Zack Keosaian writes: "With just a bit more time left before his Kickstarter campaign is over, I've followed up with developer Nicholas Spargo after our previous feature for Melancholy Republic, a retro style JRPG. Sometimes to understand the goal of a game project, it's best to ask the people behind the work. To get a clearer view of the concept and what the team aims to accomplish, I pried at the core of the project and what kind of experience they want their players to walk away with at the end."
"Melancholy Republic is an ambitious indie role-playing game that promises a deep, mature story set in the beautiful city of Lorna." - Siniša Bućan
Zack Keosaian writes: "Melancholy Republic puts players in the shoes of a female politician named Claire C. Lockridge, a woman in a position of power who is forced to watch the world she presides over fall into a declining state of corruption. Accurately portraying a female lead character is a task that hasn't always been approached correctly in the past, apparent when looking back at any handful of female lead characters in video games. Combine this with the melancholic atmosphere hanging over the game world which happens to be in dire need of a capable heroine or hero and you have the final pieces in the recipe that makes up Melancholy Republic."
The creative director of Melancholy Republic talks about Kickstarter woes and trying to create an homage to classic JRPG cities.
