ISA

With only seven days to complete her requirements for online classes, Isa, a hardworking college student, desperately works to finish her assessments, as technostress and workaholism slowly become a part of her life in a pandemic setup.

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ISA is a short RPG Maker game officially released in July 2021. It is created for a Thesis Project that tackles the gamification of the psychological adjustments of the pandemic lockdown towards college students of a university in Metro Manila. The game features a story-rich narrative, a simple turn-based battle system, and a whole load of feels. 

Game length: ~20-30 mins

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Instructions

Arrows = Move

SPACE or ENTER = Interact / Examine 

ESC = Save, Sleep (return to title screen)

For the best experience and understanding of the narrative, please interact with the objects that are sparkling. Feel free to explore in the small environment as well!

Further Notes from the Creators

We have done this game in the span of only ~1 month. Please understand that even if we have fully checked everything before uploading, there MAY be some bugs or mistakes, especially in the battle sequence of the game. If there are any game-breaking oopsies, feel free to comment here, or message me on my Twitter account @aikapii_!

Please enjoy our VERY FIRST game as 心海 (Shinkai) Creations! :D

Credits

Story & Developer: Erika Nagashima (Aikapii) 

Illustrations: AJ Dela Cruz (Quintus Telum), LimeZu, Ækashics, Pipoya

BGM/SE: Bensound, freesound (inspectorj, jawbutch, wjoojoo, rutgermuller, themfish, deleted-user-7146007,  splicesound, drotzruhn, hawkeye-sprout, georgehopkins, joebro10, nebyoolae, jrssandoval), mixkit

Plugins: Galv

Font: Modern Sans