Class of '09 (franchise)

Class of '09 is a visual novel video game series developed and primarily written by Max "SBN3" Field and published by Wrath Club for personal computers. Field, who also voices several of the male characters, markets the series as an "anti-visual novel", a "rejection sim", and an "interactive sitcom." The story follows self-proclaimed sociopath and nihilistic high school student Nicole (voiced by Elsie Lovelock) and her best friend Jecka (voiced by Kayli Mills) across a fictionalized version of Springfield, Virginia, and the broader Washington metropolitan area from the fall of 2007 to the spring of 2009. The first game in the series, Class of '09, was released as freeware for itch.io on October 8, 2020, with a commercial release to Linux, macOS, and Windows on June 10, 2021. The second game, Class of '09: The Re-Up, was released on June 1, 2023, while the third and final game, Class of '09: The Flip Side, was released on September 23, 2024. The first two games received generally positive reviews, particularly for their voice acting and comedic writing, though the third game was met with a significantly more negative response from both critics and the series' fanbase. A pilot episode for an animated series, Class of '09: Give Me a Fry, was released on October 23, 2023, with another pilot episode, Class of '09: The Anime, releasing on December 14, 2024.