Rotten Raccoons

A bunch of trash pandas in a trench coat who love romancing 2D men and games about romancing 2D men. Here's a FAQ link for mobile users.

[rottenraccoons]

Chapter Two is Complete!

Rotten Raccoons is thrilled to announce that our episodic dark fantasy romance, OBSCURA, has released Chapter Two: The Depths now available on itch.io and and on Steam!

There's a marketplace under the mountain where anything can be bought and sold. Visitors wear masks to become faceless strangers. It's home to the unscrupulous, the outcast, and the desperate.

You're one of the desperate.

Strangers with their own secrets and ambitions can show you ways through the market. They'll guide you to your goal, but don't trust them to have your best interests at heart. 

First chapter of each route available in the demo to try a taste.

Choose the protagonist's name, pronouns, and mask.

Four mysterious love interests.

Over 200k words so far (70k in the demo, 130k in early access)

A dark, mature story with many ways to fail.

Timed choices! Or turn them off for an easier game.

Original music by Cajsa.

Use the default, OpenDyslexic, or Atkinson Hyperlegible font for ease of reading.

Once you buy the game, you get all current and future chapters.

Full list of warnings available here, our streamer/VOD rules are here.

See you under the mountain...

[rottenraccoons]

Do people ever go swimming in the marketplace? Are the waters somewhat safe or dangerous because temperatures/currents/creatures/too many dead bodies for comfort?

There are places where water builds up with a slow enough current that would be okay for swimming, though given the way the marketplace works I doubt many people would use those places for recreation. You can never really tell how clean that water is. You might be able to guess based on the fact that the two most local of the love interests can't swim, but it's not a common activity down there.

[hookedonchemicals]

The bucket tool trend or sth

[rottenraccoons]

First off I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS GAME SO SO SO MUCH. Also, I am so curious to know how the LI would react to a Vesper who's a masochist? And thank you so much for making this game it's such an absolutely stunning game

Here you go, nonny! Thank god Tumblr's search isn't entirely unusable, this post is from way back.

[lambkinwrites]

“Taking care of a problem”

If you’re wondering yes the symbol is h*sokas. We all hate him here.

[rottenraccoons]

God I love the music in Obscura and the SFX. It fits so well with every scene it's so easy to get immersed like???

And the music in the loading screen is my fave, makes me wanna throw my ass back with elegance 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ idk why something about it??? Just??? gets me in the mood so much lmao

Quoth Cajsa

Awww haha, thats so sweet ❤️

Mostly sharing this post so I can add that while we don't respond to most messages complimenting the game, I do my best to make sure the right people see them. Cajsa gets to see all the asks about the music, Mugi gets to see the asks about art, and so on!

[caiqingshan]

[rottenraccoons]

I’m not sure if this has been asked already, but..

I have an idea on how the masks work and the privacy of them but what do people in the marketplace think of uncovered eyes? What if someone wore a mask that covered everything but the eyes? Are there any parts of the face that seem taboo or intimate?

This one has been asked, but it's about a year old so here's a link to the answer!

[hookedonchemicals]

Om sleepwear 🛌

Tinnie Francie

[rottenraccoons]

When answering an ask that provides the perspectives from all the love interests, is that just the social media raccoon? Or does the other writer also look at the ask?

For those ones, Tobi writes the answers for her boys (Cirrus and Francesco), and I write the answers for mine (Keir and Oleander). Since Tobi is a very busy woman and has a pretty strict limit on how much time she can spend on Obscura, that does mean that questions regarding all love interests tend to be in the drafts for longer.

[hookedonchemicals]

Idk, who broke it?

[rottenraccoons]

Hello, not sure if this has been asked before, but i have seen a few poly questions and I did like to ask something on the opposite end: Would the LIs accept staying/being monogamous with the MC longterm?? I know for Cirrus that is a yes

Yup, we've answered something like this before and 3/4 boys are basically monogamous (Keir is open to having a poly partner, but is not interested in having multiple partners for himself), so yup!

Oleander's own expectations default towards casual relationships and non-monogamy, but for a long-term partner he can embrace an exclusive relationship. He'll just want to discuss expectations regarding that first.

[hookedonchemicals]

I dont think she appreciate the whimsical at time like this, Francie

[rottenraccoons]

the ask about what happens to masks when someone died got me thinking, how old are the children in the market place when they get their first masks? do they have extra fastens on the mask to keep them on young children's faces? do they go on newborns?

We've answered something like this before, nonny, here you go!

[caiqingshan]

懒得翻译了，现在太晚了我马上就睡了，明天去学校好好拍一下这张，这是一些喜欢的细节以及预告

我画了真的很久，从下午七点放学一直努力到了凌晨三点

[rottenraccoons]

i got to the part in-game where keir realizes he likes Vesper and didn’t expect him to actually go ‘oh’ out loud. Hilarious.

I said it, didn't I? He gets a whole AO3 "oh" moment. That's not when he figures out he's got feelings for Vesper in general, but that is when he realises that he's in too deep.

[faerie-vn]

just a honda civic coming through... nothing suspicious about it....