Mango Mischief is a turn-based, retro, role-playing game that both pays homage to, and satirizes, classic JRPGs.
## About This Game
The four protagonists: Sprig, Marion, Merrow, and Arach
Mango Mischief is a throwback to a simpler time – the 16-bit era of video
gaming – when JRPGs used (and abused) cliche storylines as vehicles for
showing off interesting battle mechanics, difficult dungeons and monsters,
complex puzzles, character leveling systems, and customizability through
skills, upgrades, and gear.
Is it time to go on a magic quest to save the world – a quest that only YOU
can complete (with the help of three other party members who have different
skill sets, of course)?
Do you need to collect several inanimate objects that serve no purpose other
than to accidentally help the antagonist at the end of the game?
Is the antagonist merely a puppet of the true final boss (who has multiple
forms)?
Eh, maybe. Or maybe not.
The map at the beginning of Mango Mischief, showing off the early areas of
the game
Mango Mischief attempts to straddle the line between paying homage to the
tried-and-true tropes of JRPGs, while also parodying the memes of role-playing
games with plot twists and comedy.
Self-referential humor and fourth wall breaks augment the narrative and
interactions in this game, without detracting from the core gameplay:
\- Open exploration of a huge, diverse world, full of quests and monsters and
loot
\- Flexibility in leveling up desired classes and gaining new abilities along
the way
\- The freedom to optimize character builds and complete dungeons in any order
\- Tons of weapons, armor, accessories, and items that allow for a variety of
playstyles
\- A turn-based battle system involving elemental strengths and weaknesses, an
assortment of buffs, debuffs, and status ailments, and monsters that scale
with your progress, to keep battles fresh, interesting, and challenging
\- Just enough random encounters to annoy players who prefer visible
encounters, and just enough visible encounters to annoy players who prefer
random encounters
\- At least a few interesting NPCs who aren’t merely mindless drones created
for the sole purpose of furthering the plot of your special story
Please enjoy Mango Mischief, the passion project of a solo indie game
developer!
Mango Mischief