Blood Siren: May 2016

RPG GAME # 20:STANDSTILL GIRL

Standstill Girl is a tur

n-based RPG made in RPG Maker 2000 by Sky Scraper Project.

Alice is a girl who lives in the Land of Time, in the care of a boy named Tiska.
One day, when the hands of the Great Clock are mysteriously scattered, the Land of Life comes to a standstill.
Though it's Tiska's job as a warden of time to recover the hands, Alice can't help but be curious...

(Content Severity: Fairly Mild)
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Download Standstill Girl | (Mirror)
(Chrome may falsely flag the download as malicious, but it's safe to ignore.)

RPGHub is recommended to play on a Mac.
(Please report any issues with RPGHub to RPGOSX.)

Troubleshooting

Make sure to extract the game to its own folder instead of running directly from the ZIP file.
If you don't do so, any saves made will be lost the next time you run the game.

If you get a DirectDraw error, right-click the EXE, go to Properties, Compatibility, and try other compatibility modes.

If the font doesn't seem correct, download and install the MS Gothic font.

RPG Maker 2000 has inherent, unfixable control issues ("automatically moving in a direction" or "no buttons work").
The issues often seem to involve gamepads, or getting "stuck" on an input if Shift and a Numpad key are pressed simultaneously.
Thus, try fiddling with gamepads and your keyboard until it fixes. (Reinstalling the game likely won't help.)

Screenshots

Guides

Instead of a complete walkthrough, I've made a collection of guides to various aspects of the game.
Click or highlight the black boxes to show spoiler text.
Many spoilers within.

Guides

Translation Notes
(These contain spoilers for all aspects of the game. Only read after you've beaten it fully.)

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RPG GAME # 19:LIBRETTA

Libretta is a freeware semi-horror puzzle-adventure game by vgperson.

No one read my story.
No one cared for it.
And that is where it ended.

A girl becomes lost during what was only a regular visit to the library.
Guide Libra through. Help her find what she's looking for.
So that no one will have to be lost.

(Content Severity: Mostly Mild)
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Download Libretta
You can also support this game on itch.io.

Usage Notes:
Videos and live streams are allowed.

Soundtrack

Troubleshooting

Make sure to extract the game to its own folder instead of running directly from the ZIP file.
If you don't do so, any saves made will be lost the next time you run the game.

On Windows 10, the game may fail to start (nothing happens when run). If so, ensure DirectPlay is installed.
Go to Control Panel, then Programs and Features. Click "Turn Windows features on or off."
There, look under Legacy Components and check DirectPlay. Run the game again, and install DirectPlay when prompted.

Screenshots

Walkthrough

A walkthrough with puzzle solutions. Contains slight spoilers.
It's recommended you check the area for hints first before you consult this.

Walkthrough

RPG GAME # 18: FARAWAY STORY

Pharmacist-in-training Pia departs from her home town, determined to cure a disease striking the nearby town of Port Fina.

Upon arrival, she can't help but notice a giant landmass floating in the sky above the town: the Faraway Continent.
To her surprise, the townspeople think little of the continent, though many rumors exist about what might be there.
And what begins with Pia running her little item shop on the hill ends up as a story spanning many faraway places and times...

Faraway Story is an action RPG made by Fantasy Factory in Wolf RPG Editor.
Between story scenes, you fight through both randomized and predetermined dungeons using a variety of weapons and magic.
You can also gather and create many items via alchemy, improving your skills to get better items for yourself, or to sell at your own shop.

Note: The game is complete in a sense, but has an extensive "post-game" planned.
One entire scenario, Part 1, is fully playable (and approximately 25 hours long).
However, a second (of theoretically comparable length) is still in the works, and does promise a true conclusion to the story.
Version 0.65.11 contains three chapters of the Part 2 scenario. It could be a long time before Part 2 is fully complete.

(Content Severity: Very Mild)
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Download Faraway Story 0.65.11 | (Mirror)
(Chrome may falsely flag the download as malicious, but it's safe to ignore.)

RPGHub is recommended to play on a Mac.
(Please report any issues with RPGHub to RPGOSX.)

Troubleshooting

Make sure to extract the game to its own folder instead of running directly from the ZIP file.
If you don't do so, any saves made will be lost the next time you run the game.

If the game freezes your computer on startup, it's likely caused by a problem with auto-installing fonts.
Go into the Data folder, install all of the fonts, then delete the font files and try running the game again.
It's supposed to install them automatically, but this seems to freeze some systems - deleting the fonts will stop it from trying.

Screenshots

Guides

General advice and information, most notably a bunch of data to help with locating items.

Guides

Walkthrough

A basic walkthrough for the main plot and missions/sidequests. It doesn't give much battle advice. Beware of spoilers!

Walkthrough

Music

Below is a list of songs and their sources. Beware of spoilers!
Many of the source links are impossible to find, as a number of the sites have gone down.

The VaLSe MP3s are free to download, but require an account on the site.
So when available, I also included the MIDIs which don't require anything.

The EXEs on the archived Enterbrain site are just self-extracting ZIPs, I swear. Don't ask me why they used that.

Do not reupload these songs elsewhere without permission from their respective creators.

Song List

Translation Notes
(These contain spoilers for all aspects of the game. Only read after you've beaten it fully.)

And what's it floating for? Just for the sake of floating?