This was amazing to play! I’m an atheist/skeptic witch and incorporated it into my craft by playing by candlelight on my altar, burning incense, and burning what I wrote at the end in my cauldron. Helped to remind me that I’m not always misgendered for malicious reasons, but that I’m still valid in feeing the pain from it.
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1/19/21: Sorry for the super late update, but fortunately I'm almost done with my build of the game! The last thing I have to do is make all the events for the final dungeon and the ending sequence. Working on this has been really cathartic and I hope it resonates with those who play it. My only drawback for myself personally is that I'm still using the default RPG Maker MV assets and music (though I plan on adding some of my own music before I post it; I'm having problems importing it into RPG Maker MV). I also want to add voice acting but I only have myself and can't voice all the characters (though I'm thinking of maybe voicing the MC and narrator). But that doesn't mean I can't release an improved version either!
Anyway, here are some screenshots!
I guess characterization wise, I hope that the not-so-great characters of the crappy hometown don't seem too exaggerated or like caricatures, but also like I've met or know people who've met people like that in real life lol.
We'll see!
Thanks for reading!
Jay
Log for 1/9-1/10
I'm Going to Rockhell is a short RPG that chronicles the "horror" of going home to one's crappy hometown for the holidays. The main character is Morgan: a grad student who hates going back to their notoriously conservative hometown, affectionally named "Rockhell." They are joined by their funny and cute wife, Misha, their quirky childhood best friend, Mat, and their adorable cat (who strangely has a human form when he fights), Moo. Can they make it through the small-town shaped dungeon filled with Karens, bigots, and being constantly misgendered by their parents?
I guess it should be obvious that the game is semi-autobiographical, and that the characters are partially based on some people I know and in real life. But I also took enough liberties that these hopefully are characters who can stand on their own, and who players, especially queer and trans ones, can relate to. Also one of your party members is an adorable cat. 'Nuff said.
I also risk alienating potential audiences by making this game have political themes, but it's worth it to write about real-life issues like discrimination against marginalized groups (and to vent a bit). I believe that interactive media such as video games can be truly helpful in capturing the experience of marginalization for both audiences with privilege to understand better, and for marginalized audiences to know they're not alone. And I also of course want to make it as intersectional as possible within its small scope.
Oh, one warning is that because the game has strong language, discussions of trauma/abuse/discrimination, and sexual references, I'd probably give it an M rating for content. Just stuff to keep in mind!
So yeah, here's to hoping I can pull this off in two weeks! D:
Here some screenshots of what I have so far:
More screenshots to come!