sophoph
2021
there's something about horror games made in rpg maker that just scratch this itch lol. I love seeing devs get creative with the engine and this game has great atmosphere and build up. I didn't get to 100% it before I saw the true ending and the game doesn't let you go back once you finish it, so I'll probably replay this at some point. I will add that I think the "reveal" of the game was somewhat...underwhelming? and this may be because I didn't 100% the game and wasn't able to see everything, so if I replay this again I might change my mind on that. but overall this game was really good and I'm excited to see what else the dev makes (side note--I checked the dev's website and lily's well apparently only took three months to make, two if you exclude a hiatus they took in october?? which is wicked fast and I'd love to be able to work at that speed lmao)
1996
haven’t played a corpse party game before so this was my first entry into the series and tbh I enjoyed it a lot. it didn’t feel too dated to me (ymmv) and I was pretty immersed in it. this game pretty much launched the rpg maker horror game scene and I can see how much of this game influenced other horror rpgm games and why it had (and continues to have) the impact it did. it’s cool to play this game, feels like a piece of history.