#morlequariat

[morlequariat]

Looking for people to play a puzzle RPG I programmed

For the past couple years I've been working on a game that plays sort of like an old-school Zelda title, except turn-based and with multiple playable characters (sort of like an open-world version of Into the Breach). Since I have no sense of restraint or scale, this is all in a custom engine that I wrote.

Anyway, the game is far enough along now that I'm looking for more people to play it! Primarily because I want to hear people's thoughts on the narrative and lore, but also just the simple question of whether the game is fun to play.

The demo can be downloaded for free on itch.io here and if you want to talk to me about the game you can do so on the game’s discord server here.

[epiglottalaxolotl]

Streaming a demo of my game over at https://www.twitch.tv/epiglottalaxolotl if anyone is interested!

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Morlequariat playtest stream with Kaia Soule

The vtuber Kaia Soule is streaming a playthrough of the latest Morlequariat demo right now! She's a variety streamer who personifies the idea of "contagious laughter" and she's been a big part of what inspired me to start streaming my development process, so stop by!

Watch this video on Twitch Live

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Candelstabra

"Two blades are better than one. Not sure about three, though."

Hidden deep within the haunted inn that was once known as the Dusty Pancake, a curious weapon that can hit three enemies at once can be found.

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Sturdy Leek

This is the cleric's counterpart to the Sharpened Carrot. Both of these "weapons" are sold by a gardener once you complete a sidequest to defeat the plant monsters that have taken over her vegetable patch. (I would make its effect have something to do with the "leekspin" meme, but having direct meme references in the game strikes me as just a little bit immersion-breaking. I'll probably have a subtle reference to Ievan Polkka in the music, though, since it's a legitimately good song. Plus, I've done that sort of thing before—there's even a track in the game right now that references Megalovania.)

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Alpha 4.2.2 is out!

Well, I said it would release at the end of august, and I was wrong. But! It's out now!

This is primarily a content update, adding new areas all around the lake, up until (but not including) the first major plot-relevant boss fight.

(The structure of the game is that there will be four chapters, each with a major boss fight at the end and a major boss fight in the middle. So tonight's update ends with the pre-fight cutscene for the chapter 1 mid-boss.)

Morlequariat Alpha by mithrilnova

A tactical-puzzle JRPG

Go check it out! I'd love to hear people's thoughts, especially on the game's narrative.

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Weekly devlog, 2022-06-20

Took a week or two off, but now I'm back! Still not being the most productive, mostly due to uncertainty over what to prioritize next. But over this past weekend I managed to finish most of a system that I had been wanting to add for a while: swappable UI themes!

This is entirely just something I'm doing because I feel like it, and because sometimes I get indecisive about what buttons should look like. But the plan is that in-game achievements can unlock new UI styles to change the look and feel of the game. At the start, there would be three or four available; another handful would be unlocked during the course of the main story; and then even more would be gated behind hidden sidequests. Most themes only change the appearance of buttons, although some also affect the cursor and fonts.

Maybe someday I'll get back to adding actual content to the game. But that's hard.

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Weekly(?) devlog, 2022-10-27

Been very busy lately, with my job and other real-life stuff but also with trying to rush out this update before the end of the month. Still not sure what day it will be, but any day now.

So if you really want to see how the development is going, you should go watch my twitch channel right now, where I'm putting the finishing touches on the update!