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The Scarlet Chaos

Detective Haerrison and his partner investigate a case involving a supernatural killer and a haunting entity called The Hat Man. The Scarlet Chaos is a semi-open world detective RPG with Lovecraftian mysteries to be explored.

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TENA-Vision
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TENA-Vision
Release
March 14, 2024
2 years and 141 days ago
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About the Game

About the game

The Scarlet Chaos is a semi-open world turn based RPG with dynamic weather, and interactable environments and lots of Lovecraftian mystery.

You can build and customize your party members the way you want to play them, you can decide what they specialize in through specific gear, weapons or Ethermancy skills.

Detective Haerrison has special Mind Stats to level up that allow persuasion and intimidation checks in some dialogue as well as other more secretive things.

The core Mind Stats are:

  • Cognition - Can open special dialogue options

  • Elder Sight - Can make the Nightmare more hostile or unlock new items/areas

  • Perception - Can reveal items and things that normally you wouldn't see

Some other game features:

  • Lockpicking minigames

  • Collectable costumes

  • Lore and environmental storytelling

  • 35+ Quests

  •  Side Quests that entwine with the main story and party

The World and Story Setup

In the New World of Kelaura, The Scarlet Order have forced their will upon the land by upholding the Order given to them by their God, Nyrataeus, any who oppose their Order are imprisoned or put to death, forbidding all use of Ethermancy and other manipulation of the Ether.

The Order's arrival in Kelaura marked the start of a war with the native tribes across the continent, the Sidaquisi, the Udenvatoi, the Kawadinage and other smaller tribes all fought against the Order until one day, their infamous Lord, Pate Yarlthon, disapeared, and the Order's power was weakened.

Decades later things are at a cold stand still between the Sidaquisi and the Scarlet Order, war is brewing back across the sea to the Order's homeland of Westervale, and corruption runs rampant amongst the Order's ranks.

Detective Haerrison and his partner and wife, Detective Brock, investigate the murder of a local council member which leads to a derelict fortress swathed in cerebral nightmares of The Hat Man, and an encounter with a powerful woman with supernatural abilities.

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