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The Joy of Kimmy s childish dialogue

Kimmy

Kimmy is a visual novel game about a young babysitter in 1968. Dana takes a lonely girl named Kimmy under her wing, worried that she's having trouble making friends. Let summer begin! Collect trinkets, play street games, and learn about Kimmy and her mysterious family as summer passes by.

When young Dana meets Kimmy, she assumes that the 6-year-old must be a baby sent from the almighty. God gives people babies after all, according to Dana s mother. This kind of naive understanding defines Kimmy, a visual novel based on tales from the developer s own mother and narrated primarily by children. The premise is as simple as its dialogue. Set in 1968, it follows a young girl, Dana, as she babysits her neighbor, little Kimmy. The pair teach other neighborhood kids new street games in an effort to coax the shy Kimmy out of her comfort zone and make friends. But the joy of this story comes in how its characters talk to one another.

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