Gift was created to be an RPG Maker 2003 game but I really hate tiling and animating so it's never going to be one. I made it in 2012 and the whole basis is that it's misleadingly cute but gory and edgy. There's not a lot to work with. If I ever picked it up again, I'd completely rewrite it.
Conitoti lives in Maplepoint City, a small but lively town located next to Silverpine Lake, where Jasper's house is. The two are good friends who have known each other a long time. Jasper frequently visits Conitoti's house for picnics, games, and walks outside.
Things in Maplepoint start getting distorted. Conitoti in particular is subject to disturbing physical transmogrifications, which she seems to be unaware of. Despite Jasper warning townsfolk that something is going on, with his best friend Conitoti specifically, no one listens to him. He leaves town by bus as soon as he can. At the bus stop, he meets Willow, who was living in isolation in her home in Maplepoint until she caught up with Jasper to escape as well. She confesses she knew that Maplepoint was becoming what it is for longer than Jasper realized, and she can confirm what he experienced, despite no one else believing him.
Jasper travels to various locations, looking for somewhere to stay instead of near Maplepoint. Willow meets him at every bus stop before he proceeds to the next location. Ultimately, he leaves each one, and never finds a place to settle down. Each location represents a different fear of his.
Merrywether Heights
a misnomer of a name; a dirty town with rampant crime
fear: crime, other people
Busy City
a bustling city with its own life in every microcosm
fear: tight spaces, crowds
Colour Peaks
an alpine mountain range where townsfolk often talk of mythical, dangerous creatures lurking in the high peaks
fear: the unknown
Steel Sewers
an underground sewage system
fear: the dark
Abandoned Town
an old, uninhabited ghost town
fear: isolation
???
exists in another world
fear: Conitoti
idk why these ⬇ are coloured since gift uses a limited palette
Some musical selections. You can go through my Gift music tag here.