Red Reaper
A downloadable game for Windows
🔺STORY🔺
Hades. The world of the dead.
A realm between this life and the next.
In this world, Lost Souls wander the wastelands looking for the afterlife. Among them are the Reapers. The Reapers serve a single purpose... and that is to usher the Lost Souls into the afterlife.
While powerful, the Reapers are under a terrible curse. There can only be seven Reapers at a time. If there are more than seven, a countdown begins. If the Reapers aren't culled by the time the countdown reaches zero, all the Reapers will perish.
The unfortunate Reaper who has been bestowed the dark task of culling the numbers is called the Red Reaper.
🔺CHARACTERS🔺
REMI
The eighth Reaper. Their gender and name can be customized.
NARCISSA
The fearsome Red Reaper.
AQUILUS
The Alchemist, a Reaper in charge of the mysterious room known only as the Shop. Having taken a vow of neutrality, he takes no sides except his own.
PHOEBE
A friend. She only wants what's best for you.
ERIS
The reclusive Reaper who rules over the frozen territory of Cocytus. No one has seen her in years. Her absence has turned her into a legend of sorts.
IXION
The soft-spoken Reaper from the island territory of Phlegethon. Residing in the hellish volcano, Mt. Vulcan, he rules over his territory as its champion.
VALENTINA
An exiled Reaper from the territory of Styx. Before Narcissa, she was the Red Reaper. She roams the wastes of Hades seeking redemption. Or maybe retribution.
PERSEPHONE
While considered to be the most powerful of the Reapers, she is by far the gentlest. She is the motherly steward of the largest territory in Hades, Acheron.
RHADAMANTHUS
The Reaper who rules over the barren territory of Styx. He is revered as a godlike emperor who watches over the walled city of Dis.
ANTIGONE
The previous Alchemist. Her death was not the end. It was merely a catalyst.
🔺GAMEPLAY🔺
Red Reaper is a story-rich turn-based RPG designed for people who don't normally play RPGs. The game has a simple battle system with no experience grinding or leveling up. The story is linear with very little backtracking. There is a simple morality system that dictates how certain events happen and how certain characters develop.
🔺CURRENT VERSION 0.3.1c2 (4/2/2024)🔺
PATCH NOTES (0.3.1c2):
-HOTFIX 1c2: Fixed black circle not disappearing at end section of Chapter 2 (sorry!!)
-More small cosmetic changes, altered tilesets and color grading, transition effects
-Writing changes for continuity
-Yet more rebalancing
-Added a WALKTHROUGH in the DOWNLOADS section
This version contains Chapter 1 & Chapter 2. And a very short preview of Chapter 3. Enjoy! If you have save files from a PREVIOUS update, you can transfer them over to the new version and play from where you left off!
Chapter 3 development is still going strong! Just that last 10% left! I don't have a lot of free time, but I promise it's on its way! Thank you for being patient! For now, enjoy the latest update of the game!
🔺PROGRESS & ROADMAP🔺
Chapter 1: The Frozen Witch
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Chapter 2: The Undisputed Champion
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Chapter 3: The Drowned Mother
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Chapter 4: The City Of Wrath
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Epilogue & Endings:
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Install instructions
WINDOWS
- Extract ALL files from the .zip file.
- Open the "Red Reaper" folder.
- Open the "game.exe" file.
- Enjoy!
(MAC version has been REMOVED because as of Big Sur, RMMV games no longer run properly, I'm sorry.)
Development log
- Hotfix! (4/2/2024)Apr 02, 2024
- Latest update! (plus Walkthrough!)Dec 05, 2023
- Latest update! (plus more Chapter 3 screenshots)Jul 01, 2023
- Update on Chapter 3 (plus screenshots!)Oct 24, 2022
- Update! (ver. 0.3.1b)Jun 03, 2022
- Chapter 3 progress! (I'm still alive!)May 14, 2021
- Come watch TheGamedawg's LP of Red Reaper!Oct 13, 2020
- Mac users: PLEASE READOct 04, 2020
Comments
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i`m too stupid for the palace of mystery. Please help I got stuck
Hello! Refer to the walkthrough for the clue locations and quiz battle answers.
For the actual weapon/location/culprit answer, open this pastebin link: https://pastebin.com/sKZE8D2J
Thank you
I've just played a little Chapter 1, but I really love your game. I'm looking forward to two final chapters.
Thank you so much!
This is pretty good! An interesting world and dramatic characters, and the sizeable level design with an effort to mix up play styles is impressive!
Thank you so much!
So I'm just at the beginning of chapter 1 right now but something I immediately noticed was the one lost soul turning into the upper part of a wardrobe after being killed. I guess that is not supposed to happen right?
https://imgur.com/a/3T8DjkR
Oh my god. Good catch. YES. That's not supposed to happen. That was an event oversight due to me switching to the wrong tileset. Thank you! Will double-check all enemies before the next chapter update finishes.
Hey there, I noticed two more things. You're actually able to buy the inferno spell in the shop right before you get the fire spell. Resulting in the possibility to hurt Narcissa when you're supposed to always miss her during your execution. In my case she also got overheated and wasn't able to down the shopkeeper due to the state.
For the second point I don't know if it is on purpose, but by pressing the w button during a battle you're able to skip your action completely, literally doing nothing.
The inferno spell being purchasable from the get-go was intentional, but noted on the game-breaking side effect. Narcissa in that fight was supposed to have plot armor, even against magic, but I missed the "overheat" status. Will patch out soon. Thank you so much!
Also, the "W" button is the same as the "skip button" (aka RB on a controller) used to skip dialogue, and doubles as a skip turn for the battles. Will make it clearer in the keyboard controls tutorial.
So, I just finished the game. There is only one more thing that was catching my eye. During the conversation between Red Reaper and Pale Death in the storage room - for female protagnist - the face of Pale Death changed from female to the gender neutral version. I don't remind the exact sentence anymore, but I think it was somewhere mid conversation or near to the end for a sentence. That's all.
Besides that it's a really nice game and I can tell that I like it. I'm looking forward to the next chapters. <:
Blagh, this is what I get for not using proper facesets. Thanks! Will double check all the face graphics in that part. Also, thank you for checking out the game! :D
Whew, finished the game without going evil... (0.2.17 Version) Can't wait for the new chapters to be out! ;)
Thank you so much!
I haven't finished this game yet it but I'm already enjoying it, especially when I had to solve that murder mystery. I like the "no good deed goes unpunished. no bad deed goes unrewarded" thing, that was a nice change of pace. I like the battle music alot, it has that feeling of despair and... something else. I don't know what.
That aside I got jumpscared a few times by the lost souls charging at me so fast.... which I think is still going to happen.
Thank you for picking up the game! Hope you enjoy the rest. Have fun! :)
I definitely will. By the way, is the lvl max at 3 or what? Its been a while and they don't seem to be lvling up. Is there some criteria that needs to be filled first?
Nah, you don't level up. No grinding except for money. :) You get stat boosts with trinkets like Focus Ring but even that has trade-offs. The protagonist though goes from level 1 to level 3 instantly but only if you've become evil. No bad deed goes unrewarded after all. :P
I see, should be easy only managing trinkets... is what I'd like to say were it not for a certain alchemist's(I forgot his name) prices.
Well... I did got her to become evil, not sure what to think about that smile though.
Is there a hotkey for stealth I've yet to locate or is agro line of sight and my lag just isn't letting me see them charge in?
No, there's no hotkey for stealth. Special key "Q" is used for special items later on in the game. Line of sight is about 6 tiles in front of an enemy (unless in dark areas). Once you're spotted, an enemy will run towards you and if they touch you, an encounter will happen. If you can't see the enemy charge at you, then it's most likely lag on your part.
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everytime i try to launch the game an error message pops up and says that it couldn't launch bc the file nw_elf.dll was not found and to reinstall but the file is there? also ive reinstalled twice and it still is telling me the same error
https://i.imgur.com/3DtzyQe.png?2 screenshot of the error message with the file it says it can't find
Hi! It seems you're trying to run it from an archiving program (BreeZip). Please extract ALL the files before running Game.exe.
If that doesn't work, try the following
-Use the itch.io app to run the game (it's like Steam but for itch.io)
-Check if your antivirus is removing the .dll file in question
Oh and i found a bug, in chapter 2 after arriving with the boat, go east twice, the third map it is. At the very start, go right and there is a tile bug, you can go through even if you're not mean to.(stupid bug but i found it, and wanna help a little)
here it is:
https://imgur.com/a/5vExXnG
sorry, can't really attach an image to this. anyways, keep it up the good work and i hope you didn't leave this project. :) Thanks for making this game.
(I wrote this in the rate, i'm pretty stupid sorry)
Yep. This is caused by the scratchy texture tile as it's considered passable terrain. Nice find! Thought I got rid of all of those. Thanks! Will include the fix in the Chapter 2 update which is coming any day now.
Heavy stuttering on 2nd map at the beginning and mt Vulcan
Ah, dang, that's probably because of the minimap. It causes some problems on other PCs. Will be working on an overhaul soon. Thanks for the feedback!