HOME GAME 3

This epic NEET RPG features a massive bleak world full of secrets-within-secrets.

It is about the HERMIT living with GIRL.

SURVIVE by navigating a custom inventory system of occult items and strange combinations.  Conduct increasingly DARK RITUALS as you become CURSED.

Wield a razor-sharp GLAIVE with aplomb and slaughter friend or foe alike.

Exist at HOME or traverse dangerous realms, seeking Truths and AGE...

FEATURES:

• Over 3500 hand-drawn sprites.
  
• 2 main chipsets: incredibly huge maps!
• 2 hidden text adventures which span hundreds of millions of years.
  
• 3 playable characters!  4-person party!  5 to recruit!
  
• 6 vastly different ENDINGS can all be achieved on the same file.
  
• 40 enemies tracked via in-game monster guidebook.
• 40 different levels, some with dozens of locations.
• 55 track OST: an hour of mysterious dark ambient loops.
  
• 120 items: an intricate web of interactivity.

• TRUE NEW GAME PLUS: begin ANEW using the same file, but harder every time! 
  Retain your INVENTORY, allowing for hugely path-breaking game routes.

I have been working extensively on developing HOME GAME 3 since around November 2020, and after 1476 days it is finally complete.  This is the single biggest creative project of any kind for me.  Steam clocked over 11,000 hours in RPG Maker 2000 alone during the course of production.  I got a cat mid-way and he figures heavily into the plot.  (His name is LEWIS.)

What begins at HOME becomes a massive journey unlike anything you're likely to find in most other games.  I tried to make this game approachable, but it nonetheless does not hold your hand.  The game is not an exercise in being as obtuse as possible, it is moreso an attempt at taking mysterious, unknowable elements and making them feel realistic.

The game is a little bit about making your life worse and then making it manageable again.  It's hard to undo the worsening effects of your actions.

If you've ever played one of my games, know this is the big one; it's the result of making games in RM2k for over 20 years.  This might be the last game I make.

Thank-you for your interest so far and I hope you enjoy exploring HOME GAME 3.

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