Alia and the 6 Paths Prototype 0.1.0

Salutations, LemonadeMochi here! 

Alia and the 6 Paths is a story I've thought a lot about for a year or so now. The idea for this whole game came to me in a dream: The title, plot, Alia, and the Well sprouted themselves out in my sleep. That made cultivating other plot points and ideas much easier than I've had with previous projects. 

That being said, in the dream Alia and the 6 Paths was a platformer puzzle game: A genre I quickly dropped after thinking about how enthusiastic I would be actually formulating puzzles to solve. After some considerations I made my choice on genre. The current prototype posted here is not within the full array of genres I hope to conquer, but with time constraints it was the best I could do to have it out in time for Otome Jam '25.  

As always I'm thankful to the hosts of Otome Jam because I was able to share something I have a lot of excitement for. I also get to enjoy other's work in a demographic I am passionate about.  

So, back to the genre I picked: Alia and the 6 Paths in its entirety will be an Otome strategy RPG, with a side of side-scrolling adventure. While the strategy RPG part is still being worked on, the side-scrolling aspect is mostly figured out, and the sprite sketches were finished during the jam. I also finished a large chunk of dialogue with your household members,  just didn't have enough time to implement them before the deadline.

Soooo, that's what I'm doing now! 

The next update will give you the ability to speak with all members present in your household. Most likely this will present as a series of menus, unless I squash all the side-scrolling bugs still crawling around. 

Alongside being able to speak with anyone in the household, you'll be able to check the current time of day, your items, and spell list if you've picked a class that does magic. Items and spells will differ based off of your class and the things you choose to do.

I spent just as much time writing for the LIs as I did for Alia's family and friends. One of my mottos is: "Every character is someone's favourite character". An opinion that formed after having all my favs get snubbed in games I like lol. So, I try to give each significant one I write about their dues.

Please look forward to the next update for Alia and the 6 Paths and thank you for your support!