Homekeeping
Rutile finally scores her dream job...being a maid! But with an odd mistress to work for, will her work be as smooth as she imagined?
Features & Warnings:
- Approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour of playtime.
- 3 endings.
- Depiction of blood and violence.
- In case you don't realize , Gabriel and Calcite is he/him butches ok this is a yuri game
Up, down, left, right - Movement
Z/Space - Action Button
X - Menu
Shift - Dash
Page Down - Fast Forward 
A game made by Spica.
With help from may.r.yu for background
Crow (Gabriel's creator) for writing.
Rozen (Calcite's creator) for writin
Pixel Assets
Limezu, Kohari and Vryell
RPGMAKER MZ Plugins
Visustella, GALV, Caz, Nolonar, Winthrop Darkrites, Takeshi Sunagawa, Rosedale, SumRndmDde, AngryMaximus, Synrec
Music Assets
BellKalengar
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Development log
- Full version Devlog83 days ago
- Homekeeping Full Version released!98 days ago
- DevlogApr 24, 2025
- Game GuideApr 23, 2025
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I love this game. But I was wondering if Calcite is he/him or she/her because in the Calcite ending it says "girl". Oh and also the music when Gabriel shows up is lowkey hilarious.
calcite and gabriel are both he/him butch women to my knowledge
Oh thanks I fear I was uneducated when I first commented. I understand now
Hello, everytime i try to open the safe in the bedroom it straight up freezes my screen, like i cant press anything at all. Im also on ipad so i think that may be the problem?
i just accidentally deleted my extremely long live reading comment im getting killed over here with my lack of a clipboard history. i Will say each and every ending was endearing to me in some way and im glad rutile has her sense of peace in each one of them. extremely rich and lovely story. i loooove yuri and butches and especially maid/mistress yuri. i love twists and iterations of cinderella as a classic. rutile and alle playing into their cycle of cruelty for the sake of survival and comfort is heart wrenching. beautiful game and characters. i like that theyre so fittingly foils of each other and play into the same role of a cinderella in the end. calcite and gabriel were equally lovely presences. i do wonder what the kept gift was from alle's mother. alle and rutile are sort of pink & purple yuri to me and i find it entertaining. i also loved rutile's symbolism being hinted at multiple times to be a rat/mouse (cinderella!) and at times a stray cat. gabriel's ending was the one i retrieved first and i found it bittersweet with how breathtaking alle's death was and how they spoke to each other, and im extremely glad to see rutile thriving without socioeconomic boundaries and an eerie accomplice in the form of gabriel. i just tend to favor the sweeter endings despite everything. calcite's ending was solemnly peaceful and i love love loved the flashback to them as children, seeing them retain their habits from when they were young. youd think a marriage pact would be the sweetest thing between kids in terms of yuri tropes but the promise to give rutile a proper burial with respect and kind regard was incredibly meaningful. even though i was a little jarred by his grin but i loved it as much as the other ending. my personal interpretation of his smile and dialogue was that he was glad of the socioeconomic and personality barrier and gap between them ? never seeing eye to eye in terms of status or actual eye contact, and then reaching the same through death - in contrast to gabriel making her reach his status and even higher. the last one im getting now is the alle ending as i truly love them together. each and every one of them have smiles that terrify you a little in their own way but i like that rutile simply becomes more genuine in her expressions over time with her frowns and smiles. but i also like that rutile still became teary-eyed in the alle ending. every ending really but her sprite's sincerely angry with a slight tear was notable to me. i love you perpetually nervous rutile. i like that their names are kind of like . alle = cinderElla backwards and rutile sounding kind of like rat but there might be a deeper etymology or reason for her name and im not sure. i also love the trope of painter characters with red paint splatters on them to symbolize blood. yay <3 thank you for the work. such a charming game
i love that the title is homekeeping. its their hooooome and theyre isolated and keeping to themselves and what it means to them varies by person and status. also i love each of their flaws .. i think rutile's resentment of alle is reasonable because despite every consideration of alle to treat her as an equal(?) in role she never does give her a raise and retains their gap in lifestyle and ease/comfort. i really love their dynamic. shes ignorant in the assumption that rutile would be satisfied as is, though not deliberately keeping it that way like calcite. ahhhh im almost done with the alle ending now and its so so so so sweet. lovely music. this is the most affectionate ending despite everything. some of her arrogance and assumptive nature is kept from the 'until next time' and dead silence without a reply in contrast to rutile's 'goodbye'. especially emphasized by the 'how can you live without me'. i loooove them. this truly was homekeeping (its their home) (they kept their home and kept by themselves inside the home ... homekeeping). it saddens me that rutile believes in it and plays into it by continuing to be her maid and referring to alle as her mistress with gratitude. its still awful for rutile but its my favorite ending just because of its sweetness. at the very least theyre comfortable together despite the codependency. the beloved painting of The Maid .... her work and the resolution of their lives and relationship ended in her work being exposed to the light of the world after all, without the constraints of their past lives and criticism of society. i love that rutile was immortalized in the kinder way of art after all the talk about death and remembrance. i think this one game is my favorite from the spica arsenal of games just because of these characters.
嘿你好，我使用AI做了一个中文版的补丁，我直接在评论区发了链接，如果作者你觉得不适合可以删除。
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Hey, I made a Chinese localization patch using AI and posted the link in the comments. Feel free to remove it if you'd prefer it not be there.
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https://grievousrefrain.itch.io/homekeeping-zh
all I see is Yuri Yuri all over and I LOVE I
this was pretty good
IT WAS ALL YURI!!!
huhuhuhu this is peak youve done it once again...
Very memorable endings! I like Alle's character and her contrast to Rutile, and the fact that all three of the endings are their own flavor of messed up is very compelling to me.
-Made a video.
This game is pretty good! The pixel art style is cute, and I really like how subtle the hints of the story and the puzzles are. At first, I thought this wasn't even a horror game, but reading the dialogue carefully reveals that there's something weird going on here.
All of the endings are definitely my favorite part of this game. They have a much different vibe than the rest of the game. They sure did surprise me.
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. this error keeps apearing when the "main" is about to go out get groceries, anyone help pls?
same here! hopefully it's fixed eventually because the game looks lovely ; ;
i loved it! got all three endings and im afraid the (spoilers ahead) switching was my favourite one, even though im all for doomed yuri. a bit confused about calcite - mostly about their gender, but also just like what's up with that? anyway, 10/10 would recomend
hes butch !!!! some women go by he him and present masculinely its fun
I CRIED FROM THE PAINTING ENDING T_T
I played this a while ago and I can just say I wish there were more games like this one out there! I hope you keep them coming for us. ♥️🧸🌨️
I love this game and the update was so good. Thank you so much Spica for this and for all your other games!! :D
SPOILER
'I'll keep you eternally preserved, my fair lady' I'm sorry WHAT
This game is pretty neat. The diary entry did surprise me when I replayed the game again, realizing what it meant.
LOVE WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved this game!! does anyone know what calcite meant " my true joy is one we couldnt see eye to eye"? I dont remember exactly what he said but did he mean that he wanted her dead? I saw them as both caring about each other so im confused and really curuious on what he meant.
update! I just finished the ending where she kills Alle and I hate that it's my favorite ending lol. I'm so happy rutile got to live the life she dreamed of living!!
i think its because that the dude like burrying bodies??? im no sure lol ToT
i was also initially confused but my personal interpretation of his smile and dialogue was that he was glad of the socioeconomic and personality barrier and gap between them ? never seeing eye to eye in terms of status or actual eye contact, and then reaching the same gap of one being superior than the other through death - in contrast to gabriel making her reach his status and even higher. he gave her the one solace of a proper burial but she still died a foolish maid with his vague warnings. i remember rutile's comment to alle about calcite possibly taking offense to saying his funeral land's soil being inferior to the more commoner-esque one of alle's parents' burial. i think its an inferior/superior dynamic thing that he wanted to maintain like being friends with someone you take pity for and keep that way. if that makes sense. just my interpretation
Holy peak... This game is a 10/10 with all the endings. The one with Gabriel, my favorite (spoilers ahead) she did what I wished, now lived the life she deserves, maybe. The one where we stay, this is home, loved it like hoe they depend in each other after all. The one with Calcite, I'm surprised, but glad that we get to see more of this character (which I thought was a man, but in the memory they say she, SO LETS'S GOO trans or butch I love those both ideas /j), it makes it all more alive. I speak spanish so some dialogues of them I didn't really understand but fun anyway lol
I love it! The story is strange but interesting, and it keeps you curious until the end. The art of the characters is the best because of the design and each character has a personality that shows through their expressions.
SPOILER. I finished all endings, but I still chose to love Alle. And the innkeeper...WHEN I CATCH YOU.
this happens when i look for groceries on the second day, right after Rutile says they'll go to the grocery store to restock it fades to black then this shows up.![]()
that fun, i like it <3
jst played this again after a few months and got all of the endings. the alle ending is so cute whattatat <33
"'tis quite a yuriful ending" - me after reading each ending
"Hello! Great job on the game. I’m a native Spanish speaker and a localization enthusiast. I would like to offer my services to translate Homekeeping from English to Spanish.
I can help you with the translation of menus, UI, and dialogues to ensure a natural experience for Spanish-speaking players. If you have the localization files ready (JSON, CSV, etc.) or would like to discuss a potential collaboration, you can reach me at: damiantranslations@outlook.com
is there a way to fullscreen the game or do i just play it in the small size? amazing game, btw!
edit: nevermind i dont need fullscreen for this, lol.
Updated review: After playing the new version of this game, the new material fleshed out the characters and strengthen the story writing. I really enjoyed this gem and thank you releasing this new version!
im love iwht this game i like it a lot
is it just internet issue?
i tried restarting and i still have this issue qwq
still doesnt work 😔
hi im having this problem too and wondering if you have fixed it by now? if so plz let me know how u resolved this issue
HOLD ON A MINUTE IS THE COOKING MUSIC A REF TO METATON'S COOKING SHOW? They sound very similar
I'm in love with the Alle ending~~ 10/10
how do you find clues about the safe password? I'm so confusedddd.. GREAT game tho! I'm just dumb..
its 2612
if you've read the diary there is an entry about someone (probably her mother) dying after a "joyous occasion" which together with the snow globe in the bedroom indicating that the day she died was after christmas ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧
aaaaa omg omg I played through all of the endings and they're so good. The art is really cute and the characters are all so lovable. I love yuri 💝
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!!! THE GRAPHICS RE SO CUTE AND THE DIALOGUE IS SO FUNNY , I PLAYED ON MY PHONE AND ITS FANTASTICCC the only thing i wished it had was a button to cook the meals instead of "Z" because i keep burning the food and miss alle gets mad at me :( but aside from that the game is really cute and beatiful im following your page and adding your game to my faves!!
Really fun! I think there's a typo on the description (break for spoilers)
It says two endings, but there's at least three?
W game, loved the ending where we slimed out Alle and took all her bread!
omg yay i just saw this linked on twitter. i played the original version when it came out and im so excited to see it released. commenting to remind myself to play it once i have a chance 🫡
I love you may you be blessed with a beautiful yuri life with a beautiful stunning wife who will be with you in all lives and be blessed with enough wealth and never go bald and have eternally blessed hair thank you thank you thank you.