Cabin Fever!!! - Postmortem and Reflecting


Welp, it’s official: Mel and Millie’s little story is out!!!!!! And boy does it feel weird for them to finally have an audience.

I figured that I’d show off some concept stuff for Mel and Millie. They were originally gonna be part of a completely different game XD. And it feels so weird seeing how these two progressed!

These 2 screenshots are from April-May of 2024, back when I thought that my first released game would be a Ren’py visual novel. Let’s just say that my art’s improved a lot since then XD.

As the year comes to a close, I’d just like to reflect on my progress in game development (I know, how sentimental!). Last year, I was gifted RPGMaker MZ for Christmas, and got started working on a game that would never see the light of day. I never thought that I’d release anything until participating in the RPGMaker Horror Jams. As of writing this post, I have 4 games released! (3 complete, one in development) And they’ve all received such warm reception! Nothing feels better (or more exhilarating!) than seeing your game played by a Youtuber you’re a fan of. I genuinely didn’t think I’d get this far: I thought that my games would’ve been COMPLETELY obscure XD.

Here’s to hoping that the coming year brings about more good stuff in game development: I don’t intend on stopping anytime soon! And here’s to hoping that during winter break, I can complete TCPC Chapter 4!!!

Happy Holidays, to whoever’s reading this!

Signing off, A very questionable author…

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Zamn another LiminAce gamejam this year, you're the most efficient gamedev I've ever seen on this site, though I gotta say I didn't quite enjoy this latest entry of yours.

Cabin Fever!!! is kinda confusing to me as the situation in game keeps changing in the most unexpected and unhinged way possible (I predicted some scenes mid game but the ending is so... so mixed, I guess, couldn't find a proper word to describe it (a bit anti-climax perhaps but it's alright).

On the other hand I have some problems with few CGs and character's decisions in game, the one CG that bothers me most is Mel sitting on the couch in the apartment, it looks goofy ahh.

So Mel found a head still attached with the spine fallen out of a snowman at the front cabin's door, but there is no CG showing there's a body stuffed inside the rest of the snowman, Mel only got to see the head and spine part then panicked and hurried inside so how would she know the rest of the victim's body is there too? And is the victim's body still attached with the spine or separated? If it's separated then why must Mel bring every part of the body inside when she decided to cannibalize it? Not like she'd need the head and spine anyway (also just being way too detailed here but it would be nicer if the victim's body in the kitchen loses a few parts after the sisters made some soup out of it). I feel like Millie should also ask if Mel saw the victim's body or just the head and spine, because Millie just straight up thinking there's a body outside just like Mel thinks.

And if the wendigo is so hungry and worried about getting food in a snowy mountain, why should he leave such meat at some random cabin's door and hope some random girls would eat it just so they can become wendigos like him? He committed such evil thing before just cause he was hungry, or was it his madness and desperation that caused him to be a wendigo and not solely the hunger part? But still, he should value his meat more than trying to turn people into wendigos, cuz if the girls do turn into wendigos after cannibalizing the victim, they'd be fighting the wendigo dude and each other for food, perhaps the wendigo dude didn't think that far.

Other slight complaints are that the fireplace should emit more lights when the sisters put firewood in it, I was hoping the clothes lying on the floor would be used to start the fire in later days when the firewood runs out but nope. And that since Mel and Millie are medical students, Millie can use it as a reason to explain and reassure Mel when cannibalizing the victim, perhaps Millie is that insane already and she doesn't really need to use any excuse to justify her ideas and thoughts.

Sorry for my random rants about random details in the game that may not matter much (2am moments). Overall the game still does pretty well in portraying the frustrating relationship between two siblings, parental inheritance in their bloods, there are funny moments and references from your old games that made me giggle when I remember during the playthrough (so it was Millie who ordered that cursed drink), and the usual down bad side of some character...

And as usual, I've my playthrough of your game up and ready for the viewers to feast! No bugs or glitches happened in the playthrough this time.