Droste Effect
ParasomniasGames · 2024 · Adventure, Horror, 2D, Puzzle, Exploration
PC
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About Droste Effect
Embark on a mysterious journey with Alexandra, who moves to a charming Swiss countryside house.
As Alex begins to settle down, she begins to notice strange happenings around her, like what she believes to be vivid dreams about the house's past.
Alex will soon find herself forced to uncover the truth, living a bizarre adventure to find out more. Through the memories, Alex will realize that the distant past of the house is closer to her than she thought.
Will she be able to escape and get her present back?
Droste Effect is a 2D puzzle game with survival horror elements, created using Rpgmaker XP. Experience unconventional mechanics and embark yourself in immersive exploration through interactive minigames and classic puzzles. Look for hidden details and secret memories crucial to both puzzle-solving and understanding the plot.
Be curious and observe your surroundings carefully.
Immerse yourself in exploration through books, paintings, diaries and moreExperience a mix of classic and interactive puzzlesManage survival elements such as sanity and flashlightUncover a captivating storylineDiscover all 4 epilogues in search of the true endingTry to complete the game through achievements and collectiblesUnlock a secret extra gameplayPlaytime: 2 hours minimum
The DEMO is for demonstration purposes only of game mechanics. Storyline, mini-games and puzzles will be different in the full game although the style will be the same.
DEMO playtime: at least 15 minutesWhat Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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RPG Maker strikes again! Chimeraland is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention of RPG Maker is to make demos and small games to pass around friends, and shouldn't be used for "professional" game development. Like most RPG Maker shovelware and asset flips, the game features extremely low quality copy + pasted 2D retro pixel art, looks awful, and has even worse gameplay. RPG Maker is an absolutely terrible construction kit, and never results in games of any reasonable quality or value to gamers. Notably the developer here couldn't work out how to use RPG Maker to make an RPG…4 found this helpful
Drost Effect is a love letter to horror RPG Maker games enthusiasts. This project is developed by just 2 people, which is kinda insane to be honest: the pixel art and the animations are all self-made, the attention to details and the interactions with the environment are something that I genuinely appreciated, especially because these aren't very common qualities among the horror RPGmaker games. The story is intriguing and the puzzles are very challenging, sometimes a little too much but the team provided a longplay in case you end up stuck (https://youtu.be/gjORG_2FxUk?si=19-EG3CJyL2rT5t_). If you like games with dreamy atmospheres such as Yume Nikki, Lisa The First and To The Moon this is your jam. This game is free, but it definitely would be worth paying for. A note to the user Obey The Fist: obey deez nuts at 16K 352fps and stop spreading harmful disinformation about indie games you played for 0.1 hours. :)3 found this helpful
got me spooked1 found this helpful
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