Alex and the Haunted Mansion
Published 23.01.2022 09:01
by RetroGuy
Total plays: 1198
You take on the role of Alex, a 9-year-old boy who stumbles upon an abandoned mansion that has been untouched for nearly a century. As you explore the mysterious house, you learn that a murder took place within its walls. However, the identity of the victim, the perpetrator, and the motive behind the crime remain shrouded in mystery. It's up to you to unravel the secrets of the haunted mansion and uncover the truth about the murder.
Y_O W_L_DI_! (I didn’t listen to the warnings and found the Darkness, lol.) And consequently, I’m going to have to reload and play again! 🙂 Also, here are some small things I noticed on my first run:
Typos:
– Book Boy’d Father’s dialogue is missing a period
– Jailer’s dialogue is missing a period
– in bar, ‘banana’ in Green-haired Guy’s dialogue is misspelled
– worker in kitchen, ‘different job’ is misspelled
In many places, it’s possible to escape the map by going through trees – to bypass the barrel barricade, for instance
Cool unintentional things I learned:
– You can stand on the bottom part of the treasure chest from the Inquisitor Indoor Poor tile set
– You can walk through a ‘colonnade’ of tree trunks
More Typos:
– ‘Traveler’s clothing store is closed. Reason: got the flu.’
– ‘Bob’s Meat is closed. Reason: Went to Hawaii for vacation.’
– ‘You’re in the darkness, the place where sadness, fear, loneliness, and misery begin.’
– ‘Welcome to the Darkness. You’ll be here for all eternity.’
– ‘Here lies Smallville’s founder:’
– ‘But is it dangerous? (Most likely not.)’
– ‘medieval citizen’
– ‘I guess they didn’t have toilets back then.’
– ‘I’m getting a little tired.’
– ‘an Angel blue color.’
Love the light effects on the dead forest, and the ‘vote for me’ article from the mansion’s owner. When then Door Out disappeared – spooky. Also, I enjoyed this lad’s proper love of books. I found Lily, is that the end of the game?
No. It is not the end of the game. That was the last thing I worked on yesterday. I will make more for the game, and maybe, more secrets await!
I did the lighting for two reasons (and this was when I was still new to RPG Playground). There were no fog/rain effects and also I wanted a “spooky night-time theme”.
I might need some help with ghosts/monsters for the game. For example, this part of the game is inspired by a section of a comic I made for a series of comics called “Krazy Rabbit and Friends!”, it was Halloween special. In the comic, a character named “Elfing Duck” goes into a room in a haunted house. He sees darkness. The only thing he sees is a naked, humanoid figure. the creature turns around and kills and eats Elfing! I was just thinking about that for the game. But I can’t find an NPC/AI that matches what I want. So I might need your help.
Hm, off the top of my head, I can think of two compromises. You could have the room go dark, and then *narrate* there being a naked figure in the darkness, without ever actually seeing it. Or you could use one of the ‘animal-humanoids’ at the bottom of the humanoid NPC list, some of which aren’t wearing clothing. A red-eyed bunny, for instance, can be made creepy with the right set-up.
I could do that. All though it is disappointing that RPG Playground is very limited.
I look at it like poetry; the limitations can sometimes spark and push you to make something more creative. 🙂
the guy with the mask in town doesn’t do anything and doesn’t stop you from entering the building.
nevermind, i didn’t walk on the invisible tile. maybe copy the code to the actor?
as Lemm pointed out, you are able to pass through the tops of the trees
a lot of npc’s have the typical starting text
when you enter the forest with the dead trees, you cannot return to town
how close to finishing this game are you? I’d love to play it on stream when it’s done!
Also, where are you going to stream it? I would love to see the stream!
I stream on twitch and upload the video to Youtube.
Now you can!
I’m still working on the game. There’s more to come! Just sit and wait.
So I’m playing the game to get a little bit of an idea of the story to try and help you and I don’t know if this was a misspelled thing but in the office when you look in the chest it says “You found a key!” Then Alex says “Sweat!” Or did you mean to put “Sweet!”?
Also in the Music Room when you talk to Lily the Ghost she says “Beautyful” but it’s actually spelled “Beautiful” with an “i” instead of a “y”.
Aah, I just saw your concept drawings of the ghosts, they’re excellent! @retroguy23 you’re a very good artist! Also watched the new episode today, very nice – I also think the crabs look neat.
Thank you for the compliment. Also, what new episode, and what crabs?
great game! major clue vibes! (mansion, murder, etc)
Thanks! Glad you liked it! 🙂
(Sorry for the late reply…)
no problem! i love these kinds of games! (also, i don’t mind the late reply :))
We’re actually working on a sequel to the game! JTLYK.
now THAT’S what i’m talking about!