https://store.steampowered.com/app/3914200/Even20_The_Interference_of_Parallels/

chink RPGMaker game. Yes, I know it's a hard sell right off the bat, but it's got really good production value and the gameplay is actually fun. You only get a snippet of the combat, but it's real time and one of the MCs has 3 tools for combat right at the beginning, and that's a major plus for me.

the attached video shows what happens when you fail a puzzle as the second MC of the demo. I was laughing my ass off for a solid minute because of the fact that a clapping sound effect plays for a few seconds right after you die this way (the dialogue, or rather monologues, are also very cheesy almost poorly written)

Also, looking over the dev's facebook page shows that they've been trying to get this one released since 2022. I wonder what happened for them to only get a "release date" of Q4 2025, after so long