#Fausts alptraum music series#

#Fausts alptraum music series#

Her three-part game series Hello Charlotte is one of the most complex offerings to date and touches on frequent themes in Etherane’s work such as the intersection of religion and trauma and a preemptive loss of childhood. (Much thanks to the dedicated fan translators whose efforts go unsung!) There’s a lot of untold history here and far more worth playing than our handpicked list.Įstonian developer Etherane is one of the most preeminent current figures in the RPGMaker scene.

Made outside of the industry, often by a handful or even just one person, the inventiveness and innovation on display while using more restrictive tools with much smaller to nonexistent budgets continues to impress and define more personal, shared storytelling. Many of these freeware developers are unsung heroes of the genre, and have greatly paved the way for more recognizable games like Undertale and Omori.īeyond just being free, these games hold up as bone-chilling experiences and often serve as keen meditations on artmaking as a whole.

A surefire way to get my thrills while keeping my bank account intact has always been to explore the RPG Maker scene, which has been a great boon to the realm of horror for over two decades now. Halloween is right around the corner, and most people are wondering how they’re going to spend the creepiest night of the year.