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Moral Retrograde [demo]
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Otome | Boys Love | Romance | Drama | Amnesia | Queer
Ian wakes up in hospital with the last 3 years of his life missing from his memories.
Upon opening his eyes, he's greeted by a stranger that claims to be someone intimately close to him. But who is this stranger? And are they telling the truth?
You don't play as Ian.
You play as the stranger named Harper, Ian's ex. Harper sees Ian's sudden amnesia as an opportunity—a chance to either learn from their past mistakes and start anew, or pretend they never broke up in the first place.
Question your morals, do what is right by Ian or do what it takes to be with the love of your life.
THE CURRENT DEMO HAS...
- Genderfluid MC: Players can choose Harper's appearance and pronouns within the game. Choose between masc. and fem. presenting, and He/She/They pronoun options.
- One Love Interest: Ian Ames is the sole love interest of the game.
- Aussie Setting: Moral Retrograde is set in Sydney, Australia.
- Semi-animated Artwork: Moral Retrograde features blinking sprites, moving characters/backgrounds, and VFX.
- Short Gameplay: The demo is currently only ~5k words in length, meaning it can be completed within half an hour.
- Branching Storyline: Some choices game matter, others do not. Watch the story unfold in different ways to either help Ian regain his memories, or help yourself to be with the love of your life.
- Multiple Platforms: The game can be played on PC, Mac, Web Browser, and Mobile device (via the Itchio page). Please note that there can be loading issues when playing on mobile. For the best experience it is recommended to download and play via PC or Mac.
CW: Hospital Setting / Infidelity / Victim Shaming / Manipulation
There are plans for the full game to also include: Abuse (social, emotional, and financial) / Blood / Yandere
The demo includes two characters with sprite artwork, we aim to add more for the full release.
Project Lead (Writer/Programmer/Artist) : Red Chan
BG Artist: Reina
CG Artist : Sekkusu
Chibi Artist : Matcha
SFX Composer : Jeff Penny
OP/ED Music Composer : Borealis Games
Audio Editor : Cats on a Lilypad
Beta Testers : Rinaly, NekumaBaiRuoYan, Let's Kei, Blackpixeldust
Additional resources
Additional BGM : Calvin Clavier from Pixabay
Character Customisation Code : __ess__
Shaking Text Code : Daniel Westfall
Scrolling Credits Code : DaFool and leon
Thank you to some of the people that have continuously supported me during the game's development in some way. You have no idea how grateful I am.
Dia, Lunaterra, DylanHowlingWolf, Ryan Hoyle, The Microscopist, Mint, Cube, Belpha, Shy, Arbit, Calipedes, Kizuikki, Starling, and many more...
If you'd like to support the making of Moral Retrograde, please consider rating the game and leaving a comment below. You can also interact with us on social media, or join our Patreon, or donate to our Ko-Fi. We aim to include lots of artwork and original music in the game, but as our funds are limited, we'll only have a limited number of CGs and use a mix of original and CC license music tracks until we can afford otherwise.
Thank you for your support!
Happy Gaming!
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Development log
- Extended Demo Progress29 days ago
- Why I made the MC genderfluid + Feedback formSep 03, 2024
Comments
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The little animations were such a great touch, and the story branching had some very interesting choices. It was a very neat approach to the amnesia trope.
I felt so bad with the lying choices, and I couldn't help rolling my eyes hard at some of what Harper says to Ian... but I was torn, because Ian seemed more receptive to those answers, too (still, Ian deserves the truth!)
This story is definitely going to be an emotional roller coaster. I really hope things work out for them in the full game ;-;
That was a great demo! Very polished, and I liked all the little animations 👌
As for the story, I feel like it was much more rewarding to lie and be a little scummy! Which is interesting, because I normally wouldn't go that route but now I'm curious to see how it all plays out (and comes crashing down, I'm sure). I'll be looking forward to the full release ✨
Thank you for playing and trying all the different choices!
I really like the demo version but i'm also wondering what song you used in the intro so if anyone knows please tell me?
The intro song is a custom commissioned song by Borealis Games. She did an amazing job with it.
Victor that you?
noooooo, I need more of this beautiful thing!!
they deserve to be happy, both of them... not that I know what happened, like the full story, what did harper doooooooo......
While I was playing it glitched and showed this
Can you let me know which build you were playing it on? I'll look into it thanks!!
Ignore error if it doesn't work, rollback then... It happens sometimes when you play VNs on web :(
I loved the demo!! I can't wait for the full game to come, I choose to tell the truth and I loved the ending! Hopefully telling the truth causes them to fix their relationship even though Harper cheated if Ian does remember, I can't wait for the full game!
Thank you so much!!
great demo! really enjoyed it! I can't wait to be stupidly honest with Ian to see what kind of ending I will get in full version ahahahah
Thank you shortycake!!!
Honesty is the key after all XD
Loved the demo but I was a little disappointed after comparing the two main paths as after lying we can blame the other or our MC instead of the possibility to admit it was MC's fault as it was possible in the truth/moral path. I can't see why we can't miw lie and truth. Specially... Lying then putting the blame on the MC after feels like a false blame to manipulate the other one. The lying path seems like MC is really obnoxious and unfriendly. I don't find the right term. But if the path begins like that I'm scared of the rest ah, ah, ah !
Big recommandation !
Hi username la!
Glad you liked the demo!
The lying route will get much worse :) and the personality trait I'm using for Harper's character is a mix of Yandere and Narcissism.
If it's too much for you, I recommend only playing the truth route. The truth route will be less triggering (I hope. Lol)
Thanks for playing
Thanks. I'll definitely play the truth route and try the lying one. But your hopefulness is scaring me ah, ah. Let's hope MC can still be a decent person at the end of the lying path (or not, I know some players will love the angst).
I enjoyed this short sample of the game and I hope you get to continue making more content for it. The art is very pretty and I liked having my morals tested, so I hope that there will be consequences for the decisions further down the line. I also enjoyed the extra camera moves when the character arrives at the hospital, it really added a frantic energy to the event. The music is also very nice. I've been letting it loop while I write this comment :)
Thank you so much for the kind words ChaoticMana!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the camera moves! I wanted to show some motion to the game without making it too complicated. I'll also pass on your compliment to our composer =]
Really want to know more about these characters. I want to think that Harper it is not as selfish as they are presented. Or they are in the lying route? And I'm looking forward to seeing more about Ian, what will become of him in either route
I feel the characters very interesting, but it is too soon to say more.
The art is gorgeous too, both the CG and sprits
Hey hey! It's badegg! Thank you for playing another one of my games!!
I'm glad the game has got you thinking, it definitely takes a lot out of me while writing the script. Haha. Thank you for the kind words as well about the art! I appreciate it!
A very interesting concept for a visual novel, I really love this. The potential angst for the honesty route, and the morbid implications for the lying route are so interesting!
I really like the demo, and I look forward to the continued development of this game!
Thank you so much for the kind words, EagerBeaver!
Thank you so much for playing and sharing your Let's Play, Faelel!
I'm glad you liked the art and music, and it was fun watching your reactions. lol
Fun story set up where you can gaslight Ian or be truthful the wholetime. The sprites look good and the cg's are very well done. I did find a bug with the sprite zoom out for Ian on the line "So you'll apologise because you regret what you did but won't tell me what you're apologising for?" What happens is that instead of zooming out the sprite instead takes up the whole screen. After some testing I found that this happens after skipping dialogue then scrolling back a bit. Maybe a problem with the zoom statement in renpy? Anyways, fun demo looking forward to future updates.
Hi Curso! Thank you for the kind words :D And thanks for bringing the bug to my attention!! Can you let me know which build you played? (PC, mac, web or phone) Cheers!
Hi, it was the pc build. I forgot to mention that my bad.
Thank you