--- title: "Destiny Fails Us: A New Life" description: "Idril is a girl that has trouble with her grades, loves strawberries, and would rather spend her time playing video games. When she brings a bad report card hom" image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/27/17627.jpg" --- # Destiny Fails Us: A New Life ![Destiny Fails Us: A New Life](https://t.vndb.org/cv/27/17627.jpg) **Aliases:** Destiny Fails Us, DFU **Developer:** Strawberry Dagger Studio **Release date:** Feb 14, 2017 **Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, Android **Language:** English **Rating:** 6.0/10 (17 votes) ## Description Idril is a girl that has trouble with her grades, loves strawberries, and would rather spend her time playing video games. When she brings a bad report card home, how will her strict mother react? Suddenly, romance, school work, and friendships have become more complicated, and Idril must take a step back to reassess her life. What will become of Idril’s teenage years? ## Characters ### Idril Ar'Feinel Idril is a shy, nerdy, girl who spends more time playing video games than she does working on her homework. She just had her first kiss with Vincent Valare, but when report cards come out she gets into a fight with her mom and realizes that things need to change. - **Gender:** Female - **Aliases:** Shortcake, Idess - **Measurements:** Height: 157cm, Weight: 64kg, E cup - **Birthday:** 9 January - **Hair:** Pink, Twin Tails, Wavy, Shoulder-length - **Clothes:** School Uniform, Glasses, Headband, Ribbon Hair Accessory - **Eyes:** Grey - **Personality:** Otaku, Shy, Dog Person - **Subject of:** Child Abuse - **Role:** High School Student, Bad Student, Asexual - **Body:** Freckles - **Engages in:** Photography ### Alaska Price Alaska is a very intense person, she gets into heated arguments often, she either hates or likes with little in between. Her time with us is mostly spent talking about boys. She is very different from me, but we still manage to stay close. [From Idril's Phone Contacts In-Game] - **Gender:** Female - **Measurements:** Height: 170cm, Weight: 62kg - **Birthday:** 14 February - **Hair:** Violet, Ponytail, Long - **Clothes:** School Uniform, Skirt, Shorts, Hoodie, Ribbon Hair Tie - **Eyes:** Green - **Personality:** Otaku, Possessive, Energetic, Jealous - **Engages in:** Sports, Basketball, Stalking - **Role:** High School Student, School Basketball Club Member ### Atali Evans A very loving person. She tires to help everyone, even at the expense of herself. She can be distant sometimes, but she is always around. Her grades are always perfect and I've never seen her motivation die for even a second. She always ends up in a relationship, but they don't seem to last long. I never really like the guys that she dates. She is partially deaf and wears two hearing aids. The hearing aids are connected to the cat ear microphones on her head. [From Idril's Phone Contacts In-Game] - **Gender:** Female - **Measurements:** Height: 175cm, Weight: 58kg - **Birthday:** 10 April - **Hair:** Shoulder-length, Green - **Clothes:** School Uniform - **Eyes:** Green - **Personality:** Kind - **Subject of:** Deafness - **Role:** Honor Student, School Basketball Club Member ### James King A very open person. He talks a lot about his life, and always wants to know about my day. He uses a fork instead of a spoon for pretty much everything. He acts differently around me then he does around Vincent. He talks passionately about what he likes. He is very loud and can often be heard talking across a crowded room. [From Idril's Phone Contacts In-Game] - **Gender:** Male - **Measurements:** Height: 175cm, Weight: 67kg - **Birthday:** 4 November - **Hair:** Blond - **Eyes:** Brown - **Engages in:** Cooking - **Body:** Scar - **Personality:** Yandere, Violent, Jealous, Obsessive - **Role:** Twin Brother, Waitstaff, Non-blood-related Son, Part-time Worker - **Clothes:** Waitstaff Uniform ### Lily Day The best person I've ever met. She's really nice and is always fun to spend time with. She doesn't let her fame go to her head. Every time I need her she is there for me. I couldn't have a better best friend if I searched the whole world. She is vice president of the student council (second only to One-Hit-Wonder Boy). Her student council duties are mostly done during her elective class time. [From Idril's Phone Contacts In-Game] - **Gender:** Female - **Aliases:** Lily J. Day, Juliet - **Measurements:** Height: 178cm, Weight: 60kg - **Birthday:** 18 June - **Hair:** Blue, Waist Length+ - **Eyes:** Brown - **Clothes:** School Uniform - **Role:** Childhood Friend, Student Council Vice President ### Samson Hastings A very shy person. He always loks like he's nervous. I haven't spent too much time talking to Samson, but he seems nice. He's had a huge crush on Lily for a very long time. Samson wears an orange ribbon on his left wrist, a black ring on the middle finger of his right hand, and has a piercing in his left ear. [From Idril's Phone Contacts In-Game] - **Gender:** Male - **Alias:** Peanut - **Measurements:** Height: 163cm, Weight: 53kg - **Birthday:** 7 March - **Hair:** Ponytail, Shoulder-length, Orange - **Body:** Teen - **Eyes:** Green - **Clothes:** Earrings, Ring, Ribbon Tie - **Personality:** Shy, Kind, Clumsy, Sweets Lover, Dog Person - **Subject of:** Illness, Weakness, Cancer - **Role:** Gamer, Younger Brother, Half-brother, School Basketball Club Member, School Newspaper Club Member, School Art Club Member, Asexual ### Vincent Valare The most thoughtful person I know. If you didn't know him, he might appear shy, because of how quiet he usually is. Really, he's just always deep in thought. It can be intimidating sometimes, because he holds eye contact for a long time. It's hard to figure out what he is thinking about and sometimes he will say something seemingly out of nowhere. He is very kind to those who are kind to him, but remembers those who treat him poorly. He's really good at whatever he puts his time into. [From Idril's Phone Contacts In-Game] - **Gender:** Male - **Measurements:** Height: 183cm, Weight: 61kg - **Birthday:** 19 December - **Hair:** Short, Green, Shaggy - **Eyes:** Red - **Clothes:** Glasses - **Personality:** Otaku, Cat Person - **Role:** Childhood Friend, Gamer - **Engages in:** Unarmed Fighting, Computering, Reading ### Harvey Chapman Harvey was a football player in college when he met Jordan Min. He lived in an apartment with 5 other guys, and slept on the couch. He eventually moved into a new place with Jordan, after he accidentally set Jordan's kitchen on fire. He would eventually move into his own house with Jordan and their daughter, Candace. He would go into a landscaping career, and eventually starting teaching Self Defense and MMA classes, at a studio called No Limits. Harvey doesn't get along with his dad. His mother passed away. - **Gender:** Male - **Measurements:** Height: 188cm, Weight: 90kg - **Birthday:** 14 November - **Hair:** Brown, Bald, Beard, Afro, Balding - **Eyes:** Brown - **Body:** Dark - **Personality:** Friendly - **Role:** Father, Teacher, University Student, Homosexual - **Engages in:** Gardening, American Football - **Clothes:** Baseball Cap ### Jackson Sly Jackson Sly always knew that he wanted to be a teacher... Or a movie star. Unfortunately, the commute from North Idaho to Hollywood was a rather long drive, so he set his sights early to get a career in education. Jackson and Isabel became best friends at a young age. He called her Isa, and she called him Jay. They were practically glued at the hip since the moment they met each other. Jackson would eventually realize that he had feelings for Isabel, but he would never admit it because he was afraid of ruining the friendship that they had. Jackson lost his sight in his right eye when he was in high school. It was from a prank gone very wrong. However, Jackson decided to keep the details of what happened to himself, and the person never got in trouble for their actions. Jackson is half Vietnamese. [Taken from Make It Last: While You Can's Codex Entry] - **Gender:** Male - **Aliases:** Mr. Sly, Jay - **Hair:** Brown - **Eyes:** Brown - **Body:** Pale - **Role:** Grandson, Teacher, Vietnamese - **Subject of:** Blindness ### Jordan Min Jordan Min moved to North Idaho from South Korea when he was young, due to his parent's getting a job opportunity that they couldn't pass up. Jordan is a college student participating in a bake sale when he meets Harvey Chapman. He's trying to prove to his father that he can become a successful baker when something happens that sets his progress back a little. Later, Jordan opens up his own bakery, Sweet Treats, and moves into a new house with Harvey Chapman and their daughter, Candace. He runs the bakery, and later when Harvey starts teaching self-defense classes, he helps Harvey teach those as well. His parents don't speak to him very often, but he talks to his older brother, Stephen, on the phone almost every day. - **Gender:** Male - **Alias:** Min Hyeon-Jun - **Measurements:** Height: 178cm, Weight: 68kg - **Hair:** Black, Shoulder-length, Short, Parted in Middle - **Engages in:** Cooking - **Eyes:** Grey - **Clothes:** Glasses - **Personality:** Shy, Kind, Sweets Lover - **Role:** Betrothed, Father, University Student, Shopkeeper, Homosexual, Younger Brother, Korean, Multilingual, Asian, Teaching Assistant - **Body:** Younger Appearance, Tanned ## Shops - [Official Website](http://destinyfailsus.com/) - [Itch](https://sbds.itch.io/dfu-otome-android) ## Releases ### English - **2013-09-14**: Destiny Fails Us Demo - [Official website](http://destinyfailsus.com/), [Itch.io](https://sbds.itch.io/dfu-otome) - **2017-02-14**: Destiny Fails Us: A New Life - [Official website](http://destinyfailsus.com/), [Itch.io](https://sbds.itch.io/dfu-otome) - **2018-02-14**: Destiny Fails Us: A New Life - [Official website](http://destinyfailsus.com/), [Itch.io](https://sbds.itch.io/dfu-otome-android) ## Tags ADV, High School, Female Protagonist, Otaku Protagonist, No Sexual Content, Love Triangle, Protagonist with Glasses, Otome Game, Protagonist with a Face, Side Portraits, Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Hero, Hero with Glasses, High School Student Protagonist, Achievements, Friendship Route, Pre-rendered 3D Graphics, Anime-looking 3D, Asexual Characters, Deaf Heroine ## More Games from Strawberry Dagger Studio - [Destiny Fails Us: A New Life](https://pinovel.net/v13545) - [Make It Last](https://pinovel.net/v22235) - [Make It Last: While You Can](https://pinovel.net/v29117) - [Do You Like Italian Food?](https://pinovel.net/v63193) --- *View the full details at [pinovel.net/v13545](https://pinovel.net/v13545).* ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoGame","@id":"https://pinovel.net/v13545#game","name":"Destiny Fails Us: A New Life","description":"Idril is a girl that has trouble with her grades, loves strawberries, and would rather spend her time playing video games. 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