Symbiosis
This game is still being continously updated!
4/4- Patched CGs, 2 new tracks and extra dialouges!
Deep within the forest there is a grove
where the tree branches grasp and claw at your neck,
and the air is a thick miasma choking the very life out of you.
In the center of the grove lies the Witch’s House: arrogant, mighty, and wretched.
Magnolia is a witch who lives with her son in the forest but after a recent break-in, there's clearly more to this story to be told. A horror RPGmaker game where you're the witch trying to get these intruders out of your damn house.
- Approximately half-hour to 1 hour of playtime.
- 2 endings.
- Cartoon blood and violence.
- Deals with topics of human experimentation and complicated family drama.
- Warning for some loud sounds and flashing images.
Check out the soundtrack!
LGM is so cool and awesome and handsome and good at making music and he is an awesome goblin.
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Up, down, left, right - Movement
Z/Space - Action Button
X - Menu
Shift - Dash
Page Down - Fast Forward
Puchi - Project lead/Artist/Writer
LGM - Composer/Co-Writer
Listen to the soundtrack here!
Wannabe Cat - Co-Writer
Jenny Vi Pham- Co-Writer
Cygni - Copy Editor
RPG MAKER MV PLUGINS
Galv, Yanfly, Himeworks, Waynee95, Mjshi, Mr. Trivel
PIXEL RESOURCES
Limezu, VectorPixelStar
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Development log
- Big Updates + Windows VersionApr 05, 2022
- Symbiosis Walkthrough + FAQApr 05, 2022
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Love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it！ More story PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
I LOVE THE VISUALS, THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING SO MUCH!!! The music just blows my mind! It's just great! It suits the visuals so well and makes me feel so much emotion! I love how you used the fake protagonist trick at the beginning. And I love how creatively you reveal the characters through exploration of the locations! That these aren't just notes where the character just spills everything that's on his mind, but some little details that we can use to draw conclusions about the characters! And they suit the characters so well! And the contrast between mint and magnolia is great! And you also do a great job of revealing the characters through dialogue! It's really interesting to explore the locations to learn more about the characters! I love how magnolia, despite her actions, still cares about her child! And mint's drawings really look like children's drawings! What an unusual ending to the fairy tale 😳😳😳 AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE DIVINE!!! And it's also really cool that you made an adult character not 20 years old, no 30, but 58 years old!! I often see that people are afraid to make characters over 18 years old... Thank you very much for this! It's obvious how well you thought out the game and the plot! SHE HAS A WIFE????🤯🤯🤯💥💥💥💥 AAAAAAAAAA OH MY GOD OH MY GOD AAAAAAAA💥💥💥💥💥 Oh... Her... She... They... 😭😭😭
Oh my God! I see how much work you put into this game! Thank you very much for your work! You are very inspiring!!!
HOLY SCHWIZ WHAT IS ENDING B?????? CLIFFHANGER WHO?????? I NEED MORE I N F O???????? AFTERMATH????????? HSBHSHSJJSJJSUU-
how i get the ending B?
I got Ending B on the first try :DD
howwww?
edit:I got it!!
Congrats!! :DD
absolutely AMAZING game and storyline, i'm so emotionally invested and i love mint so much !! he's absolutely adorable, i love how sweet he is to magnolia and vice versa<3 soundtrack and art are amazing too, 100/10 recommend !!
I love your games ! I got ending A but I'll try getting end B !
How do you get ending B?
Neverrmind, i got it. :)
That was very neat, i'm glad i tried it! The graphics and writing are both very nice (got ending A), and i can really relate to magnolia's frustration on research. Obviously gutting people is bad, but the regulations on anything reguarding bio are just absurd to the point of being counterproductive; in France we are legally obligated to euthanise rats after they participated in a certain number of studies, even if they were part of the control group with nothing done to them, and it's standard practice in unis to limit how many times peoples can participate as subjects in remunerated research per month "as it would be unethical for them to become reliant on it to live", because i guess it's just that much more ethical to let them starve to death.
In ending B, are you supposed to be stuck in the downstairs room. There is nothing to interact with and you can't leave either. Also what is the code to mint's diary?
magnolia birthday i forgot what it is maybe check her room for the birthday date
411
I just noticed that magnolia says "March is only a few feeks away" when interacting with the teddy bear in Mint's room before storytime. I don't. I don't think that's right.
Also the day we find out were Dove was shot is the day monards dies~
very good story and twists. I bangad my head on the wall but I didn't found the lock password for Mint diary....
everyone's talking abt how to get the 2nd ending but how did y'all get the first?? :')
the two flags I think are what you tell to Mint at the end of the three pigs story and if you make him see the body. Not sure but it could be that.
oo okay ty!
when i see mint (he) so beautiful and cute but WHEN MAGNOLIA SAY "he" my heart broke sadly.
and i think dove is a husband of magnolia T-T
i just realize he is 10
I LOVE this game. I love the horror gameplay parts, the characters, and the artwork. Honestly, I love Mint so much. I for real actually started to get worried when he was gone. AMAZING game <3
really good
absolutely AMAZING game and storyline, i'm so emotionally invested and i love mint so much !! he's absolutely adorable, i love how sweet he is to magnolia and vice versa<3 soundtrack and art are amazing too, 100/10 recommend !!
Haven`t finished it yet , but the music is sooooooooo sooooooo goood and the story is really interesting but the music.......... Muah
This game was fantastic; I got ending A first and it made me tear up. Ending B was of course heartwrenching in its own way. The gameplay was really fun - I especially liked all the dialogue choices that let you flavor Magnolia as a parent, and how each one of those still kept her acerbic personality. All the little hints through the game leading up to the reveal for her motivations at the end were also absolutely excellent. I have a soft spot for divorce stories so that aspect of the plot really captured me as well.
This was fun. I hope it will be updated. Seeing more of Magnolia and Mint would be awesome
Sotjenfjejs I loved it! I wish there was more of a community for this game, most of the tag on Tumblr is one dedicated soul... But that's all right, we can fill it on our own!
Symbiosis Game on Tumblr if anyone wants to find the tag!
Mint is so adorable
C12H22O11 is table sugar, C6H12O6 is glucose and C8H8O3 is vanillin, does anyone know what c6h5ch=chcho is commonly known as?
It's cinnemaldehyde, the chemical that gives cinnamon its flavor.
thanks
ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 such a story!!!!!!!!! i loved it!!!!!!!!!11
You are seriously my favorite developer. The game's writing is so good and the playthroughs are always fun. Love it!!
I completed ending A and I'm too scared to get ending B 😥
In under an hour-- I don't know how, but I got both endings, Its honestly amazing-- Personally, I think Magnolia was a really amazing mother for Mint-- Just my opinion though-- May I ask for a sequel? Like, What happens after? Are Mint and Magnolia going to stay together as mother and child? It would be amazing if that is what did happen <3
Can I have a hint for ending B please
Never mind i got it! ITS SO SAD. I FEEL SO BAD FOR EVERYONE. POOR MINT.
I KNOW Also, GOOD JOB <3
Thanks!
just completed ending a! (i already completed b)
I love the game and I think there should be a continuation!!!!!
im in love with this
On that board in Magnolia's lab(?) it says the chemical formulas of cinnamaldehyde which is found in cinnamon bark, vanillin, glucose and maltose. normally i doubt you would need burned into your mind like magnolia unless something important had to be done with them, they're also listed in specific amounts implying they were used for something important in the past as implied by the line "i don't even need this memo anymore, the formula is burned in my mind".
i theorize that this important thing that she needed these formulas was for Mint's creation. which would suggest something i never thought i would say.
If you were to try to bite Mint, he would taste like cinnamon and vanilla.
anyways, this game is really good.
you could eat him if youre starving or just crave children 😀
Yes, looks like a good game. I’m starting to playing it and seems interesting :3 Edit, i’m finishing it, but only the first end…How can i get the second?
when mint asks about what the 3 little pigs story means either choose the first or second option, do not pick the third one. the next thing you need to do is when you need to hide the body do not go near mint's room, go in magnolias room and click on the bed to hide it there. continue as normal and youll get the second ending. p.s. the password for the door at the very end is 313, hope this helps
ty cutie :3 have a good nitgh/day/afternoon
no problem and you too <3
<3 ty swetie!
I''m glad mint din''t die
Yk what. This is rlly good and if you rlly try (add more scenes and endings) it has a lot of potential
10/10 but i tried to get the 2nd ending and i keep having to play from the start cuz my page got refreshed =( (i tried saving it but refreshing just)
how can i get the second end?
A little bit of a spoiler
Sorry for the late reply but to get the second ending :
Firstly, when u read the three little pigs story to mint and he asks you the meaning of it pick the first or second option but not the third option (don't pick the ''never spare intruders'' option)
After that, when you kill the girl in the bathroom, don't let mint see the body but instead just hide the body in Magnolias room under her bed (Her room is the room right next to the bathroom) Make sure that Mint does not see the body.
Lastly, just continue playing the game as normal and you will get the second ending. If you need help with the 3 digit door code its 313 (This is the code for the basement)
Sorry for any grammatical problems in this and I hope this helped you!!
tysm <3
https://youtu.be/2Gt5LwqddN8?si=cSdi18KDauImqkQq not bad at all!
just a little log for me but i got ending a :D
Could we have an expansion where Mint meets his little sibling? Maybe she's(Magnolia) even refined her process for parenting/creation process, and the child, having never socially interacted beyond plant, corpses and their mother, would be very suspicious or fearful of their older brother.
can we cook the intruders can u make a sub game where we cook them they look very edible pls let me cook them 🙏🙏🙏
In ending B, does Magnolia kill Mint or is she just happy he's home?
pretty sure she's just happy he's home!!
how can i get the second end?, pls help me ;w;
mint is a nickname ?! what is mint a nickname for :0