Moki, the Monster Kid - GBCompo23 by Sleeping Panda

[in development, but you can already play chapter one]

Play as Moki, a monster kid, who would like to go to school and follow the most normal education like humans do.

This is a story driven top-down RPG where your choices matter. I did not get enough time to do as much as I would so you can consider this jam version as chapter one.

About

This is a real GameBoy game that I have been working on during the GBCompo23 game jam during this summer. Theme was "You are the monster".

This game is about racism towards people who are different. I spent a lot of time writing down dialogs and other texts so if you are interested in the story I'm trying to tel with this game, I would suggest you to interact with as much background objects as possible. 

There are also collectibles to find. These are alternative and so not mandatory. Actually there are total of 5 collectibles to find. You can press Enter or Start button to view collectibles you got or did not get yet.

It is supposed to be a cute, no violence, life lessons kind of game.

I'm running out of time so I'm releasing this early prototype. Again, this version can be seen as a chapter one - which means I may release some more updates after the jam or later in the future.  With a few more chapters to close the story if people like it and find interests in this kind of game.

Please, if you enjoyed the game let me know and make sure to tell me which choices you made. ♥   

 — Antoine, aka SleepingPanda

Controls

Keyboard (QWERTY)

Move	WASD, or arrow keys
Interact	Alt, j, or x
Show collectibles	Enter

Keyboard (AZERTY)

Move	ZQSD, or arrow keys
Interact	Alt, j or x
Show collectibles	Enter

Gamepad (any)

Move	Dpad
Interact	Button B *
Show collectibles	Start *

*Following a Xbox gamepad layout, but any gamepad should work accordingly.

Touch screens

Move	Touch & hold dpad arrow keys
Interact	Button A
Show collectibles	Start

Credits

Code, Art: Antoine Guédès, @__sleepingpanda

OST: felix.rodent, felixrodent.itch.io

SFX: Yogi (Tronimal), @yogi_tronimal

Color palette: Pink Brown GB, by @PolinoVodno

Tools:

• Game engine: GBStudio
• Pixel art: Aseprite

Special thanks to:

• @TackerTacker for suggesting "Moki, the monster kid" as the game name;
• GBStudio's Discord community for their help and kindness;
• gbdev.io's Discord community for their positive mindset and help;