it but I really don't mind the art. Better than pixelated artstyle*hides*. Yes, there's no voiceovers but all the chat bubbles are pretty short and to the point so you don't really need it imho, instead the game has some nice music :) And I think $15 is pretty fair for this game, I had the misfortune to buy less enjoyable games for more. Got a few hours of entertainment out of it which is pretty good. The game froze 2 times though so I had to close and re-start it again so make sure you save often!

Lets just say I was actually looking forward to this game. Being a fan of John Waters, I was attracted to what I thought would be "campy". In my humble oppinion, this doesnt even have much "camp".

This game is like buying a novelty from a sex shop. You're never going to actually use it. It's a joke.

The game itself lacks any actual gameplay. I grew up playing Space Quest games, and other point and click's. This has no puzzles. If any of it was intended to be puzzling, then it was really easy. The comedy is decent, i'm a huge fan of the innuendo lift, but it really stops there for me.

After playing the game for 1.5 hours, I hit a gamebreaking bug. Cannot restore save file. So, I sent my troubleshoots to the dev. I was shocked to actually get a respone.....but here I am almost 2 weeks later and I still do not have a fix for this horribly overpriced novelty of a game.

I am all for supporting gay games, but this is just a disgrace. I do not suggest anyone spend money on this, it is a halfassed game.

The gameplay is rather simple, even for a point and click game. You can't even click away after making a move choice. However so far of what I've played, I've enjoyed the story, and I am loving the little jokes (some sexual, some normal) that are within the game, and I love the inneundo lift :D

Haven't played enough yet to comment on if the price is justfied, etc. But I like what ive seen so far :)

***Updated***

On further playing, clicking too many times on things (when getting impatient) can cause the game to crash, and you lose all your progress (because of no autosave ¬_¬)

There isnt a massive amount of bugs, but the one or two I have found, are so terribly game breaking, that I cannot recommend this game, if it was under £5 then maybe I could, but the current cost is too high for what it is.

The Good

- Has a nice space-camp feel to it that's reminiscent of the old Space Quest games.
- Finally a game geared toward homosexual men (although perhaps it's relevant to mention that I am not gay myself.)
- The dialogue is very short and to the point.


The Bad

- Not very well animated. Many of the characters don't even have animations.
- No voice acting.
- The writing seems very lazy. Many times when I observed a hotspot in a scene I got the default "Nothing interesting here."
- Very Glitchy. The game froze up on me twice and one of those times I had forgot to save in a while. There was also a problem where my character would just walk off the screen and this happened a lot.
- Short length and the ending seemed very rushed.
- Too much sexual innuendo that just isn't very funny

Perhaps it's breaking ground here with it's gay themes but that aside it's really not that good of a game. It feels like a very cheap novelty.