RMMV [Mystery Horror] House of Rules

[chiithecat]

House of Rules
by Team Chii The Cat



Hello!
We are team Chii the Cat and this is our first project.
My fellow, MMQ, is in charge of arts and graphics.
And I myself, Jo, am doing the rest including game design and etc.
We wrote the scenario together.
Because we have only two people on the team, our progress might be a little slow.
Our goal is to launch this game next year.
Hope you guys like our game.
Thank you!

++We're always open to feedback.
(English isn't our first language,
so please tell us if there is any grammatical error or misleading phrase.)



** Disclaimer: Blood and death mentioned.






How the story begins...

Spoiler: How the story begins

It's a tough world out there. Searching for a place to work to pay the rent, YOU(player) find an intriguing job advertisement offering an excessively high salary. Doubtful but desperate, you decide to take a shot. After receiving a letter of request for an interview, you head to a mansion to discover a surprisingly neat workplace, weird work rules, and suspicious co-workers. You get the job offer on-the-spot, and though being quite suspicious, you take the offer. Your job starts tomorrow morning.

Features

Spoiler: Features

Mystery horror adventure
Original art
Unique character sheets and designs
Puzzles and riddles
Multiple endings
Moral choices
Shocking twist
(a few jump scares)

Maps

Spoiler: Maps

<The Garden>



<My Room(The Employee's Room)>



<The Lounge>



<The Library>

Characters

Spoiler: Characters

<The Player(Me)>
As a new employee of the mansion, you(player) feel nervous and somewhat suspicious to get such a high salary on a trivial job. It seems that the butler is the kind of person who sticks strictly to the rules, so you'd better not tell her that you lost your work regulations on the first day of work.




<Alexis, the Butler>
With the owner of the mansion absent, Alexis appears to be the head of the employees. She is the one who interviewed and hired you on-the-spot. You don't get 'the potential' she saw, but it feels good to have someone believe in you. Perhaps you might want to meet her expectations, but how?



<Ruth, the Repair Technician>
Ruth works as an engineer and also a gardener. She usually stays in the backyard in the afternoon and the front garden at night. In maintenance emergencies, you may call on Ruth. She will be happy to help you.



<Pam, the Housekeeper >
Pam does the laundry, dusts furniture, and sweeps floors. Since she basically does most of the cleaning, Pam is always working, everywhere, day and night. Don't be too nosy on other people's businesses -- Pam may be watching you.



<Greta, the Cook>
Greta prepares from breakfast to dinner for all the employees. Her soup is one of the best you've ever had. She is loving and caring but there are some ground rules in her kitchen. She will be furious if she notices someone in her pantry, for instance. No one is allowed there. I dare you try.



<Colin, the Errand Girl>
Colin seems a little young to be working. Still, she is ready to help, determined to be a full-time hard-working employee. Though she often falls asleep during the day, she is trying her best as a proud member of the mansion.



<Lady Jane, the Owner of the Mansion>
You are told that the owner of the mansion, Lady Jane, is currently on vacation. But if she really is, then why are the employees all avoiding talking about her whereabouts?

Graphics

Spoiler: Graphics

Avery
Ayene
Chiara
Cyanide
Candacis
Indrah
Schwarzenacht
Tonbi
Luar_zero

Plug-ins

Spoiler: Plug-ins

HimeWorks
Yanfly
Rito
SRD
Terrax
Hudell and Chaucer
Galv
Yami
Victor Sant
Mr.Trivel
Aloe Guvner
SumRndmDde
Seea
Biud436

Special Thanks

Spoiler: Special Thanks

@TSR
@ShadowDragon
Our cat Chii

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[Hongdangmu]

love your art! keep up the good work

 

[chiithecat]

Thanks for the comment! It means a lot.
We are so nervous to introduce our first game and can't stop keeping our eyes on this thread!

 

[Knightmare]

Looks fun. Will play sometime in the next few days.

 

[Sheklon]

This is such a succinct and yet so intriguing thread. I'm looking forward for more. I love your art, by the way.

 

[chiithecat]

Looks fun. Will play sometime in the next few days.

Thanks!
We're not sure when the demo will be up.
Most of the graphic works are done but there were some changes to the core game system lately, so we now have more to do before we make the demo.
We'll let you know when we have a demo for you to play!

This is such a succinct and yet so intriguing thread. I'm looking forward for more. I love your art, by the way.

Thanks for the support!
The graphic designer is very happy to hear that.
We'll keep posting more updates!

 

[Hyouryuu-Na]

This looks really good *0* Looking forward to the demo ^^

 

[EpicFILE]

I love the maps and the lighting, it truly capture the horror feel.
My favorite is the library, it has the Silent Hill vibe.

 

[chiithecat]

Hey guys!
We have some updates for our project.
New maps are added - the kitchen and the east hall.

Spoiler: New Maps

<The Kitchen>​

<The East Hall>​

And FINALLY, we have our own logo!


The cat is, of course, our lovely cat Chii.
We'll be back soon with more updates!

 

[Hyouryuu-Na]

Looking nice! Are the floors made up of tiles? Or parallax? Cause it looks really good and I'm having trouble with making my floors look good XD Nice logo too!

 

[chiithecat]

Looking nice! Are the floors made up of tiles? Or parallax? Cause it looks really good and I'm having trouble with making my floors look good XD Nice logo too!

Floors are parallax!
I picked up some nice floor tiles from Ayene and Avery and changed them to look different and to suit our other maps.
I usually work in photoshop. Glad that you like it!

 

[ShadowDragon]

I wonder why I'm in the "special thanks" section, was there a alpha release
by any change I got playtest? or was it something else? I cannot recall it though?
or some help else where?

anyway, I'm looking forward of the demo (although, I'm not really a horror fan)
except for the "Alien Isolation" the "Resindent Evil" (some of it) dont know all of them.

but keep up the nice work though

 

[chiithecat]

I wonder why I'm in the "special thanks" section, was there a alpha release
by any change I got playtest? or was it something else? I cannot recall it though?
or some help else where?

anyway, I'm looking forward of the demo (although, I'm not really a horror fan)
except for the "Alien Isolation" the "Resindent Evil" (some of it) dont know all of them.

but keep up the nice work though

When I first came here to get some help, I was a starter and I didn't know anything about plugins or scripts. (still don't know much haha)
And I remember you replying to my posts and I got so much advice and many ideas to develop my project.
Recently you helped me with the save screen with TSR.
I just wanted to mention the help I've got.
I don't know how the special thanks section is supposed to work, so tell me if you don't want your name on it or if this is inappropriate.
By the way, thanks for all the help!

 

[ShadowDragon]

I dont mind though, not needed, but appreciated =)

so far I know, special thanks can be used like helping on stuff, coding, get things
to work, fix or modify problems so it will be smoothly etc.

than you have playtesters (if you want to call it this way or bug squashers)

some have alpha testers, beta testers, public release 1.0 etc
some just add the bug quashers and final release playtesters or the one
that beat the game and a section of 100% completion.

How yo uset it up is entirely up to you.
as for tileset, plugins, it need a place inside your game (mostly credits).

I help where I can help, modify the code is something I dont do unless it's very
minor and reconizeable, but I still struggle with it

JS isn't that easy if you are a beginner compared to someone that studies
JS and know the program very good to manipulate many things