Lookouts
What is Lookouts?
Lookouts is a romance visual novel set in the old west, following two gay trans masc outlaws who meet as lookouts and scout a town with rumours of gold. Players read the story and progress dialogue to see what comes of their fateful meeting.
Lookouts is a romance visual novel about two gay trans masc outlaws in the old west who find refuge in each other and hope for a better life. Two lookouts meet in a desert away from their gangs, discover common ground, and scout a town rumoured to hold gold. This expanded version of the original Gay Western Jam game offers roughly 45,000 words of story and a 5-6 hour reading time. It is listed for HTML5, Windows, and Android. Content warnings include alcohol, smoking, gun violence with SFX, gun death, blood, injury, mild transphobia, and discussions of racism and settler violence.
How to play Lookouts
- Start the game on a listed platform: HTML5, Windows, or Android.
- Click or press the spacebar to progress and show dialogue.
- Tap or mouse over the top right corner to make the menu bar appear.
- If using the browser version, allow time for loading; it may take a while depending on connection.
Lookouts controls
Controls are taken from the developer's itch.io page.
Tips for Lookouts
- Use either clicking or the spacebar to advance dialogue.
- Look for the menu bar by tapping or hovering the top right corner if it is hidden.
- For the browser version, wait a minute or two if loading appears stalled.
- Review the content warnings before reading if sensitive to alcohol, smoking, gun violence with SFX, gun death, blood, injury, mild transphobia, or discussions of racism and settler violence.
Lookouts FAQ
What platforms are listed for Lookouts?
HTML5, Windows, and Android are listed.
How much story content does Lookouts include?
The description lists roughly 45,000 words and a 5-6 hour reading time.
How do players advance dialogue?
Click or press the spacebar to progress and show dialogue.
What content warnings are listed?
Alcohol, smoking, gun violence with SFX, gun death, blood, injury, mild transphobia, and discussions of racism and settler violence.
About this game
Read the full developer description
Two lookouts meet in a desert, far from the sight of their gangs.
With more in common than they could've expected, they scout out a town with rumours of gold.
What will become of this fateful meeting?
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Lookouts is a romance visual novel about two gay trans masc outlaws in the old west, finding refuge in each other, and a little hope for a better life.
With roughly 45,000 words of story and a 5-6 hour reading time, it's a much expanded version of the original made for the Gay Western Jam. The original jam version can be played here!
Controls: Click or press spacebar to progress/show dialogue. The menu bar will show up in the top right hand corner if you tap/mouse over it.
Loading the game in the browser version may take a while depending on your internet connection. If it looks like it isn't loading, don't worry, it is! Just give it a minute or two.
CW for: alcohol, smoking, gun violence (with SFX), gun death, blood, injury, mild transphobia, discussions of racism and settler violence. Injuries aren't described in graphic detail but there are some visual aids and allusions.
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Made with love by:
- Col (Art and Character Design)
- Hawky (Programming and Story)
- Featuring music by the talented Jamiee a.k.a dreamyfreakout
Marble Claws is Hawky and Col's next venture in making games. Check the team's itch.io account here, tumblr here, and Bluesky here.
If you'd like to get in contact regarding Lookouts, feel free to email us at marbleclaws [at] gmail [dot] com.
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If you enjoyed the game and want some extra super cool stuff, consider buying the Gold Edition of Lookouts. When downloading, for only £5/$6.50 you get a zip file containing:
- High quality original versions of all the art from the game
- Exclusive wallpapers for desktop and mobile
- The full banging OST
- A bunch of extra original art of doodles and designs by Col
- Five mini comics with the characters
- A development artbook
The Lookouts OST by Jamiee can also be bought and listened to individually over here on Bandcamp!
Merch is available! Go to our store to buy Lookouts stickers, postcards, shirts, or a physical edition of the artbook! https://marbleclaws.bigcartel.com/
Description from Lookouts on itch.io, by the developer.
Screenshots
Not listed by the developer: publication date, developer, base game price or free status, system requirements, age rating. We left these out rather than guess.