About
Otherland is a pay-what-you-want interactive visual novel made in RPG Maker VX Ace created under the name of Carillon Nightmares. It is a remake of a game in the same engine called Patches, which was a puzzle game cancelled in the middle of 2017 due to the author being overwhelmed by such a massive project. Taking critiques on the previous game into account, the story and characters have been overhauled and organized more structurally, so that there is a way to make a whole game without an entire team to back up the director. A game that is made by one person that focuses on telling a story, instead of a puzzle. It is a whimsical horror based on Alice in Wonderland (book) and inspired by other horror titles like Little Nightmares, Fran Bow, Ib, and Pocket Mirror, while still having its own personal charm. It tells a story about how nothing can be ever be perfect and perfectionism isn't always perfect - this includes life not being perfect itself. That no matter how beautiful paradise may seem, it still has its flaws.
The Story
Gilbert Warrens was abandoned at the doorstep of the Kingsman Orphanage as a baby by his mother, Meredith. As his thirteen years tolled by, he came to saw things that no one else could see, except him. Creatures, spirits who lived alongside the people of London. No matter how many times he told the other oprhans that there were these odd things around them, they all pegged him as a liar or insane. So, he and his only friend, the young demon faun who watches over Gilbert's good health, are left together to share their lives in the orphanage. Until one day, the circus beyond their wildest dreams comes to town square. A circus of magic, a circus of wonder - The Circus of the Paradise. El Paradiso.