A downloadable game for Windows

Whose eyes are those?

Ruut'Kith is a dark fantasy RPG with turn-based combat, blending intense battles and eerie horror elements in a haunting, twisted world.

SYNOPSIS:

A small group of adventurers—four distinct characters—sets out on what seems like a simple quest: retrieve a lost statuette for a mysterious, anonymous client. At first, it feels like just another routine job. But deep within the ruins, they stumble upon something far more unsettling.

As strange events begin to unfold, the team must make difficult decisions, face terrifying threats, solve tricky puzzles, and fight to survive. Will they make it out with their minds intact—or will the shadows claim them?

FEATURES:

  • There are 2 endings in the game.
  • Don't worry, there are no random battle encounters in this game.
  • This game uses your Windows username, so if you're streaming it, you might want to avoid using your real name.
  • You can choose the difficulty between Normal mode and Easy mode.
  • All the soundtracks are original and made by me.
  • All the graphic assets were made by me except for some animation sprites.

NOTE:

This game was made for the RPG Maker 2025 Game Jam, with the theme "Beyond Expectations".

This is a short game. You can literally finish it in 45 minutes (in Normal mode) if you're used to playing RPG games with turn-based combat. You don't have to grind too much, but the choice is up to you, the player.

CREDITS:

Story, Characters, Concept, Illustration, Pixel Art

, Animation, etc... by: Ramose Tsimbina (Me)

Music by: Ramose Tsimbina (Me)

Sound effects sourced from https://freesound.org 

and from the original sound effects of 

Rpg maker vx ace (Enterbrain)

Scrpits used:

RME v1.4.1

Fullscreen++ v1.0 by Zeus81

Text Sound Effect by Zerbu

Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Message System v1.05

MOG - Menu Cursor (V1.9) By Moghunter

MOG - Battleback EX (v2.3) By Moghunter

MOG - Battler Motion (v3.6) By Moghunter

Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Battle Engine v1.22

Yanfly Engine Ace - Battle Engine Add-On: Elemental

Popups v1.00

Yanfly Engine Ace - Battle Command List v1.09b

Yanfly Engine Ace - Battle Engine Add-On: Enemy HP

Bars v1.10

Yanfly Engine Ace - Victory Aftermath v1.03

Testers:

Mhalia

NekkooXD

Special thanks to:

Ironmouse

VShojo

Projet Ony

Game engine: 

RPGVXAce Version 1.02a

Enterbrain, Inc./Yoji Ojima

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Download

Download
RuutKith.zip 92 MB

Install instructions

  • Download
  • Extract
  • Launch game.exe and enjoy~!

Development log

Comments

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even outside of the jam this was made for, this is truly incredible

the art, the atmosphere, the color palette, the sound, everything serves exactly what it needs to

i appreciate the encounters being completely optional if you're patient enough to out manoeuver them, but i still got myself into a few battles just to see new monster art

i wish you did something custom with the ui as well, to tie it all together, even just changing the font and colors to keep the monochrome theme would do a lot

seeing one person do all this is impressive, good job !

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Thank you for your feedback—I really appreciate it! ❤