The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley is a psychological black comedy-horror video game developed by Nemlei, using the RPG Maker MV program.
It is marked as Nemlei's first game made in an RPG Maker program after all of their projects were entirely Ren'py, which allows these characters to walk freely and interact through NPCs and objects.
==Synopsis==
Set in an unspecified American country, the Graves siblings, Andrew and Ashley, were isolated in a filthy apartment due to quarantine warned by the government over the entire water supply as their parents left them behind. Years later, they plotting themselves by committed together into such notorious crimes as cannibalism, murder, and ritual sacrifice before their heinous acts will soon be discovered.
==Gameplay==
The game consists of simple puzzle solving and adventure elements intertwined with sections of dialogue between the siblings, Ashley and Andrew, switching these characters to make small choices from time to time which dictates the endings you receive, through two-dimensional fields, interacting with and examining various objects to get a description about the item, to pick it up, or change it in some way, which is often used to move the story forwards or complete certain puzzles.
At certain parts of the game, players enter dream sequences that serve as flashbacks or premonitions about the story, which can also include puzzle sections of their own.
Text sections consist of images of characters accompanied with colored text indicating which character is speaking. In some segments, fully illustrated pictures of characters may accompany the text. Players can make choices to change the plot or get star sprites above their characters, which may affect the plot in later chapters.
==Development==
Nemlei, known for producing five visual novel games using Ren'Py on itch.io, develops another visual novel game as intended and wanted more different than Ren'Py is the RPG Maker MV program, with unique features. The first two characters were introduced, Andrew and Ashley.
All of the backgrounds and minimal-animated characters were originally designed by Nemlei; like their previous games, they released into a NaNoRenO game jam as a demo in March 2023 to critical popularity and started a small fanbase.The Coffin of Andy and Leyley by Nemlei for NaNoRenO 2023 - itch.io (archive.org - April 2, 2023)
In the near fourth week of November 2023, Nemlei has been reportedly doxxed by detractors who opposed the game's subject matter.Creator of Coffin of Andy and Leyley Doxed, Will Still Complete the Game To decide on the creator's online inactivity, Nemlei shelves all of their projects, except TCOAAL by transferring the game's ownership to Kit9 Studio, in order to continue working on art and writing for the game privately; thanks to Nemlei's fans, it was available by reuploaded most of Nemlei's previous games on the Internet Archive as long as they waited to reappear most Nemlei's games again in the future.Nemlei Megapack (archive.org - November 18, 2023)
In the recent devlog, the game was not the first time to be banned and then reclassified by Australia's classification law, which officially rated R+18 (Restricted) for high impact themes.https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2378900/view/4061752300809628125?snr=1___
==Release==
The game serves as an episodic release in different sections of game development; the first episode was released in late March 2023 as a game jam or demo version, and the second episode was released on October 13, 2023, as an early access; Nemlei transfers their game's ownership to Kit9 Studio and shelved most of their projects from itch.io following the online inactivity.
==Reception==
The first episode drew immediate success in the game jam through independent game website, itch.io.
Upon the second episode being released on Steam as early access, the game gained immense notoriety from the internet, especially the art style, subject matter, and increase quality of relationship between siblings. Ana Valens from The Mary Sue, praised the game's exploration of taboo subject matter, stating that it "has an important commentary to share about abuse, trauma, and dysfunctional family dynamics", while also comparing the events of the second chapter to the Folgers Coming Home advertisement.
==Trivia== 
*The title itself serves as the first episode (and demo version) of the game indicated as "The Apartment", where the neighbors (except the siblings), began to starve the rest of the tenants inside during the pandemic.
*It is hinted that the parasites aren't a problem at all. Speculation indicates that the tenants of Andrew and Ashley's old apartment are instead being kept for an organ-harvesting operation for the local carbonated beverage company, ToxiSoda, and that their parents actively chose to sell their children out to save their skin and receive the life insurance payout after their demise.
*There are blood types on the door, notices in the changing of feeding AB blood types, similar to the siblings, significantly less due to them not being as useful, and more found later.
*One of the comments on Itch.io implied that Nemlei avoids using social media as "liquid shit" to focus on the game's development.The Coffin of Andy and Leyley by Nemlei (archive.org - March 31, 2023)
*In Nemlei's first comic posted from one of the game's devlogs, it shows Ashley harassing Julia's call by mockingly having sex through the telephone. Dumbfounded, Ashley realizes it was their mom's call.The Coffin of Andy and Leyley - Steam News Hub (steampowered.com)
*Due to Nemlei's discontinue of online presence, it is still continuing to work on the game's development privately to avoid contact with media and post, the latter pass down to Kit9 Studio for devlogs.
*Out of all Nemlei's previous games, TCOAAL is the first project to produce with RPG Maker program.
*Room 404, where the Graves siblings lived, indicates the term karmic relationships, in which is a type of relationship where two people come together to work through past life lessons. 
**Room 404 mentions that Andrew and Ashley's relationship in both present and the flashback who worked together for unexpected ways.
*The first title, The Coffin, indicates as the apartment, where the neighbors except the siblings, are starve to death and taken to the hospital for harvesting human organs.
*It is heavily implied by fans that Ashley's relationship with her brother would be incestuous rather than toxic and codependent (due to, in fact, hinted that they've teasing each other in the demo) when the story progresses in the full version. Also in the second episode, after her mother talks to Andrew about Ashley's behavior and relationship.
**When the second episode released, it triggers an incestuous scene in Ashley's vision.
*In terms of gameplay, in the demo, it is not possible to play as Andrew. He is only there to assist with certain tasks and to move the story forward. It has been revealed by the developer that it will be possible to switch between playable characters later on, in the full version of the game.
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Category:Games (RMMV)
Category:Episodic games
Category:Released in 2024
Category:Non-RPG
Category:Black comedy
Category:Psychological horror
Category:Puzzle
Category:Romance
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