The Gray Garden

The Gray Garden is a pseudo-RPG with a heavy story focus, made by Deep-Sea Prisoner in RPG Maker 2000. The game centers around Yosafire, who lives in the Gray Garden, a peaceful world inhabited by angels and demons alike. The Gray Garden centers around a demon named Yosafire and her friends Froze, Rawberry, and Macarona, who work together to stop the residents of the Flame Underworld from invading their own world, the Gray Garden. The Gray Garden is explored using the arrow keys. Confirming an action can be done with the Z, enter, or space keys, while canceling out of an action can be done with the X or escape key.

Money and EXP (experience points) can be obtained after defeating an enemy. Money can be used to obtain items in the shop, while EXP can increase a character’s level, which lets them learn more skills that can be used in battle. When the player interacts with an enemy, they will engage in a battle with them that shows their HP (health points) and MP (magic points). They are given three options: “Battle,” “Auto,” and “Escape.” When choosing the “Battle” option, the player will be greeted with four more options: “Attack,” “Magic,” “Guard,” and “Item.” “Attack” will make the character attack the enemy regularly. “Magic” will let the player choose a variety of skills to attack the enemy with.

The skills a character has are obtained throughout the game as their EXP is increased. Each skill contains a short description. The more critical a skill is, the more MP it will cost. “Guard” allows the player to guard whichever character from the enemy in a turn. “Item” allows the player to use items during battle, either to increase HP or MP or attack the enemy, and other such things. Each item contains a short description. The “Auto” option in battle lets the battle happen automatically; the actions a character will take against the enemy are chosen randomly. The “Escape” option allows the player to escape from battle. Some battles will not show the “Escape” option, such as certain boss battles.