Freshmen: Physical Education
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
The Morning After Update is here! Check this dev log for all the details.
Freshmen: Physical Education is an in-development, 18+ visual novel all about guy-on-guy sex and romance. What to expect as the game develops:
- A funny, complicated, and engaging adults-only m/m romance sim & erotic visual novel
- A "choices matter" narrative that truly matters—you decide the direction of the story, whether it be romance-focused, hookup-focused, both, or neither
- 10 romanceable main characters plus an additional 6 main guys to hook up with, all with their own branching storylines
- Dozens more unusual and interesting people to meet as you navigate life at an art school full of colorful individuals
- Hundreds of high-quality, cinematic CGs to unlock—including detailed galleries for each hookup
- Unlockable hookup scenarios with some of the hottest members of the game's supporting cast
- No position limitations—you can play as a top, bottom, versatile, or side, and almost all the guys you can hook up with are versatile themselves
The Story
Connor Brandt is newly out and on his own for the first time at the College for the 21st Century Arts, a multi-discipline arts school in the big city.
An aspiring writer, Connor is given a semester-long assignment to write all about his experiences with sex and sexuality. One problem: Connor's never been with anyone before.
Luckily, there are hot and interesting dudes everywhere on campus. Some are only in it for the sex—but others want something more. Connor has a lot to learn before he can finish his assignment. Which guys will you choose to give Connor his physical education?
The Creator
My name is Danny, and I'm a pro fiction writer who happens to enjoy (like, really enjoy) gay-themed visual novels. I decided to try my hand at creating my own VN—writing pseudonymously so I can get as explicit as I wanna be.
Updates
Freshmen: Physical Education is released episodically, with a new update each time a significant section of the story is completed or another feature is added, like unlockable Grind'm hookup scenarios.
The Morning After Update is now free for everyone to play! This update continues everyone's storylines via a heavily reactive narrative, adds over 80 new CGs to unlock, and includes a large amount of revised art to upgrade the quality across the board. For all the details, check out this dev log post.
Support
Making this game is a one-man show! If you like what you see so far and want to help me in this labor of lust—er, love, consider joining me on Patreon. You can get early access to new release builds when they're available, see sneak peeks of upcoming content, read regular game progress updates, browse in-depth behind-the-scenes posts detailing how the game is made, and more!
Patreon also has over 500 exclusive, very NSFW CGs, with even more on the way. This includes bonus galleries for higher level patrons that feature full hookup scenarios between the guys that won't be in the game. Some samples:
More Ways to Follow
Aside from Itch and Patreon, I'm also on Bluesky. Follow me over there for updates as well as NSFW previews I can't share elsewhere. https://bsky.app/profile/freshmenvn.bsky.social
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy playing!
- Danny Nym
20 January 2025
Download
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Development log
- The Morning After Update Is Here!36 days ago
- The Morning After Update - Now in Early Access!64 days ago
- Morning After Update - Major Milestone Reached!Sep 12, 2024
- Morning After Update - First Development Milestone Reached!Feb 21, 2024
- The New You Update - Free Public Release Now Available!Dec 08, 2023
- New You Update - Early Access & Free Release Schedule!Nov 17, 2023
- The Club Update - Free Public Release Now Available!Aug 21, 2023
Comments
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Hi... Really Love the game..
Cant wait for another GrindM to appear.. :D
I'm pretty sure i've unlocked all CG in GrindM Jordi, but it always tell me i've seen 65/68 CG
What did i miss? can you help me?
Hmm, I'm not sure. Maybe I messed up the counter? The next update adds a gallery for both Grind'm hookups, so it'll be easier to see what may be missing. If you did the hookup as oral -> oral, bottom -> bottom, top -> top, oral/bottom -> top, bottom/top -> oral, and top/oral -> bottom, everything should be unlocked.
Love the game so far! I'm missing Connor's 24th and Will's 10th CG. Any help with those?
Glad you like it! For Will, if you have his other CGs, that one should be unlocked. An older build had an error that didn't unlock it, so try downloading the newest version and playing through his end scene again.
Connor's CG is part of Dominic's storyline. Hang out with Dominic, proposition him, kiss him during spin the bottle at the frat party, and the next morning you'll get the scene where it can be unlocked.
The morning after is the funniest addition so far. I absolutely love Connor as the main character, his mind is hilarious.
Thanks! I think the PC is the hardest character to write for in VNs, so I've been glad so many players seem to find him likable and funny 🙂
I like Griffin and Will very much. This is my first comment on itch. Thank you very much because you created Griffin. Is there a direct conversation between Griffin and Will? I want to know! Will has no direct contact with the protagonist. This makes me very sad.
I'm glad you like them 🙂 There is definitely a storyline that involves Will and Griffin, so they will have a convo later in the story for sure. Griffin seems to have a grudge...
Thank you SO much for the versatility! (pun intended) I'm surprised how hard it is to find visual novels that give that level of freedom. AND the guys are gorgeous!
You bet! I figured it's a little bit of a cliché to make the young guy character a total bottom, and some people don't like penetrative sex at all, so I decided giving a few options would feel better to play. Plus it gives me an excuse to make more sexy CGs 😉
I like that you use his virginity in a way where he's curious about every part of sex and not just losing his V-card through bottoming
Kash is very sexy, would love to see some more of him with Juilan and Connor
I was actually organizing my potential threesomes document yesterday, and that may just be on there...
dude, i'm so so happy i stumbled upon this gem by accident!! i always hoped someone would create something similar to coot and i couldn't be more excited! marco is sooooooo!!! guess i'm a real sucker for the and they were roommates trope haha but i also wanted to leave a comment to say i'm in love with your writing! it's so engaging and entertaining and i absolutely love the banter and connors introspection! his thought process is hilarious at times lmao only thing i'm missing is music, but i had a instrumental playlist on in the background and some of the music was actually really fitting, to the point where i was forgetting it wasn't part of the game. anyway, i'm really looking forward to future updates and i'll definitely check out your patreon!
Thank you so much! I think it's obvious Coming Out On Top was one of my inspirations, haha, so I'm glad I seem to be living up to its legacy. Even beyond the college setting, the blend of funny and sexy was what drew me to it, and that's what I aim for with my writing, too.
I absolutely want to have music and SFX, unfortunately the last time I looked into it all the royalty free sites that license those don't allow use in adult products 😕 It's been a while since I looked, though, so I may do that again soon 'cause I think it'd definitely help enhance things!
Have you been able to get around to making a walkthrough for what there is so far?
Yes, I've been working on one. I recently taught myself InDesign so I can make it into an easy to read PDF with links to specific sections and stuff like that. I don't know when it will be complete.
it keeps glitching around the shower scene with wes and jordi, how do i stop this?
Glitching in what way?
Hello I was wondering if anyone could help me unlock the 25th CG for Connor? A guide someone posted here said that it unlocks when you talk to Marco after spending the night at Matt's but that didn't work for me.
You have to go to Matt but not spend the night. After Matt passes out, if you are not drunk and ignore Leo, you can go home before sleeping, then in the morning talk with Marco about how you feel about Matt. He should ask about your brother.
Rygarte has it correct! There are also two other ways:
- Start hooking up with Leo, end it, then talk to Marco about it the next morning
- Spend the afternoon with Marco after Will's class, hook up with Leo, sleep in Matt's bed, run home instead of talking to Matt, then tell Marco what happened
I'm probably going to add more spots where it can be unlocked in future updates.
Can anyone tell me if theres any routes where the pov character/mc gets to be the one on top? I'm still gonna play this game but I just wanna know cause it would help with immersion and will satisfy my thirst to dick down hot men even through it might only have one route like that. (anything counts as long as pov character gets to stick his dick in someone) sad i really wanna know cause this game looks so good and it would be a shame if there isnt a route like that
The only strictly top character is Isaiah and the only strictly bottom character is Riley. The rest of the characters are versatile.
You get to choose your position preference, so if you want to play as a total top, you absolutely can. Each hookup has different CGs to account for playing as a top, bottom, versatile, or side.
The game also recognizes your preference and changes the inner monologue to match, so your version of the PC will comment on guys differently than a bottom player's PC does. This starts being more prominent after the first two days have passed.
I don't lock you out of any other positions if you don't always want to top, though.
As Bucetilde666 said, there's only one main guy in the game you can't top, Isaiah. He is a strict top. Everyone else is fair game, though.
This game is so good but Im having a hard time finding the scenes without you lol
Haha, I'm actually writing a guide to help find CGs and make relationship choices. I don't know when it'll be done, so until it is I can help if asked.
Oh thank you!! I am very confused about Matt's my favorite but he seems to have so many, also thank you for your hard work
I'm really looking forward to having a hearty sex with Writing Professor
And I'm really looking forward to making it 🙂 The scene at the end of this update was meant to come later in the game, and it wasn't supposed to go nearly as far as it did. But I'm so eager to get to the fun stuff that I moved the timeline up for a lot of guys!
I'm really hooked on this game but there are sequences that I can't unlock, I've replayed it more than 10 times but I can't find image 8, 9 and 11 in Evan's gallery I don't know what to do anymore help
For the first two, hook up with Julian, spend the night with Owen, then immediately leave instead of talking to Owen. The third one will unlock if you stay and talk with Owen instead, then look back at him & Evan as you're leaving the room.
Thank you so much I have them all except Evan's 12 and Leo's 34, 35
You're welcome! Evan's 12th CG should unlock near the end of the current release as long as you expressed attraction to him via choices. It only doesn't unlock if you chose to keep things as just friends if you got the option to think about him after waking up.
For Leo, easiest way is to hook up with him and tell Matt in the morning you want to again. Then also get to the naked scene with Matt before you leave his apartment. Both of those CGs should then unlock near the end of the current release as well.
You don't know how much you have helped me, with your help I already have almost all the complete gallery, I only need some that I can't find like image 2 of Marco and Griffin I can't find 9, 10 and 33 with those I would be one more step away from finishing the gallery.
I still have some paths to play but when I have time I will do them.
Always happy to help. Those three Griffin CGs are unlocked by going to his apartment but not going through with hooking up. Marco 2 can be unlocked the first time you jerk off at the start of the game, you just need to meet him before then. So don't go to Matt's apartment and don't accept Riley's offer to give you a tour.
This game is amazing, the models, the story, I am very impressed and am loving it, tell me if you need any help with translations! this game deserves to become popular
Thank you! I'd love to do translations some day, but only once I can pay translators. It is a lot of content that'd need converted. I do appreciate the offer, though 🙂
Please contact me if you do need it and can't wait for the updates of the game
ive got a few questions about the patreon subscriptions, is there a way to contact via email?
I do have an email, but I don't want to post it publicly. Do you have a Bluesky account? I just set it so anyone can DM me, so if you do that on there I can reply privately. This is my profile https://bsky.app/profile/freshmenvn.bsky.social
No blue sky, the email you sent is sufficient to know that you care. Short story I might need to get a surgery soon. So getting a membership then abruptly cutting you off doesn’t seem fair. So I wanted to know if I could sign up then leave until I’m back on my feet?
Oh, don't worry about joining and canceling. I think most people only join for a set time or to get a specific benefit like early access. It wouldn't feel like cutting me off at all, and your surgery is much more important! If you do join and then cancel when the month is up, it'll ask you if you want to remain a free member, which will mean you get public announcements if I send them. Then if you ever want to join again, you could upgrade to a patron tier.
Alright thank you for your time, I will apply
Way to many twinks for my liking
Hey, sorry if I've been flooding the comments a lot, I promise this will be the last.
I just have one suggestion. I took the following route, I did all the hanging out with Marco, but I spent the night with Owen and stayed to talk about what happened with Owen. When Connor returned to his dorm he couldn't think about his feelings with Marco despite having spent all his time with him at the party, they just didn't leave the party together.
Can you add the option to think about Marco in this situation? Thank you for your attention!
Do you mean he couldn't talk to Marco? You wrote think, so I'm unsure if it's that or if you're not getting a scene to think about and decide your feelings for Marco.
There is no scene to think and decide your feelings for Marco, if you spent the night with Owen and stayed to talk and hug Owen.
Oh, I see. I just did a run through and you're right, it's missing. It should definitely be there, so I'll get it fixed. Thanks for pointing it out!
You're welcome!
i remember like year ago edging to this whole night and now here i am again
This game looks so fun! Will there ever be an APK/android version?
Probably at some point, but at the moment I don't know when that'll be.
Use joiplay you can run this game....It worked for me
Hey, have a nice day! Poor Riley and Isaiah, they went through some really annoying situations... it's a shame that Connor can't defend them both because they're in different places.
One question... In the part of the game when we define how we feel about Evan, why we can't want Romance and hook up at the same time. I saw that with the other characters we can want both things.
(This happens if we don't choose to spend the night with Evan, but with Owen.)
Yeah, those boys have definitely faced some tough situations 🙁 But I think they'll recover okay, it might just take a little extra time without Connor there to step in.
I actually completely forgot you couldn't do a romantic + sexual combo for Evan at that point. I must have had a reason for doing that at the time I wrote it, but I can't remember what that reason was. I'll need to add that option in—thanks for pointing it out!
I just played this game and oh my lord, is it hot. It really got me in a lustful headspace and I definitely found myself getting hard. It's almost like all my college fantasies with hot jocks and professors came true. Thank you so much.
You're welcome—I'm always happy to assist getting to a good headspace 😉
Hi! I really love your game! I've been following the project since the beginning and I always support you when I can on Patreon, but I wanted to leave a comment about how I feel about something. I discovered it by seeing some comments about a detail I missed, about Julian not actually being a romance (a REAL romance). This saddens me, since his romance is so well constructed with his interest for Connor, and it would be so nice to see him accept that he actually likes men. please tell me I'm wrong and that you've changed your mind about he's not being a romanceable in a romantic way. 😭 he is so loved by the fandom, and certainly a lot of people would like a romance with him, unlike some characters. I really like your work, but please don't commit this crime!!
At this point in time he's not romanceable for story reasons. It's not impossible I'll expand his relationship possibilities as I write, but it's not currently on the docket. He'll still have his own storyline, though.
Absolutely loving the game! The writing (both story and language) is smooth and entertaining, the characters are fleshed out individuals, and the visuals are just stunning.
So many delicious appetizers, desserts and, of course, main courses just waiting to be devoured...but alas...of course I find myself drooling over the one option not on the menu...at least not yet. I know you got a lot on your plate with all the current ongoing storylines but should you ever find the time and energy to add one more...well, I got one word for you: Antonio.
GD that man is hot! There is so much potential to be explored and expanded in him. Some subtle hints of possible mutual attraction are already there...and he definitely has the looks and demeanour it takes to become a most fulfilling main course.
I'm glad you're enjoying it! Antonio won't ever become a main character, but I agree we should see more of him. I absolutely have plans to include him in some hookup scenes, and he'll also be hanging around Alex if you follow his storyline.
I love this game so much, it has so much replayability and the characters are pretty dynamic! I'm sorry to be a bother but how do you unlock Leo's CG on page 2, specifically number 4&5
Thank you! For those CGs you need to hook up with Leo, tell Matt about it, and agree to let Matt wingman for you. For the second one you also need to spend the morning with Matt and take things as far as you can.
Thanks, it worked perfectly! Now to solve the mystery of the blonde pubes.
It really is such a mystery. I can't imagine who it could be... 🤔
I think this is maybe a bug? I did Dominic's route and got the video of Dominic masturbating, however Evan acts like I kissed him when I didn't. Maybe it's because I saw him naked when I woke up in Owen's room?
You know, I thought I fixed that. It must have been in another spot. I'll hunt it down and fix it—thanks for letting me know!
Hey i noticed there as a threesome cg in julians file. any idea how to get that one?
There are two CGs of that type in his gallery. They're not threesomes, but three guys do appear in each CG.
The first you can find by hooking up with Julian, spending the night with Owen, then don't talk to Owen in the morning.
The second you can find by either spending the night with Evan after the frat party, or hook up with Julian, spend the night with Owen, then talk to Owen in the morning.
ty!!!!
Hey, I didn't get any sexual/romantic scene with Alex in this update, he flirted with Connor for a bit at the bathrooms before blowing him off saying his schedule was packed. In the previous update I also couldn't get in the second club with him for supposedly being reserved for celebrities. I want to know if this is the best I can get with him for now or if I made some bad choices before which put me on a "worse" route with him.
That is as far as you can go with him. There isn't a way to get in the private club. If you intend to romance him, you need to call him out on his cocky persona at some point, which can be done the first time you meet him. But if you only want to be fuck buddies, hooking up at the club then telling him you want to keep hooking up will be the best path forward.
There is a little more Alex content I intended to add but cut for time. I may still add it back in, though. His old model was very hard to work with, but his new one will make creating new art for him easier. But even beyond that, this early on he's going to be caught up in work/school a lot. You'll get opportunities to spend more time together/keep hooking up in an upcoming story update.
I looooove the new update :) keep up the good work! I wasn't expecting so much new content with pretty much every guy! Will's scene is chef's kiss (Connor has me grinning like a little shit too). I was wondering how you unlock the 33rd CG of Griffin's. It seems to be the only one I can't find yet. Thanks again!
I'm the same haha, only one missing too
Thank you! Part of the reason the update took so long was trying to fit in content for most guys. There's actually more Isaiah stuff that I haven't added back in yet due to doing some rewrites.
That CG can be unlocked if you go to Griffin's apartment the night before but don't hook up with him.
What happened to your Twitter profile cause I didn't find it?.........and amazing update it was definitely worth waiting for. can't wait for more, this is so far the best game I've ever played
My Twitter profile still exists under the same name as all my socials, FreshmenVN. I will probably be moving exclusively to Bluesky in the near future, though, so I'd recommend following me there instead.
grrr I know it's greedy but Jordi needs to be dateable. He is so stupidly adorable (and a bit stupid lol). I just wanna snuggle him and keep him safe (but don't get me wrong, I'd still want him to be on top hehe) xD a single grind'm hookup ain't enough Jordi time.
If I didn't already have way too many romances, I might consider it. But unfortunately 10 is already a lot to handle.
Jordi will still be around a bunch, though, don't worry! He'll definitely have more sexual scenes than just the Grind'm hookup.
Excellent update! I love all the routes and i cant wait to try the "kits". Just a question; anyone knows how to unlock the thricolor image of Julian and the one before that? (4 and 5 from the last)
Glad you like it—I can't wait for you guys to play with the kits, either. It's gonna be fun.
For those two CGs, hook up with Julian, sleep over with Owen, and then choose to leave right away instead of talk to Owen.
Thanks! Now I only need to find the 5th from the last of Connor himself. I was so centered in the dates that i didn´t even look the protagonist ones. Now to try some options.
Man, i love the game but there are so many combinations that I don´t even know what i haven´t tried yet.
There are definitely a lot of combos to the point I don't know if anyone will ever see certain ones! I will definitely provide a guide at some point, I already started writing one.
Hey can i ask how can I unlock the CGs for Marco, specifically the CGs #42, 43, 44 right after Marco and Connor kissed in his bed in the morning?
I too am having trouble getting those 3
I've been asked a lot for how to get these, so I think I might need to make them easier to find, haha.
For those three, either come home with Marco from the party the night before, or leave another evening hangout early and catch him jerking off. You must ask him to finish in the bathroom.
In the morning you'll text him. First send the friendly version of the message, and then later in the update the first two will unlock. Then repeat the steps above, only send a sexual text. The third CG will unlock in the same place as the other two.
Thank you! Idk now that I know I think they are fine the way they are. I just think Marco is such a good character that no one has ever turned him down lol. I love him and Riley so much. To me their personalities are "chefs kiss".
Thanks for this! Really appreciate it!
android version when?
It's something I want to do down the line, but as of right now I don't know when that will be.
I know we just got the new update, but when can we expect the next update?
I don't know, but I promise it won't be another year 😉 I've learned my lesson about guessing at a timeframe, so I'll no longer be giving one until I'm nearly 100% certain I can meet the deadline.
Over on Patreon I do bimonthly status reports that list all the components going into each update. Each status report will show what's been crossed off the to-do list and what still remains. It seems like a better, more transparent way for people to follow along with development rather than me trying to estimate a date, then disappointing people if I don't meet it.
Is there an update to Grindm too
No, Grind'm scenarios will come in their own updates. The plan is to alternate story updates and Grind'm updates. I'm working on the next Grind'm scenario now featuring Trevor, NC17's twin. This is his main profile pic, as a bit of a teaser:
Oooo. Yh I can wait for that ;)
love the new update!! so happy to see my loves owen and riley <3 great work per usual!
Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
Ahhhh so so happy, I'm so in love with my boy Riley :3 looking forward to what the rest of the game has to offer, really like that we got to interact with Riley a bit more he's so sweet!
There will definitely be lots of opportunities to interact with Riley coming up 🙂 I liked being able to show off another side of him he doesn't share with a lot of people.
I believe the new file has some issues , the game has no sound to me, neither options about it
The game doesn't have any sound/music, so that's normal! I haven't found a source for music & sfx that can be used in an adult game, unfortunately, but hopefully I'll find one in the future.
If you're interested in having even the tiniest hint of voice acting uhmmm... I'd be happy to help lol just a thought
Voice acting would be fun, I just don't have the budget for it. I know people would volunteer, but I insist on paying anyone who helps me on this, so it'll have to wait for now...
is it out now
It is! The files were too big to upload the usual way, so I had to scramble to figure out how to make them available on here, which caused a delay. But they're ready to download now.