I Love You, Colonel Sanders!

A parody of conventional dating sims, the primary objective of the player is to develop a romantic relationship with a fictionalized version of KFC's founder Colonel Sanders, portrayed as an attractive classmate at a cooking school. The release of the game follows the reintroduction of Colonel Sanders into KFC's marketing campaigns in 2015, and is part of the company's strategy to make the Colonel a "part of pop culture", reimagining the historical figure for modern times. The game successfully received public attention due to the "can-you-believe-it" premise both before and after the game's release.

• Title — I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator • Developer — Psyop • Platforms — * Windows • macOS • Released — September 24, 2019 • Genre — Dating sim, visual novel, advergame

• Illustration — Screenshot of the game showing the Van Van and Colonel Sanders characters The game takes place over a three-day semester at the fictional University of Cooking School: Academy for Learning, where the player character is studying to become a chef. The player is presented with dialog choices that present opportunities to win Sanders' favor, as well as interactions with the other characters in the story, 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.