Greetings, citizens of the internet

I'm sippit, the game designer/programmer of Mythical PRactical EGotistical. We are a group of friends passionate in making visual novels.

Dungeon & Darlings is our second game, created as a submission for Sealed With A Kiss Jam 2025 hosted by DevTalk. It was created within 1 month, and boy it was an exhilarating month.

So, what is it about? 

As the title suggests, Dungeon & Darlings is a twist on the popular table top RPG Dungeons & Dragons. Take the fantasy and adventure element of D&D, add some dating simulator/otome game elements, and voila! I won't delve deeper into it, you can see the complete summary on our game page, or even better, play the game yourselves! :D

How did we get here?

We decided to participate in SWAK 2025, and one of our members ar.elkheartt proposed an idea she had for a college assignment. We all agreed it was a wonderful concept. As a D&D and Baldur's Gate 3 enjoyer myself, I do enjoy the romance and character interaction aspect of the game. But we need to simplify things since RPGs, especially TTRPGs, are not known for having simple mechanics. And simplify we did.

And it was not a smooth sailing

Let's just say, a lot of things can happen within a month. Between our day jobs and unexpected real life engagements (not that kind of engagement), we struggled to hit the deadline. At the 3rd week, we decided to cut corners and streamline some more. And we finished, on time, right at the very last day of the submission. It wasn't perfect, granted. But still, I'm very proud of our wonderful team and our work. It is rough around the edges, but it has potential.

So, what's next?

The current build is a demo, because our vision for the final build is much larger than what we could possibly achieve in a month. Still, after finishing our current build, we decided that we still have so much to work on. So, back to the drawing board it is!

• Gameplay features : we want to expand both the RPG and the otoge elements of this game. Active skills/items that can be used during combats, gifts that can be given to party members, etc.
• Story : our current story is a very simplified, shortened, bastardized version of what we have in mind, again due to time constraint. We're gonna need to polish the story to make better world building, flesh out the character development and interactions, and create better scenarios to accommodate the gameplay (i.e right now the money system is kinda useless since there are barely any chance to spend the money you earn).
• Branching scenarios : the initial idea is that you can pick your selection from a multitude of party members, and you can choose which side of the conflict you want to be on.  This is going to incrementally add the complexity to the game, so we have to figure out the way to make it work.
• Assets & polishing : while the quality of our artists and composer works are top notch, with enough time and resource it could be better.  Character sprites that blink? More detailed backgrounds? More CG cutscenes? More BGMs to support different environments and moods? Voice acting?? Holy endless possibility, Batman!

But we are only a small group, each with our day jobs and real life. To make this final version come true, we're gonna need funding. So here's what we're going to do for now. We're going to figure out a detailed production plan, we're going to polish our demo some more to further fit our vision and standards, and we're going to work hard, lobby around, do marketing, and sell our souls to the devil to find investors/funding.

So if you're interested in funding us, please do hit us up!

If you're not, that's fine too! You can help us by playing our game, commenting on what you like and what you don't, telling us who your favourite character is. Your feedback would mean a lot to us.

And that's it for now!

We'll keep you posted for further updates. Again, this is not a post-mortem log for. This is just the beginning, and we're gonna keep coming back with more good news (hopefully, probably). Cheers!

May the MPREG be with you.

sippit, representing Mystical PRactical EGotistical