Moonchalk

Moonchalk is a 2022 English-language Filipino short video game developed and published by Moonwriter's Tale, using the RPG Maker MV program.
The short game was written and directed by Frederick C. Borromeo, its premise and background entirely only in a single room with heavily-minimalistic settings drawn loosely inspirations or took homage to Danish provocative filmmaker Lars von Trier's 2003 film Dogville. It was released on November 27, 2022, as a part of the ongoing competition for the non-voting game jam One Map Game Challenge.
It is his last project under his former studio Moonwriter's Tale, revising another name into a new one, as the game itself re-published a year later as a part of his own trilogy under the new studio of the same name.
== Premise ==
A silent protagonist finds out trapped inside the pixel-like circular room with minimal setting.
== Gameplay ==
Like any other non-RPG games, the player moves the protagonist through two-dimensional fields, and examining objects and items to identify descriptions.
== Development ==
=== Pre-development ===
Due to his "semi-independency" towards the RPG Maker community started in April 2022, he did not make any games prior in six months until he was favored in making his own "manifesto" inspired by Dogme 95, under the name The Anti-MV and MZ Manifesto; traditionally known for working on simplified non-role-playing games only made in RPG Maker MV and MZ programs.The Anti-MV Manifesto - Moonchalk by Studio Moonchalk (itch.io)
As of 2024, there are only two games have been published under the manifesto.
=== Post-development ===
==== Omission ====
Originally titled Moonlight as a working title, with each thirteen different rooms mostly similar to the film. By the time until it was omitted due to development reasons, shifted to a single room after the submission of One Map Challenge.
==== Inspirations ====
He was favored in Lars von Trier's 2003 film Dogville, depicted in an extremely minimal settings and backgrounds inspired by 1970s Broadway theaters, serves as a homage or loose inspiration. Its "white" lines including house names and avenues from the film referred as a "chalk" and not as "paint", it was finally named Moonchalk.
==== Completion ====
It was completed in two days of experimenting.
== References ==
Category:Games (RMMV)
Category:Released in 2022
Category:Avant-garde
Category:Non-RPG