Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

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A Complete Guide for Dream Daddies, I Guess
By ijbol
A guide that tries to cover most of Dream Daddy's contents. And yes, daddies, cause I love more than one daddy. ~(OwO~)
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Introduction
From Steam Store page: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. You and your daughter have just moved into the sleepy seaside town of Maple Bay only to discover that everyone in your neighborhood is a single, dateable Dad! Will you go out with Teacher Dad? Goth Dad? Bad Dad? Or any of the other cool Dads in this game? With minigames, sidequests, and a variety of paths and endings, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is this year's most anticipated Dad-based game.
Characters
List of dateable dads and other characters in Dream Daddy.

Dateable Dads
There are seven dateable dads for your fetish.
Name
Likes
Dislikes
Image
Joseph Christiansen
  • Baking with the kids
  • Extensive knowledge of knot tying
  • Doing kickflips
  • Lost salt shakers
  • When Dads don't get along
  • When people think crocs are acceptable boat shoes
Brian Harding
  • Bragging about his child's accomplishments
  • Poker night with the boys
  • Corgis
  • Being best at Dad Stuff
  • When his dog digs up his award-winning garden
  • Being the little spoon
Craig Cahn
  • Coaching softball
  • Doing push-ups with his daughters on his back
  • Brunch with a bro
  • Rest days
  • Improper stretching techniques
  • When his twins pretend to be each other
Mat Sella
  • Daddy/daughter concerts
  • Putting foam hearts in people's lattes
  • Making mixtapes
  • Weak coffee
  • People who don't handle records carefully
  • Feeling uncomfortable in most social settings
Robert Small
  • Cool knives
  • Waking up at 3 pm
  • Hunting cryptids
  • Small talk
  • When moviegoers don't stay for the credits
  • Emotional intimacy
Hugo Vega
  • Discussing wine + cheese pairings
  • Kissing in art galleries
  • The smell of books
  • Unfaithful film adaptations of good novels
  • When his son vapes in his car
  • Teaching summer school
Damien Bloodmarch
  • The Victorian Era (c. 1837 - 1901)
  • Hanging out in graveyards
  • Taxidermy
  • When people call his cloak a cape
  • The Edwardian Era (c 1901 - 1910)
  • Garlic bread

Other Characters
Name
Notes
Amanda
The protagonist's daughter.
Chris
Joseph's oldest son.
Christian
Joseph's son and Christie's twin.
Christie
Joseph's daughter and Christian's twin.
Crish
Joseph's youngest child.
Mary
Joseph's wife.
Daisy
Brian's daughter.
Maxwell
Brian's pet dog.
Briar
Craig's child.
Hazel
Craig's child.
River
Craig's daughter.
Ashley
Craig's former spouse.
Val*
Robert's daughter.
Betsy*
Robert's pet dog.
Carmensita
Mat's daughter.
Pablo
Mat's friend and employee.
Ernest
Hugo's son.
Lucien
Damien's son.
The Eastern Dragon
N/A
Quinn
N/A
Duchess
Damien's pet dog.
Town Introduction: Day 1
Coffee Spoon
This is where you will meet Mat when you decide to go drink coffee with Amanda.

♥ Drink choices:
Choices
Results
Godspeed You! Black Coffee
Like
Iced Teagan and Sara
Like
Chai Antwoord
Like

♥ Naming the Banana Bread:
Choices
Results
Banana Bread Kennedys
Like
Grateful (Banana) Bread
Dislike
Right Said Banana Bread
Like

The Park
This is where you will meet Brian, his daughter Daisy and his pet dog Maxwell.

♥ Meet Brian:
Choices
Results
Well, you're traditionally not supposed to aim for people's heads.
Neutral
It's a new technique.
Like
I'll catch it with my teeth next time.
Like

♥ How to win the Brag Battle:
  • Use item: Grade Card
  • Use item: Child Art
  • Use brag for the rest of the battle

The Street
You will meet Craig on the way home if you choose to take a nap. There aren't any choices in this sequence.

Amanda Rejection: Go To Bed
If you decide to go to bed, Craig will text you in the next morning and you get to choose between going back to sleep or going to the gym.

Amanda Rejection: Go Out and Watch The Game

♥ Buy Mary a drink?
  • Yes: She will continue the conversation. Later, she will ask what you want to know, but every choices will eventually lead to Mary storming off.
  • No: Mary will storm off.

♥ You like shots?:
Choices
Results
I like shots.
Neutral
I love shots.
Like
Ooh, Shots fired. I don't like 'em.
Dislike

♥ Befriending Robert:
Choices
Results
Compliment his Cool Leather Jacket.
Neutral
Compliment his rugged good looks.
Like
Compliment his hand tattoo.
Dislike

♥ What are you doing here?:
Choices
Results
My daughter kicked me out of the house.
Neutral
Running from my problems.
Like
Trying to make friends.
Neutral

♥ Come in Robert's house?:
  • Lay it on smooth/Smile and nod: Robert will try to hook you up and ask if you want to stop:
    - No: You will sleep with Robert and wake up in his house the next morning. Craig will not ask you to hit the gym if you choose this option.
    - Yes: You will head home afterwards and Craig will ask you to hit the gym in the next morning.
  • No, thank you: You will head home.
Tips: To achieve Rank S in Robert's Date in Dadbook later, you shouldn't sleep with Robert on the first day.

Joseph's Introduction
You will meet Joseph if you choose to unpack boxes or go to bed/go watch the Game. If you meet him during the days, you will get to meet his creepy children. If you meet him during the nights, you won't encounter his children.
Town Introduction: Day 2
Robert's House

Refused to sleep at Robert's house
Go back to sleep
You will wake up in the afternoon and head out for an appointment with Mr. Vega a.k.a. Hugo.

Go to the gym
You will meet up with Craig and ready to hit the gym. After gym time, you will attend Mr. Vega's appointment.

Agreed to sleep at Robert's house
You'll wake up and head out for an appointment with Mr. Vega. Craig does not invite you to the gym if you choose this option.

Craig's Text

♥ You ready to kick some butt?:
Choices
Results
Gotta stay posi, dude.
Neutral
With your help, I am.
Like
H E L P
Dislike

♥ What do you think he's doing?:
Choices
Results
Training to crush people's skulls with his thighs.
Like
Using a medieval torture device.
Neutral
Praying to some sort of Pray God.
Neutral

♥ What do you do for fun?:
Choices
Results
I love learning.
Like
I try to live my life as close to a Jimmy Buffett song as possible.
Neutral
I check out my hot bod.
Like

Mr. Vega's Appointment

♥ Is Amanda okay?:
Choices
Results
We just moved...
Neutral
She's fine.
Dislike
She has a tendency to bottle things up.
Neutral

♥ We can make something at home
If you choose this option, you'll head home with Amanda and make dinner with her.
  • 2 dialogues then check on bacon:
    The pantry will not burn and the family enjoy Mac and Cheese together.
  • Keep doing dialogues:
    The pantry will burn and the family orders some Chinese foods.

♥ Let's Go To The Mall Food Court
If you choose this option, you'll take Amanda to the mall and meet Damien later.

Dead, Goth & Beyond
This is where you'll meet Damien arguing with the cashier if you choose to go to the mall food court.
Town Introduction: Day 3 - Cookout
You ready for some cookout, Dad?
In this event you'll meet all the characters and their relationships. Dialogues depend on who you met /didn't meet and what you did on day 1 + 2.

Talk To Other Dads
You'll have some conversation with all of the dateable dads in the cul-de-sac.

Burger Time
You'll continue the cookout as usual.
Dadbook
A Facebook but it's about Dads.
What you choose while setting up your profile will affect the dialogues in Dadbook dates. [Not Confirmed]
Notes: Dialogues in bold give more points than the other one.

Dadbook - Craig Cahn
Profile
Dad of three, business entrepreneur, and fitness enthusiast. Juggling work, family, and fitness is a tough gig, but someone's gotta do it!

On a Friday Night you are most likely to....
Get one last, good cardio session in

If you had one thing to take with you onto a desert island, what would it be?
A box of energy bars

What are your turn-ons?
a sub six-minute mile

What did you want to be when you grew up?
beer pong world champion

What's your favorite movie genre?
Buddy cop movies forever

What's your ideal date?
scaling a huge, dangerous mountain for fun

What do you never leave home without?
an extra tube of energy gel

I spend a lot of time thinking about:
My mile time used to be so good. What happened? Have I peaked?

Date 1

♥ Ask about coaching softball
♥ Ask about the business
♥ Ask about the kids
♥ You're doing a great job/The right person will come along eventually
♥ I mean...

Date 2

♥ Go to the playground
♥ Look for clues
♥ Interrogate Joseph
♥ That sounds a little suspect, Joseph.
♥ No (yes)
♥ Try to calm River down
♥ Move to another part of the park
♥ Go to the field
♥ Mat and Carmensita
♥ Look for clues
♥ Check out those squirrels
♥ The tree
♥ Interrogate River
♥ Good cop
♥ Move to another part of the park
♥ Go to the field
♥ Interrogate Robert
♥ Bad cop
♥ Go deeper in the woods
♥ Yes
♥ Grimy brunch
♥ Gotta treat yourself

Date 3

♥ Such a gentleman
♥ There won't be
♥ Look at Craig's butt
♥ Let's put on a show
♥ Hammerfist/Dunk him
♥ I'll race you to the top
♥ Never knew a better Craig!/Go overboard with compliments
♥ Hell yeah, bro

Craig's pinup will be unlocked upon completion:
Dadbook - Mat Sella
Profile
Avid music enthusiast, passionate coffee drinker. You can find me most days selling bean juice over at the Coffee Spoon or hanging out at the park with my amazing daughter. Hit me up about 80s No-wave music.

On a Friday Night you are most likely to....
Perfect my cold brew setup. One drip at a time, baby

If you had one thing to take with you onto a desert island, what would it be?
fine tunes to pass the days away

What are your turn-ons?
multi-instrumentalism

What did you want to be when you grew up?
a barista, weirdly enough

What's your favorite movie genre?
♥♥♥♥ with subtitles

What's your ideal date?
we go to the animal shelter and seriously consider adopting a cat

What do you never leave home without?
my headphones. Both in-ear and over-ear, just in case

I spend a lot of time thinking about:
Where did writing commas into song titles come from and where did it go? we all just agree that it's a bad idea?

Date 1

♥ Yes of course I definitely know what I'm talking about
♥ Please stop yelling at me/Tally ho, good sir
♥ ASK AGAIN
♥ ASK AGAIN!
♥ Win Find The Dad
♥ The Youths will finally accept me
♥ Fashion

Tips to win Find A Dad
- Try to keep up with the crowd, do not fall back
- Try to collect as many hearts as possible
- If a heart has passed you, ignore it
- Strafe between two vertical tiles to juke the crowd

Date 2

♥ Father John Misto
♥ Yeah. Why not?
♥ Cite mutually assured destruction/Show him you're not wearing a wire
♥ Rip that golf fairway
♥ Go with a classic
♥ Never too late to get back into it.

Date 3

♥ I'LL DO IT.
♥ Tomas Kalnoky
♥ Minigame

Mat's pinup will be unlocked upon completion.
Dadbook - Brian Harding
Profile
Hey! I'm Brian! I spend most of my days hanging out with my awesome daughter and thinking up new ways to grill things. If you like fishing then we'll get along!

On a Friday Night you are most likely to....
See how slowly I can cook a piece of brisket

If you had one thing to take with you onto a desert island, what would it be?
my fishing pole

What are your turn-ons?
a keen understanding of steak cuts

What did you want to be when you grew up?
fireman

What's your favorite movie genre?
romantic comedies

What's your ideal date?
deck-building

What do you never leave home without?
my portable fishing pole

I spend a lot of time thinking about:
how my daughter is smarter than I am

Date 1

I know when to hold 'em/Depends on what's on the table.
♥ Golf Minigame
♥ I have lost lost at putt putt/I fought valiantly and my only regret was being bested./I have bested you on the field of battle.
♥ Tell one of your classic jokes/Ask about his daughter
♥ Ask about his dog/Compliment his beard
♥ No one can out-fish me
♥ This is a great oppor-tuna-ty for friendship!

Date 2

♥ No thanks/Maybe if I fall in you'll save me.
Put some bait on the hook/Stretch before physical activity
♥ Meditate/Tie a knot or something
♥ Fishing Minigame
Throw the stick towards the woods/Fake-out throw!
♥ Butt pads never fail/Rub that belly

Date 3

♥ Goldfish Minigame
♥ Be honest with yourself.
♥ Fishing MInigame

Brian's pinup will be unlocked upon completion:
Dadbook - Robert Small
Profile
when the internet gains sentience and decides to destroy us all you know it'll use this information against us, right

On a Friday Night you are most likely to....
make a deal in an alleyway. Have it go badly. Who's the cop? Was it giacomo? I trusted giacomo

If you had one thing to take with you onto a desert island, what would it be?
gun

What are your turn-ons?
don't talk to me

What did you want to be when you grew up?
grifter

What's your favorite movie genre?
italian neo-realism

What's your ideal date?
grave robbing

What do you never leave home without?
at least four knives

I spend a lot of time thinking about:
you ever really look into a rabid animals eyes

Date 1

♥ Just chilling
♥ Whiskey, straight up
♥ Whiskey hasn't failed me yet
♥ I'm a law-abiding citizen/You with the feds?
♥ Could you get the next round?
♥ You know it!
♥ I'm sorry/This one is for you, Pappy
♥ Of course
♥ You betcha!
♥ Thanks for the adventure/Thanks for defending my honor

Date 2

♥ I love Tom Waits/Hoist that Rag, baby
♥ Are you okay?/Say nothing
♥ Play along
♥ You're lying
♥ I'm glad you told me

Date 3

♥ To us/To you
♥ He does/He'd never convince the jury
♥ 90's reference/80's reference
♥ Riff something highbrow/Go with something I know
♥ Travelling grifter
♥ Working a couple short cons.
♥ Daniel McSturgiss
♥ Austin 3:16/Ecclesiastes 12:7
♥ The Bros Guide to the Hottest Ghosts/Paranormal Excursions of the Supernatural: Ice Road Ghost Truckers
♥ You trying to poison me?
♥ Yes.
♥ Push it
♥ Tell him what he needs to hear

Robert's pinup will be unlocked upon completion.
Dadbook - Damien Bloodmarch
Profile
How do you do? I've decided to join this "Information Superhighway." I'm not entirely sure how this works, but I will try my best to understand. I love long strolls through graveyards and spending time with my son. If you would ever like to chat about the latest in Victorian fashion, the inevitability of our own demise, or black cats, please send me a letter!

On a Friday Night you are most likely to....
Listen to true crime podcasts while I taxidermy my newest specimens

If you had one thing to take with you onto a desert island, what would it be?
a coffin

What are your turn-ons?
pronouncing "bosom" correctly

What did you want to be when you grew up?
a bat

What's your favorite movie genre?
foreign arthouse horror

What's your ideal date?
It's night. We are at an industrial darkwave club in Berlin. The music drums to the beat of our hearts.

What do you never leave home without?
an upside-down cross

I spend a lot of time thinking about:
mortality salience

Date 1

♥ Look out the windows/Look at the butterflies/Pick up a book
♥ I like your cape/Your home is really impressive!
♥ Love me some word jumbles.
♥ Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge/Thou Art the Tighest
♥ Snapdragons/Honeysuckle
♥ Gargoyle Minigame
♥ I really admire how you handled that.

Date 2

♥ I do hope that this letter finds you in good health.
♥ I must confess of my amateur control of the written word.
♥ You find me in good spirits, for I felt very much the same after our last encounter.
♥ While a strange turn of events, I found myself enamored of the situation at hand.
♥ It would bring me great pleasure to escort you to the cinema.
♥ Namaste,
♥ Is everything okay?
♥ Tell a Dad Joke
♥ Thanks
I will use this to dry my tears for those I've lost/I'm gonna wave this at passing ships

Date 3

♥ Cul-de-sac
♥ Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
♥ Coffee Spoon
♥ Softball Field
♥ Bayside
How many Goths does it take to screw in a lightbulb?/Knock knock!
♥ Aquarium
♥ Cul-de-sac
♥ Give her the Right Said Banana Bread
♥ Don't tell your Dad about this/What flavor pizza rolls are those?
♥ Does a bat have wings?/Thou art welcome

Damien's pinup will be unlocked upon completion:
Dadbook - Hugo Vega
Profile
Middle school teacher. High school teacher. Writer of scholarly articles on 18th century literature for various esteemed publications. If you're on here to tell me that my son put a cherry bomb in your trash, I know and I'm sorry.

On a Friday Night you are most likely to....
Brew some strong tea and paint my miniatures.

If you had one thing to take with you onto a desert island, what would it be?
A Rememberance of Things Past by Marcel Proust

What are your turn-ons?
Muscles

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Movie star

What's your favorite movie genre?
Documentaries on art history

What's your ideal date?
Each of us read a different book on opposite sides of the couch in comfortable silence

What do you never leave home without?
My glasses. Actually i forget them at home a lot

I spend a lot of time thinking about:
I worry that people who are against e-readers are more in love with the idea of books than actually reading them

Date 1

♥ Blue nosed wigglyfish
♥ Political fish trivia
♥ Absolutely not.
♥ We can learn a great deal from mother ocean.
♥ We don't have time for games here.
♥ Penguin Minigame
♥ I bribed a child.
♥ I'm all about cheese boards/There is nothing on earth more satisfying than a good cheese board.

Date 2

♥ We'll see what we can do to not hurt your feelings too bad
♥ Endor
♥ Edgar Rice Burroughs
♥ The Count of Monte Cristo
♥ Their Mother
♥ Hulk Hogan
♥ Poltergeist
♥ Dogs
♥ Zyzzyva (a type of American weavil)
♥ Otter
♥ Ask again
♥ Ask again
♥ This is the coolest thing I've ever seen

Date 3

What... did I just watch?/I don't know what's happening but this is amazing.
♥ It's actually really cool/I'm glad I'm here with you.
♥ This is a sneaking mission
♥ Quick, get inside of my shirt
♥ Give the crowd what they want
♥ Go for it

Hugo's pinup will be unlocked upon completion:
Dadbook - Joseph Christiansen
Profile
Voted Maple Bay's #1 Youth Minister for five years running. Living in my hometown with my beautiful wife and our four amazing kids. If I'm not in church you can catch me out on the open water, setting sail on the seas of adventure! I love playing guitar and crushing my kids at Candy Land.

On a Friday Night you are most likely to....
Lead the community in a fun mixer

If you had one thing to take with you onto a desert island, what would it be?
My six string

What are your turn-ons?
My loving wife

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Ship captain

What's your favorite movie genre?
Feel-good movies

What's your ideal date?
Lovely night on the town with my wife

What do you never leave home without?
The good book

I spend a lot of time thinking about:
How I can be a better man, husband, and father

Date 1

♥ Egg them on.
♥ Go with something obscure.
♥ Spoon Duel the Spider King
♥ I hope so/Oh yeah!
♥ We improvised.
♥ Let the man buy his brownies
♥ Remember that one time...
♥ They seem nice.
♥ Brownies fix everything.

Date 2

♥ JESUS IS CALMING
♥ That's not how DJing works/Shut up and play the hits!
♥ Sandra
♥ Start with the Lawnmower
♥ Running man
♥ Cabbage Patch
♥ Moonwalk
♥ Death drop
♥ Watch out for blown out flip flops/Let's get tattoos of Mexican cuties

Date 3

♥ Luckily I brought my Neptuning fork/Can do!
♥ YOU'RE ALL SPINELESS, INVERTEBRATES/I HAD LOBSTER LAST WEEK AND I CAN'T WAIT TO EAT MORE OF YOU.
♥ Radio Minigame: Add both wires, paperclips, nail, coin and gum.
♥ WINE!!
♥ Examine cabinet
♥ Examine drawer
♥ Focus on the rest of the room
♥ Examine shelf
♥ Examine books
♥ Examine photos
♥ Examine knick-knack
♥ Examine lounge
♥ Examine bed
♥ Examine floor
♥ Examine side table
♥ Focus on the rest of the room
♥ Head back up to Joseph
♥ POWER POUR
♥ What's it like owning a yacht?
♥ Long, Hard and Full of Seamen
♥ Do you like your mysteries... hot bodied?

Joseph's pinup will be unlocked upon completion:
Other Events
Amanda Crying
Amanda told the story how Emma P. and Emma R. betrayed on her.

♥ ...the best friend?
♥ ...gossipy one?
♥ What did Emma R. say?
♥ I cannot believe that.
♥ It's not dumb.
Endings
I'll update this soon.
Achievements
Welcome to the Neighborhood!
Successfully complete chapter one.

Bad Dad
Slept with Robert on the first night.

Dreamiest Daddy
Go on every date with every dad.

Keg-Stand Champion
Go on all Craig dates.

King of Carrot Flowers
Go on all Mat dates.

Knife Dad
Go on all Robert dates.

Soft Boy
Go on all Brian dates.

Interview With the Vampire
Go on all Damien dates.

Asiago-getter
Go on all Hugo dates.

Margarita Zone
Go on all Joseph dates.

World's Best Dad
Get good Amanda ending.

World's Okayest Dad
Get bad Amanda ending.

Catch of the day
Earn a match fishing score of 2000

Yo Ho Ho Ho
Earn 18 hole-in-ones at pirate mini golf.

Secret Achievements

Save Ferris
Trigger the death on the third date of Brian.

Cannonball
Trigger the death on the third date of Craig.

Panic! at the Disco
Trigger the death on the second date of Joseph.

Let Amanda Say [CENSORED]
Have Amanda curse.

Escape from Margarita Zone
Non-canon secret cult ending, maybe?
Conclusion
If I miss anything, feel free to contribute!

Thank you kardigan, fluorescentNova, Shirow, pekull, eMSACHICK and Kalech for helping me complete this guide!
40 Comments
664615665 16 Feb @ 1:37pm 
for MY fetish?! :steamhappy:
CereAlexConLeche 26 Nov, 2023 @ 11:03am 
Thank you for the guide, I wass mising the <Let Amanda Say [CENSORED]> one and it was driving me crazy :pixelprompto:
Bed Of Chaos 14 Apr, 2023 @ 5:34pm 
Thanks, Ashley!
Emi_Luna 15 Jan, 2023 @ 3:44pm 
Thank you i needed this
Quintillion 10 Jun, 2019 @ 5:18am 
Hey,I know you made this a while ago but in the gargoyle minigame, is it actually possible to put the gargoyle back together? This sounds like a stupid question but I tried putting the pieces back every way I could think of and it didn't work. Could just be my computer glitching though bc it froze a couple of times.
LeeNyx 13 Apr, 2019 @ 12:13am 
In Craig's second date, it says "go to the field" a second time when it should say "go to the woods" that time. In between the "move to another part of the park" and "interrogate Robert" choices.
Peaches&Cream 13 Jul, 2018 @ 1:05pm 
Joseph won't let me backflip I need some help. Not sure why he won't let me
john doe 4 Feb, 2018 @ 11:09am 
i cant get the amanda cries achievement i did everything the guide here said but yet i can not unlock the achievement.
ijbol  [author] 31 Dec, 2017 @ 7:57pm 
Thanks for the information! I discontinued this guide, but if anyone is still interested in contributing to it then I'll highlight them in the comment section. :)
cynicsmii 31 Dec, 2017 @ 7:52pm 
A little thing for endings! (will give more things later if needed)

-If you go on two dates with all dads, there will in fact be different dialouge and partly a different ending, some which cause Quizzmaster Quinn not to show up, and Pablo not there either
-You will get different dialouge with Damien and Lucien if you complete Mat's second date
-Brian will have different dialouge in parts if you go on both his dates, not saying what though