I Love You, Colonel Sanders!

Lore & Background

The game takes place over a three-day semester at the fictional University of Cooking School: Academy for Learning, where the player character studies to become a chef. Players make dialog choices to win the favor of Colonel Sanders and interact with other characters, including the player's best friend Miriam, rivals Aeshleigh and Van Van the Man Man, Sprinkles/Professor Dog, and other students Pop, Clank the robot, and the nameless Student. A single playthrough takes about an hour, not including replaying different story line branches.

Reader's Guide

I Love You, Colonel Sanders! received an overall lukewarm response from professional reviewers. Gita Jackson of Kotaku criticized the game's lack of emotional depth and over-reliance on 'zaniness', comparing it unfavorably to other 'goofy' dating sims like Hatoful Boyfriend and Nameless. Nicole Carpenter of Polygon reviewed the game in the context of KFC's marketing strategy to distance the Colonel Sanders mascot from the actual person, calling it 'less of a game and more of a marketing stunt' with very little actual interactivity, and felt it contributed to a trend of disrespect for the dating sim genre. The art was praised by Jenny Zhang of Eater, who compared it favorably to Ouran High School Host Club. The review-aggregator Metacritic gave the game an aggregate score of 50/100 based on critic reviews. The game successfully received public attention due to its 'can-you-believe-it' premise both before and after release.

Did You Know?

• The game was commissioned by the restaurant chain KFC and released for free on Steam.
• The player character attends the fictional University of Cooking School: Academy for Learning.
• A single playthrough takes about an hour, not including replaying different story line branches.
• The game's art was compared favorably to Ouran High School Host Club by Eater's Jenny Zhang.