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Core Gameplay Mechanics

At its heart, The Shadow Over Blackmore is a turn-based RPG built on the RPG Maker engine, but it transcends the limitations of the genre through complex status-management systems. The gameplay loop revolves around surviving daily life within the facility while plotting an escape.

"Horror in Hypertext: Pacing and Player Agency"

– Clara Fernández-Vara (in Introduction to Game Studies ). → Helps analyze how the player’s choices amplify dread in “The Shadow Over Blackmore.” The Shadow Over Blackmore -v0.4- -Darktoz-

The Cult of the Drowned Star

• Mayor Lucille Harrow — outwardly composed, secretly negotiating with an unknown party.
• Eldon Voss — Mercantile owner; anxious, hoards supplies, knows gossip.
• Sister Miriam Hale — ex-nurse at the asylum; tries to help investigators, may be unreliable.
• Constable Amos Reed — local law; either obstructive or complicit depending on pressure.
• The Pale Watcher — ephemeral antagonist: glimpsed in mirrors, reflections, and at the water’s edge; possibly non-corporeal.

40: NPCs seem slightly afraid of you.