RMMV [Mystery Horror Puzzle] House of Rules (DEMO AVAILABLE)

[chiithecat]

House of Rules
by Team Chii The Cat



DOWNLOAD DEMO HERE
(updated on March 2, 2021)
The demo takes 1~2 hours and has 7 collectible endings.
English and Korean available.

** Disclaimer: Blood and death mentioned.


LOOKING FOR TEST PLAYERS
If you want to contribute more to the game,
please leave us comments with answers to the questions below.
You can also send us more private opinions by email:
chiithecat815@gmail.com
*Answering the questions is not necessary,
but those who do will be added to the special thanks section later on.
Hoping to hear from you! Thank you!

Spoiler: Questions for the test players

1. Why did you decide to play the game? (what you expected before actually playing it)
2. How much were you curious about the story? (on a scale from 1 to 10)
3. How much did you think it was scary? (on a scale from 1 to 10)
4. What did you like about the game?
5. What didn't you like about the game?
6. What bugs did you discover? (If none, skip the question)
7. What else would you like us to know?
(please feel free to tell us your general impression about the game, recommendations about the story, gameplay, or even the plug-ins or scripts, improvements that should be made, etc.)

How the story begins...

Spoiler: How the story begins

Searching for a place to work, 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 night.

Features

Spoiler: Features

Mystery horror adventure
Original art
Unique character sheets and designs
Puzzles and riddles (Easy~Hard)
20 different endings (collectible)
Moral choices
Shocking twist
A few jumpscares

Screenshots

Spoiler: Screenshots

Characters

Spoiler: Characters

<The Player(You)>
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 about 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 to 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?

Music & Sound Effect

Spoiler: Graphics

Zapsplat
Bensound
NoCopyrightMusic
Audionautix.com
SoundBible

Graphics

Spoiler: Graphics

Candacis
Chiara
Cyanide
Indrah
Schwarzenacht
Tonbi
Freepik(www.freepik.com)

Plug-ins

Spoiler: Plug-ins

Yanfly
Galv
Biud436
Rito
Terrax
Mr. Trivel
TheoAllen
Victor Sant
Aloe Guvner
Hudell and Chaucer
SRDude(http://sumrndm.site)

DOWNLOAD DEMO HERE​

 

[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

 

[chiithecat]

Hey guys!
There was a minor change in the plot, which isn't that crucial to the main story but left us a lot to mend.
We've re-done the lightings, redeemed the puzzles, and added more interesting events.
Also, we finally finished making the title screen and most importantly, translated all the texts!!
Well not all actually, but at least it's enough for the demo!
We are planning to release it tomorrow! YEAH!!!!
Be back with a demo soon - a little short but long enough for you to understand how the game will continue.
See ya!!

 

[chiithecat]

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

Oh and I forgot to mention that I took out the special thanks after you told me how it's usually used.
I hope you don't mind.
I'm still very grateful for you helping me with some problems.
It's a blessing to the newbies to have helpers like you on their way!

 

[ShadowDragon]

everyone learns (I learn from others) so those can be used for advice
but like I said "Special Thanks" can be alot of things, you can even
categories it as well (sounds, helping hands, modifications, etc etc)
outside regular tilesets, anyone that mostly help you on things basicly.

but while everyone use it differently, everyone categories their own credits
in the way they see fit, so just do the same, if people complain, or suggestion,
feedback etc, you can do what you want, like:

1) keep it the way it is,
2) make minor changes so both are happy (your way and their way)
3) major overhaul of all feedbacks/suggestions.
4) throw their feedbacks/suggestions away (almost the same as 1)

but maybe I try your game out again if not done yet already

 

[Hongdangmu]

Demo? Really? Omg I'm sooooooo thrilled!
I hope it's sooner than I expected ;-)

 

[RocketKnight]

Do you need help?

 

[chiithecat]

I added some screenshots!
The demo will be ready in a couple of hours. (hopefully!!!!)