Rogue Port - Red Nightmare

🛑 Constantly on sale at -90%, and my passion for RPG Maker projects finally made me buy it. It's been 10y since its release, so many factors can be easily understood. The graphics are quite nice, although the font is bad. The tech. part, given the VX Ace capabilities, are terribly implemented. The game begins with nauseating screen shaking, transitions have no animation, door points work incorrectly, but the worst thing is that there are HARDLOCKS, and in ~30 min I managed to stumble upon two of them. The 1st completely disabled enemy battles (don't even know HOW), and the 2nd blocked the dungeon entrance (no reset). This is already a terrible start. I'll probably give the game another chance, but this shows that even old projects need testing. UPD: Played further. There are quite a few bugs that could be fixed in the maker itself (let’s even set aside the questionable game design choices). Why weren't there any patches?

Pixel nightmare ate my night. Traded potions, lost boots, found portal to bar. Bartender was dragon, tipped him hero coin. Now I nap on keys and dream red moon.

Toilet boss

Rogue Port – Red Nightmare is an unusual and ambitious indie RPG from Volens Nolens Games, one that blends retro aesthetics with survival elements and a chaotic, unpredictable world. At first glance, it resembles a familiar 16-bit era role-playing game, complete with pixelated environments, turn-based combat, and a top-down overworld. But once you begin your journey, it becomes clear that the developer is aiming for something more experimental. The game places you in a collapsing world where strange creatures, undead horrors, mutants, and hostile wildlife roam freely, and your central goal is deeply personal: locate your missing friends, protect your family, and uncover the truth behind the nightmare engulfing your home. This grounding in community and survival gives the game a tone distinct from most retro RPGs, making it feel like a bizarre apocalypse filtered through nostalgic design. Mechanically, Rogue Port stretches beyond typical RPG conventions. A dynamic calendar and day-night system cycles continuously, altering lighting, available events, and even world behavior as time passes. Maps shift from bright afternoons to eerie dusk, giving the impression that the world is livi…

I liked it, it is a nice game, I recommend it, it will be fun for those who are interested.

boring game