El Cid & Cult of the Wasteland

An RPG adventure in medieval Spain. Play as El Cid, the greatest knight of the age as he explores the wastelands and uncovers the mystery of the cult of Nyarlathotep.

Submitted for the Cosmic Horrors Jam and RPG Horror Celebration Jam #3

In the year 1081, on a windswept Spanish plain, an exiled hero emerges ragged, thirsty, and alone…

Where Cosmic Horror meets Spaghetti Western, find new friends, explore the landscape, and defeat enemies in dynamic turn-based battles. Make sure to look for all of the hidden items in the underground levels!

Mobile Controls- (Computer controls in the game)

Tap with one finger to move
Tap with two fingers to access the menu

Credits:

Thanks to the KVG Crew

Kaptain Viciorious - Narrative, Level, and Game Design

Ai Daive - Art

Argus Panoptes - UX Design

Pioneer - QA Testing

Music from Pixabay.com: anrocomposer, juliush, caffeine_creek_band, audiocoffee, daddy_s_music, evgenybardyuzha, and litesaturation

RPG Maker Community: Avery - Horse battler sprite; ninjaconor - Dog battler sprite

Dev Log:

This is my first attempt at making a game in RPG Maker and so far it has gone really well. Not being a programmer, this application made making an immersive game fairly simple. I have been using Twine to make my games so far, but you are very limited in the interaction there, and truthfully I do not enjoy playing this kind of interactive fiction game as much as I do old school JRPGs, though they haven't been my go-to since Pokémon Red and Dragon Warrior Monsters in the late 90s.

For the narrative, I kept it fairly simple this time, focusing on the feels rather than dialogue, though I think the dialogue you get is fun, adding to the atmosphere. I am a big fan of Spaghetti Westerns, especially by Sergio Leone like "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", so that is the vibe I was going for here. Though it does have a horror twist.

El Cid & the Cult of the Wasteland screenshots