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Enter the world of Grayscale, an island kingdom with a terrible secret brewing at its heart! Enjoy the retro feel of Gameboy-esque colors, sounds, music, and graphics! A short story game at its core, the end product will probably run for an hour or two.

Play as the son of a nation leader who falls victim to a heinous plot, then make your escape with the help of a friend! Rally the surrounding villages to retake the kingdom from the villain in charge, and recruit a cast of swappable characters along the way with a simple tavern based party system! Random Encounters driving you batty? King of Grayscale features avoidable combat, with battlegrounds to utilize at working up your xp instead!

First my submission for the RMN 2017 Birthday Event, and now finished as of the RPGMaker 28th Birthday event. It's been a long and crazy year, and I'm really thankful for everyone that's come along the way. Enjoy these features!

-Eight playable characters!
-Classic Gameboy lack of colors!
-Four letter character names!
-Level 20 cap!
-Endless hype for a short gam!

Latest Blog

Version 1.8 now available!

Hey guys! The bugs are becoming less and less frequent! We only have one minor bug fix with this update.

One of the enemy encounters in Grayscale Castle wasn't registering a tick down of overall encounters and therefore wasn't labelling Grayscale Castle as complete when all encounters were complete. This is now fixed!

Happy Grayscale-ing!
  • Completed
  • Illy
  • Waxius
  • Ocean (Final Boss Artist!)
  • RPG Maker 2003
  • Adventure RPG
  • 06/07/2017 06:59 AM
  • 08/19/2023 11:27 PM
  • 02/26/2018
  • 66417
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I added a demo! Enjoy folks! Probably about 30 mins of gameplay.
Waxius
"Someday I'll finish my game... someday.."
3898
Hi Illy!

I've downloaded the game and will play it today! Looking forward to the old school experience!

Update: I'm lovin' it! I just finished the content so far and I've got Ashe at lvl 9 or 10 right now. I grinded gold and XP at the battlegrounds in front of the coal mines to buy all the characters the best available equipment. I've picked up Seri, Byle, and Podo as extra characters. Though I got Podo last because I missed the chest containing a book in the town of Soot.

I really liked how Seri learned new spells.. I thought that was a nice touch. I only died once at the Elder's house, I didn't grind first or buy new equipment before going into that fight!

I've subscribed, keep up the great work!
Demo up? Nice. I'm going to give this a shot sometime. I liked the super keen retro aesthetic when I saw it in the event thread. :D
Hey guys, thanks for the support! I'll make sure to post when I have anymore big updates.
Game is now complete! Download has been updated to reflect the completed status. Enjoy, everyone!
Waxius
"Someday I'll finish my game... someday.."
3898
Great Work Illy!

I wholeheartedly recommend everyone play this game!
Heck yeah! Gonna download this and give it a spin. :D
It seems like the download got reset? Did something change, Illy?
author=Aegix_Drakan
It seems like the download got reset? Did something change, Illy?


No, I just had to upload a new file instead of updating the old one for it to appear on next months released games. A flaw in the system, imo.
Version 1.2 Patch Notes;

Fixed Crystal Edges attack animation. It should display properly now.
JayjeAthravein
Old-School GAM-MAKster DOUBLE DONATOR SUPREME!
1945
Hey! I've got 4-letter long character names in my game too. To quote Mr. Peanut Butter, "What is this, a cross-over?"
Yellow Magic
Could I BE any more Chandler Bing from Friends (TM)?
3154
Heads up, trying the RPG_RT.exe, I got a message telling me that the RM2k3 RTP was not found.
Gack! I SEE

No problem, download is now updated. You shouldn't need to install the gam, and the .ini file should be edited to bypass the RTP requirement.

Happy gaming!
Started playing today, absolutely love it. It gives me the good ol' retro RPG tinglies.
author=Bluefeathr42
Started playing today, absolutely love it. It gives me the good ol' retro RPG tinglies.


Thanks! I appreciate any and all feedback. Glad you're enjoying it!
I played the game, excellent! I came until the swamp, but I died there and forget to autosave after the second village, so I gave up :P
But the game is very cool, amazing work. I recommend.
author=sedenha
I played the game, excellent! I came until the swamp, but I died there and forget to autosave after the second village, so I gave up :P
But the game is very cool, amazing work. I recommend.


author=ten_blue_egyptians
I love this.


Thank you for the comments, folks! If you really enjoyed this game, keep an eye on my profile page - a new game development announcement that may interest players of King of Grayscale should be dropping sometime soon!
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Really really enjoying this game! I'm at the final dungeon.

What determines which character you get a scene with before the final assault? I got mine with Raya, but that's not too surprising as she's been in my party pretty much every since I got her on my team :D
Hi Unity! Glad you're having fun with it!

It's a point system. Going through areas with characters in your party, and participating in battles with them gets points with them. Whoever has the most points at the event gets the scene!
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