Relapse: The Neverland

[Orchard]

Hello all! Before I introduce you to my project, id like to take the time to express the journey i've been on creating this game. This began as an interest starting two to three years ago. I played with it on and off throughout the years until I got tired of working the wheel of corporate. I changed the form of this game many times and decided to take a personal approach to it. I am satisfied with what I am creating and the vision I hold for the game. I wish invite you into a story of fantasy, horror, drama, and possibly, lessons.

Summary: Relapse the Neverland is a narrative driven horror game setting in 1940, England. You take the role of a young girl named Anna, who receives a strange letter from the orphanage she grew up in beckoning her back to the orphanage. The game will focus on exploration, story, and heavily on puzzles. There is a heavy theme on correcting past mistakes and repeating cycles. Everything you do matters. The true goal of the game is to reveal who wrote the letters and why.

Notable Characters

Anna: A 14 year old girl who lived through traumatic experiences in an orphanage. A top tier student at the local girl's school, previously living under the state's care. She received a letter one night convincing her to journey back to the now abandoned orphanage. Anna wishes to put the past to rest once and for all.



Maryla: Seen as the older sister to Anna, she protected Anna during their time at the orphanage as young kids, often taking the punishments on her behalf. Marlya was drawn back to the orphanage as well, with a strange letter.

Mr.Bensworth:
An old man that watches over the orphanage in it's current state,

Patricia: A young girl with ponytails. leader to the gang of orphanage kids. Their former leader is missing. Patty has a disturbingly amount of dislike towards Anna.

Jack: An older boy that lives at the orphanage under Bensworth's care. Jack refers to Anna by Annie.

"Mother"Jude Bensworth - Late wife of Mr.Bensworth, she has a long history with Anna and the former orphanage kids. She ran the former orphanage.



Gameplay:

• Enemies - Some patrol certain areas of the house. One specifically will follow you throughout the game. You can trick these enemies, hide from them, even get rid of them temporarily. The Enemies are part of the puzzle in the grand scheme of the game. They will remember what you do and learn from it.
• The Lute - Acquiring the lute and playing the correct songs on the lute will allow you to perform certain core mechanics in the game, one notable, is returning to the first hour at the orphanage. Allowing the player to create new solutions for puzzles or change outcomes. Every piece can and will shift accordingly.
• Puzzles - The game is very much puzzle based, The introduction of the Lute allows for more complex puzzles and reactions within the game. Time itself is a part of the puzzle.

• Choices - Choices will be very present, however, most choices can be amended with the use of the lute. The game will keep track of your use of the lute and it will alter your ending. Choices will also tie in with puzzles and how you solve them.

Screenshots:

Spoiler

Trailer: Soon

Follow:
IndieDB
Discord
Steam - TBD

More soon to come!

 

[Kes]

Is this a commercial game or not? No price is given, and you have not yet decided if this is going on Steam. Without that information this cannot be approved. With no download link this could not even be moved to non-commercial Completed Games.

Please remove the reference to Crowd funding as we do not allow those links.

 

[Orchard]

Is this a commercial game or not? No price is given, and you have not yet decided if this is going on Steam. Without that information this cannot be approved. With no download link this could not even be moved to non-commercial Completed Games.

Please remove the reference to Crowd funding as we do not allow those links.

Oh sorry, It is commercial but it technically isn't completed, it's near completion. I posted this late at night so didn't see that there was a work in progress forum, so I assumed it should be posted here.

Also, it will be on steam. I just haven't setup the page for it yet.

 

[bgillisp]

Moved to Games in Development. Once the game is complete and all commercial detail is known you can report your initial post and ask for it to be moved back to Commercial Game Releases

On another note, I'd suggest you put the image tags in spoliers. That way those on phones don't have it take forever to load the page.

 

[WilsonScarloxy]

It looks interesting!

I low the shading work on the screenshots and the presentation in general, keep it up!

Will.

 

[Orchard]

Added a few new images to the OP, as well as an discord invitation. Feel free to join.

 

[Kes]

[mod]Closed at the request of the OP. If you want this thread reopened, please Report this post and leave the reason why.[/mod]