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WHAT IS SMILE FOR ME?

Smile For Me is a 2019 "nod-and-shake" indie game developed by LimboLane Games for PC.

In the year 1994, you enter the "Habitat," a place built by Dr. Habit to cheer people up. As you meet the other Habiticians, you realize this place and its owner is not all what it seems.

WHO IS DR. HABIT?

Dr. Habit is the antagonist of Smile For Me. As the creator and owner of the Habitat, he watches over all Habiticians and their activities. He awaits the day of The Big Event to fill the air with laughing gas and take teeth from the people he believe don't deserve them. Flower Kid disrupts these plans and is able to stop Dr. Habit.

...Boris Habit is a man born on January 1st, 1957, and is age 37 during the events of Smile For Me. He is 7'4, has green skin, large hands, and long, pointy fingers, and speaks with a Russian accent.

He was raised by parents who wanted nothing else for him than to follow in their footsteps as a doctor. His father was physically abusive, at one point knocking out a tooth. As a result he was bullied throughout school for his missing teeth, and began to believe many people don't deserve their teeth if all they're going to do is frown.

To appease these thoughts and his parents' wishes, he became a dentist. This only made it worse. Patients reacted negatively to Habit's work, which made him spiral even more. He quit his job, and 2 years later began work on The Habitat with Kamal Bora.

Post game, Habit seems to lives with Kamal and Putunia.

WHY DO I LIKE HIM

Short answer: Yugo put something in the water and I have not been the same since. I also have a mega special interest in Smile For Me.

Long answer! It's almost hard to convey why I have so much love in my heart for this guy! First off though his design is very unique and cute. Don't know another guy who looks like him! He's also much taller than the webmaster... The fact that he types "silly" is because his fingers are too big for the keys! His speech with spell check, or when he's not manic ingame, is actually quite formal. These two facts are both very cute to me.

For the other half of why I love this guy see the headcanons window.

HEADCANONS

My headcanons for Habit! I think a lot of these are technically canon now by Yugo's Word of God but I digress.

First and foremost Habit is autistic!!!!!!!! I wrote a whole google doc on this. He has a special interest in flowers, he hates change, he's hyper-aware of others emotions, Pabit is his comfort object, and his speech patterns become messy when upset/manic. Autism and PTSD are also comorbid. This is one really personal to me and I've held onto it basically since I first played the game. They way he talks and acts reminds me of myself and brings a lot of comfort.

Also he's trans. I think he's a trans guy and transitioned possibly through high school or college.

I know he has a Russian accent, but I imagine he talks like Tiny Tim in some manner. This hc is also influenced by Yugo...

LINKS

Smile For Me on Steam
What it says on the tin. Smile For Me's official Steam page, where you can purchase it for $12.99 USD. You can also purchase a PDF official art book and official soundtrack here.

Smile For Me! : - )
Smile For Me's official website. Closely resembles the one you see at the start of the game!

Smile For Today
Smile For Me's Epilogue! Released on the first anniversary of Smile For Me's release, on May 31st, 2020.

Smile for Me OST
Bandcamp page for Smile For Me's original soundtrack, composed by Lucas Saur. Purchasable for $6.00 USD. Includes bonus tracks not seen in game!

Dr. Habit on Twitter
Dr. Habit's official Twitter account! Wow! Includes great Tweets such as "Gimmme a. Snooch 💋"

Yugsly on Redbubble
Yugo's store with Smile For Me stickers.

LimboLane Games Twitter
Smile For Me developer's Twitter