*Warning, gibberish below - feel free to skip to actual game info.

Little introduction about myself and how this game/idea came about: I am not an artist, not a writer, and know a bit about coding from my computer science degree. I went into computer science thinking about developing games, but ended up working for a software company and have been there for quite a while. I've been thinking about wanting to make games again, but motivation has been hard. Digging up an old laptop I found an RPG Maker project I had start years ago when I was back in school. After some thought, I decided I wanted to pick it back up. The story, writing and characters are mediocre in my opinion, but I want to follow through and finish it so I can say I made a game! And the RPG Maker UI seems much easier to use then coding everything from scratch for a first project. Also decided to post here in hopes that it will keep me motivated in a way.

On to the game info!

Game Engine: RPG Maker MZ (Partially started in RPG Maker VX Ace; will be bringing useable assets over)

Genre: Horror, 2D, pixel, RPG (Inspired by the usual RPG Maker Horrors: Ib, Mad Father, Witch's House, Corpse Party, Ao Oni, etc)

Story: A group of friends mysteriously end up in what appears to be a decrepit and cryptic house of horrors.

Characters:

Left to right - Kyran, Ayona, Rurik, Naia

(RPG Maker VX Ace ver.)

Screenshots from VX Ace:

Currently working on:

• Bringing over useable VX Ace assets
• Cleaning and combining VX Ace tilesets
• Remaking existing maps in MZ
  • Remake existing events in MZ

Possible future considerations (aka once i make decent progress and if the game garners interest):

• Collaborators
  • Artists
    • Original sprites, portraits and tilesets would be cool.
  • Writers
    • I have a general story and path, but it could definitely be edited and refined. I'm also terrible at dialogue.
  • Musicians
    • Spooky music and sound effects!

tl;dr

I'm going to slowly attempt making an RPG horror game. It'll be a long process between my irl stuff going on, but I want to experience the game making process and be able to say I made a game!