{"id":370852,"date":"2026-06-24T05:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=370852"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:36:21","slug":"bungie-reportedly-passed-on-a-destiny-dating-sim-multiple-times-it-had-a-full-pitch-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bungie-reportedly-passed-on-a-destiny-dating-sim-multiple-times-it-had-a-full-pitch-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie reportedly passed on a Destiny dating sim multiple times: it had a full pitch deck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Bungie employees say the studio kicked around an internal Destiny<\/a> dating sim during its Carnival game jams, and by their account, it was more than a joke idea tossed around for fun. They say the concept had a full pitch deck<\/strong> behind it, along with budget projections and return estimates, and the whole thing was framed as a more character-driven way into Destiny’s universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Those same former employees say Bungie leadership passed on it more than once because the studio didn’t want romance<\/strong>, or a lighter, goofier tone, tied to the Destiny brand. So the project never got past the concept stage.<\/p>\n\n

If you come to Destiny for the lore and the characters, not only the raids, gear scores, and endless seasonal grind, that probably sounds like the sort of spinoff that would’ve been worth a look.<\/p>\n\n

Former senior narrative designer Robert Brookes reportedly made the case that projects like this<\/strong> can help a brand stretch into new territory, the same way series like Like a Dragon<\/a> and Mario<\/a> have managed big genre swings. Even so, some fans still think Bungie’s time would be better spent fixing and improving the main game.<\/p>\n\n

You can’t download the Destiny dating sim anywhere, because Bungie never put out a prototype. Still, the response so far makes it pretty clear that a lot of people<\/strong> would’ve tried it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Bungie employees say the studio kicked around an internal Destiny dating sim during its Carnival game jams, and by their account, it was more than a joke idea tossed around for fun. They say the concept had a full pitch deck behind it, along with budget projections and return estimates, and the whole thing … Continue reading “Bungie reportedly passed on a Destiny dating sim multiple times: it had a full pitch deck”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":370851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-370852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370853,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370852\/revisions\/370853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370852"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=370852"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=370852"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=370852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}