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Ghosts are everywhere, flying through the air with the greatest of ease and landing here and there.

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Welcome to the world of Maplewood Valley.

Maplewood Valley is an indie RPG inspired by the Mother series that is being developed with RPG Maker VX Ace.

The story centers around the paranormal happenings in Maplewood Valley, a sleepy town situated in the northeastern United States. After coming into contact with a secret society rumored to be behind various abductions throughout the town’s history, four teenagers band together in the autumn of 1999 to investigate the supernatural occurrences throughout the town.


  • Explore the vast town of Maplewood Valley and see everything it has to offer.
  • Converse with the townspeople. Each NPC’s dialogue updates over time, so make sure to check in every so often.
  • Investigate paranormal goings-on as you duel with aliens, specters, government agents and more.
  • Stop at the nearest bench to rest and restore your HP.
  • Head to the local library to get all the info you need on enemies, skills and sidequests.
  • Don’t forget to stop at a computer every so often to save your game!

Rivers Lee

An investigative, curious boy who’s had an interest in conspiracy theories and the supernatural ever since the mysterious disappearance of his mother.

Percy Anderson

An athletic, confident boy with a knack for fighting games. He’s been Rivers’ best friend since childhood, and usually ends up being the one to get him out of trouble.

Chloe Morgan

A sarcastic girl known for doing anything but what the authorities say. She’s typically very secretive about her personal life, and only opens up to a few people.

“Jonas”

A shy boy of few words who recently moved into town. Some claim to see him sneak out into the woods at night and come back hours later, though he says it’s just a rumor.


Allison Lobster – Writer, Artist, Programmer
mama_balloon – Artist
Fluffclipse – Composer
waterPsychiatrist – Composer
SesuFish – Artist, Sound Designer
Tofu Dispenser/ImsomniacDX – Artist
Adrijana – Artist
Witch’s Cadence – Composer

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I love maplewood valley

please play mother 3

Weirdly enough, I’m a pomegranate.

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Wait did this start as unreality? If so, Samn, that’s a lot of progress.

I live on comedy.

One day I’ll probably die from too much of it.

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Wait did this start as unreality? If so, Samn, that’s a lot of progress.

Yep! It’s definitely come a long way since Unreality, and I’m glad I decided to stick to it.

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This is looking very good, the protagonist reminds me of Travis from Oddity.

Wanna see a real graveyard?

Weirdly enough, I’m a pomegranate.

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Wait did this start as unreality? If so, Samn, that’s a lot of progress.

Yep! It’s definitely come a long way since Unreality, and I’m glad I decided to stick to it.

Can I still say “Samn” even though there isn’t even a character named sam anymore :p

I live on comedy.

One day I’ll probably die from too much of it.

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Wait did this start as unreality? If so, Samn, that’s a lot of progress.

Yep! It’s definitely come a long way since Unreality, and I’m glad I decided to stick to it.

Can I still say “Samn” even though there isn’t even a character named sam anymore :p

Yeah, it’s too funny not to stop saying. Rivers is pretty much the same character as Sam anyway, only with a different name.

Anyway, here’s a new screenshot- One of my favorite things about working with RPG Maker is experimenting with how much I can make it look not like RPG Maker.

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    “Rivers” is a better name. Though I'm now reminded of Rivers Cuomo from the rock band Weezer.

    Got Brain Food? On sale in Dalaam, only 800 $ dollars!

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    me when the mapplewood is the valley and it unrealitied all over

    “_Winter 2014 when_ "

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    Weirdly enough, I’m a pomegranate.

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    Rivers it’s 1am go back to bed

    I live on comedy.

    One day I’ll probably die from too much of it.

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    A boi who’s weird but still chill.

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    Looking forward to this one, one huge gripe; the font’s not ideal and the words are too close together.

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    I love the school setting. It’s very Mother-esque. I always felt Earthbound should have done more with Ness and his friends. Going into their secret hideout and seeing them all know Ness made me wish there was something more around that, so I can see this sort of story setting having a lot of potential for a fangame! Looking forward to seeing more of this.

    Without love, it cannot be seen.

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    Looking forward to this one, one huge gripe; the font’s not ideal and the words are too close together.

    Don’t worry, a tweaked font is currently being worked on. We’ve been working a lot on small things like that, so there’s not much cool new art to show off currently. In the meantime, here’s two songs from the game’s soundtrack, done by our awesome composers!