Hii! I've been working on a rpg maker game for awhile, i am an artist and writer but would love to work with others and get some help in any areas! here is a little bit about the game:
Basically a narrative-driven deck-building RPG with psychological horror and visual novel elements.
Melancholic Curse is a dark gothic horror game about a lonely ghost named Marionette who is cursed to be bound to an antique locket. She exists in a nightmare fairy tale prison or “The locket world” as a princess trapped at the top of a tall tower with no door, just one circular window. surrounded by a cemetery and dark forest under an eternal night with a large moon that is always watching her with an eerie crescent smile.
Until one day a young man buys the locket as a gift for his girlfriend and accidentally releases her. At first he thinks she's a hallucination because of his schizophrenia, but when his girlfriend starts to see her too, they realize she's real and the three become really close friends. When they try to free Marionette from her curse, everything goes wrong and they all get pulled into the locket's fairy tale nightmare together.
To escape, they must descend the impossible tower, cross the cemetery filled with shadow creatures and haunted graves and navigate the corrupted forest where reality breaks down. They face the oppressive moon, encounter other cursed souls, and discover the dark truth behind Marionette's curse. They work together to find the curse's creator and defeat him before they go insane.
The game uses an emotion-based card battle system where you fight with feelings like Dread, Despair, Hope, and Joy. Your sanity drains over time, you use teeth as currency, and you meet other cursed souls like Scissors the depressed rhyming clown. It's about three people who care about each other so much they'll fight through literal hell together, dealing with mental health, loneliness, and uncovering who cursed Marionette. The whole vibe is a gothic fairy tale meets nightmare dark fantasy. Beautiful and unsettling.
If you have any interest in working with me, please reach out! my discord is Mooni_moth and you can check out some of my art and characters on Toyhouse: https://toyhou.se/Mooni_moth
Work will not be paid regularly but id love to give rewards or gifts for helping when i can!