MV Befuddle Gaiden: Beginning Anew

[Dyluck]

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~~Befuddle Gaiden: Beginning Anew~~​

https://rpgmaker.net/games/13274/​

A short puzzle-ish action-ish game created for the RMN event "A New Start" in under 3 weeks.

Harold has allegedly completed countless adventures already, but dreams of becoming one of the all-time great heroes of legend, like his idols Alex and Zack. He hopes above all that he will not be remembered as a loser, like Ralph or Reid. He thinks Eric is okay.

Now, at long last, Harold is on the brink of defeating the Final Boss and making his dreams come true. Will he succeed and finally get the respect he deserves? Or will he fail and be forced to complete a bunch of stupid tasks for NPCs, and collect more macguffins, and get more experience points, and level up and become stronger, or something like that?

Will the title music be Theme6 yet again? And more importantly, can an RPG Maker MV game made with RTP, and without scripts or plugins, in 2026 possibly be any good?

Play the game now to find out, and embark on a new beginning!

~~Features~~​

-puzzles and mini-games. Lots of them

-compelling characters like Harold, Final Boss, and NPCs

-a diverse and inclusive cast of slime-like monsters

-may or may not use Theme6 a lot

-absolutely no battles

-big bazongas

-uncover the jaw dropping secrets of the True Ending! This game has plot!?

~~Screenshots~~​

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Made with RPG MAKER MV
- Notation: "©Gotcha Gotcha Games Inc./YOJI OJIMA 2020"

 

[ZENWARECO]

Alex, Zack. All the way. Harold OH HAROLD

 

[Arcano]

Oh, this was a trip!

Lots of minigames, and you can tell quite a bit of work went into some of them.

The game within a game was my favourite, a deconstruction of the busywork that's the bread and butter of RPG games (get the key, to open the chest, to get the sword, to beat the monster, to get the 4 elemental things, to beat the Big Bad etc etc). And despite being self-concious I never found it mocking of the clichés of RPG's we all know and love. Frankly it was fun just running around playing what was essentialy an RPG game striped to it's essence. Cool!

The meta-commentary on heroes (and the player by association) on how sometimes they just see characters as nameless NPC's to further the plot was pretty sharp and funny.

Found it surprisingly challenging, but in the right measure. But man was it worth it completing it to get the true ending. It was glorious!

Some slight spoilers below

Spoiler

A**x is the GOAT!

 

[Dyluck]

Oh wow didn't expect someone to get a perfect score so soon! That is some elite gamer skills there! Thank you so much for playing and taking the time to beat every single challenge! Glad you liked the True Ending =)