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You moved down south here two months ago. Between lectures, the long-ass drive to school, and the sweat-soaked summer, you don't expect much to change... That is, until you meet Cooper, an alligator who works at the local Shell. 

What starts as a simple stop for fuel could turn into something more...

Early Shift is a furry visual novel set in a small-town in Florida.

It’s in progress. There's no planned release schedule at the moment but you can check my twitter (@noisybear) for updates. Your feedback and comments are super important to me. The more I receive, the more motivation I'll have to update!

Day one play time:  30~ minutes

If you'd like to support me and get early access to new Early Shift content, feel free to join the PATREON over here (PATREON).

Note: This game is best played on Mac or PC. While you can download it for android, it is untested so you may experience bugs or glitches in gameplay. If you experience any other bugs, feel free to report them on the discord server (https://discord.gg/fxbxFYWK9X)

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EarlyShift-1.1.3-pc.zip 308 MB
EarlyShift-1.1.3-mac.zip 302 MB
EarlyShift-1.1.3-Android.apk 313 MB

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Cooper is a darling. Absolutely am here for the slow burn that is sure to simmer and cook. Looking forward to wherever this project goes.

The dialogue, THE ART, the rich descriptions, everything screams dedication and care. Not too much and definitely not too little. I've rarely been here for projects like this at their inception. Just wanted to pass along that this has potential and what's even here on this starting slice (or would it be stack ;> 🥞🍟 ) is delicious.

I haven't finished the game yet, but overall it's cool. I like the dialogue options. It's cool that I can, for example, observe their behavior and be a few steps away, which I personally find enjoyable... or just be a lustful observer, although that's not really my thing, but still i have a choice. 

The ID card idea at the beginning is also cool, although I personally had a hard time understanding all those, as I understand familys (?) in English. I hope that badgers are Mustelid))

The crocodile himself is cool. I wouldn't say I'm particularly fond of him, but he's definitely cute.

The game does a great job of "adapting to the player". It makes choices that really impact dialogue. 

My verdict: Cool

best furry game i've played in so long omg!!!! Can't wait for more to come out!

I am fucking invested. I cant wait for more. do well and keep up the good work <3

I love the vibes of this VN, the writing and atmosphere felt very down-to-earth, and it's oddly cozy. I rlly love how u could interact with the phone and also COOPER IS A CUTIEE so hyped for day 2

HEAVILY underrated vn, love how u could actually look thru the messages in the phone, and the writing feels very grounded and down-to-earth, and I LOVE COOPERRRR

Huh... I am stuck at the ID part for your character on Mobile how do you even do it

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so gay o love i

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Thank you for creating this game!!! It's soo cute and love the artstyle, theme!! It's totally my style I love it!!  We fan's are supporting!!🩶🩶🩶🩶

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this rules im so excited for more

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I recently came across this game and really enjoyed playing it. I would love to localize the game into Russian. If you're interested in reaching a Russian-speaking audience, feel free to contact me.

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Hey! Thank you so much for playing. And that would be AWESOME! I don’t know if you use discord but I have another Russian speaker in my game server who asked me to msg you about localisation (they can’t log into itch.io so they asked me to post the following for them):


“Hi! U can send me a message on discord(Amper_prot2207), I have already translated the existing part“

Amazing!

I'm really intrigued on how it will continue, this has been one of my fav visual novels in a while 

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omgg I love itt 10/10 Cooper it's so shy and aghhh cute ilvsm, plz don't abandon this

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Thank you so much! Don't worry. The next part is about 50% finished so it should be up sooner rather than later :- )

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I noticed the changes, thanks for keeping this up, we love Cooperr

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pls make it NSFW

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You literally didn't understand anything about Cooper.

el juego esta en español?

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Holaaa, acabo de terminar todas las rutas del día 1 en español, estoy muy feliz con el juego, no me duelen gustar las novelas visuales furras, pero si que te la rifaste cono está. No puedo esperar, osea-si voy a esperar todo lo que sea necesario- pero realmente espero con ansias el día 2. Y mi pregunta es: ¿How many months do you think it will take to release Day 2 of the game? Like, don't put pressure on yourself to give a date and then not meet it, porque x amix. You know, there are always delays, and that's totally understandable. But like, how many months are we talking about? 6? 8?

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I really liked this game (so much that I signed up for an itch account after years of refusing to leave this comment, lmao)

I can't wait to see more of this fantastic game and also more of your work!

Also, although others have said it often, I liked the choice of species at the beginning. Even though I'm basic as hell and have a wolf sona (lol) I still enjoyed the selection.


All-in-all, I loved this. Keep doing what you're doing!

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Amazing!

I am absolutely hooked already, so excited to see more of this.

I just finished it where the hell is your patreon I wish to donate

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Thank you so much!! I got off my lazy ass and made a patreon which you can find over here (https://patreon.com/NoisyBear?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=...) no requirement to actually donate of course but I appreciate your support anyway! <3 

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I AM SOBBING!! COOPER IS SO ADORABLE.

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I JUST FINISH IT AND THE END IS JUSTTTTTT !!!!! WTF

I NEED SOOO MORE

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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this VN! It's charming and well written! Cooper is sooooo adorkable it's killing me! This VN is also a well needed breath of fresh air in a sea of overly muscled characters with hyper and exaggerated features. The characters (Cooper as well as the MC) seem extremely real. Part of me is hoping we get spicy (NSFW) scenes in the future, but honestly I am just looking forward to more of the VN coming out! Keep up the amazing work! I'll definitely be following this VN.

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Thank youuu. I love her too lol. Don't worry. You'll definitely see more of her ;-)

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It seems strange to me that the protagonist is a customizable avatar and then his/her/they're face never appears on the screen.

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Is that strange?

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Maybe. And in the worst case, from a certain perspective, it could be seen as trolling.

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Its really promising! Cant wait to see the whole story and how it'll be developed ^^ (PLEASE DO NOT MAKE COOPER DIE)

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THANK YOU! <3 lol no spoilers so my lips are sealed.

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no....

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What did you do to my croc you bastard!?!!

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Hahahaha sorry

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Really promising so far! The art is nice, Cooper is adorkable, and being able to choose between so many species is neat even if it's not hugely impactful. Being able to make yourself an older/returning student is neat, also! I really like how you can go through the app messages (and good lord are they too real LMAO). 

Lol thank you!! Yeah I'm adding tweaks all the time. I'd like to eventually make it more impactful but that requires way more coding instead of story making so... priorities lol. And thank you! I didn't want to limit players into just being a young 20-something so I'm glad you like. Also yes LOL. the app dating life is too real.

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He so cute🙂‍↕️

Thank you so much!

this is such a lovely read and cooper is fucking awesome. he's so cute i love him. really intrigued by the twist, excited to see where you go from here!

Aaa thank you so much!! Appreciate. Hopefully there will be more soon.

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Literally logged into my itchio account for the first time in like 2 years just bc I wanted to comment on this good ass game. I usually avoid a lot of vns with male love interests bc I personally find the hunky smooth talking dudes that can dominate the genre to be insanely boring so this game was a huge breath of fresh air for me. Cooper fucking rules I hope he knows 5 million gay furries are destined to be obsessed with him lol. Also the writing is genuinely very well done, you have a very distinct style and it's a really smooth and wonderful read.

Possible bug on the android version:

When texting Cooper, I got an error after telling him my major was comp sci where the dialogue repeated and suddenly I was telling him I was an art major lol.

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omg dude thank you so much for this comment. It made me laugh in a good way <3 I too am not a huge fan of hunky ultra smooth guys (being not hunky or ultra smooth myself irl) so I'm glad people can love a dork like Cooper. And thank you so much for the praise on my writing! (and also mentioning the android bug. I've fixed it in my current version so on the next release it shouldn't occur again!)

It's something... Thank you!

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Thank you!

Looking forward for next updates!

Well that was interesting.

Thank you lol

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Like it so far, cooper is a cutie. Engaged by the twist looking forward to seeing how it goes. Please keep up with the android version, basically the only way I play VN's.

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Thank you so much! I'll do my best. I have a fix in the work atm which should make it easier for me to update but at the moment I'm trying to focus on drawing + story to get a new chapter out. The android version will hopefully be updated with it though!

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WTF I DIDNT SIGHN FOR THIS (i love it tho)

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haha thank you so much.

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Update? Btw I love that croc

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Hopefully soon! The next chapter has a million more branching choices so it's taking a while to make (esp. since I'm a solo dev).

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cool concept, had my jaws dropping literally.

omg thank you so much!

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OMG???? i was so scared bc the game crashed at the white screen the first time but hello??? the plotwist?? love it

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Haha thank you so much!! (also sorry that your game crashed lol)

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